Joel Bartilotta 
Welcome to the Sunday Funday edition of the Stack City, where I’ll be going through the top MLB DFS Stacks on DraftKings and Fanduel.
It’s finally happened! We finally have a full slate of baseball. A full slate means more opportunities to stack! Last night was one of the weirder nights in baseball as only 2 teams scored more than 3 runs. Hopefully today we’ll see more runs because let’s be real, baseball is way more fun when teams are crossing the plate!
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 Slate
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Daulton Jefferies
It pains me to do this, but the Phillies will be a regular of this article this year. They just have too potent of a lineup to ignore. There will be days, like when they face a Max Scherzer type, that they will be unplayable. But against a guy like Daulton Jefferies, they will always be in play.
Jefferies hasn’t pitched much at the major league level, just 17 innings to be exact. What he’s shown so far has not been great as he has a 5.36 xFIP. Even in AAA last year, Jefferies struggled. In 77 innings at AAA last year, Jefferies had a 4.94 xFIP and gave up 13 homers. This is going to be a tough task for him today. No other way to put it.
Jefferies main pitch is a sinker ball. We said it the other day and I’ll say it again today, the Phillies have two of the best in baseball in their lineup against sinkers. Both Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber absolutely obliterate sinkers. If you can only afford 2 heavy hitters today, those are the guys you want.
Another important bat to this stack is Rhys Hoskins. After a down year in 2021, Hoskins has really started out strong this season. He’s already up to 4 hits in just 6 AB and has 3 RBI and 3 runs. Those three would be my core and then adding in Bryson Stott (check the lineup to make sure he plays) will help to stomach the amount of money you just shelled out for them. The A’s will be a team we pick on frequently, with both hitters and pitchers. Today we’ll certainly be picking on them with bats.
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Bryse Wilson
Another team that will frequent this article is the St. Louis Cardinals. They have a stacked lineup again this season and with some of their youngsters having some more experience under their belt, they’ll be even scarier than last. The matchup for them today is another great one.
Bryse Wilson is not an intimidating pitcher, at all. Last season he pitched to an awful 5.10 xFIP, a number that is in line with his other chances in the big leagues. Lefties tend to get more loft against him, but he’s been pretty bad to both sides of the plate so we don’t need to shy away from anyone.
My core with the Cardinals starts with Nolan Arenado. He is off to a piping hot start to the year. Through his first 8 at bats, he has 5 hits and 5 RBI. His fly ball rate is also pushing 60%. He’s hitting the ball hard an in the air. There’s nothing with today’s matchup that indicates a slow down is about to happen.
Another important piece here is Dylan Carson leading off. While he hasn’t really broken out yet this year (it’s so early, I know), he’s been on base 3 times and has scored each time. Other people I’d look to here are Tyler O’Neill, Tommy Edman, and Corey Dickerson. Honestly, this whole entire lineup is in play today so don’t shy away from anyone here when setting your MLB DFS lineups.
New York Mets vs. Erick Fedde
The Mets have started out 3-0 and there’s an excellent chance they make it a 4 game sweep of the Nationals today. They get a solid matchup with Fedde on the mound for the Nats. He was below average last season with a 4.42 xFIP. Batters had a 41% hard-hit rate against him so he’s going to give up some hard contact. While he doesn’t give up many flyballs, the flyballs that he does give up tend to leave the park. Of all the pitchers throwing today, he had one of the highest HR/FB ratios last season at 18.5%.
The two important pieces to me here are Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil. Let’s start with McNeil who is criminally underpriced today at just $3k on DK. He has started out the year extremely strong with 6 hits in his first 13 AB’s. He currently leads the Mets with a 4 wRC. His pricing hasn’t caught up to his production yet and we’ll need to take advantage of it as much as we can until it does.
Nimmo is also off to a solid start, with 4 hits in his first 9 AB’s. He’s still under $4k which makes the 2 of them an extremely cheap way to get some solid production. Outside of those 2, I’d also Cano, Alonso, and Canha. Marte is useable, but he’s the most expensive Mets player today and he’s shown the least production so far. Could today be the day he breaks out?
MLB DFS Summary
At long last, we finally have a full slate of games and I for one could not be more thankful. This is a fun slate today. Teams I didn’t write up that I also like are the Blue Jays vs. Howard and Rays vs. Wells. I’m hesitant to play the White Sox today vs. Skubal. He was a hit-or-miss pitcher last year who at times looked like he belonged in AA, but also at times looked like he could vie for the Cy Young. He’s a good pitcher and before i start stacking against him again this season, I want to see how he looks.
Good luck today and hope to see some green tonight!
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