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Hopefully, you all were on the Discord last night to catch all of our discussions that lead to a very nice night of cashing! Let’s run it back today. The August 20th edition of Aces and Bases will take on the main MLB DFS slates on DraftKings and FanDuel.
The purpose of this article is to identify our top pitching plays and fades on the slate, in addition to our top offense stacks for your GPP lineups.
Please make sure you keep an eye on the weather and other factors as those are always important things to monitor when playing MLB DFS. Be sure to check out our MLB DFS Projections as well. Without further ado, it’s Aces and Bases time.
MLB DFS: The Aces
Best Value: Kevin Gausman ($6,500 DK / $7,700 FD)
Man this is some good value. Gausman is absolutely locked in with the splitter this year, allowing no more than 3 earned in any start, and the strikeouts are just pouring in (32 K%) as he pounds the upper half of the zone with fastballs (sitting 96!) and splitters underneath.
Gausman gave us 11ks vs Oakland in his last go on the bump and today’s Angels match up will be the best one hes had all year (LADx2 / SDP/ @COL).
Honorable Mentions: Dinelson Lamet
Top Ace(s): Shane Bieber ($10,600 DK / $12,000 FD) Clayton Kershaw ($10,200 / $10,100 FD)
Bieber at $12k on Fan Duel might be the highest price for a pitcher yet this year. Last years breakout start continues to impress everyone though as he mows down offenses. Can’t imagine the Pirates give much a challenge here as Bieber has generated 54 strikeouts already this year.
Kershaw is Kershaw. He is great and its great to see him do good and have that fastball sitting at 92mph and up, although the command looked a bit shaky on the heater, the slider is still doing its thing.
Honorable Mention: Jose Berrios / Sonny Gray
Punt Play: Yusei Kikuchi ($5,700 DK / $6,500 FD)
Everybody loves to talk about increased velocity, myself included. Kikuchi is the latest velocity darling, and while it hasn’t panned out just yet the expected stats are telling us greener pastures are ahead. The Dodgers are a tough lineup to try and get right in front of but Kikuchi’s baseball savant page is littered with red. Here’s hoping we see some improvements today.
Honorable Mentions: Asher Wojciechowski
Top Fade: Brandon Woodruff ($8,500 DK / ( $8,200 FD)
This is a no brainier, the options are bountiful today so why would anyone single out the guy throwing against the Twins. All the plays above Woodruff seem pretty solid so its easy to stick with them and find some value low on the board.
Honorable Mention: Adam Wainwright
MLB DFS: The Bases
No weather concerns across the board today with a near full slate.
Top Stacks
- Oakland Athletics – The A’s should find themselves into the bullpen early as Alex Young is not fully stretched out yet. Young looked alright during his last outing but this A’s team just has no quit right now.
Value Stacks
- San Francisco Giants – The Giants get to face off against Jose Suarez of the Angels today. Its the season debut for Suarez as he missed all of summer camp with an undisclosed injury. Through 18 starts last year Suarez got knocked around a bunch and ended the year with a ERA north of 7.
- Baltimore Orioles – The ball loves to fly out in the summer in Baltimore, and Eovaldi loves to get beat up by the long ball.
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