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On Monday, 26 of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball are in action to celebrate Memorial Day with action spread throughout the afternoon and evening. Five of the games are on the main night slate for DFS fantasy baseball on DraftKings, which gets underway at 6:40 p.m. ET, with the first pitch in San Diego. Several lineups stand out as excellent places to target when searching for offensive production, making them my top plays in Monday night’s MLB DFS Stacks.
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 Dodgers host the Rockies in one of the late games this Monday, and they have an excellent matchup against righty Tanner Gordon ($6,000), who will be making his first start of the season. Gordon has pitched in seven games out of the bullpen, working as a bulk reliever and stretching out to 6 1/3 innings in his most recent appearance. He gave up seven runs in those 6 1/3 innings and has a 6.59 ERA and 4.40 FIP in his 27 1/3 innings this season. Lefties have hit .373 against him with six homers, a 58.8% hard-hit rate, a 20.6% barrel rate and a .506 wOBA.
Ohtani, Tucker and Freeman will all be on the strong side of those splits. Hernandez is 2-for-5 with a homer off Gordon in the past, and Tucker is 2-for-5 with a double.
Over the last eight games, Ohtani has averaged 14.25 FPTS per game with double-digit FPTS in five of those eight contests. Tucker had 14 and 19 FPTS in his last two games and is averaging 9.5 FPTS over his last eight. Freeman has 10+ FPTS in three of his last five games, averaging 14.8 FPTS over that short stretch.
Hernandez can be an interesting value to round out the Dodgers stack since the Dodgers veteran is ready to make his season debut. He is coming off the 60-day IL after elbow surgery last November. In 11 rehab games in Triple-A, he slashed .237/.326/.342 across 43 plate appearances. He is expected to slide in at 3B while Max Muncy misses time with a wrist injury that the team hopes doesn’t land him on the IL.
North of the border, the Blue Jays host the Marlins this Monday night, and they’ll give the ball to Trey Yesavage ($9,500) as they take on Janson Junk ($7,300). Junk has had some good outings early this season, but he has struggled in his last few. He’s 2-5 overall in his 10 starts with a 5.07 ERA and 4.28 FIP. He has allowed at least four runs in each of his last three outings, totaling 19 runs against him in just 16 2/3 innings with 25 hits and five homers against him.
Junk is holding righties to just a .177 average this year, but lefties have hit .316 against him with five homers and a .385 wOBA. It makes sense with those splits to lean to the left side for this stack, so Varsho, Sanchez and Pinango are a solid place to start. I highlighted Pinango in my top value plays for the day, and he is an elite play under $3,000, especially if he hits cleanup.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ($4,700) is notably absent from this stack since he could be sidelined after being hit by a pitch on Sunday and had to leave the game early. Springer had 13+ FPTS in three straight games before only getting 2 FPTS on Sunday in the team’s loss to the Pirates. He has been heating up, though, with three homers in his last seven games and an average of 11.1 FPTS per game over that stretch.
Varsho and Sanchez haven’t been consistent this season but they do always bring good power potential and a high ceiling, especially in favorable matchups like Monday night’s.
The Mariners are in Sacramento, where the weather forecast calls for warm temperatures with the wind blowing out at hitter-friendly Sutter Health Park. The matchup will also be in their favor as they face veteran Aaron Civale ($7,500) in the series opener. Civale is an impressive 5-1 in his 10 starts this year but has been hittable at home, especially by lefties. Lefties are hitting .297 with five homers and a .368 wOBA against him on the season, making this another spot to prioritize players who swing from the left-hand side.
The Mariners got big days from Rodriguez (21 FPTS) and Emerson (22 FPTS) on Sunday, but they still lost to the Royals in the rubber game of their three-game series in Kansas City. Rodriguez now has at least 8 FPTS in four of his last six contests and is averaging 9.9 FPTS over his last eight games. Emerson has only played seven games since his promotion, averaging 7.3 FPTS per game overall and 8.3 FPTS per game on the road.
Raley and Crawford are strong lefty bats that have high ceilings but have been inconsistent lately. Raley went 3-for-3 with a double and 11 FPTS on Saturday, while Crawford is averaging 6.4 FPTS in his last 11 contests. Young has reached safely in each of his last five games and is a good value play along with Emerson as the Mariners’ double-play combo of the future.
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