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FanDuel MLB Daily Lineups: Slate Summary for July 30
Several of yesterday’s picks worked out well. It was nice to have solid arms to consider rostering for FanDuel MLB lineups, after some terrible options earlier in the week.
Max Scherzer was one of our top plays, and he piled up ten K’s in just 7.1 innings, adding another four points for a quality start. Gerrit Cole’s 42 FanDuel MLB points were solid, but considering we had to pay $11,700, Max was a better starting pitcher option.
The Mets were a decent stack, considering the value, but Isiah Kiner-Falefa ($2,200) was one of our top value plays and he had a single, walk, two runs, and two stolen bases for 24.4 FanDuel MLB points.
For Thursday, we’re again looking at a split slate option, but this grouping is less appealing. With only ten games on the MLB schedule today, two are slated for the ‘Early’ MLB DFS plays, and the others are available for the Main FanDuel MLB slate.
So, I’m much more inclined to load up on Main slate lineups and I’ll likely just play a couple GPP’s in the Early Only and All Day slates.
Alight, who do we like?
Top Pitching Plays
We were all over Shane Bieber ($10,700) and his awesome start to the season last week. The set-up against the Royals struggling bats against RHP’s on the road, lead to an inclination that Shane would have a big night.
He did, he piled up 14 K’s in just six innings. The problem with Bieber this Thursday night is that he’s facing a significantly better Twins offense in Minnesota.
Bieber is still one of the top arms on the mound for this slate, but he’s not one of the best fantasy baseball options.
| Name | FD Salary | K/9 | HR/9 | K% | WHIP | BABIP | ERA | xFIP | Opponent | Slate |
| Brady Singer | $ 7,200 | 12.60 | – | 35.00% | 1.00 | 0.273 | 3.60 | 2.55 | DET | Main |
| Shane Bieber | $ 10,700 | 11.15 | 1.27 | 31.00% | 1.05 | 0.300 | 3.19 | 3.14 | MIN | Main |
| Dinelson Lamet | $ 9,200 | 13.04 | 1.38 | 33.80% | 1.26 | 0.318 | 3.92 | 3.32 | SFG | Main |
| Luis Castillo | $ 10,100 | 10.85 | 1.01 | 29.40% | 1.14 | 0.267 | 3.34 | 3.40 | CHC | Early |
Luis Castillo ($10,100) is in a similar spot to Bieber, starting the season off with a fantastic match-up, fanning 11 Tigers batters, but now facing a more difficult foe in the Cubs. But, if you play any ‘Early Only’ FanDuel MLB GPP’s, Castillo is our favorite move.
For the Main Slate, though, I’m more inclined to use better value from Dinelson Lamet ($9,200) or even better value from from Brady Singer ($7,200).
Singer doesn’t have as good a track record, hardly any at this point, but both Singer and Lamet have a K-rate over 30%, and they’re each in great match-ups. Lamet should mow down the Giants, and Singer has the Tigers, who struggle against RHP’s.
I’m most likely to pick Singer for my GPP moves, and Lamet for my cash plays.
Hitting Stacks, Value, and Best Plays
For Thursday’s slate, I narrowed down the pitchers with the worst xFIP’s. Additionally, I am looking at, among those pitchers, who has the highest HR’s/9 innings? Well, we have six options, which is a long list for stacking.
| Name | K/9 | HR/9 | K% | WHIP | BABIP | ERA | xFIP | Opponent | Slate |
| Martin Perez | 7.24 | 1.22 | 18.00% | 1.52 | 0.316 | 5.18 | 4.70 | Mets | Main |
| J.A. Happ | 7.81 | 1.90 | 20.70% | 1.30 | 0.280 | 4.91 | 4.78 | Orioles | Main |
| Ivan Nova | 5.44 | 1.50 | 14.00% | 1.45 | 0.317 | 4.73 | 4.95 | Royals | Main |
| Marco Gonzales | 6.47 | 1.00 | 16.80% | 1.31 | 0.295 | 4.04 | 5.13 | Angels | Main |
| Erick Fedde | 4.83 | 1.32 | 12.50% | 1.45 | 0.280 | 4.39 | 5.19 | Blue Jays | Early |
| John Means | 7.03 | 1.34 | 19.00% | 1.14 | 0.256 | 3.60 | 5.48 | Yankees | Main |
Unfortunately, I only see one obvious stacking play for the ‘Early’ slate, the Blue Jays facing Erick Fedde at ‘home’ in Washington, DC.
Fedde won’t fan a lot of batters, but his 1.45 WHIP is fairly gross. He’s also giving up a lot of hits, and 1.32 HR/9 innings is appealing. The Blue Jays have already hit several long-balls against Nats pitching this week. They’re also very cheap on FanDuel MLB.
For the Main slate, I’m sticking with the Angels. Gonzales is only giving up 1 HR/9 since early in 2019, but his .295 BABIP is very appealing. Additionally, he’s a lefty facing right-handed batters like Mike Trout ($4,500) and Anthony Rendon ($4,000).
And the Halos have some cheap hot-hitting options like David Fletcher ($3,000) leading off for the Angels, likely, against tonight.
Speaking of value, over the last year Ivan Nova and J.A. Happ have been giving up nearly two home runs per nine innings. They are two of my favorite pitchers to stack against.
The Orioles and the Royals are two younger teams you typically don’t think of when looking for offensive stacks. But the O’s are facing Happ and the Royals are looking to stay hot against Nova tonight.
That gives us some cheap options like Renato Nunez ($2,600) hitting well lately in the three-spot for the O’s and, assuming he’s healthy, Jose Iglesias ($2,800) red-hot right now around the sixth spot of the order.
Whit Merrifield ($3,300) is one of the hottest MLB DFS players in fantasy baseball right now, and he should continue with his hitting streak on Thursday night.
Merrifield may look more expensive than Nunez and Iglesias, but considering his FanDuel MLB point return per $1K, his ROI is tremendous. Not quite as hot, but Jorge Soler ($3,700) is a similar, but more expensive play.
The Yankees, like the Angels, remain a great stack on Thursday night. And the great thing about Singer’s SP value tonight, along with the value plays and stacks we just mentioned, allows you to have Rendon, Trout, and maybe Giancarlo Stanton ($3,800) all in the same lineup.
July 30 Lineup Summary
With only two games in the slate, and competing options at SP, I don’t love the Early Only slate. I’m going to focus most of my money on the Main slate. I may throw in some GPP lineups, with Castillo as my SP, and the Blue Jays as my main stack.
The remaining eight games fortunately have a lot of awesome value, stacking, and top play options to make the Main FanDuel MLB slate more exciting.
Lamet is arguably the best pitching option, considering Bieber’s rough match-up, and Singer is a fantastic MLB DFS value against the Tigers right-handed hitters.
There are so many great stacking options, its almost overwhelming! We’re going to start off by plugging value plays from the Orioles and Royals lineup. From there, I’m focused on the Angels and Yankees as my top plays for the night.
If you need a pivot from any of those four teams, consider some Mets stack or value plays.
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