Zach Thompson gives his top teams to consider for MLB DFS stacks on Friday’s daily fantasy baseball slate on DraftKings.
It’s a huge Friday of fantasy baseball action on DraftKings with 13 games on the main slate, which begins at 7:05 p.m. ET. Lots of very solid starting pitchers are on the board this Friday, but there are also a few very favorable spots for offense. Taking a look at the 26 matchups on the board, a few strong options stand out for today’s MLB DFS stacks, so let’s dive into those lineups and find some good plays to build around on Friday night.
Before we get to the individual selections for these contests, let’s define exactly what we’re searching for. An ideal target for MLB DFS stacks is a team well-positioned to score plenty of runs based on its matchup and ballpark. “Stacking” is the strategy of adding multiple players from the same MLB lineup to your roster to boost each other’s production.
Ideally, MLB DFS stacks focus on players who are either back-to-back or from the same part of the lineup to allow positive correlation. Since most run-scoring plays produce fantasy points for multiple players, stacking a high-scoring team can carry your entry to the top of the leaderboard. The key to MLB DFS stacks paying off is finding the perfect matchup to attack, so let’s take a look at the top spots.
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The Orioles host the Athletics in one of the best hitting environments on the board this Friday, with the wind forecast to be blowing out to right field and temperatures near 70 degrees. They’ll be in a good matchup against Jacob Lopez ($6,000), who has struggled this season, giving up 22 runs on 35 hits in 30 innings. The lefty has served up six homers and has a 1.90 WHIP, even though he only has a 29.7% hard-hit rate against him. He hasn’t been giving up a ton of loud contact, but the results have been very unfavorable for him this year. He gave up six runs and two homers to the Guardians in his last start, and righties are hitting .310 against him with five homers and a .411 wOBA.
Alonso is the centerpiece of this O’s stack, and the Polar Bear has been heating up over the last few contests. Alonso has hit safely in nine straight games, going 10-for-31 (.323) with four doubles, three homers and a .494 wOBA. He has a 30.4% barrel rate in those nine games with seven barrels and an average exit velocity of 97.1 mph.
The switch-hitting Rutschman is another solid option to consider and has gone 15-for-46 (.326) in his 12 games since coming off the injured list with four homers and an average of 10.75 FPTS per game. Ward is another righty with power potential, but he has been struggling lately and is just 3-for-27 in his last 10 games. However, he has walked 15 times in those 10 games, so he still has 12 runs scored and an average of 6.5 FPTS per game.
Mayo and O’Neill are righty sluggers with boom-or-bust value potential against the lefty Lopez.
The Mets continue their trip to the West with a stop in Arizona to take on the Diamondbacks this weekend. They’ll face Ryne Nelson ($6,200) in Friday’s matchup, which should be favorable, especially for the lefties in their lineup. Nelson is 1-3 with a 6.61 ERA and 5.50 FIP on the year, but he’s been especially hittable at Chase Field, where he has given up 21 runs (16 earned) in 10 innings and allowed a .367 batting average, .735 SLG and a .499 wOBA. He has a 12.7% barrel rate overall against him this season and an average exit velocity of 91.2 mph.
Lefties have hit four of the seven homers he has allowed this season, so Soto is a great place to anchor your stack as he continues to fill in as the team’s leadoff hitter. He has three homers in his last 10 games and is averaging 10.4 FPTS per game over that stretch. He’s also 3-for-12 with a triple and two homers against Nelson in the past. Alvarez has also homered off him in past meetings and can be a solid option behind the plate after hitting safely in six straight games.
Bichette has picked up multiple hits in two of his last four games and is averaging 6.2 FPTS over his last nine games. Vientos has two homers in his last 10 games, while averaging 7.0 FPTS, and even though Baty only has one homer this season, the lefty is an interesting value play in the matchup as well. Another lefty bargain with potential is MJ Melendez, who had two hits and 13 FPTS on Wednesday and has produced double-digit FPTS in five of his 17 games (12 starts).
Let’s go back to Baltimore for the third option in Friday’s MLB DFS stacks. I try not to pick two stacks against each other, but these two are both strong compared to the rest of the slate. Normally, the A’s are a stack best used at home in Sacramento, but with favorable weather in Baltimore, they’re a solid option against Kyle Bradish ($7,500). Bradish has a 5.03 ERA and 4.84 FIP overall this season, but he has really struggled in his last three starts, giving up nine runs and four home runs on 20 hits in 14 1/3 innings. Opponents have a 20.5% barrel rate off him in those four starts, resulting in an 8.99 xERA.
Lefties have three of the five homers against Bradish this season, but righties have hit .396 with a .460 wOBA. Langeliers homered in his return to the lineup on Thursday after three games on the paternity list. He has 11 homers and a .443 wOBA on the year and will be on the strong side of the splits against Bradish, along with righty Zack Gelof, who has been finding his groove at the plate and went 2-for-5 with a home run, a triple, and 28 FPTS on Thursday against the Phillies. He’s averaging 10.4 FPTS over his last eight games and is a great value at only $3,000.
On the left side, Kurtz is always a homer threat and has a very high ceiling in every matchup. Soderstrom has averaged 9.3 FPTS over his last 12 games with three homers, and Cortes is hitting .373 on the season with four homers and has earned 9.3 FPTS per game over his last 10 matchups.
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