ALTERNATIVE: Step by Step—Building a DFS Lineup

Traditional draft and auction leagues are our bread-and-butter and can never be replaced. Nevertheless, many of us roto diehards have now experimented with daily fantasy sports (DFS) and consider it a great supplement, especially if our season-long teams have been mired in mediocrity in the season's first half. No two DFS players research and build their lineups in the same way, and there is still much debate as to how much influence batter vs. pitcher matchups (BvP) should have in our decision making—especially when the sample sizes we're considering are so small (50 or less at-bats). 

On Saturday, July 5, I built a lineup using FanDuel salaries and entered it into a GPP (Guaranteed Prize Pool for a large tournament). For simplicity's...

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