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Fantasy Alarm Live Streaming:  Keep up with the latest trends, and have your questions answered while watching us live three days a week.

Livestream Schedule:

MLB DFS Live w/ Howard Bender, James Grande, & Jon Impemba (Monday – Friday | 6:30pm ET)

NFL Fantasy Football Live w/ Howard Bender & Brandon Marianne Lee (Thursday | 7:15pm ET)

 

NFL:

Draft Guide

 

Welcome to the 2018 Fantasy Alarm NFL Draft Guide:  The Fantasy Alarm team welcomes you to the 2018 fantasy football season and gives you a full rundown of what you can expect from this year's NFL Draft Guide.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  The Ultimate Cheat Sheet:   A quick, easy-to-use, all-in-one cheat sheet that will help show you which players to draft and when in your fantasy football leagues.

Head2Head Sports:  Draft Strategy:  Steve Pimental breaks down his draft strategy when playing The Draft on Head2Head Sports.

2018 Fantasy Football Podcast:  Going Footballs Deep on WR/TE:   Brett Talley and Dom Murtha go through the tiers at WR and TE to tell you who to draft and who to avoid.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  DFS Corner:  From an intro to NFL DFS to lineup construction to contest selection, Fantasy Alarm has all your DFS needs covered.

NFL DFS:  Roster Construction:  Brett Talley covers the nuances to proper roster construction for NFL DFS contests.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Stats You Need to Know- NFC North:   Brandon Marianne Lee continues her Stats You Need to Know series with the NFC North teams in order to help you make those tough decisions you'll face on Draft Day for you fantasy football league.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Know Your Handcuffs:  **UPDATED** The decision of whether or not to handcuff your players to their back-ups is a continuous debate. Howard Bender explains why it's necessary, but on a case-by-case basis while also providing you with an early look at the Fantasy Alarm Running Back Handcuff Grid.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Stats You Need to Know: NFC West:  Brandon Marianne Lee continues her Stats You Need to Know series with the NFC West teams in order to help you make those tough decisions you'll face on Draft Day for you fantasy football league.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Stats You Need to Know-NFC East:  Brandon Marianne Lee continues her Stats You Need to Know series with the NFC East teams in order to help you make those tough decisions you'll face on Draft Day for you fantasy football league.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  How to Draft in Dynasty Leagues:  Steve Pimental gives you the complete rundown on how to look at the value of players when drafting in dynasty fantasy football leagues.

2018 Fantasy Football Draft Flow Chart:  If you believe drafting by position is as important as "best player available" then check out Brett Talley's fantasy football flow chart to help guide you through your drafts this season.

Week 1 NFL DFS Playbook Watch List:  Howard Bender starts the NFL DFS Playbook research off each week with a watch list of players he is considering for use in daily lineups. This piece will be updated throughout the week based on recent news and injuries, leading up to the publishing of the final Playbook.

Fantasy Football Final Thoughts:  Wide Receiver:  Brandon Marianne Lee gives you her final thoughts on the wide receiver position heading into the 2018 fantasy football season.

Fantasy Football Red Zone Report:  Introduction: Justin Vreeland introduces you to the Fantasy Football Red Zone report and lets you know how this article series will help you dominate your fantasy football leagues.

NFL DFS Rankings:  Week 1:  Howard Bender ranks the top 10 at each position for Week 1 NFL DFS contests.

NFL Week 1 Seasonal Player Rankings:  Brett Talley provides you with his Week 1 NFL player rankings for both standard and PPR season-long fantasy football leagues.

Become a Factor:  Survivor & Season Long Leagues:  Rick Wolf gives you a breakdown of what tools and strategy can best help you in survivor and season-long leagues at Fantasy Factor.

NFL Target Analysis: Introduction:  Steve Pimental explains the importance of tracking NFL targets and target rates in an effort to make the right weekly lineup decisions for your fantasy football teams.

NFL Snap Counts Breakdown:  Introduction:  Justin Vreeland discusses the importance of tracking snap counts when it comes to scouting players for your fantasy football leagues and how this article aeries will help you throughout the season.

 

MLB:

12-Game Main Slate | Lock Time: 7:05pm EST

 

CIN @ PIT -198  T: 8.5

STL @ WAS -122  T: 9

TB -136 @ TOR  T: 8.5

PHI -166 @ MIA  T: 7.5

NYM @ LAD -187  T: 7.5

LAA -120 @ TEX  T: 9.5

MIN @ HOU -221  T: 8.5

CHC @ MIL -112  T: 9

DET @ CWS -151   T: 8.5

SF @ COL -159  T: 10.5

NYY -159 @ OAK   T: 7.5

BAL @ SEA -226  T: 8.5

 

MLB Playbook:  Jon Impemba pores over all of the statistics, splits, and matchups to uncover the very best DFS MLB players for today's contests.

2018 MLB Week That Was:  Week 22: Glenn Colton takes an in-depth look at the past week of the MLB season and how everything turned out for fantasy baseball owners.

Fantasy Baseball Daily Round-Up:  September 3 Greg Jewett goes around the league, giving a daily state of the union for the world of fantasy baseball. He outlines current storylines and gives insight on what to watch for going forward.

Fantasy Baseball Podcast:  September 2nd:  Nate Miller is joined by Colby Conway to talk all things Fantasy Baseball as the final month of the 2018 MLB regular season gets underway.

MLB Rankings:  Jon Impemba ranks his top 10 at each position for today’s DFS MLB games.

MLB Hitting Coach:  Brett Talley breaks down the hitting matchups to provide you with his favorite plays for tonight’s slate.

MLB Pitching Coach:  Tom Vecchio studies the matchups to provide you with his top pitching plays for tonight’s slate.

MLB DFS Stacks: James Grande studies the matchups and the data to bring you some of his favorite stacks for today’s MLB DFS slate.

 

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $200,000 Extra Inning: $10 entry,  $50,000 to first. 23.46% win

DraftKings: $8,000 Chin Music, Single Entry: $5 entry, $800 to first. 23.66% win

FanDuel:  $30,000 Leadoff Squeeze: $4.44 entry, $3,000 to first.  20.27% win.

FanDuel:  $5,000 Bunt, Single Entry: $1 entry, $400 to first.  20.28% win.

 

PGA:

BMW Championshipb | Aronimink Golf Club | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 

Lock Time: Thursday, September 6, 2018 (11:19am EST)

 

DFS PGA Playbook:  Drew Phelps explores every Fairway, reads every Green and uses his DFS Golf experience to put together a winning playbook for the Greenbrier Classic. 

DFS PGA Optimal Lineups: Drew Phelps explores every Fairway, reads every Green and uses his DFS Golf experience to put together winning Optimal Lineups for the Greenbrier Classic.