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Daily fantasy pros pick Soto, Witt Jr., Gilbert for April 28 slate

4/29/2026

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Fantasy Experts Advise

MLB daily fantasy experts issued advice for the April 28 DraftKings and FanDuel slate.
They named Juan Soto and Bobby Witt Jr. as hitters and Logan Gilbert for small-field stacks.
They set Chase Burns over 6.5 K (-140), Shane Baz under 4.5 K (+108) and DraftKings HR odds for Juan Soto (+298) and Ronny Mauricio (+526).
Analysts noted Chad Patrick’s 11.7 % strikeout rate and Casey Mize’s .456 wOBA versus right-handed batters.

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DraftKings entered daily fantasy sports in 2012 with a baseball contest on MLB opening day, following FanDuel’s 2009 launch. Venture capital and league investments—MLB’s 2013 stake and a $300 million funding round in 2015—propelled the two firms to control about 95 % of the U.S. DFS market by 2015. Their data-driven models now underpin modern MLB betting lines.

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Fantasy Experts Advise

MLB daily fantasy experts issued advice for the April 28 DraftKings and FanDuel slate.
They named Juan Soto and Bobby Witt Jr. as hitters and Logan Gilbert for small-field stacks.
They set Chase Burns over 6.5 K (-140), Shane Baz under 4.5 K (+108) and DraftKings HR odds for Juan Soto (+298) and Ronny Mauricio (+526).
Analysts noted Chad Patrick’s 11.7 % strikeout rate and Casey Mize’s .456 wOBA versus right-handed batters.

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