Wednesday baseball is usually a split MLB DFS slate, and tonight is no different. We have the daily fantasy baseball main slate that starts at 6:40 pm ET on FanDuel with eight games, and then a 7:05 pm ET lineup lock on DraftKings and Yahoo with six games. The MLB DFS May 18 slate features one of the best collections of starting pitchers that we have seen all season and you will want to pay up if you are going to stay with the competition. There are five genuine aces taking the hill tonight, including Gerrit Cole, Max Scherzer, Shohei Ohtani, Kevin Gausman, and Lucas Giolito – so important MLB daily fantasy lineup decisions will have to be made. There do not seem to be any major weather issues, but keep an eye on our DFS Alarm MLB weather report as well as our MLB Tools page which is full of MLB daily projections, MLB statistics, MLB daily starting lineups, and much more. Ready to build your daily fantasy baseball lineups? Take a look at my MLB DFS Playbook and then here are the MLB DFS top plays for Wednesday night, May 18th.

 

 

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Position Top Tier Mid-Tier Value-Tier
SP Gerrit Cole Kevin Gausman Josiah Gray
1B Anthony Rizzo Vladimir Guerrero Garrett Cooper
2B Jazz Chisholm Ian Happ Jonathan Villar
3B Taylor Ward Josh Donaldson Ke'Bryan Hayes
SS Jazz Chisholm Bo Bichette Gleyber Torres
OF Aaron Judge George Springer Joey Gallo
DK
Position Top Tier Mid-Tier Value-Tier
SP Kevin Gausman Gerrit Cole Lucas Giolito
C Willson Contreras Alejandro Kirk Jose Trevino
1B Vladimir Guerrero Jared Walsh Alfonso Rivas
2B Gleyber Torres Jonathan Villar Santiago Espinal
3B Ke'Bryan Hayes Josh Donaldson Yoán Moncada
SS Bo Bichette Francisco Lindor Andrew Velazquez
OF Aaron Judge Luis Robert Ian Happ
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Position Top Tier Mid-Tier Value-Tier
SP Max Scherzer Gerrit Cole Lucas Giolito
C Willson Contreras Danny Jansen Alejandro Kirk
1B Anthony Rizzo Vladimir Guerrero José Abreu
2B Gleyber Torres Santiago Espinal Jonathan Villar
3B Josh Donaldson Ke'Bryan Hayes Matt Chapman
SS Tim Anderson Bo Bichette Corey Seager
OF Aaron Judge George Springer Teoscar Hernández