Joel Bartilotta 
Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Stack City, where I’ll be going through the top MLB DFS Stacks on DraftKings and Fanduel.
For a Thursday night, we have a surprisingly large 10-game slate of MLB DFS. On the mound tonight, we have some absolute gas cans that we’ll want to attack with bats.
Always make sure to read Adam’s Starting Rotation when setting your lineup. It’s hands down the best pitching article in the MLB DFS business.
Let’s dig in and see if we can find some stacks to use today!
MLB DFS Stacks – Main
Colorado Rockies vs. Dallas Keuchel
The Dallas Keuchel experiment in Arizona is going as well as the Dallas Keuchel experiment went in Chicago. The only difference is that Arizona has nowhere else to go than Keuchel so we can hope that he’ll be in the rotation for a while. Through 2 starts with Arizona, Keuchel has already allowed 10 ER in just 9 innings of work. On the year, Keuchel has an ERA over 8, which is magical in terms of stacking against. In each of his last 4 starts, he’s allowed at least 4 ER and in 3 of them, he’s allowed 6. He’s someone that we should always consider stacking against.
I’m going to have a slight lean with the righties against Keuchel as he does give up a decent amount of power to them. That said, throwing in some lefties into the Rockies stack could get us some lower-owned bats as I do suspect our targets here will be highly owned.
I’m going to prioritize getting Brendan Rodgers into my Rockies stack tonight. Rodgers has been very solid against lefties all season, even away from Coors Field. On the road this year, Rodgers has a very respectable .471 slugging % and .371 wOBA against southpaws. Rodgers is also going to line up extremely well with Keuchel and his sinker. Against lefty sinkers, Rodgers has a .500 ISO and a .425 wOBA over his career. Just solid numbers. At just $4.3k on DK tonight, he’s fairly priced.
Next up will be C.J. Cron. Cron also has excellent numbers vs. lefty sinkers over his career. Over the last few years, he has a .435 wOBA and a .235 ISO. Thanks to an 0-2 night last night, he had a 10-game hitting streak snapped. Over that 10-game hitting streak, Cron had 3 bombs and 13 RBI. In this type of matchup tonight, look for Cron to get a new hitting streak going and get back to his productive ways.
Other Rockies bats I’ll look to get into my lineups tonight will be Connor Joe, Yonathan Diaz, and Kris Bryant.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Austin Gomber
I will more than likely do a complete game-stack of this Rockies/Diamondbacks game tonight. Both pitchers are very beatable and in just awful matchups. While I’ll prefer the Rockies side a little heavier, the Diamondback side could be a sneaky stack. Gomber hasn’t been great over the last month. His xFIP over the last 30 days is at 5.35 and his ERA is over 6. In the last 2 games that he’s started, he’s allowed 9 ER in just 9 innings of work. Until he gets right, we’ll want to stack against him.
Gomber has very clear splits. Righties have a slugging % more than 200 points higher against him than lefties. Their wOBA is also 130 points higher. Tonight’s Diamondbacks lineup could feature 7-8 righties, making this a super tough outing for the Rockies pitcher.
I’m starting my Diamondbacks stack off with Christian Walker. He’s been their most powerful hitter vs. lefties all year. Against lefties in 2022, Walker has a massive .621 slugging % and a 1.046 OPS. He’s also homered 5 times against them. Over the last 30 days, Walker’s numbers vs. lefties have been even more impressive. He’s sporting a .480 ISO and a .499 wOBA against them. At just $3.8k on DK, he’s a solid value tonight.
Next up will be Jordan Luplow, who’s just $2.5k on DK. Luplow has also been strong vs. lefties this season, with a .579 slugging % and a .888 OPS. With Luplow we always need to pick our spots, and tonight is a spot to pick with him. 7 of the 10 homers he’s this season have come against lefties. While he’s always a risk of getting a goose egg, at his salary it limits the sting of it knowing he also stands a good chance to take Gomber deep.
I’ll also look to include in this stack Ketel Marte, Cooper Hummel, and Buddy Kennedy.
Atlanta Braves vs. Matthew Liberatore
So far in his young career, Matthew Liberatore has seen some mixed results. In his first 5 starts, he has 2 strong starts and 3 starts that he wishes he could forget. With a matchup tonight vs. the Braves, it’s going to be more likely a night he wishes he could forget.
In his brief career so far, Liberatore has had a very clear weakness, and that’s been righties. Against righties so far, Liberatore has really struggled. He’s given up a .629 slugging % to them and all 4 homers he’s allowed have been to righties. The Braves should be able to throw out a lineup tonight that will be 7 righties strong. That’s going to set up for a long night for Liberatore.
I’m starting off my Braves stack with Austin Riley. Although he’s pricy at $5.2k tonight on DK, he’s been one of the Braves’ top hitters vs. lefties all season. His .654 slugging % and 1.044 OPS both rank number on the team vs. southpaws and his 6 homers vs. them also lead the team. Riley is coming into this one hot, with 5 hits in his last 7 AB, including 3 extra-base hits. He’s in a great spot tonight.
Next up will be Dansby Swanson. Swanson has also had a very strong year vs. lefties. In 92 plate appearances vs. lefties this season, Swanson has a .958 OPS thanks to a very solid .402 OBP. Although he took an 0-4 last night, Swanson has 3 multi-hit games in his last 6 games. This is a + matchup for him tonight and he should look to get back on the saddle with another multi-hit game.
Other Braves bats that I really like tonight will be Adam Duvall (.576 wOBA vs. lefties over the last month), Ronald Acuna, and Travis d’Arnaud.
MLB DFS Summary
Other stacks I like tonight will be the Mets vs. Daniel Castano and Reds vs. Bryse Wilson. Should the Marlins load up on lefties, I’ll also really like them vs. Trevor Williams. We may also look to the Pirates tonight depending on who actually starts for the Reds. As always, make sure to pop into discord as what looks great in the morning, may not look as great at night. And what looks bad in the morning, may look great before lock.
Good luck and hope to see you in the green.
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