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Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings – 7/18/17

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 7/18/17

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NEW YORK YANKEES

A quick note before we get started. Baseball in Coors Field is on the schedule, and both sides, as ever, are in play. But you won't see the Padres or Rockies on this list, because we've got so many offenses in good spots, it'd be a disservice to waste a spot telling you something you already know. Then again, maybe telling you to stack the Yankees against Bartolo Colon is kinda the same thing. At any rate, yeah, Bartolo is back. Neither his 5.07 FIP with Atlanta nor his four runs in 3.2 innings in one minor-league could dissuade the Twins from deciding they needed the big man in their lives. With so many palatable stacking choices on this slate, I'm not going to venture a guess on ownership percentages, but I'd bet this one will be popular. If that's enough for you to opt for the fade, I wouldn't hate it; Sanchez and Judge are pretty pricey, and again, you've got options. Then again, that .397 wOBA Colon has allowed in 2017 is extremely tempting, and pretty much every Yankees bat is in play (the wOBA vs. righties is .423).

HOUSTON ASTROS

Ok, admittedly, you can stack the Astros just about every time they're not facing an ace. They lead baseball in wRC+, wOBA and ISO, and have eight guys who get at least semi-regular at bats with an OPS over .800. Eight guys. How'd you like to be Sam Gaviglio tonight? The 27-year-old rookie has a 5.89 FIP, a 6.4% swinging strike rate, and 2.08 HRs/9, so literally any Astros bat outside of Nori Aoki is worth considering. Top plays include Marwin Gonzalez, Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, George Springer, Jake Marisnick and Josh Reddick, each of whom have .900+ OPS vs. RHP. One note: Correa left last night's game early, so we could some lineup shuffling. If either catcher -- Gattis or McCann -- end up in the middle of the order, both will be solid buys.

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TEXAS RANGERS

So, that offensive deluge we were expecting Monday night turned into a Chris Tillman/Andrew Cashner pitchers duel. Makes perfect sense. That kind of thing happens from time to time in baseball, and hopefully it'll scare people away because conditions for offense are similarly favorable tonight. We've got a great hitter's park and a O/U over 10 -- and coincidentally, the Orioles are favored again, so they deserve a look, too. We're siding with the Rangers because we feel a little more confident in projecting Dylan Bundy as compared to Tyson Ross, for whom the data over the past two seasons is scant. Bundy, meanwhile, is on a pretty clear downward trajectory since a nice start to the season. He's got a 6.10 FIP with a .375 wOBA allowed over his last 10 starts. We're looking at the lefties first and hoping to take some shots at the short porch in right, but don't shy away from Beltre, Andrus, Gomez, et. al. Bundy's getting hit hard by pretty much every (.369 wOBA vs. righties) since mid-May, and Camden Yard boosts offense for hitters from both sides of the plate.