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.
Depending on the site, we have a 6 game slate on DraftKings tonight and an 8 game slate on FanDuel. Thank you FanDuel for including that Reds/Nats game tonight!
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
Atlanta Braves vs. Austin Gomber
Coming off his worst outing of the year vs. the Nationals, things aren’t going to get much easier for Austin Gomber tonight with a matchup vs. the Braves at home. Gomber’s last outing was extremely poor. In just an inning and a third, Gomber gave up 8 ER and 3 walks. Surprisingly, he didn’t give up a single homer. His WHIP for the outing was a fancy 7.5. While I don’t expect the same to happen tonight, I do expect Gomber to have a rough outing due to the really tough matchup. After starting out the year slow vs. lefties, the Braves have really come on of late. Their wRC is up to 112 vs. lefties and they have an OPS of .760.
I’m going to start off this Braves stack with Austin Riley. Riley is just on an absolute heater right now. Over his 10-game hitting streak, he has 6 multi-hit games and 5 homers. Against lefties on the year, he’s also been dynamite as he has a .434 wOBA with a .347 ISO. At just $4.7k on DK tonight, he feels like an absolute steal with the matchup plus environment.
Next up will be Dansby Swanson. While he doesn’t have the power that Riley has, he’s still nearly as productive as Riley as he has hits in 14 of his last 15 games. He puts the ball in play in nearly every at-bat and with the spacious Coors field, more of those balls in play should find some open space. He’s also been pretty good against lefties this season as his ISO is over .231 and wOBA is over .380.
Other pieces I really like here are going to be Matt Olson, Marcel Ozuna, and Ozzie Albies.
Baltimore Orioles vs. Chris Flexen
If you’ve read my articles before, you know my disdain for Chris Flexen and my love for stacking against him in MLB DFS. I just don’t think he’s very good, and he’s showing why more often than not this season. Although his last outing was really good against the Astros, it’s not the norm for him and I’m going to attack him tonight with the Orioles. Over the last 30 days, Flexen has an xFIP that is creeping up close to 5.
Over those 26 innings of work, he’s given up 7 homers and 11 barrels. He’s just been bad. If we look at his splits over the past 30 days, both sides of the plate have pretty even numbers so I’m not going to be overly worried about it. They both have wOBA’s in the upper .300’s and ISO’s over .220.
I’m starting off this stack with Trey Mancini. Mancini is one of the Orioles hottest hitters right now. He has hits in 4 of his last 5 games and has extra base hits in 3 of them. Over the last month, he has a wOBA of .444 vs. righties. He also won’t cost us much as he’s just $3.9k on DK tonight.
Next up would be Austin Hays. Hays is currently riding a 12-game hitting streak and has a little bit of everything during that stretch. His average is up to .290 on the year and comes in at just $3.7k on DK tonight. My final core piece here will be Cedric Mullins. Mullins is going to face a healthy dose of cutters tonight from Flexen. It’s his most-used pitch against lefties and one that Mullins should abuse. In 22 events vs. cutters from righties, Mullins has a .687 wOBA and a .417. If Flexen leaves one of them over the plate vs. Mullins tonight, there’s a great chance it ends up on Eutaw Street.
Other guys we’ll want in this game will be Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle, and Rougned Odor. There are some storms expected in Baltimore tonight, so we’ll want to keep an eye on this one. It should play though as the night looks dry and the Mariners leave town after this one. They’ll try their hardest to get this one in.
New York Yankees vs. Reid Detmers
Since his no-hitter vs. the Rays, Reid Detmers has back-to-back poor starts. Over those 2 starts, Detmers has allowed 8 ER and 4 homers in just 9 innings of work. The post-no-hitter hangover has not been kind to Detmers. With Detmers, I’m not going to be overly concerned with platoon splits. His numbers against both sides of the plate have been pretty neutral, with a slight lean to lefties having a bit more power over the past 30 days.
My Yankees stack would start with Gleyber Torres. Torres has been red hot at the plate and had another 2 hits last night, one of which was an extra-base hit. Against lefties over the past month, Torres has a .484 ISO. He’s been crushing them and should continue to crush them tonight in this matchup tonight vs. Detmers. Detmers throws his fastball almost 58% of the time to righties and Torres has .258 ISO against this pitch over the last few years.
Next up would be Aaron Judge. When you play the Yankees, he should always be in consideration. He hasn’t been overly hot, but he did homer on Sunday and there’s a great chance at it again tonight. Especially against lefty fastballs where he has a .484 ISO over the last 3 years. Other guys I’d look to here are going to be Anthony Rizzo, Miguel Andujar, and D.J. LeMahieu.
MLB DFS Summary
If you’re playing on FanDuel tonight, the Reds are very much in play against Joan Adon. He’s not a good pitcher yet, and we should stack against him every chance we can get. With how affordable both sides of the Coors game are, a full game stack is very much within reason. Just know it won’t be original and your chances of a takedown are slim. A game stack of the Orioles/Mariners game will be lower owned though and very much in play. Although Lyles has been better at home, the old Lyles does come out to play every now and then and very well could against the Mariners.
Good luck and hope to see you in the green.
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