{"id":171639,"date":"2025-09-26T23:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171639\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T23:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:02:09","slug":"fantasy-baseball-lineup-advice-and-betting-tips-for-saturday-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171639\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy baseball lineup advice and betting tips for Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 26, 2025, 06:00 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>Check out all of our starting pitcher rankings and other lineup selection tools here to help you make smart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy baseball<\/a> lineup decisions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/chalk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB betting tips<\/a> for each day&#8217;s slate of games will also be added in the morning. MLB game odds are provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/espnbet.app.link\/uiWE8nPBnJb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN BET<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.espncdn.com\/i\/espnicons\/SVG\/external.svg?w=10&amp;h=10\" width=\"10\"\/>, and all fantasy advice is geared toward ESPN 10-team leagues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/story\/_\/id\/43425955\/espn-playbook-inning-1-draft-kit-advice-how-play-fantasy-baseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">standard scoring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note: All information is accurate as of the time of publication. For updates, including what you might have missed from last night, as well as any breaking news that might impact today&#8217;s MLB slate, be sure to check out the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/story\/_\/id\/44288339\/espn-fantasy-baseball-buzz-injuries-promotions-demotions-trades-prospects-lineup-changes-mlb-news-analysis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy baseball news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Jump to: <a href=\"#Pitchers\">Pitching notes<\/a> | <a href=\"#Hitters\">Hitting notes<\/a> | <a href=\"#Betting\">Betting tips<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/flb\/story?page=REcloserorgchart&amp;addata=flb_mainnav_closers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reliever depth chart<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pitchers to stream Saturday<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"6ad8fa03-36bc-baab-c76a-345b6544424d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/cle\/cleveland-guardians\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Guardians<\/a> have not formally announced their weekend pitching plans. Saturday should be <a data-player-guid=\"d2a00cfd-992d-3961-83a9-203774f476ac\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42488\/joey-cantillo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joey Cantillo<\/a>&#8216;s turn, but the club&#8217;s postseason situation could alter the rotation. If Cantillo starts, and there are playoff implications, he&#8217;s the slate&#8217;s top streamer. Cantillo boasts a 1.32 ERA and 1.09 WHIP over his past six outings, spanning 34 innings. He&#8217;d face a watered-down <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4fa2cf46-09fc-255f-74a1-2a8857b0e671\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tex\/texas-rangers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a> lineup missing <a data-player-guid=\"c7db2129-df5a-38f3-b798-603e2307060c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4719324\/wyatt-langford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wyatt Langford<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"59762d60-3786-97e0-32e3-f0863d9045d6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32691\/corey-seager\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Seager<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"7e94f7f5-8502-7d28-e783-61e674f58107\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32146\/marcus-semien\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Semien<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing a starter on a team playing out the string facing a team with the playoffs on the line is against the grain. Even so, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4917854\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eury Perez<\/a>&#8216;s strikeout upside warrants streaming consideration when the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"74909d10-eacb-1376-ef1e-d0f37d7c67ca\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/mia\/miami-marlins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Marlins<\/a> host the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d08426cc-bf13-5d7b-5217-6d4662019bc6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nym\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Mets<\/a>. The earliest the Mets can clinch the final National League wild card is Saturday, so they&#8217;ll be playing their regulars. Still, with a 25.9% strikeout rate, Perez is in play.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing is on the line when the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"5b8fc9be-4020-52c6-aa28-9a0f2d4383e0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/pit\/pittsburgh-pirates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> visit the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"122673a3-bf06-4432-6950-b8a32e52ac2e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-braves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Braves<\/a>, but with a strong effort, Pirates rookie <a data-player-guid=\"40e4e2e7-bd05-3be2-9fc0-c1842ddeb94a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4683325\/bubba-chandler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bubba Chandler<\/a> can head into the offseason on a high note. The 22-year-old right-hander fanned 13 with no walks over his past two starts, spanning 11 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Pitchers to avoid SaturdayHitters to stream SaturdayHitters to avoid SaturdayBetting tips<\/p>\n<p>Best\/worst pitcher\/hitter matchups and betting projections are generated by THE BAT X, a system created by Derek Carty using advanced methods like those used in MLB front offices, accounting for a variety of factors including player talent, ballparks, bullpens, weather, umpires, defense, catcher pitch-framing, and lots more. Betting projections for every player, team, and game can be found at EV Analytics.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Expected value is a measure of how good a bet is, factoring the probability that it will win versus the odds the book is providing. If you were to wager $1.00 100 times on a bet with an expected value of $25, you would win some and you would lose some, but in the end you would expect to come away with $25 in profit on your $100 investment.<\/p>\n<p>Because odds typically do not get set until the previous day&#8217;s games are completed, betting tips will be added in the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sep 26, 2025, 06:00 PM ET Check out all of our starting pitcher rankings and other lineup selection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-171639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}