Best Fantasy Baseball Plays for FanDuel/DraftKings on MLB Opening Day
Explore using any of these prime MLB players in your Opening Day fantasy baseball lineup(s).
Feb 23, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Seattle Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert against the Los Angeles Dodgers during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J.
Rebilas-Imagn Images Today, March 26, is the first full day of MLB baseball in the year 2026. We are back, and today is Opening Day. It is so much fun, and to make it even more fun, we always have the option of toying around with an MLB DFS lineup on either FanDuel or DraftKings.
We explore the best positional options to use today that may deliver the big bucks. Pitcher: Logan Gilbert (vs CLE) Gilbert is priced attractively at $9,200 on FanDuel. He posted a 32% strikeout rate in 2026, and with this, being his first start, Gilbert shall be primed to go deep into this game against a middling Guardians lineup.
We must gamble on upside with no sample sizes in 2026, and Gilbert's upside is of Cy Young level, at home where T-Mobile Stadium is dead-last in park factor; elite for pitchers. Pitcher: Matthew Boyd (vs WSH) Boyd is another starter today with a highly favorable, which shows Wrigley Field at 25th with/28, very favorable to pitchers. Boyd has about a 3.