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Another great weekend of fantasy baseball continues with eight games on Saturday night’s main slate, which begins at 7:05 p.m. ET. A few games feature exciting pitching matchups with top arms on the mound, but there are also a few places that profile as strong places for offense. In this post, we’ll look at a few of the best matchups to attack for 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 Mariners went off for 12 runs in the first game of their series at Rate Field, and they actually have a more favorable matchup on Saturday as they take on lefty Anthony Kay ($5,500). Kay is 1-1 in his seven games this season, giving up 20 runs (19 earned) with a .285 batting average against him and a 1.67 WHIP. He has a 46.6% hard-hit rate and 12.6% barrel rate against him, which should set Seattle up for another good game. The one downside for the M’s is that they’re heavily left-handed. Lefties are only 2-for-26 against him this season.
Righties are hitting .347 against Kay with a .456 wOBA, so Rodriguez, Arozarena, and the switch-hitting Raleigh are solid stack to start with. Raleigh has hit only one of his seven homers off lefties this season after hitting 22 of his 60 homers last season off southpaws. Rodriguez has hit five of his six homers against lefties and is a great centerpiece to build around under $5,000. He homered and had 19 FPTS on Friday, and he has averaged 12.1 FPTS over his last nine contests.
Arozarena had three hits and a stolen base for 20 FPTS on Friday and is averaging 9.0 FPTS over his last 11 games. He has both power and speed potential when at his best, but has yet to homer on the road this season.
The Mariners typically let lefties Josh Naylor and J.P. Crawford start and play even in lefty-lefty matchups, so they could be nice low-ownership plays to round out the stack, or you can go with the bargain option and play righty Connor Joe, who will likely get the nod against the lefty.
The Mets have a second straight great matchup to start their series at Chase Field. They struggled against Ryne Nelson on Friday, but they’ll get another favorable matchup against Merrill Kelly ($6,200), who is 1-3 in his four starts with a 9.95 ERA, 8.13 FIP and 2.32 WHIP. His 2.32 FIP and 18.8% barrel rate against have been a recipe for disaster with 29 hits, including six homers, resulting in 21 runs in 19 innings.
The Mets will look to keep his struggles going on Saturday, and lefties especially have beat up on Merrill, hitting .396 with five homers and a .567 wOBA in the small sample size this season.
Soto is the obvious place to start at the top of the lineup, with Baty and Melendez also on the strong side of those splits. Soto didn’t get anything done on Friday in the team’s extra-inning win, going 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts, but he was on a roll before that, so he’s still averaging 9.7 FPTS over his last 10 games. Melendez is a bargain lefty to consider, especially if he’s in the heart of the order.
On Friday, Bichette also went 0-for-4 after picking up multiple hits in two of his previous four games. Vientos provided the team with its only run in the first nine innings with a home run, and then he drove in the game-winning run with a double in the 10th. He finishd with 21 FPTS and has averaged 9.1 FPTS over his last 10 contests.
The Cubs have won 10 straight as they take on Jack Leiter ($8,100) at Globe Life Field on Saturday night. Leiter has been very good in a few starts but has also struggled at times, usually racking up strikeouts but also giving up some loud contact. He has a 5.45 ERA and 4.45 FIP on the season, and he has given up 21 runs (20 earned) in 27 innings, while going 0-3 over his last five starts. He has given up six homers during that stretch and a 13.6% barrel rate. His platoon splits are fairly even, so both sides of the plate bring good potential this Saturday for the Cubs.
Suzuki homered and had 22 FPTS on Friday in the team’s 7-1 win. He has seven homers in his 25 games this season and is hitting .304 while averaging 9.8 FPTS per game. Crow-Armstrong also seems to be coming around lately, as I laid out in my Grand Slam Payout picks for this Saturday. PCA has averaged 12.2 FPTS per game over his last 10 contests.
Busch is 11-for-33 (.333) over his last 10 games, with six extra-base hits and a stolen base, helping him average a very solid 11.4 FPTS per game over that stretch. Even though he’s near the bottom of the lineup, Swanson has nice power and speed potential as well, and he returned from a glute issue to go 1-for-4 with a stolen base and 8.0 FPTS on Friday.
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