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Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings – 7/25/17

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 7/25/17

Here's where you can find some recommendations for GPP stacks to target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here.

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CLEVELAND INDIANS

The Indians didn't open with the highest line in Vegas, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they start creeping that way as game time draws nearer. The weather is expected to be mild at Progressive Field, but it's a nice park for offense, and facing Jesse Chavez should make up for whatever the weather takes away. Chavez has been trending in the wrong direction on multiple fronts for about four years now with decreasing ground ball rates and strikeouts, as well as HR numbers (both total allowed and HR:FB) that are consistently on the rise. It's culminated in a 5.28 xFIP and a .342 wOBA allowed in 2017. Righties are doing the bulk of the damage this year (.370 wOBA), but he gave up .350+ wOBAs vs. lefties the previous two seasons, so we're not going to hesitate to roster any Indians hitter with the proven ability to handle RHP. They rank sixth in wRC+ vs. righties this season, they've got a handful of attractive options (especially at FanDuel pricing) to build around with Bradley Zimmer coming cheap and Encarnacion very moderately priced for a guy with his upside. Jose Ramirez (.414 wOBA, .279 ISO) and Michael Brantley (.368 wOBA) would be the next two on our list, and if you're playing all those guys, Lindor's .200 ISO makes him worth a look as well.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS

It makes me a little nervous to go against Vegas to this extent -- the Brewers' implied total is the 9th-highest on the board -- but I'd feel much less confident in fading a powerful offense against Edwin Jackson. The Milwaukee offense has cooled out considerably since a hot start, but there's still plenty of pop in this lineup. They've got a .191 ISO vs. RHP as a team, the core of Travis Shaw, Eric Thames and Domingo Santana all have a wOBA over .360, an ISO over .190, or both in the split this season. They're the clear building blocks and we might find another intriguing play or two depending on how the lineup shakes out. Edwin Jackson worked around a pair of solo HRs and allowed just three hits in his only start of the season last week against the Angels. That's great and all, but we're not buying it. Since the beginning of the 2016 season, Jackson is giving up a .368 wOBA to opposing hitters (.389 vs. righties), and has a 6.01 FIP.

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ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

Like we talked about in the cash game picks, Mike Foltynewicz continues to have major issues with lefties (.378 wOBA this season) and the D-backs have just enough of them to chalk up some crooked numbers tonight. Jake Lamb and David Peralta are the obvious places to start building, and any lefty in the line up is in play. Where it gets interesting is in choosing which righties to roster. Foltynewicz had been tough when he's got the platoon advantage, but each of Arizona's top three right-handed bats handle RHP just fine. I wouldn't be going out of my way to roster these guys in cash games, but the upside of Goldy (.435 wOBA/.289 ISO vs. righties this season), Pollock (.386/.190) and J.D. Martinez (.358/.262) make them pretty appealing tournament options tonight.