Jared Levitt 
It’s Tuesday and that means we have a large slate. Tonight, we’ll have a 10-game main slate of MLB DFS. If it’s anything like last night, it’s going to be a fun one. This slate brings us more options on the mound as we have some pretty decent pitchers in pretty good spots. We also have some pretty awful pitchers going that can closely resemble gas cans.
Let’s Dig in and make some money!
MLB DFS Aces – Main
Grayson Rodriguez ($9.6k on DK) vs. Los Angeles Angels
Grayson Rodriguez is quietly becoming a start right before our eyes. After getting sent down early in the year last season to get a little bit more polished, he’s been pitching at a near-ace level. He’s now made 4 starts on the year and they’ve all been great. He hasn’t allowed more than 2 ER in any of those starts and he’s had at least 5 K’s in each. His one issue so far that has been his control as he’s allowed multiple walks in each of his last 3 starts.
If he can quiet down the walks, he’ll be an ace in this league. I’m going to be all over him tonight as he draws a favorable matchup against an average Angels lineup. This Angels lineup has struggled vs. righties this season. They have a nearly 24% K rate and a sub .300 wOBA. Look for Rodriguez to have a strong outing in this one.
Pablo Lopez ($9.3k on DK) vs. Chicago White Sox
Pablo Lopez gets one of the best matchups on the board tonight with him and his Twins teammates taking on the lowly Chicago White Sox. The White Sox are now 3-19 and have a -78 run differential. That’s as bad of a start as we’ve seen in years and their struggles will continue tonight against a very solid pitcher in Lopez. Outside of 1 start against the Tigers, Lopez has been very strong this season.
He’s coming off a brilliant start against the Orioles that saw him strike out 7 and only give up 1 ER across 6 innings. The hitters are really struggling vs. him this season as they have just a 69% contact. He’s drawing a bunch of swings and misses and that should continue tonight against an awful White Sox team.
MLB DFS Stacks – Main
Baltimore Orioles vs. Griffin Canning
Griffin Canning has now made 4 starts this season. 3 were awful and he had 1 decent start. That 1 decent start was against a struggling Tampa Bay Rays team that hasn’t quite been putting up the runs that we’ve seen from them in the past. I’m going to cross that start off my list and focus on the other 3. In those other 3, he gave up 5 dingers and 15 ER.
That’s pretty bad and against a very strong Orioles lineup, he’s going to struggle. He’s been getting walloped by lefties this season as they have a .696 slugging % vs. him. The big difference between the Rays and Orioles is that the Orioles are loaded with lefties and lefties that can hit bombs. This is going to be a huge struggle for Canning tonight.
My core with the Orioles is going to be very simple tonight. Gunnar Henderson, Anthony Santander, Adley Rutschman, and Heston Kjerstad. Kjerstad is going to be the guy that makes all the pieces fit tonight as he’s just $2.4k on DK tonight. He’s been raking in the minors and should be able to crack the starting lineup tonight as there’s no way the Orioles called him up to sit on the bench.
Gunnar Henderson has looked like the second coming of Babe Ruth recently, with 10 hits in his last 26 AB and 2 homers. He’s going to continue to crush tonight. After my core, I’ll also look to include guys like Colton Cowser and Cedric Mullins. I will more than likely be going 5 deep with the Orioles tonight.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Steven Matz
The ex-Mets southpaw is going to have his hands very full tonight. The Arizona Diamondbacks have been one of the better teams this season against lefties. So far, they have a .366 wOBA and a .832 OPS vs. southpaws. Tonight they’ll face a very beatable lefty in Steven Matz. Matz is coming off an awful start vs. the A’s that saw him give up 5 ER in 5 innings of work.
The Cardinals southpaw is just giving up way too much contact this season at nearly 83%. The only saving grace for him is that that much of it has been considered hard-contact. Against Matz, I’m really going to be focused on the righties as they have way better numbers vs. Matz than lefties.
That means we’re going to be locked into the Ketel Marte, Christian Walker, Lourdes Gurriel, and Blaze Alexander. This lineup is going to be mostly right-handed tonight as they should be able to trot out 8 righties. That’s going to really make things complicated for the Matz. Guys like Marte, Alexander, and Gurriel will be my priority though as they are all hitting the ball well right now They’ve combined for 29 hits over the last week and 18 RBI. As long as the weather cooperates here, they should put up a ton of runs tonight against the Cardinals.
Good luck and hope to see you in the green.
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