MLB DFS Hitter Projections
The projections below are created from our custom MLB model for DraftKings and FanDuel. Projections will be updated for any injury/lineup change that breaks before lock as best as possible, lineups will be confirmed and updated as they are released.
Notes will be provided between updates as time allows. Bold text in the “Update Notes” line will be the most recent reporting, if the status line next to the time stamp is red and says “pending” the update to include the bold text news is in the works, while all of the non-bold news has been updated in the previous run; if it says “updated” in green, all of the news has been accounted for in the current projections. When in doubt or unavailable, we recommend @underdog_mlb for any breaking news.
Last updated: 7:05 pm ET – 9/28/24- updated
Update Notes: All lineups are confirmed. Brendan Rodgers was scratched from the original Rockies lineup, projections have been updated for the new version.
The projections table includes FanDuel and DraftKings hitter projections and a rating for each player in our custom HR model (Scale: 5-10 Average; 10-20 Good; 20-25 Very Good; 25+ Great). The “Status” column indicates whether a lineup is the projected (“P”) version or if it is the confirmed (“C”) game lineup for each team.
Player | Hand | Team | Game | FD POS | FD$ | FDpts | DK POS | DK$ | DKpts | HR | Order | Status |
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Jackson Holliday | L | BAL | BAL@MIN | SS/2B | 2700 | 9.18 | 2B | 3600 | 7.27 | 9.15 | 1 | C |
Adley Rutschman | B | BAL | BAL@MIN | C | 3000 | 10.61 | C | 4600 | 8.46 | 13.38 | 2 | C |
Anthony Santander | B | BAL | BAL@MIN | OF | 3700 | 13.94 | OF | 5300 | 10.69 | 24.93 | 3 | C |
Ryan O'Hearn | L | BAL | BAL@MIN | 1B/OF | 2800 | 10.59 | 1B | 3600 | 8.46 | 10.42 | 4 | C |
Ryan Mountcastle | R | BAL | BAL@MIN | 1B | 2900 | 9.40 | 1B | 3700 | 7.62 | 10.39 | 5 | C |
Heston Kjerstad | L | BAL | BAL@MIN | OF | 2600 | 9.83 | OF | 3000 | 7.73 | 8.91 | 6 | C |
Ramon Urias | R | BAL | BAL@MIN | 3B/2B/1B | 2500 | 7.60 | 3B | 3800 | 6.10 | 5.93 | 7 | C |
Emmanuel Rivera | R | BAL | BAL@MIN | 3B/1B | 2400 | 5.83 | 3B | 2000 | 4.77 | 1.75 | 8 | C |
Austin Slater | R | BAL | BAL@MIN | OF | 2400 | 6.01 | OF | 2100 | 4.78 | 2.07 | 9 | C |
Edouard Julien | L | MIN | BAL@MIN | 2B | 2700 | 10.20 | 2B | 3300 | 7.99 | 4.65 | 1 | C |
Austin Martin | R | MIN | BAL@MIN | OF/2B | 2300 | 8.42 | OF | 2700 | 6.91 | 0.82 | 2 | C |
Brooks Lee | B | MIN | BAL@MIN | SS/3B/2B | 2800 | 7.81 | 2B/SS | 2200 | 6.38 | 4.05 | 3 | C |
Royce Lewis | R | MIN | BAL@MIN | 3B | 3200 | 11.76 | 3B | 4800 | 9.06 | 10.46 | 4 | C |
Carlos Santana | B | MIN | BAL@MIN | 1B | 3000 | 9.20 | 1B | 3800 | 7.20 | 5.80 | 5 | C |
Willi Castro | B | MIN | BAL@MIN | 3B/SS/2B/OF | 2900 | 8.68 | OF | 3500 | 7.00 | 3.25 | 6 | C |
Ryan Jeffers | R | MIN | BAL@MIN | C | 3000 | 9.40 | C | 4200 | 7.25 | 7.16 | 7 | C |
Kyle Farmer | R | MIN | BAL@MIN | 2B/3B/SS | 2400 | 6.12 | 2B | 2700 | 4.87 | 1.05 | 8 | C |
Manuel Margot | R | MIN | BAL@MIN | OF | 2600 | 6.06 | OF | 2100 | 4.98 | 1.57 | 9 | C |
Francisco Lindor | B | NYM | NYM@MIL | SS | 3900 | 13.68 | SS | 5600 | 10.78 | 5.72 | 1 | C |
Jose Iglesias | R | NYM | NYM@MIL | SS/2B/3B | 2700 | 10.59 | 2B | 4000 | 8.83 | 1.84 | 2 | C |
Mark Vientos | R | NYM | NYM@MIL | 3B/1B | 3000 | 12.99 | 3B | 4300 | 10.10 | 6.46 | 3 | C |
Brandon Nimmo | L | NYM | NYM@MIL | OF | 3100 | 10.75 | OF | 4400 | 8.35 | 3.94 | 4 | C |
Pete Alonso | R | NYM | NYM@MIL | 1B | 3100 | 11.65 | 1B | 4500 | 8.96 | 5.98 | 5 | C |
Starling Marte | R | NYM | NYM@MIL | OF | 2900 | 9.86 | OF | 3900 | 8.07 | 2.83 | 6 | C |
Luis Torrens | R | NYM | NYM@MIL | C | 2400 | 8.66 | C | 2700 | 6.93 | 2.64 | 7 | C |
Harrison Bader | R | NYM | NYM@MIL | OF | 2600 | 8.63 | OF | 2900 | 7.05 | 2.07 | 8 | C |
Luisangel Acuna | R | NYM | NYM@MIL | SS | 2700 | 7.09 | SS | 3700 | 5.88 | 1.16 | 9 | C |
Jackson Chourio | R | MIL | NYM@MIL | OF | 3400 | 10.88 | OF | 4300 | 8.78 | 5.00 | 1 | C |
Garrett Mitchell | L | MIL | NYM@MIL | OF | 2900 | 9.35 | OF | 3600 | 7.43 | 3.01 | 2 | C |
William Contreras | R | MIL | NYM@MIL | C | 3500 | 9.99 | C | 5000 | 7.98 | 4.63 | 3 | C |
Willy Adames | R | MIL | NYM@MIL | SS | 3600 | 10.45 | SS | 4800 | 8.17 | 5.75 | 4 | C |
Rhys Hoskins | R | MIL | NYM@MIL | 1B | 3000 | 9.88 | 1B | 3800 | 7.60 | 6.55 | 5 | C |
Gary Sanchez | R | MIL | NYM@MIL | C | 2700 | 8.34 | C | 3400 | 6.50 | 4.25 | 6 | C |
Isaac Collins | B | MIL | NYM@MIL | OF | 2000 | 7.07 | 2B/OF | 2000 | 5.63 | 1.85 | 7 | C |
Joey Ortiz | R | MIL | NYM@MIL | 3B/2B/SS | 2800 | 7.46 | 3B | 3300 | 5.95 | 2.31 | 8 | C |
Andruw Monasterio | R | MIL | NYM@MIL | 2B/3B/1B | 2300 | 6.20 | 2B/3B | 2100 | 4.96 | 0.77 | 9 | C |
Adam Frazier | L | KC | KC@ATL | 2B/3B/OF | 2300 | 7.86 | 3B/OF | 2200 | 6.34 | 2.36 | 1 | C |
Maikel Garcia | R | KC | KC@ATL | 3B/2B | 2700 | 9.55 | 2B/3B | 4100 | 7.91 | 2.82 | 2 | C |
Salvador Perez | R | KC | KC@ATL | C/1B | 2800 | 11.49 | C/1B | 4700 | 9.11 | 9.79 | 3 | C |
MJ Melendez | L | KC | KC@ATL | OF | 2400 | 10.35 | OF | 2900 | 8.05 | 7.41 | 4 | C |
Paul DeJong | R | KC | KC@ATL | SS/3B | 2500 | 9.94 | 3B | 3400 | 7.79 | 8.03 | 5 | C |
Robbie Grossman | B | KC | KC@ATL | OF | 2100 | 7.83 | OF | 2600 | 6.20 | 2.62 | 6 | C |
Freddy Fermin | R | KC | KC@ATL | C | 2400 | 7.97 | C | 3100 | 6.54 | 3.89 | 7 | C |
Garrett Hampson | R | KC | KC@ATL | 2B/3B/SS/OF | 2100 | 6.39 | 2B/OF | 2100 | 5.39 | 0.26 | 8 | C |
Dairon Blanco | R | KC | KC@ATL | OF | 2300 | 9.99 | OF | 3200 | 8.22 | 1.05 | 9 | C |
Michael Harris | L | ATL | KC@ATL | OF | 3100 | 10.03 | OF | 4800 | 8.25 | 4.14 | 1 | C |
Ozzie Albies | B | ATL | KC@ATL | 2B | 3000 | 9.76 | 2B | 4600 | 7.92 | 3.85 | 2 | C |
Marcell Ozuna | R | ATL | KC@ATL | OF | 3600 | 14.26 | OF | 5200 | 11.04 | 11.35 | 3 | C |
Matt Olson | L | ATL | KC@ATL | 1B | 3500 | 10.48 | 1B | 5300 | 8.12 | 7.23 | 4 | C |
Jorge Soler | R | ATL | KC@ATL | OF | 3200 | 10.17 | OF | 4000 | 7.88 | 6.26 | 5 | C |
Ramon Laureano | R | ATL | KC@ATL | OF | 2800 | 8.69 | OF | 3500 | 6.85 | 3.20 | 6 | C |
Travis d'Arnaud | R | ATL | KC@ATL | C | 2900 | 9.74 | C | 3800 | 7.62 | 5.74 | 7 | C |
Gio Urshela | R | ATL | KC@ATL | 1B/3B | 2700 | 5.90 | 3B | 2800 | 4.92 | 2.00 | 8 | C |
Orlando Arcia | R | ATL | KC@ATL | SS | 2700 | 6.33 | SS | 2900 | 5.11 | 3.25 | 9 | C |
Jurickson Profar | B | SDP | SDP@ARI | OF/1B | 3400 | 12.39 | OF | 4200 | 9.75 | 8.40 | 1 | C |
Donovan Solano | R | SDP | SDP@ARI | 2B/3B/1B | 2700 | 9.50 | 1B | 2200 | 7.88 | 4.17 | 2 | C |
Manny Machado | R | SDP | SDP@ARI | 3B | 3500 | 10.99 | 3B | 5400 | 8.77 | 8.79 | 3 | C |
Xander Bogaerts | R | SDP | SDP@ARI | SS/2B | 2900 | 8.61 | SS | 4100 | 7.13 | 4.25 | 4 | C |
Nick Ahmed | R | SDP | SDP@ARI | SS | 2000 | 6.17 | SS | 2100 | 5.22 | 1.61 | 5 | C |
David Peralta | L | SDP | SDP@ARI | OF | 2500 | 8.53 | OF | 2900 | 6.88 | 4.05 | 6 | C |
Kyle Higashioka | R | SDP | SDP@ARI | C | 2800 | 11.09 | C | 3200 | 8.54 | 10.19 | 7 | C |
Brandon Lockridge | R | SDP | SDP@ARI | OF | 2000 | 7.78 | OF | 2000 | 6.31 | 2.63 | 8 | C |
Tyler Wade | L | SDP | SDP@ARI | OF/2B/SS/3B | 2200 | 5.96 | SS | 2400 | 5.01 | 0.09 | 9 | C |
Corbin Carroll | L | ARI | SDP@ARI | OF | 3700 | 11.30 | OF | 5600 | 9.00 | 5.66 | 1 | C |
Ketel Marte | B | ARI | SDP@ARI | 2B | 4000 | 13.64 | 2B | 6200 | 10.67 | 12.61 | 2 | C |
Joc Pederson | L | ARI | SDP@ARI | OF | 3000 | 13.25 | OF | 4700 | 10.22 | 9.68 | 3 | C |
Christian Walker | R | ARI | SDP@ARI | 1B | 3300 | 11.19 | 1B | 4900 | 8.66 | 10.28 | 4 | C |
Lourdes Gurriel | R | ARI | SDP@ARI | OF | 2900 | 8.48 | OF | 4200 | 6.94 | 6.04 | 5 | C |
Jake McCarthy | L | ARI | SDP@ARI | OF | 2800 | 9.80 | OF | 4100 | 8.07 | 2.83 | 6 | C |
Eugenio Suarez | R | ARI | SDP@ARI | 3B | 3400 | 8.40 | 3B | 4400 | 6.56 | 6.29 | 7 | C |
Gabriel Moreno | R | ARI | SDP@ARI | C | 2600 | 7.10 | C | 3400 | 5.74 | 2.60 | 8 | C |
Geraldo Perdomo | R | ARI | SDP@ARI | SS | 2700 | 6.34 | SS | 3500 | 5.25 | 1.19 | 9 | C |
Shohei Ohtani | L | LAD | LAD@COL | OF | 5400 | 20.88 | 1B/OF | 8100 | 16.14 | 11.66 | 1 | C |
Mookie Betts | R | LAD | LAD@COL | 2B/SS/OF | 4500 | 14.66 | OF | 6800 | 11.61 | 6.01 | 2 | C |
Gavin Lux | L | LAD | LAD@COL | 2B | 3600 | 9.41 | 2B | 4800 | 7.68 | 2.59 | 3 | C |
Teoscar Hernandez | R | LAD | LAD@COL | OF | 4000 | 13.58 | OF | 5700 | 10.66 | 7.44 | 4 | C |
Max Muncy | L | LAD | LAD@COL | 3B | 4200 | 12.40 | 3B | 5600 | 9.38 | 7.13 | 5 | C |
Will Smith | R | LAD | LAD@COL | P | 5500 | 9.88 | C | 5500 | 7.72 | 7.61 | 6 | C |
Tommy Edman | B | LAD | LAD@COL | SS/2B/OF | 3800 | 10.12 | SS/OF | 5000 | 8.23 | 3.11 | 7 | C |
Kike Hernandez | R | LAD | LAD@COL | 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF | 3400 | 7.40 | 2B/3B | 4100 | 5.91 | 2.34 | 8 | C |
Kevin Kiermaier | L | LAD | LAD@COL | OF | 2800 | 6.52 | OF | 3600 | 5.32 | 1.37 | 9 | C |
Charlie Blackmon | L | COL | LAD@COL | OF | 3500 | 9.40 | OF | 4900 | 7.62 | 2.41 | 1 | C |
Ezequiel Tovar | R | COL | LAD@COL | SS | 3500 | 10.33 | SS | 5800 | 8.39 | 4.36 | 2 | C |
Ryan McMahon | L | COL | LAD@COL | 3B | 3500 | 9.97 | 3B | 5200 | 7.81 | 3.86 | 3 | C |
Michael Toglia | B | COL | LAD@COL | 1B/OF | 3600 | 11.85 | 1B | 5100 | 9.09 | 6.13 | 4 | C |
Nolan Jones | L | COL | LAD@COL | OF | 3100 | 8.33 | OF | 4800 | 6.55 | 2.26 | 5 | C |
Sam Hilliard | L | COL | LAD@COL | OF | 3300 | 10.70 | OF | 4700 | 8.41 | 2.97 | 6 | C |
Jake Cave | L | COL | LAD@COL | OF | 3000 | 7.78 | OF | 4400 | 6.38 | 1.59 | 7 | C |
Aaron Schunk | R | COL | LAD@COL | 3B/2B/SS | 2500 | 4.60 | 2B/3B | 3400 | 3.89 | 0.43 | 8 | C |
Hunter Goodman | R | COL | LAD@COL | OF/C/1B | 3300 | 7.69 | C | 4500 | 5.95 | 3.36 | 9 | C |
Marcus Semien | R | TEX | TEX@LAA | 2B | 3300 | 11.02 | 2B | 4800 | 8.74 | 9.93 | 1 | C |
Josh Smith | L | TEX | TEX@LAA | SS/3B/OF | 3000 | 10.87 | SS | 4000 | 8.64 | 6.80 | 2 | C |
Wyatt Langford | R | TEX | TEX@LAA | OF | 3300 | 9.61 | OF | 4300 | 7.79 | 4.55 | 3 | C |
Adolis Garcia | R | TEX | TEX@LAA | OF | 3200 | 10.60 | OF | 4100 | 8.31 | 10.15 | 4 | C |
Nathaniel Lowe | L | TEX | TEX@LAA | 1B | 2900 | 9.22 | 1B | 3400 | 7.32 | 6.40 | 5 | C |
Leody Taveras | B | TEX | TEX@LAA | OF | 2800 | 8.70 | OF | 2900 | 7.03 | 4.69 | 6 | C |
Carson Kelly | R | TEX | TEX@LAA | C | 2700 | 8.64 | C | 3100 | 6.84 | 6.48 | 7 | C |
Dustin Harris | L | TEX | TEX@LAA | 3B | 2100 | 8.11 | OF | 2000 | 6.50 | 4.53 | 8 | C |
Ezequiel Duran | R | TEX | TEX@LAA | SS/OF/3B/1B | 2600 | 5.72 | 3B | 2100 | 4.83 | 2.13 | 9 | C |
Taylor Ward | R | LAA | TEX@LAA | OF | 3000 | 10.09 | OF | 4700 | 7.93 | 8.49 | 1 | C |
Jack Lopez | R | LAA | TEX@LAA | 2B/SS/OF | 2100 | 7.75 | 2B | 2000 | 6.35 | 4.28 | 2 | C |
Eric Wagaman | R | LAA | TEX@LAA | 3B/OF | 2800 | 8.60 | 3B | 4000 | 6.88 | 6.07 | 3 | C |
Kevin Pillar | R | LAA | TEX@LAA | OF | 2600 | 9.71 | OF | 4300 | 7.85 | 5.14 | 4 | C |
Brandon Drury | R | LAA | TEX@LAA | 1B/2B/3B | 2400 | 5.55 | 1B/2B | 3000 | 4.44 | 2.80 | 5 | C |
Logan O'Hoppe | R | LAA | TEX@LAA | C | 2800 | 8.83 | C | 3800 | 7.01 | 7.99 | 6 | C |
Gustavo Campero | B | LAA | TEX@LAA | OF | 2400 | 8.47 | OF | 3600 | 6.75 | 5.42 | 7 | C |
Niko Kavadas | L | LAA | TEX@LAA | 1B | 2500 | 7.25 | 1B | 2300 | 5.52 | 6.28 | 8 | C |
Michael Stefanic | R | LAA | TEX@LAA | 2B | 2200 | 5.58 | 2B | 2200 | 4.68 | 0.81 | 9 | C |
Lawrence Butler | L | OAK | OAK@SEA | OF | 3100 | 12.23 | OF | 4500 | 9.65 | 8.68 | 1 | C |
Brent Rooker | R | OAK | OAK@SEA | OF | 3900 | 15.30 | OF | 6000 | 11.83 | 14.77 | 2 | C |
JJ Bleday | L | OAK | OAK@SEA | OF | 3000 | 9.76 | OF | 3400 | 7.65 | 6.68 | 3 | C |
Shea Langeliers | R | OAK | OAK@SEA | C | 2800 | 11.49 | C | 4000 | 8.88 | 11.16 | 4 | C |
Tyler Soderstrom | L | OAK | OAK@SEA | C/1B | 2900 | 9.10 | 1B | 3100 | 7.04 | 7.42 | 5 | C |
Seth Brown | L | OAK | OAK@SEA | OF | 2600 | 8.36 | OF | 2800 | 6.59 | 6.12 | 6 | C |
Jacob Wilson | R | OAK | OAK@SEA | SS | 2400 | 8.13 | SS | 2300 | 6.75 | 3.74 | 7 | C |
Tyler Nevin | R | OAK | OAK@SEA | 3B/1B/OF | 2400 | 7.22 | 1B/OF | 2600 | 5.61 | 4.45 | 8 | C |
Max Schuemann | R | OAK | OAK@SEA | OF/2B/SS/3B | 2600 | 7.05 | 3B | 2900 | 5.65 | 2.64 | 9 | C |
Victor Robles | R | SEA | OAK@SEA | OF | 3000 | 11.48 | OF | 3800 | 9.27 | 4.13 | 1 | C |
Julio Rodriguez | R | SEA | OAK@SEA | OF | 3500 | 10.47 | OF | 4400 | 8.52 | 8.10 | 2 | C |
Cal Raleigh | B | SEA | OAK@SEA | C | 3100 | 11.75 | C | 4300 | 8.96 | 14.08 | 3 | C |
Luke Raley | L | SEA | OAK@SEA | OF/1B | 2700 | 10.34 | 1B/OF | 3400 | 8.13 | 8.39 | 4 | C |
Jorge Polanco | B | SEA | OAK@SEA | 2B | 2600 | 8.34 | 2B | 3200 | 6.54 | 7.98 | 5 | C |
Mitch Haniger | R | SEA | OAK@SEA | OF | 2500 | 7.59 | OF | 2400 | 5.95 | 6.41 | 6 | C |
J.P. Crawford | L | SEA | OAK@SEA | SS | 2800 | 7.36 | SS | 3100 | 5.77 | 5.87 | 7 | C |
Dylan Moore | R | SEA | OAK@SEA | OF/SS/2B/3B | 2700 | 9.20 | 2B/3B | 3500 | 7.16 | 4.77 | 8 | C |
Josh Rojas | L | SEA | OAK@SEA | 3B/2B/OF | 2500 | 6.43 | 3B | 2500 | 5.19 | 2.89 | 9 | C |
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