Hello and welcome to the MLB DFS Playbook for June 9! We have a massive 13-game slate on our hands tonight. We have a 7:05 pm ET start time, so you still have a lot of time to read over the playbook and all of today’s content! Make sure to check out all of our amazing MLB DFS tools as they are always worth going through before building your lineups as are the Vegas Odds. However, as I am sure you have figured out by now, the new playbook will be a one-stop shop that includes everything from easy-to-read player write-ups and suggestions to MLB Weather Reports to lineup construction tips to our best value plays for DraftKings and FanDuel. You will be given core plays around which to build your lineups, DFS stacks to consider for GPP tournaments and key statistics to help you in your DFS research. Let’s dive in! 

 

MLB DFS Playbook June 9

MLB Weather Updates

Kansas City Royals vs. Baltimore Orioles (possible rain)

San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies (possible rain)

Games that appear to have a decent wind blowing out:

Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants (Blowing straight to CF) 

Games that appear to have a decent wind blowing in:

None.

DFS Lineup Construction Thoughts

This is a big slate with a lot of options, especially on offense. We have a few aces on the hill with guys like Gerrit Cole and Shohei Ohtani taking the ball. We do have Coors Field on the slate and the Padres look like an elite stack in that game, but the directions you can go tonight are nearly endless, which does make it a bit tougher to limit the options down. 

Recommended DFS Starting Pitchers

Top Options for Strikeouts

Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees

Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels

Luis Castillo, Seattle Mariners

Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox

Best Odds for a Win

Adrian Houser (Milwaukee Brewers -236)

AJ Smith-Shawver (Atlanta Braves -204)

Jordan Montgomery (St. Louis Cardinals -188)

Yu Darvish (San Diego Padres -188)

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Favorite Starters to Use for DFS Lineups

Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels

Ohtani has been a bit up and down this season on the mound, but overall he has been good and has huge upside with his strikeout rate (96 Ks in 71 innings). The Mariners have the second highest strikeout rate against righties this year and third highest rate overall. They are averaging just 3.17 runs per game over their last nine games, so this is a really good spot. 

Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox

Cease has been a shell of the guy we saw last season, but he still has electric stuff and has 74 Ks in 68 innings. He’s also been far better at home this year with a 4.06 ERA than on the road with a 5.34 ERA. The Marlins have a .305 wOBA against righties this season, compared to a ..346 wOBA against lefties, so which is a large difference. They also have struck out at a higher rate against righties than lefties. 

Daniel Lynch, Kansas City Royals

Lynch is a sneaky good SP2 GPP option today in my opinion. He has pitched pretty well through two starts and racked up 13 Ks in 10.1 innings of work. The Orioles offense is averaging just 3.67 runs per game over their last six games, so not exactly going well right now. They’ve also averaged just 4.28 runs per game at home this year, compared to 5.42 on the road. 

Adrian Houser, Milwaukee Brewers

While Lynch is my projected low-owned upside cheap play, Houser is my (probably) high-owned, high-floor play that doesn’t have huge upside. Houser has scored at least 18.2 dk points in three of his past four outings, but the problem is that 20.2 points is the highest he has scored all season. His strikeouts are bad (19 in 31.1 innings) and his 1.44 WHIP leaves a lot to be desired as well. He is a good SP2 in cash games, but I would shoot for more upside in GPPs. 

Recommended DFS Hitters

Highest Expected Run Totals 

6.24 – San Diego Padres vs. Austin Gomber

5.50 – Atlanta Braves vs. Josiah Gray

5.46 – Colorado Rockies vs. Yu Darvish

5.28 – Milwaukee Brewers vs. Sam Moll

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Favorite Hitters to Use for DFS Lineups

Gary Sanchez, C, San Diego Padres

The Padres apparently were able to unlock 2016-2017 Sanchez as he has been ridiculous to start his Padres career, hitting .310 with four home runs, nine RBI, and seven runs scored through nine games. He is still pretty cheap ($3,900) and gets to play at Coors Field today against a bad pitcher in Austin Gomber. Gomber has a 6.99 ERA through 56.2 innings with a 1.64 WHIP and 13 home runs against. The Padres have the highest implied run total today and for good reason. Elite stack option. 

Mark Vientos, 1B/3B, New York Mets

Sure, he hasn’t been all that great thus far, but I am going to shoot for a cheap home run here with Vientos. He crushed lefties at AAA this year and crushed lefties at AAA last year posting an OPS over 1.100 in that span. Today he faces Rich Hill, who has a 4.41 ERA on the season and all 10 of the home runs he has given up this season have been to righties. He has also been FAR worse at home this season with a 5.00 ERA and 1.56 WHIP, compared to 3.68 and 1.16 on the road, respectively. 

Elly De La Cruz, 3B/SS, Cincinnati Reds

Cruz has come up and been as good (and as electric) as advertised. He is 4-11 (.364) with a home run, triple, double, steal, and three runs scored through three games. He can do it all really. Today he faces Jordan Montgomery, who has struggled more than expected this season with a 4.23 ERA and 1.39 WHIP. Opposing hitters have posted a .291 batting average against him over his last 10 starts. He’s also been very bad at home with a 5.74 ERA and 1.54 WHIP. 

Fernando Tatis Jr., SS/OF, San Diego Padres

Tatis is averaging 11.2 dk points over his last 10 games with two home runs and three steals in that span. He is slashing .300/.378/.725 against lefties this season with five bombs in just 40 at-bats, and has crushed lefties his whole career (1.022 OPS!). He’s been phenomenal in his career at Coors Field too, slashing .343/.400/.726 with four bombs, 13 RBI, 21 runs, and three steals in 17 games. He is easily the top spend-up today. 

 Joey Wiemer, OF, Milwaukee Brewers

Wiemer has been on FIRE lately, hitting .412 over his last 10 games with three home runs, five doubles, two steals, and 16 total R/RBI. He now has eight home runs and nine steals on the year, showing that he provides upside both at the dish and on the bases. He has been better at home this seaso too, hittin .255 with an .808 OPS, compared to .205 with a .627 OPS on the road. The A’s are using a combination of bad pitchers today in Sam Moll and Luis Medina. 

Player Pool

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Stacks

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