Jared Levitt 
We finally made it to Saturday. As is customary for Saturday, we have games all day long. I’ll be focused on the 8-game slate of MLB DFS starting at 7pm EST. This slate brings us a Coors game. Like yesterday, that game will have plenty of offense. One thing this slate doesn’t have is ace-level pitching. We’ll need to dig in to find some solid spots for pitching.
Let’s Dig in and make some money!
MLB DFS Aces – Main
Garrett Whitlock ($8.6k on DK) vs. Los Angeles Angels
I said it in the beginning, but this slate is really void of solid pitching. That leads me to Garrett Whitlock as one of my pitchers today. He had a strong showing in his initial outing vs. Seattle. In that game he went 5 strong innings, allowing just 1 ER and striking out 8. Can we expect a similar outing today? I don’t see why not. He’s facing off against an Angels lineup that no longer has Shohei Ohtani in it.
To start the year, the Angels are striking out more than 26% of the time vs. righties. They also have a below-average wOBA of .276. Anything below .300 for me is something that we need to attack. This lineup still has Trout in it, but I like this spot a lot for Whitlock today. Not safe, but should do well.
Michael King ($8.4k on DK) vs. San Francisco Giants
Michael King was one of the core pieces the Yankees used to pry Juan Soto away from the Yankees. This was because King looked brilliant at time last season. While the xFIP and ERA are pretty high to start the year, he’s also shown again the K upside that he showed last season. In his 2 appearances so far this season, he’s managed to strike out 11 hitters. Control is still a problem though as he allowed 7 BB in his last start vs. Giants.
He gets a rematch vs. them today and will hopefully have some better control. This is a Giants team that can be had. They own a nearly 26% strikeout rate vs. righties this season. If King can find the zone more today, he has a ton of upside. He still should be fairly safe thanks to his ability to strike people out. I love the upside that he brings and a sub $9k salary tonight.
Other pitchers I like tonight are Kevin Gausman vs. the Yankees and Reid Detmers vs. Boston.
MLB DFS Stacks – Main
Kansas City Royals vs. Chris Flexen
I’m pretty high on the Royals this season. They have a solid young lineup. They’ll get a great matchup tonight vs. Chris Flexen. Flexen is not a good pitcher. He hasn’t been for a very long time. Flexen is someone that I’ve stacked against religiously and more often than not it works out. It should again tonight. With Flexen, I normally stack righties against him. He’s historically been a reverse splits pitcher. Throughout his career, righties have a slugging % over .500 vs. him. That’s compared to just a .394 for lefties. Thankfully, this Royals lineup has some righties we can use here.
The first one we’ll use is one of the best in the game, young gun Bobby Witt Jr. Witt is off to a great start this season, even with his dud last night. Through 8 games, he’s already up to 12 hits and 7 runs scored. This is a matchup he should really excel in tonight.
Next up will be his Salvador Perez. Perez has refound the fountain of youth. Through his first 8 games, he also has 12 hits and also has 9 RBI. This combo should put up a bunch of fantasy points tonight. Other than those 2, I also like Maikel Garcia, Nelson Velazquez, and Hunter Renfroe. The only concern I have with this lineup tonight is that there’s the potential for some weather in KC later.
Texas Rangers vs. JP France
The Rangers came through for us last night and I think they come through for us again tonight. This is one of the deepest and most talented lineups in the game. They get a neutral matchup vs. JP France, but it’s one they should be able to take advantage of. France was just average in his first start of the season vs. the Yankees. In that game, he allowed 3 ER in his 5 innings of work. I would expect the Rangers to do more damage than the Yankees lineup. In his young career so far, righties have done more damage against him than lefties. Not by a huge amount, but enough to cause some separation. That will have me prioritizing the righties in this lineup.
With that, I’ll be leaning heavily on the same guys as last night. I’ll be prioritizing Adolis Garcia, Marcus Semien, and Wyatt Langford. Garcia came through for us big time last night with a homer. In this matchup, he should do well again. He’s already up to 4 bombs and 10 RBI. Look for him to continue to add to that total. Other guys I like here are going to be Corey Seager, Josh Smith, and Jared Walsh. Both Walsh and Smith provide us with payroll savings.
Other stacks I like tonight will be both sides of the Rays/Rockies game. We’ll need to keep an eye on the weather in this one as the winds may cause it to get PPD.
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