Zach Thompson gives his top teams to consider for MLB DFS stacks on Saturday’s daily fantasy baseball slate on DraftKings.
Major League Baseball continues Rivalry Weekend with eight games under the lights this Saturday on the main DFS fantasy baseball slate. The regional rivalries and crosstown clashes make the games seem to be even higher stakes than a normal weekend, and Saturday night’s schedule has some great matchups as series continue. The schedule for Saturday has a few big arms, but it also looks like a great night for offense in a few places. Those matchups set up some great MLB DFS stacks to consider from the 16 lineups taking the field. Several options stand out as excellent places to focus on when searching for fantasy baseball production, making them the top plays in Saturday’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 Yankees and Mets are at Citi Field for the Subway Series this weekend, and the venue should be hitter-friendly on Saturday night with the wind out to left field and temps over 70 degrees. The Mets will start righty Huascar Brazoban ($4,000) as the opener before turning to lefty David Peterson ($6,200) for the bulk of the innings. Peterson is 1-4 with a 5.49 ERA and just a 3.05 FIP. He has allowed 13 runs in 17.1 innings at Citi Field this year, and righties are hitting .295 against him with a .324 wOBA.
Judge went 1-for-4 with a run scored in Friday’s 5-2 win, and he has at least five FPTS in 12 of his 14 games in May with a .300 batting average, four homers and a 59.4% hard-hit rate. He’s a threat to have a huge game in any matchup and an anchor to stack around in this one.
Ben Rice has also been rolling and had 22 FPTS by going 3-for-5 in the series opener. He is averaging 10.4 FPTS per game over his last 10 games and 10.8 FPTS per game on the season. The lefty sometimes doesn’t get the start against lefties, but this opener-bulk setup should keep him in the order. Chisholm was the other star on Friday with 24 FPTS, and he’s another solid lefty to consider.
Volpe is back after starting the season in the minors after an offseason shoulder injury. He showed potential with 19 home runs and 18 steals last season, but only slashed .212/.272/.391. He is 0-for-4 with three walks in his first two games back, but he has a lot of potential value at under $3,000 Saturday night as a nice way to round out the stack.
The A’s are at Sutter Health Park, which is always a great place to attack for offense. Their matchup with the Giants has the highest over/under on the board, and they have the highest implied run total of all the teams in play on Saturday night. They’ll face young righty Trevor McDonald ($7,200), who dominated the Padres in his first start but gave up nine hits and three runs to the Dodgers in 5.1 innings in his most recent outing. McDonald is solid but not unhittable. In his five games at Triple-A this season (ironically in Sacramento), he posted a 5.40 ERA and 5.67 FIP before his promotion.
The Athletics’ lineup is anchored by the powerful duo of Nick Kurtz and Shea Langeliers at the top of the order. Both players have huge home run potential, and both have been heating up lately. Langeliers is averaging 12.9 FPTS over his last 10 games. Kurtz is averaging 14.4 FPTS in his last 10, with a home run and 20+ FPTS in each of his last three games.
Carlos Cortes has been a reliable option in the middle of the lineup this season, hitting .343 with four homers and a .417 wOBA. Rookie Henry Bolte has been impressive in his three games, going 5-for-10 with a pair of walks and a stolen base. The 22-year-old had 12 homers and 17 stolen bases in his 37 games in Triple-A before his promotion and brings great power and speed potential from under $3,000.
The Brew Crew is visiting their neighbors in Minnesota at Target Field for the weekend, and the weather looks very offense-friendly on Saturday night with the wind blowing out to right field at around 10 mph and the temperatures over 80 degrees. The Twins will give the ball to rookie lefty Connor Prielipp ($6,700), who has a solid 3.32 ERA but a 4.36 FIP and 12.2% barrel rate that seem to indicate some regression may be coming. He has an unsustainably low .196 BABIP against him this season, so the Brewers could be a sneaky spot to get some good value Saturday night.
I highlighted Andrew Vaughn in my Grand Slam Payout picks for Saturday, and he’s a great value play at 1B as well, especially against the lefty. He’s averaging 7.7 FPTS per game in his nine games this season and has reached base safely in seven straight. Turang has been the team’s most consistent contributor and has double-digit fantasy points in five of his last six games, averaging 11 FPTS per game. Even in a lefty-lefty matchup, he can be a solid play with both power and speed upside.
Jackson Chourio is also back near the top of the lineup and had double-digit FPTS in two of his last three games, picking up a couple of hits in the series opener on Friday. Luis Rengifo came up empty in the opener but had at least nine FPTS in three straight before that. He averaged 7.7 FPTS in his previous six games and makes for a great salary-saving play at 3B if you’re paying up for stars from this lineup or other options on Saturday night’s slate.
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