Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings- 5/22/16

Welcome to our new daily article breaking down some of the other stacking targets on this slate. We covered our system's top value plays in our daily picks article and our updates articles but here we will look at other dudes to consider.

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Stacking in DFS MLB is such an important concept if you’re looking to take down a big tournament on FanDuel or DraftKings. It’s also a good way to diversify cash games because the variance in baseball can mean wild swings (ahem) in the scoring on a particular slate. The concept is easy. You want to pile players from one or two teams into your lineups because those guys compound scores by helping each other score runs when the going is good.

Stack Targets

Seattle Mariners vs. Alfredo Simon (Reds)

I personally stack against Alfredo Simon every time he pitches, so I really like the Mariners matchup today. The guy is basically out there throwing batting practice, as evidenced by the fact that he's allowing lefties to hit .400/.455/.750 and righties to hit .337/.433/.524 against him. Those numbers are bad, but it gets even worse as he's got an ERA of over 10 (seriously, how is this guy still in the big leagues?) and an xFIP of 5.24. The Mariners are a team that crush right-handed pitching, and they have plenty of lefties for you to stack against Simon. Our projection system really likes Robinson Cano, Kyle Seager, Adam Lind, and Seth Smith today, although I can also see taking Nelson Cruz here over Lind if you can afford it. Simon has already given up 9 HR's this season, and because Great American Ballpark is one of the best home run parks in baseball I'm expecting big things from Seattle today.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colin Rea (Padres)
I don't love the fact that this game is in Petco, but otherwise this is a very affordable stack with some major upside potential. Colin Rea is a young guy who's still trying to get this whole big league pitcher thing down, and is someone whom I still have some serious doubts about. He struggles with his control (BB/9 of 3.97), and has actually been a bit worse than his ERA would suggest (ERA of 4.37, xFIP of 4.73). I understand that the Dodgers haven't exactly been the offensive giant that many expected them to be, but they still have plenty of guys who can hit mediocre big league pitching. Because of some of the recent struggles, the prices for some of these guys have gone way down, which if anything only increases the upside potential. Our system is big on pretty much all position players, but my favorites are Chase Utley, Adrian Gonzalez, Joc Pederson and Justin Turner. I'd say this is a tournament stack only, but it allows you to spend up on a big arm while still providing plenty of upside.

Baltimore Orioles vs. Jered Weaver (Angels)

Another guy that I like to stack against is Jered Weaver of the Angels, and it's for many of the same reasons I like stacking against Simon. Weaver just isn't a very good big league pitcher anymore, which can be seen by the fact that he's allowing an OPS of greater than .900 to both right-handed and left-handed hitters. If that isn't enough for you, Weaver has already given up 10 HR's this season (1.99 HR's/9), and has given up 8 or more hits in five of his eight starts this season. The Orioles have a very explosive offense, and although they have a high strikeout rate, Weaver's lousy K/9 rate (5.16) pretty much mitigates that downside. It'll definitely be a bit expensive, but I love a Chris Davis, Manny Machado, Adam Jones and Mark Trumbo stack today against Weaver. All of these guys have serious power, and although Angels Stadium isn't exactly an ideal hitters ballpark, I think the Orioles hitters are going to put up some big numbers today.

Now I would be doing everyone a disservice if I didn't at least mention a Red Sox stack because of how dominant they've been at home, but I don't like the matchup much against Salazar. That being said Boston is putting up runs against everybody so that's definitely something to keep in mind.

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