FREE MLB DFS Hitter Projections – DraftKings MLB & FanDuel MLB – Thursday Early & Main Slates – 5/9

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: 9:33 pm ET – 5/9/24- updated

Update Notes: All lineups are now confirmed.

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.

Early Slate

PlayerHandTeamGameFD POSFD$FDptsDK POSDK$DKptsHROrderStatus
TJ FriedlLCINCIN@MIAOF280011.85OF43009.468.451C
Matt McLainRCINCIN@MIASS/2B340013.312B520010.4411.302C
Elly De La CruzBCINCIN@MIASS400015.32SS580012.1111.613C
Austin HaysRCINCIN@MIAOF270010.05OF39008.048.304C
Gavin LuxLCINCIN@MIA2B/OF26009.512B/OF34007.635.965C
Spencer SteerRCINCIN@MIAOF/1B/2B250010.361B/3B32008.138.156C
Jake FraleyLCINCIN@MIAOF260010.07OF33008.046.517C
Noelvi MarteRCINCIN@MIA3B22008.303B29006.695.588C
Jose TrevinoRCINCIN@MIAC23007.31C37005.915.429C
Xavier EdwardsBMIACIN@MIASS33009.88SS45008.261.381C
Eric WagamanRMIACIN@MIA3B/OF24009.321B31007.525.132C
Connor NorbyRMIACIN@MIA2B/3B30009.623B31007.685.823C
Otto LopezRMIACIN@MIA2B30008.452B40007.042.264C
Dane MyersRMIACIN@MIAOF24008.29OF27006.714.395C
Agustin RamirezRMIACIN@MIAC20008.53006.774.996C
Jesus SanchezLMIACIN@MIAOF270010.01OF29007.916.727C
Javier SanojaRMIACIN@MIASS/2B/OF21006.242B/OF25005.271.268C
Ronny SimonBMIACIN@MIA2B20006.432B20005.252.199C
Fernando TatisRSDPSDP@DETOF430015.76OF600011.5917.171P
Manny MachadoRSDPSDP@DET3B380012.813B520010.1113.782P
Gavin SheetsLSDPSDP@DET1B/OF27009.38OF34007.477.733P
Xander BogaertsRSDPSDP@DETSS/2B28009.88SS40007.987.154P
Jose IglesiasRSDPSDP@DETSS/2B/3B/OF26007.332B29006.173.495P
Tirso OrnelasLSDPSDP@DETOF20007.77OF20006.275.486P
Yuli GurrielRSDPSDP@DET1B25007.241B22005.894.427P
Tyler WadeLSDPSDP@DET2B/3B/SS23006.682B/OF22005.501.478P
Elias DiazRSDPSDP@DETC24006.79C24005.475.299P
Gleyber TorresRDETSDP@DET2B32009.832B46007.886.011C
Zach McKinstryLDETSDP@DETSS/3B/2B28008.913B/OF39007.233.802C
Riley GreeneLDETSDP@DETOF290010.94OF43008.677.873C
Spencer TorkelsonRDETSDP@DET1B35009.301B45007.227.184C
Colt KeithLDETSDP@DET1B/2B24008.702B31007.025.695C
Jace JungLDETSDP@DET3B20007.90#N/A#N/A6.185.136C
Javier BaezRDETSDP@DET2B/SS/3B24007.683B/SS37006.205.217C
Trey SweeneyLDETSDP@DETSS25007.26SS34005.804.218C
Tomas NidoRDETSDP@DETC21005.28C23004.392.239C
Bryson StottLPHIPHI@NYM2B/SS280010.382B43008.425.001P
Trea TurnerRPHIPHI@NYMSS310011.29SS53009.147.742P
Bryce HarperLPHIPHI@NYM1B400012.801B54009.9310.593P
Kyle SchwarberLPHIPHI@NYMOF430011.48OF59009.1913.714P
Nick CastellanosRPHIPHI@NYMOF31009.31OF48007.457.265P
Max KeplerLPHIPHI@NYMOF27008.51OF36006.746.706P
J.T. RealmutoRPHIPHI@NYMC28008.95C40007.116.507P
Alec BohmRPHIPHI@NYM3B/1B25007.913B35006.425.058P
Johan RojasRPHIPHI@NYMOF23007.48OF27006.202.589P
Francisco LindorBNYMPHI@NYMSS320012.52SS52009.869.001P
Juan SotoLNYMPHI@NYMOF380014.61OF570011.1311.252P
Pete AlonsoRNYMPHI@NYM1B420012.451B56009.5411.413P
Brandon NimmoLNYMPHI@NYMOF27009.72OF42007.656.054P
Jesse WinkerLNYMPHI@NYMOF25008.86OF33006.934.765P
Luis TorrensRNYMPHI@NYMC25007.73C32006.174.706P
Brett BatyLNYMPHI@NYM3B/2B23007.952B/3B25006.275.557P
Luisangel AcunaRNYMPHI@NYMSS/2B25007.502B35006.192.858P
Tyrone TaylorRNYMPHI@NYMOF24007.78OF25006.214.929P
Lars NootbaarLSTLSTL@ATLOF340011.58OF47009.066.411C
Willson ContrerasRSTLSTL@ATLC/1B260011.761B33009.127.512C
Brendan DonovanLSTLSTL@ATL3B/2B/OF30009.102B/SS44007.373.643C
Nolan ArenadoRSTLSTL@ATL3B32009.053B43007.265.434C
Alec BurlesonLSTLSTL@ATLOF/1B25009.171B30007.415.345C
Jordan WalkerRSTLSTL@ATLOF27009.17OF33007.344.876C
Nolan GormanLSTLSTL@ATL2B27009.622B36007.467.147C
Pedro PagesRSTLSTL@ATLC27006.92C36005.543.328C
Victor ScottLSTLSTL@ATLOF29007.25OF35005.951.859C
Alex VerdugoLATLSTL@ATLOF24009.26OF33007.524.831C
Austin RileyRATLSTL@ATL3B330012.723B50009.9610.792C
Marcell OzunaRATLSTL@ATLOF380012.19OF47009.4910.823C
Matt OlsonLATLSTL@ATL1B290011.861B48009.1210.344C
Ozzie AlbiesBATLSTL@ATL2B32009.852B49007.886.565C
Michael HarrisLATLSTL@ATLOF270010.62OF44008.557.056C
Sean MurphyRATLSTL@ATLC33009.26C46007.176.697C
Jarred KelenicLATLSTL@ATLOF24008.41OF23006.655.568C
Nick AllenRATLSTL@ATLSS22006.16SS26005.081.659C
Bo BichetteRTORTOR@HOUSS290010.94SS43008.906.341P
Vladimir GuerreroRTORTOR@HOU1B300013.541B500010.629.892P
Anthony SantanderBTORTOR@HOUOF280011.65OF42009.039.383P
Andres GimenezLTORTOR@HOU2B30009.712B47007.913.774P
George SpringerRTORTOR@HOUOF31009.64OF46007.625.945P
Addison BargerLTORTOR@HOU3B/OF20008.943B/OF22007.025.566P
Alejandro KirkRTORTOR@HOUC25007.94C30006.383.697P
Will WagnerLTORTOR@HOU1B/2B/3B22006.941B/3B23005.622.358P
Alan RodenLTORTOR@HOUOF21007.11OF24005.722.549P
Jose AltuveRHOUTOR@HOU2B/OF330011.162B/OF50008.955.081P
Isaac ParedesRHOUTOR@HOU3B300010.503B41008.165.482P
Yordan AlvarezLHOUTOR@HOUOF330014.76OF510011.409.033P
Jeremy PenaRHOUTOR@HOUSS30009.31SS39007.583.774P
Christian WalkerRHOUTOR@HOU1B260010.651B40008.246.585P
Yainer DiazRHOUTOR@HOUC25008.96C33007.274.696P
Brendan RodgersRHOUTOR@HOU2B25007.212B27005.833.147P
Jake MeyersRHOUTOR@HOUOF27007.57OF30006.073.078P
Cam SmithRHOUTOR@HOU3B/OF26007.09OF27005.633.699P
Brice TurangLMILMIL@SFG2B340010.812B51008.834.351P
Jackson ChourioRMILMIL@SFGOF380012.96OF550010.3611.182P
Christian YelichLMILMIL@SFGOF350011.79OF49009.338.343P
William ContrerasRMILMIL@SFGC320011.66C45009.199.804P
Rhys HoskinsRMILMIL@SFG1B260010.761B39008.2811.275P
Sal FrelickLMILMIL@SFGOF31007.66OF40006.342.306P
Joey OrtizRMILMIL@SFG3B/2B/SS26008.64SS28006.945.097P
Isaac CollinsBMILMIL@SFGOF21007.88OF25006.253.698P
Caleb DurbinRMILMIL@SFG2B20007.912B/SS20006.382.989P
Mike YastrzemskiLSFGMIL@SFGOF320010.42OF42008.178.511P
Willy AdamesRSFGMIL@SFGSS280011.78SS41009.2210.262P
Jung Hoo LeeLSFGMIL@SFGOF37009.36OF48007.675.393P
Matt ChapmanRSFGMIL@SFG3B310011.063B45008.609.684P
Heliot RamosRSFGMIL@SFGOF33009.87OF39007.838.825P
LaMonte WadeLSFGMIL@SFG1B/OF25008.691B29006.796.596P
Wilmer FloresRSFGMIL@SFG1B/3B32008.081B/3B38006.406.647P
Patrick BaileyBSFGMIL@SFGC26006.81C35005.474.338P
Tyler FitzgeraldRSFGMIL@SFGSS/2B/OF29008.142B32006.496.029P

Main Slate

PlayerHandTeamGameFD POSFD$FDptsDK POSDK$DKptsHROrderStatus
Zach NetoRLAALAA@CWSSS350012.57SS550011.4911.161C
Mike TroutRLAALAA@CWSOF450012.93OF600011.4011.882C
Yoan MoncadaBLAALAA@CWS3B27008.993B34008.257.343C
Jorge SolerRLAALAA@CWSOF330010.02OF36008.9510.134C
Jo AdellRLAALAA@CWSOF290010.37OF44009.4010.765C
Josh LoweLLAALAA@CWSOF25009.10OF29008.476.086C
Vaughn GrissomRLAALAA@CWSSS/2B27006.962B28006.574.227C
Travis d'ArnaudRLAALAA@CWSC24006.72C22006.195.488C
Adam FrazierLLAALAA@CWS2B/3B/OF25005.372B30005.161.919C
Chase MeidrothRCWSLAA@CWSSS/2B28009.332B34008.784.351C
Miguel VargasRCWSLAA@CWSOF/3B/1B35009.243B47008.476.972C
Munetaka MurakamiLCWSLAA@CWS1B390010.851B59009.5912.093C
Austin HaysRCWSLAA@CWSOF27008.56OF29007.986.774C
Colson MontgomeryLCWSLAA@CWSSS31009.43SS49008.4610.355C
Edgar QueroBCWSLAA@CWSC22006.57C24006.193.986C
Derek HillRCWSLAA@CWSOF23007.06OF27006.684.237C
Luisangel AcunaRCWSLAA@CWSSS/2B/OF25006.50OF25006.311.848C
Sam AntonacciLCWSLAA@CWSOF26006.49OF30006.121.489C
Chandler SimpsonLTBTB@CLEOF29009.27OF41009.200.481C
Junior CamineroRTBTB@CLE3B350011.963B520010.8811.862C
Jonathan ArandaLTBTB@CLE1B34008.881B43008.166.423C
Yandy DiazRTBTB@CLE1B36008.371B/3B46007.835.694C
Jake FraleyLTBTB@CLEOF26007.56OF29007.073.595C
Cedric MullinsLTBTB@CLEOF27007.87OF30007.284.526C
Richie PalaciosLTBTB@CLEOF/2B/3B27006.362B33005.972.317C
Hunter FeducciaLTBTB@CLEC21005.86C22005.432.958C
Taylor WallsBTBTB@CLESS/2B26005.97SS24005.592.059C
Steven KwanLCLETB@CLEOF27007.20OF37006.942.001C
Chase DeLauterLCLETB@CLEOF30008.07OF43007.374.772C
Jose RamirezBCLETB@CLE3B350010.633B62009.726.603C
Kyle ManzardoLCLETB@CLE1B24008.261B27007.456.114C
Daniel SchneemannLCLETB@CLE2B/3B/SS/OF30006.362B/3B31005.892.955C
Angel MartinezBCLETB@CLEOF/2B30005.77OF42005.452.706C
Travis BazzanaLCLETB@CLE2B25005.832B30005.352.767C
Bo NaylorLCLETB@CLEC22006.34C25005.743.828C
Brayan RocchioBCLETB@CLESS28005.27SS29004.962.039C
J.P. CrawfordLSEASEA@MINSS27008.12SS31007.554.971C
Cal RaleighBSEASEA@MINC330012.97C530011.4415.992C
Julio RodriguezRSEASEA@MINOF280011.80OF430010.8812.523C
Josh NaylorLSEASEA@MIN1B28009.691B37008.998.534C
Randy ArozarenaRSEASEA@MINOF32009.65OF42008.768.905C
Luke RaleyLSEASEA@MINOF/1B28008.26OF35007.527.086C
Dominic CanzoneLSEASEA@MINOF27007.98OF32007.378.047C
Cole YoungLSEASEA@MINSS/2B29006.382B29005.963.658C
Will WilsonRSEASEA@MIN2B/3B22004.932B/3B26004.623.479C
Byron BuxtonRMINSEA@MINOF300012.67OF540011.4310.541C
Trevor LarnachLMINSEA@MINOF28008.24OF31007.595.562C
Josh BellBMINSEA@MIN1B29007.931B39007.286.123C
Ryan JeffersRMINSEA@MINC33007.54C43006.935.004C
Kody ClemensLMINSEA@MIN1B/2B/3B/OF27007.831B32007.195.955C
Luke KeaschallRMINSEA@MIN2B27007.392B37006.913.456C
Matt WallnerLMINSEA@MINOF27009.04OF27008.067.827C
Brooks LeeBMINSEA@MINSS/3B/2B29005.71SS28005.393.748C
Royce LewisRMINSEA@MIN3B30006.753B33006.255.199C
Trent GrishamLNYYNYY@TEXOF290010.84OF37009.688.621C
Ben RiceLNYYNYY@TEXC/1B450010.741B57009.649.262C
Aaron JudgeRNYYNYY@TEXOF430016.24OF650014.3016.173C
Cody BellingerLNYYNYY@TEXOF/1B310010.09OF47009.307.854C
Jazz Chisholm Jr.LNYYNYY@TEX2B/3B290011.632B410010.558.815C
Jasson DominguezBNYYNYY@TEXOF24008.88OF36008.284.736C
J.C. EscarraLNYYNYY@TEXC/3B24006.69C27006.233.247C
Ryan McMahonLNYYNYY@TEX3B24007.553B24006.815.758C
Jose CaballeroRNYYNYY@TEXSS/2B/3B/OF31008.20SS34007.632.409C
Brandon NimmoLTEXNYY@TEXOF30009.39OF45008.667.791C
Josh JungRTEXNYY@TEX3B33008.303B32007.797.312C
Corey SeagerLTEXNYY@TEXSS320011.12SS480010.0311.723C
Joc PedersonLTEXNYY@TEXOF/1B25009.161B25008.268.304C
Jake BurgerRTEXNYY@TEX1B28008.501B36007.769.825C
Evan CarterLTEXNYY@TEXOF28008.13OF35007.524.856C
Kyle HigashiokaRTEXNYY@TEXC26006.76C28006.275.777C
Alejandro OsunaLTEXNYY@TEXOF24006.48OF21006.083.068C
Ezequiel DuranRTEXNYY@TEX3B/SS/2B/1B27006.092B/OF22005.813.289C
Roman AnthonyLBOSBOS@TOROF280011.06OF500010.068.971C
Willson ContrerasRBOSBOS@TORC/1B330010.021B41009.1010.502C
Wilyer AbreuLBOSBOS@TOROF31009.56OF43008.6211.323C
Ceddanne RafaelaRBOSBOS@TOROF/2B/SS27008.80OF30008.356.824C
Trevor StoryRBOSBOS@TORSS28008.68SS35008.118.205C
Andruw MonasterioRBOSBOS@TOR2B/3B/1B/SS27007.323B/SS25006.864.086C
Connor WongRBOSBOS@TORC27006.72C24006.344.667C
Isiah Kiner-FalefaRBOSBOS@TORSS/3B/2B24005.472B/3B20005.391.718C
Caleb DurbinRBOSBOS@TOR3B/2B27006.943B22006.534.079C
Ernie ClementRTORBOS@TOR2B/SS/3B/1B27008.472B/SS33008.173.231C
Jesus SanchezLTORBOS@TOROF280010.49OF32009.745.832C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.RTORBOS@TOR1B320011.921B560010.858.433C
Kazuma OkamotoRTORBOS@TOR3B28009.553B37008.646.714C
Daulton VarshoLTORBOS@TOROF27009.23OF40008.416.725C
Yohendrick PinangoLTORBOS@TOROF21006.68OF20006.202.996C
Myles StrawRTORBOS@TOROF25006.03OF26005.830.997C
Andres GimenezLTORBOS@TOR2B/SS29007.02SS32006.642.868C
Brandon ValenzuelaBTORBOS@TORC20007.40C20006.754.769C
Jakob MarseeLMIAMIA@LADOF310010.16OF40009.394.781C
Kyle StowersLMIAMIA@LADOF28009.63OF44008.678.932C
Otto LopezRMIAMIA@LAD2B/SS32008.00SS43007.663.653C
Xavier EdwardsBMIAMIA@LADSS/2B33007.442B45007.261.164C
Liam HicksLMIAMIA@LADC/1B33006.36C42005.962.215C
Connor NorbyRMIAMIA@LAD1B/3B27007.581B26007.075.056C
Owen CaissieLMIAMIA@LADOF27007.34OF29006.764.897C
Graham PauleyLMIAMIA@LAD3B/2B/1B25006.703B23006.204.128C
Esteury RuizRMIAMIA@LADOF21008.29OF20007.763.219C
Shohei OhtaniLLADMIA@LADOF400017.491B/OF630015.6513.671C
Freddie FreemanLLADMIA@LAD1B300011.601B510010.656.172C
Andy PagesRLADMIA@LADOF360010.98OF480010.106.533C
Kyle TuckerLLADMIA@LADOF320013.28OF580011.948.164C
Max MuncyLLADMIA@LAD3B38009.973B46008.756.365C
Dalton RushingLLADMIA@LADC30008.85C38007.985.036C
Hyeseong KimLLADMIA@LAD2B/SS/OF28007.84SS30007.522.137C
Alex CallRLADMIA@LADOF27007.65OF31006.993.018C
Alex FreelandBLADMIA@LAD2B/3B25007.722B28007.044.009C
Nico HoernerRCHCCHC@SDP2B/SS37008.77000.003.001C
Moises BallesterosLCHCCHC@SDPC30008.47000.006.452C
Alex BregmanRCHCCHC@SDP3B28009.49000.009.113C
Ian HappBCHCCHC@SDPOF33009.60000.008.484C
Michael BuschLCHCCHC@SDP1B27009.98000.0010.695C
Michael ConfortoLCHCCHC@SDPOF24008.03000.007.526C
Matt ShawRCHCCHC@SDP3B26008.49000.006.167C
Pete Crow-ArmstrongLCHCCHC@SDPOF28009.99000.008.058C
Miguel AmayaRCHCCHC@SDPC27006.41000.004.659C
Jackson MerrillLSDPCHC@SDPOF310010.04000.009.641C
Fernando Tatis Jr.RSDPCHC@SDPOF290011.35000.0010.442C
Manny MachadoRSDPCHC@SDP3B320010.00000.0010.863C
Xander BogaertsRSDPCHC@SDPSS31008.05000.005.194C
Ty FranceRSDPCHC@SDP1B27007.01000.005.165C
Miguel AndujarRSDPCHC@SDPOF/1B/3B27006.83000.005.166C
Jake CronenworthLSDPCHC@SDP1B/2B25006.80000.004.887C
Nick CastellanosRSDPCHC@SDPOF23006.65000.005.968C
Luis CampusanoRSDPCHC@SDPC32006.29000.005.429C

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