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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.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Leave the Stacking to DFS Contests:  Everyone loves the double-points they get when their QB throws to their WR for a touchdown, but Dom Murtha explains why stacking in seasonal fantasy football could be a negative for your team.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Avoid Problem Players:  Dan Malin points out a few bad apples who could spoil your bunch and why you should avoid problem players in your fantasy football drafts.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Bold Predictions: The Fantasy Alarm staff shares their bold predictions for the 2018 NFL fantasy football season.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Coaching Systems: Howard Bender breaks down all 32 NFL team's coaching systems on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball.

2018 Fantasy Football ADP Trends:  Version 1.0:  Colby Conway delves deep into the science of Average Draft Position this draft season, giving you weekly updates on players and their ADP across a variety of fantasy formats.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Learn Every Team's System:   Howard Bender explains how you can stay ahead of your fantasy football league-mates by learning every NFL team's system on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball.

Fantasy Football Evolution:  Draft Strategies:  When it comes to Fantasy Football Evolution, Dan Malin has you covered. He used the site all last season and is now the foremost expert in regards to draft strategies within the format.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Grow a Pair for Your Auction Drafts:  Howard Bender discusses why and when you need to be aggressive with the bidding in your fantasy football auction drafts.

LeagueSync:  Personalization for Your Football Leagues:  LeagueSync from Fantasy Alarm will allow you the power and control that you need to win your leagues.

GM Genius:  Introduction:  Rick Wolf introduces FANation to GM Genius which is a free fantasy football scholarship competition and learning platform

2018 NFL Preseason:  What We Learned After the Week One Games:  Howard Bender takes a look at Thursday's NFL preseason action and what fantasy football owners should take away after watching the games.

2018 NFL Draft Guide:  Zero RB Means Zero Championships:  Justin Vreeland puts the Zero-RB strategy to bed once again, urging fantasy football owners to avoid the pitfalls of this strategy trap.

 

MLB:

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

 

NYM @ NYY -169  T: 7

CWS -108 @ DET   T: 9

CLE -162 @ CIN  T: 9

MIA @ ATL  off

ARI -169 @ TEX  T: 10

WAS @ STL -139  T: 8.5

TOR -121 @ KC  T: 9

SEA @ OAK -132  T: 8

SF @ LAD -203  T: 7

LAA -123 @ SD  T: 8

 

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

MLB Rankings:  Ben Scherr ranks his top 10 at each position for tonight’s DFS MLB games.

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

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

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

MLB Closing Bell:  August 12:  Justin Vreeland recaps today's games, takes a look at Adam Engel's impressive catch, and more on tonight's Closing Bell.

Fantasy Baseball Weekly Planner:  August 13-19:  Nate Miller breaks down the MLB schedule for the upcoming week and highlights games played, home/road action and the starting pitchers to keep an eye on over the next seven days of the fantasy baseball season.

 

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $300,000 Mini 8’s Championship: $8 entry, $50,000 to first. 23.96% win

DraftKings:  $25,000 Four-Seamer, 20 entry max: $4 entry, $1,500 to first. 26.91% win

FanDuel:  $40,000 Squeeze: $4.44 entry, $5,000 to first.  20.00% win.

FanDuel:  $7,000 Bunt, Single Entry:  $1 entry, $700 to first.  20.28% win.