Joel Bartilotta 
Welcome to the Friday edition of the Stack City, where I’ll be going through the top MLB DFS Stacks on DraftKings and Fanduel.
For the first time in a while, we have all 30 teams playing on just on big slate tonight. That means we’ll have plenty of options for offense.
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
Kansas City Royals vs. Bruce Zimmermann
Bruce Zimmermann is in a pretty bad stretch of pitching right now. Over his last 4 games, Zimmermann has allowed 20 ER in just 20 innings of work. While the teams that he did this against were superior to the Royals, I’m going to look to take advantage of his current form. Over the last month, Zimmermann has been getting absolutely shelled by batters as they have a 44% hard-hit rate. He’s allowed 18 barrels and 12 homers over his 27 innings of work. That’s just not going to cut it and it’s something we should attack.
Zimmermann’s splits against both sides of the plate recently have been awful, so I’m not going to be overly concerned with which side of the plate we’ll attack him with. My first lock to this stack will be Salvador Perez, who finally appears to be heating up. He has hits in 5 of his last 6 games, including 2 homers and 9 RBI. He’s historically crushed southpaws, with a .302 ISO against them over the last 2 seasons.
Next up will be MJ Melendez. Even though this is going to be a L/L matchup, I’m not shying away from it. In his brief career, Melendez has crushed southpaws. In 26 plate appearances against southpaws this season, Melendez has a .680 slugging % and a 1.124 OPS. He’s up to 5 homers in just 108 AB this year and very well could add to that total tonight.
I’ll round out this stack with Whitt Merrifield, Bobby Witt Jr, and Emmanual Rivera. Should Hunter Dozier return to play tonight, he’ll also be part of my player pool from KC>
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Elvin Rodriguez
I should preface this by saying that I don’t expect a repeat performance out of Rodriguez tonight. I don’t expect him to give up 10 ER in 4 innings of work again. I do expect him to struggle tonight though, because outside of 1 appearance this season against the Guardians, all he’s done is give up runs. He’s made 4 appearances now and has given up at least 4 ER in 3 of them. Both sides of the plate have been crushing this season as they each have an OPS over 1.000.
I’m starting off this stack with Bo Bichette tonight. Bichette has been arguably their best hitter of late. Since May 24, he’s failed to get a hit in just 2 games. Over the last month, he’s been crushing righties too. He has a wOBA of .402 and an ISO of .256 against them.
Next up would be Vladimir Guerrero. While he’s gone hitless in his last 2 games, I’m not overly concerned with it because he’s only K’d once. Coming into those 2 games, he had been red hot at the plate and this is a great get-right spot for him again. He has 4 homers in his last 8 games. Tonight, he should add a fifth in 9 games. He’ll see a healthy dose of sliders from Rodriguez tonight. Should Rodriguez hang one, Guerrero should crush as he’s historically done well against righty sliders.
Other bats I really like here will be George Springer, Teoscar Hernandez, and Alejandro Kirk.
Cleveland Guardians vs. Paul Blackburn
Someone in my season-long league recently offered Paul Blackburn for one of my top bats. I emphatically said no because there was nothing in his profile and career-long history that indicated he should be pitching this well. He proceeded to prove me right by throwing back-to-back clunkers. He’ll throw a third tonight. His last 2 outings have been by far his worst of the year and are more indicative of the pitcher he has been throughout his career.
I’ll start this stack off with Jose Ramirez. He’s pricey, but he’ll be worth every penny of it tonight. He’s been dynamite vs. righties, especially over the past month. His ISO against them over the last month is .343 and has a solid wOBA of .387. He’ll see a heavy dose of sinkers tonight and that’s right up his alley as he has a .314 ISO against them from righties.
Next up will be the min-priced Oscar Gonzalez. You got that right, after his 4-4 night last night, his price went down. Since getting called to the big leagues, all he has done is hit. Against a pitcher that has just a 12.5% K rate vs. righties, he should be able to continue to put the ball in play tonight.
I also really like Josh Naylor here. He has hits in 3 of his last 4, including a homer last night. Against righties over the last month, he has a wOBA of .444 and an ISO of .381. Look for him to homer tonight. Other bats to include here are Gimenez, Straw, and Kwan.
MLB DFS Summary
Other places for bats i like tonight will be the Mariners vs. Dick Mountain, Orioles vs. Jon Heasley, and Rays vs. Devin Smeltzer.
Good luck and hope to see you in the green.
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