For this Tuesday edition of the DFS MLB Stacks article, we are going back to our “Volume” stack idea that we introduced earlier in the season. The premise behind this type of stack, is to load up on hitters that reside at or near the top of the lineup and accumulate the most at-bats possible. When getting volume, the points are sure to follow. At least, that’s the hope.

When working on a “Volume Stack”, we first want to identify the best situations for offenses. Without over-thinking it, I’d head directly to the Vegas Odds tool here at Fantasy Alarm and take note of the top five implied run totals (IRT’s) for tonight’s full slate of action.

  1. Baltimore Orioles - vs. Paul Blackburn (OAK) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards - 6.27 IRT

  2. Chicago Cubs - vs. Homer Bailey (CIN) at Great American Ballpark - 6.21

  3. Minnesota Twins - vs. Lucas Giolito (CWS) at Guaranteed Rate Ballpark - 5.97

  4. Seattle Mariners - vs. Lucas Sims (ATL) at SunTrust Park - 5.72

  5. Miami Marlins - vs. Nick Pivetta (PHI) at Citizens Bank Park - 5.72

So, let’s focus on the 1-2 hitters from these five teams and see how much of the lineup we can fill:

Orioles: 1 - SS Tim Beckham; 2 - 3B Manny Machado - CONFIRMED

Cubs: 1 - OF Jon Jay; 2 - OF Kyle Schwarber - CONFIRMED

Twins: 1 - 2B Brian Dozier; 2 - OF Max Kepler - Projected

Mariners: 1 - SS Jean Segura; 2 - 1B Yonder Alonso - Projected

Angels: 1 - OF Ben Revere; 2 - OF Mike Trout - Projected

Here is what we can come up with on DraftKings and FanDuel based on these players above (and Chris Iannetta in the catcher spot due to his spot hitting 2nd in the Arizona lineup tonight):

DRAFT KINGS

C - Chris Iannetta - $3,200

1B - Yonder Alonso - $4,400

2B - Brian Dozier - $4,600

3B - Manny Machado - $5,500

SS - Jean Segura - $4,600

OF - Jon Jay - $3,400

OF - Kyle Schwarber - $4,100

OF - Ben Revere - $3,400

We have $8,400 left per pitcher, so you can choose what you’d like to do here.  If you want to go with Trout in this lineup, you’ll be more handcuffed with your arms.  Looking at Ben Scherr’s Playbook, I’d suggest going with a combination of Patrick Corbin and Lance Lynn.

FANDUEL

C - Chris Iannetta - $2,400

1B - Yonder Alonso - $3,100

2B - Brian Dozier - $4,200

3B - Manny Machado - $4,000

SS - Tim Beckham - $3,500

OF - Jon Jay - $2,600

OF - Kyle Schwarber - $3,500

OF - Mike Trout - $4,800

We have just $6,900 due to a loaded lineup full of hitters, so we’ll have to plug in Ubaldo Jimenez as our starter at that exact $6,900.  Or, we can go cheaper and replace Trout with Revere and upgrade at pitcher to Charlie Morton, Jeff Samardzija, Danny Duffy or Lance Lynn.