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Hopefully, you all were on the Discord last night to catch all of our discussions that lead to a very nice night of cashing! Let’s run it back today. The August 24th edition of Aces and Bases will take on the main MLB DFS slates on DraftKings and FanDuel.
The purpose of this article is to identify our top pitching plays and fades on the slate, in addition to our top offense stacks for your GPP lineups.
Please make sure you keep an eye on the weather and other factors as those are always important things to monitor when playing MLB DFS. Be sure to check out our MLB DFS Projections as well. Without further ado, it’s Aces and Bases time.
MLB DFS: The Aces
Best Value: Jesus Luzardo @TEX ($7,400 DK / $7,700 FD)
Luzardo is really coming into his own and has been doing some great things with his slider (44% whiff rate) and changeup (53% whiff rate), hes also fully stretched out finally going about 90 pitches last outing. I wish Luzardo would pound more 4 seamers and less Sinkers, but the tunneling has done a good job so far.
The Rangers are terrible at getting on base, they have been taking weak at bats a lot this year and come into today’s game with a team slash line of .210/.288/.345.
Honorable Mentions: Lance Lynn
Top Ace(s): Trevor Bauer @MIL ($10,200 DK / $12,000 FD) Kenta Maeda @CLE ($9,400 / $9,400 FD)
Bauer has been dominant this year, over 26.1 IP he’s rocking a 14 k/9 and a .068 ERA! The Brewers bats have been struggling so hard to find run production this year and I’ve been playing any pitcher I can against them.
Maeda took a no-no into the 9th last week! Almost had it. Maeda has been locked in this year and his statcast page is lit up with red to back it all up. Facing off vs a weak Cleveland team here (.208 team BA) I am surprised this price is not higher.
Civale has been awesome this year, I love his approach and the fastball command is just so tasty, he would be a top Ace if not for the great match ups Bauer and Maeda have today
Honorable Mention: Aaron Civale vs MIN
Punt Play: Brad Keller @ STL ($6,700 DK / $8,900 FD)
Keller has incorporated a new curveball to his arsenal and boy has it been good. Keller’s new breaker has been getting a ton of called strikes and whiffs has hes kept it in and around the bottom of the zone. The fastball tunneling has been spot on as well and he keeps all the 4 seamers up.
Honorable Mentions: Casey Mize vs CHC
Top Fade: Jack Flaherty vs KC ($9,300 DK / ( $10,000 FD)
Flaherty looked good in his first outing back but got the hook after only 41 pitches. Flaherty is not fully stretched, and loaded the bases on two walks and then a plunk, which was a bit concerning. So were looking at like a 5 inning ceiling here. Price is just too high with that production cap, even against the Royals. There is a good chance Flaherty will be a top ace next week against the Pirates if everything goes smoothly here.
Honorable Mention: Alec Mills @ DET
MLB DFS: The Bases
No real weather concerns across the board today with a near with the small slate to start the week. With these small slates I really like to focus in on a couple stacks.
Top Stacks
- Houston Astros- The Astros are 0-8 against teams over .500 this year. Luckily for Astros though, the Angels are 9-20 and are rolling out Patrick Sandoval. Sandoval could not keep the breakers in the bottom part of the zone and was punished in his last outing. The Astros should feast tonight.
Value Stacks
- Detroit Tigers – The Tigers have been barreling the ball really well so far this year and are actually leading the league in hard hit % at 42.4%. Alec Mills got toasted his last time on the bump and had nothing working, have to attack him until he gives a reason not to.
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