Jared Levitt 
Taco Tuesday! Happy Tuesday y’all, we have ourselves a massive 13-game slate of MLB DFS tonight. With 26 teams in action, we some how don’t have a single pitcher priced above $10k. However, we have a bunch of really strong arms in action tonight in plus matchups. We also have some very targetable bats as there are some pitchers in here that like to give up some runs.
Let’s Dig in and make some money!
MLB DFS Aces – Main
Zack Wheeler ($9.3k on DK) vs. Atlanta Braves
I’ve been hesitant to start Wheeler at times this year because for the most part, he’s turned into a better real-life pitcher than he has a DFS pitcher. That said, over the last month the K’s have come back to him. His 29% K rate over the last month ranks 4th out of all the pitchers on the hill today. Over his last 6 outings, he’s hit 20 DK points in all.
He’ll get the luxury of facing a Braves team tonight that will be without one of their top bats as Austin Riley will be on the IL for the next 6-8 weeks. This is a team that is now without Riley, Acuna, and Albies. It’s a far weaker lineup than we’ve been accustomed to seeing and one that Wheeler should be able to overmatch tonight. As of now, he’s my SP1.
Cole Ragans ($9.5k on DK) vs. Los Angeles Angels
I’m more than likely going to go double aces tonight. That second ace is going to be Cole Ragans. I was hesitant to start Chris Sale last week vs. this Angels team as they typically don’t K too much vs. lefties. Sale went on to throw a gem vs. them. While I’m not saying that Ragans is quite in Sales’ class of pitchers, he’s been known to show this season that he’s close to matchup proof.
He’s become one of the top lefties in the game and should be able to continue to pitch well in this matchup today. This is a weak-hitting Angels team and a team that has only scored 12 runs over the last week and has struck out 36% of the time. The Royals are massive favorites tonight. Let’s go double-aces tonight.
Other pitchers I have intereste in tonight will be Jose Berrios vs. Cincy, Robbie Ray vs. Chicago, Luis Gil vs. Cleveland, and Shane Baz vs. Oakland.
MLB DFS Stacks – Main
Texas Rangers vs. Mitch Keller
Mitch Keller is coming off back-to-back horrendous starts. Over his last 2 starts, Keller has allowed a combined 15 earned runs. While that does seem to be exaggerated, I do think he gives up a bunch more tonight. Keller just isn’t missing any bats right now. Hitters have a nearly 84% contact rate vs. him over the last month and he has just a 7% swinging strike rate.
This hasn’t been all unluck for him either as hitters have just a .241 BABIP over the last month. Things could be even worse for the Pirates righty. Against Keller, I’m going to be targeted with my approach. Lefties have a .405 wOBA against him over the last month and a .359 ISO. I’m going any and all lefties here.
Core Bats: Corey Seager, Josh Smith, Nate Lowe
Secondary Bats: Marcus Semien, Wyatt Langford, Adolis Garcia
Value: Jonah Heim, Leody Taveras
Kansas City Royals vs. Tyler Anderson
I don’t trust the version of Tyler Anderson that we’re seeing this season. At some point, he’s going to regress back to the pitcher that we’ve all come to know and love. This is a guy who finished 2023 with an ERA and xfip in the mid 5’s. He has a career 4.52 xFIP.
Anderson has started to come back down to earth a bit as he‘s allowed at least 3 ER in 3 of his last 4 starts, including 7 in his last outing. I’m going to mostly target righties here as he gives up way more fly balls to righties than lefties and I want to chase power.
Core Bats: Bobby Witt (I have him a notch behind Seager tonight), Hunter Renfroe, Sal Perez, Maikel Garcia
Secondary Bats: Vinnie Pasquantino
Value Bats: Dairon Blanco, Freddy Fermin, Paul Dejong
Other bats I like tonight will be the White Sox vs. Robbie Ray, Mets vs. Dean Kremer, and Yanks vs. Matthew Boyd. Toronto vs. Carson Spiers is also very much in play.
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