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.
Tonight’s slates are going to be a bit odd. FanDuel has decided to add the 6:35/6:40 games while DraftKings has not. That 6:35 game between the Nationals/Pirates has the chance to be an MLB DFS friendly game so I’ll be including a FanDuel-only stack for those playing on FanDuel 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 Slate
Colorado Rockies vs. Justin Steele
I try to avoid writing up hitters in Coors because it’s always such an obvious spot. It’s a hitters paradise and with limited options tonight, I’m going there. Steele pitched pretty well against the Brewers in his season debut. He was able to shut them out through 5 innings and only gave up 4 hits.
Steele did a great job keeping hitters off balance as they only had a 41% swing rate even though he lived in the zone almost 50% of the time. That said, pitching in Coors is a different animal and if we dig into Steele’s repertoire the Rockies are in good shape tonight.
While Steele throws his fastball around 44% of the time to righties, he also throws a sinker almost a quarter of the time as it’s his main secondary pitch. The first guy that comes to mind in this matchup is Connor Joe. While it’s a limited sample size, Joe has great numbers vs. this pitch. Last season he had a .636 slugging % against sinkers. I love him in this matchup tonight.
CJ Cron will also make my Colorado stack as he has similar numbers to Joe, but a much larger sample size. Last season his slugging % was .576 against sinkers. These two both have the ability to do some damage against Steele tonight. With the Rockies, I’ll also make sure to mix in Kris Bryant and Brendan Rogers. Steele has a much tougher assignment tonight with the Rockies than he did with the Brewers. I do expect him to come back down to earth after his first outing.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Cessa/Sanmartin
The Reds are using Cessa as an opener today and will most likely then go to Sanmartin since he was originally scheduled to throw today. This is a plus matchup for the Dodgers against both pitchers. Sanmartin struggled in his 2022 debut, giving up 5 ER in just 2 and a third innings vs. the Braves. Sanmartin hasn’t pitched much in the Majors yet, but so far from what we’ve seen is he really good against lefties, but struggles against righties as they have a .393 wOBA against him.
The Dodgers bats finally came alive yesterday, putting up 7 runs against Chris Paddack and the Twins. With an even better matchup today, I expect more of the same. I’m going to focus my efforts here with guys on the right side. The Dodgers have two of the best in the game in Mookie Betts and Trea Turner.
While those 2 will more than likely be my core in this lineup, Justin Turner, Will ‘not the one that slapped Chris Rock’ Smith, and Chris Taylor are the guys in this lineup that are very reasonably priced at $4.1k and below. Putting those guys in your lineup will help you afford the bigger bats.
Washington Nationals vs. Brubaker (FD Only)
The Nationals are in a great spot to produce tonight. JT Brubaker is just not a pitcher I’ll ever shy away from stacking against when playing MLB DFS. He now has 36 appearances in the big leagues and it’s been a struggle for him. While he induces a ton of ground balls at a 44% rate throughout his young career, when he does give up flyballs they tend to leave the park.
Last year his HR/FB% was 22%. That’s just not a good percentage. Both righties and lefties have similar numbers against him in terms of power, but I’m going to side with the lefties in this matchup because their flyball % jumps to 37% compared to just 28% for righties.
While Juan Soto is the premier name here and he’ll be in my core, Josh Bell is the guy that has been on fire so far to start the season. Over the first week of the season, Bell has 2 homers and an OPS of 1.049. The main pitch that he and his buddy Soto will see tonight from Brubaker is a slider. Both of them have great numbers vs. sliders. Soto has a .300 ISO against them and Bell has a .229 ISO. These guys are set up to do extremely well tonight.
Outside of those 2, Keibert Ruiz will also be an important piece to this stack. He’s started out the season hitting the ball hard with multiple barrels already and a 50% flyball rate. The Nationals will be a team this season where we’ll want to pick and choose our spots, this is one of those spots today if you’re playing on FanDuel.
Other Stacks I really like today are the Tigers vs. Greinke, Royals vs. Mize, and the Cubs vs. Freeland.
MLB DFS Main Slate Summary
We have a Coors slate! While I tend to try to find ways to avoid Coors when playing MLB DFS, we have limited options with a 6 and 8 game slate tonight with some decent pitchers on the hill or groundball artists. I do really love the spot for the Rockies tonight and they will more than likely be my main stack on DK. On FD, Washington will be more than likely be my core and I’ll look to sprinkle in some Rockies.
Good luck today and hope to see some green tonight!
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