Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/17/17

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New York Yankees

There are 2 teams on the day that hold an implied run total over 6 runs. One is the Rockies in Coors Field and the other is the Yankees. The Yanks face off with Ubaldo Jimenez, who has been absolutely horrible against both righties and lefties on the year. Against righties, a .351 wOBA and 11 homers in 72 innings. Against lefties, a .405 wOBA and 19 homers in just 62 innings. The fact of the matter is that he's good against exactly nobody and you can take both lefties and righties. Because of who this team is, I'm not leaving Sanchez or Judge out of my stack. They can hit 2 or 3 HR as a pair with ease and boost you to the top of the board. After those 2, I love Starlin Castro and Didi Gregorius. They are both at weaker positions and will be right in the heart of the lineup, with plenty of power to contribute. There isn't much else to say about Ubaldo Jimenez, who is very likely in his last season as a major leaguer. You just can't be this bad for more than a couple months without getting cut. All in all, the Yankees are going to put up at least 5 or 6 runs and it just comes down to who does the damage.

Main Stack - Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Didi Gregorius, Starlin Castro
Sneaky Stack - Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Matt Holliday, Greg Bird

Detroit Tigers

There's only one pitcher worse than Ubaldo Jimenez on this slate and his name is Dylan Covey. This is not shot at Covey, who could very well end up being decent down the road, but how in the world do you let a pitcher this awful get another start? And not MLB awful, he's has been pure garbage. You can toss any average A or AA guy out there and expect similar numbers. He has posted a combined .414 wOBA and has given up an insane 18 homers in just around 50 innings of work. It's hard to be as bad as Covey has been and while the Tigers have lost a lot of weapons, there are still very playable. Miggy Cabrera and Nick Castellanos are the 2 top options with Ian Kinsler and Alex Presley there as well. You have to imagine they will have a great night and their prices are all but restricting. The Tigers are one of the cheaper stacks available at this point and you can find some interesting GPP guys towards the back end. The focus is just on how bad Dylan Covey is and how the Tigers will get him out of the game to see the leagues 3rd worst bullpen.

Main Stack - Ian Kinsler, Miguel Cabrera, Alex Presley, Nick Castellanos
Sneaky Stack - Ian Kinsler, Miguel Cabrera, Tyler Collins, Jeimer Candelairio

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