Joel Bartilotta 
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Aces and Bases, where I’ll be going through the top MLB DFS Aces and Stacks on DraftKings and Fanduel.
It’s Wednesday and we have day baseball! This article will be focused on the early 7-game slate of MLB DFS. This slate has a ton of landmines at first glance. Average pitchers pitching well and some really bad pitchers that we can stack against with subpar offenses.
Let’s dig and make some money!
MLB DFS Aces – Main
Mitch Keller vs. San Francisco Giants
It’s tough to ignore what Mitch Keller has been doing. Over the last month, Keller has a 2.45 ERA and most importantly a nearly 35% k rate. He has 6 consecutive starts with striking out at least 8 hitters. He’ll be facing a Giants team that has struck out more than 25% of the time against righties this season. Between his K ability and the Giants’ propensity to strike out vs. righties, there’s a world of upside today for him.
Does he come with some level of risk? Of course, the Giants have been hitting the ball a bit better of late. That said, they were shut down by Oviedo and the Pirates bullpen last night. He’s my SP1 today and I’m not looking back.
Jared Shuster vs. Oakland Athletics
I don’t mind paying down for Shuster today. While he hasn’t been spectacular, he’s thrown together back-to-back decent outings. Between the 2 outings, Shuster was able to strike out 12 batters and that’s what I’m focused on. At just $6.5 on DK today, he’s someone that we don’t need much. If he can get us 5-6 strikeouts this afternoon and only let in a couple of runs, he can surely pay off his cheap salary.
It also helps that he’s facing a very mediocre Athletics lineup today. They’re not awful anymore, but I wouldn’t put them anywhere near the good category either. Shuster should have a decent day today.
Other arms I like today are going to be Zach Eflin vs. the Cubs and Lance Lynn vs. the Angels.
MLB DFS Stacks – Main
Texas Rangers vs. Joey Wentz
Boy, this Angels lineup is good. They put up a 10 spot last night and it’s not out of the question to see them do it again today as they’re facing a pitcher in Joey Wentz that has a 9.30 ERA over his last 20+ innings of work. Over those innings, he’s given up 6 bombs and 7 barrels. He’s allowed 11 ER over his last 2 outings. He’s someone that we should and we will attack today.
We’ll want to target the righties here. They’ve been smashing him to the tune of a .238 ISO and a .388 wOBA. They also have a 44% flyball rate and a 41% hard-hit rate. All significantly higher than what lefties have done against him this season.
The three righties in this lineup that I’m going to be targeting the most today will be Josh Jung, Leody Taveras, and Marcus Semien. Both Jung and Taveras have OPSs over 1.000 over the last week. Jung is 8 for his last 19 and Taveras is 8 for his last 18. Both guys are in great spots today to continue with their strong play of late. Semien hasn’t been as hot as the 2 of them, but he’s had a decent last 7 days with 6 hits in 22 AB. He’s also driven in 5 over that stretch.
While he won’t have the platoon advantage today, I also do like Corey Seager here. He’s hitting the ball hard right now and has driven in 9 over the last week. We can’t expect Wentz to last more than an AB or 2 so at some point Seager should have the platoon advantage. I normally play Garcia, but he’s struggling at the plate right now. He’s in play but with much risk.
Atlanta Braves vs. James Kaprielian
The Braves were a huge disappointment last night, scoring just 1 run vs. JP Sears and the A’s bullpen. Sears has been pitching well so it wasn’t overly surprising to see him keep the Braves in check. That said, the A’s bullpen still went 3 and held the Braves hitless. That all changes today as Kaprielian is just not good and someone we should always consider attacking.
He’s been blasted at times this season and that should happen again today. Over the last month, he’s been giving up a ton of hard hits and even more flyballs (50%). That won’t cut it against the Braves. We want the lefties here, all of em. Kap has given up a .345 ISO to them this season and a .459 wOBA.
Knowing that I’m loading up on Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies, and Eddie Rosario today. Olson has been a beast this season vs. righties, with a .373 ISO and a .424 wOBA. Anytime he’s at-bat, especially when he’s in a matchup like he is today, he’s a home run waiting to happen. I can absolutely see him taking Kap very deep today. While they won’t have the platoon advantage, guys like Ronald Acuna and Austin Riley are always in play. The Braves will look to rebound after last night and put up a massive number today.
Other stacks I’m interested in this afternoon are going to be Washington vs. Noah Syndergaard, Rays vs. Justin Steele, and to a lesser extent the Dodgers vs. Patrick Corbin
MLB DFS Summary
Both the Braves and Rangers are in absolute smash spots today and I’ll be making it a priority to get bats from both of those lineups into my MLB DFS lineups today.
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