FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Helper: Saturday 6/16/18

Most of Saturday's contests are scheduled for the afternoon, leaving us with a tidy four-game main slate that gets things going a little later than usual (8:15pm EST). On the pitching side, Patrick Corbin stands alone at the top -- practically by default -- and the bats are a bit muddled together, with the highest implied team total belonging to the Arizona Diamondbacks at just 4.51.

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On that note, let's highlight some of the top options for today's FanDuel main slate.

Pitchers to Target

Patrick Corbin ($9,500 on FanDuel): Patrick Corbin still hasn't regained the velocity he showed early in the season, but that hasn't stopped him from putting up a 28.1% strikeout rate since the beginning of May. A rise in walk rate (9.2%) and hard-hit rate (46.7%) is concerning, and he's not inducing as many ground balls now (40.5%), but he's still managed a solid 3.34 FIP over that span. That said, any worries should immediately wash away on Saturday night, given that he's in arguably the best possible matchup for a southpaw versus the New York Mets. The Mets' implied team total is just 3.49, and they've been dreadful against left-handed pitching, striking out at a 26.4% clip with a league-worst 62 wRC+. None of tonight's alternatives can compare to Corbin in either punchout upside or opponent, leaving him in a tier of his own.