Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/30/17

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Baltimore Orioles

This early slate has a few different offenses you can target, with the Orioles leading the pack. They welcome the Mariners into hitter-friendly Camden Yards and face off with Ariel Miranda. Miranda was pretty good to start the season, but he's been absolutely horrible as of late. He's allowed at least 2 ER in 11 of his last 13 starts and over 4 runs in 6 of them. He's been atrocious against righties, allowing a .368 wOBA since the ASB. He's definitely going to straighten things out eventually, but he definitely has something going on right now fundamentally. This Orioles team is as lethal as it gets and they do hit lefties better than righties. Manny Machado is the only must-play on the stack, but that mostly speaks to the 7 guys that can hit an HR with ease. You can look up and down this lineup and it's almost hard to argue against anyone. Trumbo is actually one of my favorites, as he will only see around 10% ownership and he can hit 2 bombs with his eyes closed. Go ahead and target a few of these guys as the O's will put up some runs and send some over the fence. They are also much cheaper than Coors Field.

Main Stack - Manny Machado, Jonathan Schoop, Tim Beckham, Adam Jones
Sneaky Stack - Manny Machado, Trey Mancini, Mark Trumbo, Welington Castillo

Minnesota Twins

If you've been playing DFS all season long, you don't need much explaining here. You know exactly how bad Derek Holland is and what opposing offenses can do against him. Of course, to preface, he's a major leaguer and he will have a few good starts on the season. This Twins offense is scrappy, however, and I don't see Holland working through more than 4 or 5 innings of troublesome pitching. If you want to know just how bad he is, let's see. Against righties, Holland has allowed a .404 wOBA and 26 home runs in just 99 innings. I have literally checked that fact 3 times because it's so unbelievable. Brian Dozier and Byron Buxton are 2 of the top plays on the entire slate and you absolutely can't leave them off of a Twins stack. The rest of the order will fill itself in and you should see righties (SH) like Polanco and Escobar float towards the top of the order. You also have Mitch Garver and/or Chris Gimenez, who can fill in a weak catcher spot and have plenty of upside. Don't be afraid of stacking this inevitably popular Twins team.

Main Stack - Brian Dozier, Byron Buxton, Jorge Polanco, Eduardo Escobar
Sneaky Stack - Brian Dozier, Byron Buxton, Mitch Garver, Jorge Polanco

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