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Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings – 9/18/17

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 9/18/17

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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OAKLAND ATHLETICS

Comerica Park is nobody's idea of a hitter's park -- but if there's one exception, it might be Buck Farmer. The Tigers starter has been free and easy with the long balls this season, especially at home, where he's yielding 3.14 per 9 IP. That number is probably out of whack; a 25% HR:FB ratio is begging for regression, but as long as Farmer is giving up 44% hard contact it might not come anytime soon. Meanwhile, the A's have (somehow) been one of the best offenses in baseball in the second half of the season, ranking 3rd in wRC+ and second in ISO since the All-Star break. That latter number is especially impressive given that about half their games have been played in one of the worst hitter's park in baseball. By comparison, Comerica looks like a pretty great place to hit. They've got four guys in the lineup with an ISO north of .260 vs. RHP this season (Joyce, Davis, Olson, Chapman), and Jed Lowrie continues to do solid work with a .352 wOBA and .181 ISO. Meanwhile, Farmer has struggled against everybody and we definitely don't have to duck the RvR matchups, as he's giving up a .216 ISO in the split.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS

In terms of name value, the Dodgers are a way sexier stacking choice, and we do like them against Nick Pivetta in a park that plays small. One word of caution, though: even though the Dodgers have started winning games again, this offense doesn't appear to be fully out of its funk. They struck 10.6 times per game while winning four of their last five, including at least 9 Ks in every game. Still, we'd rather side with the larger-sample data, and that tells us the matchup with Pivetta is a good one. The Dodgers' projected starting lineup has a .364 wOBA and .211 ISO vs. RHP this season, while Pivetta enters with a 6.75 ERA and 4.99 FIP. And while he does miss bats, he's had massive issues vs. righties this season, allowing a .415 wOBA and .304 ISO. That puts Chris Taylor (.358/.209 vs. RHP) and Yasiel Puig (.374/.264) firmly on our radar, and Bellinger remains a near must-play (.393/.345) if you're stacking Dodgers.

MIAMI MARLINS

Their prices are going to make them a tough fit with Kershaw, and their ballpark is a bummer, too, but if those factors converge to drive down ownership, this is a stack with the potential to take down a GPP. Matt Harvey has been dreadful since returning from the DL, and while two of his three starts have come against the vaunted Cubs and Astros lineups, his struggles are really only a continuation of what we've been seeing from the erstwhile Dark Knight for a while now. Lefties are the ones really pummeling him, with a .387 wOBA and .261 ISO in 2017, and that piques our interest here, as it drives up the attractiveness of Christian Yelich -- who's a nice hitter, but doesn't back a ton of thump for a guy in the No. 3 hole (.358/.169 vs. RHP this season). Justin Bour (.371/.233) is the other lefty you'll want to target, and, of course, Giancarlo Stanton (.391/.326) and Marcel Ozuna (.382/.260) make fine plays despite the RvR matchup.