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.
Baltimore Orioles - vs. Paul Blackburn (OAK) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards - 6.27 IRT
Chicago Cubs - vs. Homer Bailey (CIN) at Great American Ballpark - 6.21
Minnesota Twins - vs. Lucas Giolito (CWS) at Guaranteed Rate Ballpark - 5.97
Seattle Mariners - vs. Lucas Sims (ATL) at SunTrust Park - 5.72
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.