Spotlight Pitchers KBO DFS Picks for DraftKings + FanDuel | Tuesday, June 23

Baseball is BACK! Sort of. The Korean Baseball League kicks off at 5:30 a.m. EST and both DraftKings and FanDuel have some amazing contests. Awesemo has projections, ownership and rankings for your KBO DFS lineups. You can find tonight’s right HERE. Josh Engleman has you covered with his favorite pitching options for tonight’s slate.


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Drew Rucinski

Rucinski was essentially a replacement level pitcher in the majors, mostly due to a lackluster strikeout rate. That has changed in the KBO. Rucinski has seen his strikeout rate jump to 24% in 2020. That bump in strikeout rate has helped him throw 50.3 innings of 3.64 FIP. That ranks 9th among qualified starters this year. At -227, Rucinski and the Doosan Bears are the biggest favorites of the slate. Based on everything above, and the massive ownership he’s currently projected for, Rucinski is the clear cash play of the day on both sites.

Chris Flexen

If you need a second starter, Flexen looks to be the next best option. He’s actually one spot behind Rucinski in the FIP rankings this year. Surprisingly, the strikeouts haven’t been there for Flexen like you would expect. A 20.6% strikeout rate is fine, but Flexen threw 78 innings for the Mets’ AAA affiliate last year with a 27% strikeout rate. The stuff is definitely there. If he finds that sort of form, the KBO will be in trouble. If it wasn’t for Odrisamer Despaigne, Flexen would be a bigger favorite than he is. For now, I’ll settle for getting my second favorite starter at an ownership discount on FanDuel.


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Josh is Contributor for Stokastic.com where he hosts video and writes content regularly across the primary sports of MLB, NBA, and NFL as well as contributing to the development of models and projections for soccer. He originally started producing projections & articles for Reddit's r/DFSports in 2014 where he built a loyal following that brought him to where he is today. Josh is most known for his elaborate Excel spreadsheets, which he shares in all of his video content. You can find him on Twitter or hanging out in Stokastic's Premium Chalkboard. You can contact Josh by emailing [email protected].

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