Joel Bartilotta 
Welcome to the Friday edition of the Stack City, where I’ll be going through the top MLB DFS Stacks on DraftKings and Fanduel.
We have a big Friday night slate today on both DraftKings and FanDuel, with both sites starting up their slates at 7:05 PM est. We have one of my favorite targets on the hill today and I can’t wani to stack against him.
Always make sure to read Adam’s Starting Rotation when setting your lineup. It’s hands down the best pitching article in the MLB DFS business.
Let’s dig in and see if we can find some stacks to use today!
MLB DFS Stacks – Main Slate
New York Yankees vs. Jordan Lyles
We have a list in Discord of certain pitchers that when they’re on the mound, we stack against them regardless of the team they are throwing against. Jordan Lyles has slowly crept close to the top of that list. Lyles is who he is at the point of his career. He’s going to give up a ton of fly balls which also equates to a number of home runs.
Over his last 3 seasons, Lyles hasn’t been under 1.60 HR/9 and the last 2 seasons have been 1.87 and 1.9 respectively. He’s an “easy” target for us when it comes to chasing homers. Although I have a slight lean to the lefties in this match, Lyles is bad against both sides of the plate so everyone is in play.
My Yankees stack starts is going to start with Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo is off to a solid start this season. Through his first 7 games, Rizzo already has 3 homers and 7 RBIs. Both numbers lead the Yankees. I’m also going to make sure that I get Giancarlo Stanton into this stack. He lines up extremely well against Lyles.
Lyles pitch mix to righties includes his slider more than 38% of the time. This is a pitch that Stanton smokes as he has an ISO of .342 against it from righties. Even with the higher and deeper fence in left at Camden, Stanton’s going to take Lyles DEEEEEEP tonight. He’s my homer run call. Stanton and Rizzo are my core, but I’ll also try to fit in Aaron Judge and Joey Gallo.
Texas Rangers vs. Reid Detmers
Reid Detmers poor cup of coffee in 2021 has turned into the same so far in 2022. Detmers was shelled in his 2022 debut. He gave up 2 homers in just 4 innings and had a near 46% hard hit rate against him. His struggle started almost immediately in every at bat as he threw a first pitch ball almost 70% of the time. Getting behind almost every batter when you don’t have the ability to miss many bats is setting yourself up for failure. Detmers so far in the Majors has pretty even splits against both sides of the plate so we won’t have to shy away from anyone here in the Rangers lineup.
My core with the Rangers is going to start with Mitch Garver. He’s off to a nice start in his new home with 6 hits in his first 20 ABs and 5 bases on balls. While the power numbers haven’t quite been there for him yet, this is a plus matchup for him get it going. Last season Garver had a .237 ISO against southpaws and a 51% hard hit rate. Love this spot for him tonight.
If Jonah Heim cracks the lineup today I’ll make sure to take full advantage of his value. At just $3.2K on DK he’ll open up a lot of room salary wise for us. He’s also been very productive so far this year. He leads the team with 8 RBIs in half the number of ABs the regulars on this team have.
Adding in Corey Seager and will only solidify this stack. I’m a little gun shy to play Semien right now. He’s looked lost so far with the Rangers, having a team leading 6 strike outs while only having 2 hard hit balls in 27 ABs. That said, if ever there was a breakout possibility, it would be with Detmers on the hill.
Houston Astros vs. Marco Gonzalez
Marco Gonzales isn’t quite on the list I talked about earlier, but he’s getting really close to being added. Last season was not kind to Gonzalez. 2021 was arguably one of the worst seasons of his career. He had an xFIP over 5 for the second time in 3 seasons, and also set a career high in home runs allowed at 29.
Once known as a ground ball pitcher, Gonzalez had a career low 32% groundball rate. Things did not get any better in his first start of the year, allowing 3 homers to the Twins in just 2 innings of work. Gonzalez has very clear splits, righties!
Last season righties had a .257 ISO and a .334 wOBA against him. I want all the Altuve, Bregman, Gurriel, Pena, and Maldonado I can get tonight! The backend of this lineup is criminally mispriced with Pena, McCormick, and Maldonado all under $3k tonight. In 7 ABs, Maldonado has yet to get a hit this season but he also has the third highest average exit velocity on the team so far. He’s due for a base hit and his price makes him very appealing tonight.
Pena is also someone that I’m going to strongly consider as a lock to my core tonight in my MLB DFS lineup. He’s 7 for 20 so far this season with a near 60% hard hit rate. He should continue to hit the ball hard in this matchup. Astros should put up a big number tonight, make sure you have some of their pieces in your lineup.
MLB DFS Main Slate Summary
There are a bunch of gas cans on the hill tonight, which means there will be plenty of offense. While these 3 stacks are my favorite, Oakland and Milwaukee are also in great spots. They both have matchups against pitchers that struggled in their initial outings. The Dodgers will also be in a good spot vs. Gutierrez who just hasn’t shown consistency in the majors. Like I said, there are a ton of great spots to play today. Expect some high scores.
Good luck today and hope to see some green tonight!
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