Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/19/17 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. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Texas Rangers Yep, really going out on a limb with this one. It seems like the Rangers have been the top stack for about a week now, but I guess that's what happens when the White Sox come into town. They easily have the worst rotation in the league and will bring out possibly the worst of all tonight in Derek Holland. Holland is a left-handed thrower who is absolutely awful against righties. In almost 100 innings of work, he's held onto a .404 wOBA and has allowed 24 home runs. He now moves into one of the best parks in the league for hitting. Globe Life Park is great for both righties and lefties and ranked top 5 during the 2016 summer months. Holland is going to give up runs and he's not going to last long. Because of that, I'm fine targeting Rangers lefties who may be lower owned. They will likely see a righty or two out of the bullpen and have a great shot of making an impact. Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrus are the top 2 and musts for a stack. Delino Deshields follows closely behind if he's in the leadoff hole. The rest of the order is a bit wild and I'm fine going anywhere. Joey Gallos is probably my favorite tournament play as he can hit 2 HR's on any given night. Main Stack - Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus, Delino Deshields, Mike Napoli Sneaky Stack - Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus, Carlos Gomez, Joey Gallo Atlanta Braves I know the Braves aren't a team you really want to stack, but hear me out. When they're projected to put up 5.33 runs, you have to listen. Robert Stephenson and the pitiful Reds bullpen will move into SunTrust Park and face off with the hot Atlant Braves. The Braves have been decent at home against righties and obviously, have a few guys who can do real damage. As for Stephenson, he's a failed experiment who is now bouncing from the rotation to the pen and back. He's allowed a .391 wOBA combined and is a...

Daily Fantasy MLB Hitter Stacks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/16/17 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. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.   Texas Rangers With so many bad pitchers on this slate, we may be able to throw a squad of 9 together and put up some runs in a couple of these parks. I mean, I can't fathom the reason for guys like Homer Bailey and Anibal Sanchez to be around. Do these teams not realize how absolutely horrid they are? Is there no point in trying to get a young guy some experience in the majors or try to transition a strong bullpen arm into a starter? I guess these franchises just want to lose now and in the future. I don't get it. Mostly because a guy like Anibal Sanchez is almost as bad as you can possibly be. You won't see a pitcher put up much worse numbers over the same time period. What are these horrid numbers I speak of? Against righties, .409 wOBA. Lefties? .363. In 70 innings of work, he's allowed an astounding 21 home runs. He now moves from Comerica Park to Globe Life, which is a top 5 hitting park in the summer months. The Rangers hold an implied team total over 6 and is an offense you almost need exposure to. Joey Gallo and Rougned Odor are my 2 favorites, with Mazara and Choo just about tied with them. You can go anywhere in this order and obviously guys like Adrian Beltre can go nuts. That goes without being said. Main Stack - Rougned Odor, Joey Gallo, Nomar Mazara, Delino Deshields Sneaky Stack - Rougned Odor, Joey Gallo, Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus Chicago Cubs While most people let their fandom get the best of them, I may be the opposite. As a Cubs fan, I sometimes find myself trying to stay away as I try not to lean towards my bias. In result, it skews my results the other way. Tonight is not the night where I'll be considering the option of fading. I'm playing these Cubs and I'm willing to go down with the ship. Homer Bailey, who's basically the Cincy Anibal Sanchez, doesn't have much left in the...

Daily Fantasy MLB Pitchers for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/16/17 Here's where you can find some recommendations for tournament pitchers target for FanDuel and DraftKings. Find our main set of cash game picks here. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitchers Carlos Carrasco FD 8900 DK 11100 Opponent - MIN (Gibson) Park - @MINFD - 35.73 DK - 23.62 We touched on Yu Darvish and Marcus Stroman in the main picks article. They remain my top 2 options in both cash games and tournaments. With that being said, there is a very, very close 3rd in Carlos Carrasco. Carrasco is a better pither than Stroman, but doesn't have as good of a match-up. Carrasco is facing ff with the Twins, who are very average against righties. They've ranked 17th in the league with a .321 wOBA and a 22.1% K rate. They are basically whatever the pitcher wants to make out of them. If a pitcher is off, the Twins will let you know. If a pitcher is dealing, they won't do much to stop it. Carrasco is kind of the same way. You will know exactly how your night will turn out aftr the 2nd inning. If he's walking batters and going 3-2 to a catcher, it'll be a quick night. He'll hit 100 pitches after 6 innings and get yanked. There's also the possibility of Carrasco being on his game and mowing this team down. Absolutely nobody would be surprised to see Carrasco as the highest scorer on the slate. He's still my 3rd option, but I'll have plenty on 2 pitcher sites like DK. John Lackey FD 7300 DK 6900 Opponent - CIN (Bailey) Park - @CHCFD - 33.55 DK - 22.01 After Darvish, Stroman, and Carrasco, the steep fall to number 4 may be deeper than the grand canyon. I will not roster John Lackey. I won't roster anyone that isn't in that top 3. However, if you forced my hand, I'm going to Lackey. He's the only guy I can trust to work through 5 or 6 innings and limit the damage. he's at home in Wrigley Field and facing off with the lowly Reds. The Reds K nearly 23% of the time and while there are some bats that will give him trouble, find me a pitcher without them. Lackey has been a bit better...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/16/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.   Pitcher Yu Darvish FD 9800 DK 13700 Opponent - CHW (Rodon) Park - @LAD FD - 44.62 DK - 29.43 The baseball gods have been throwing some very interesting slates at us and it won't stop today. To start us off, we have a very intriguing 6 game early slate that will draw interest. Starting at the typical 7 PM slate time, we have a 9 game slate. A slate that consists of just 3 teams projected to score under 4.20 runs. The offenses should run rampant on this slate and a good pitcher will be at a premium in both cash games and tournaments. The safest of them all is Yu Darvish. Darvish and the Dodgers host the White Sox, who have been one of the bottom barrel teams in the sport against righties. Since the start of the season, they have ranked 3rd worst with a .305 wOBA and 23% strikeout rate. They now move into a pitcher-friendly Dodger Stadium where Darvish figures to dominate. They're projected for just 2.71 runs, at the lowest by far. We know how good Darvish can be, but he's also shown consistency this season. A 3.64 xFIP and 10.15 K/9 are extremely impressive in Globe Life Park and with him moving to one of the top pitcher parks in the game, I fully expect Darvish to make that leap to top-end elite starting pitchers. As for tonight, play him. Marcus Stroman FD 8300 DK 11600 Opponent - TB (Faria) Park - @TOR FD - 33.53 DK - 22.15 As your SP2 on DK or pivot on FD, both Carrasco and Stroman are worth considering. The projection system is slightly leaning Marcus Stroman and I definitely agree. While Salazar showed the exact upside Carrasco can have against the Twins just tonight, I don't think it's nearly the match-up Stroman has. Stroman and the Jays move to Tampa to face off with the god-awful Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays strikeout 25.2% of the time and have given up some monster performances on the season. Stroman is a guy you don't want to go out of your way to target, but also don't want to ignore when in the right match-up. He can go for an easy 7...

Daily Fantasy MLB Baseball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 8/14/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB optimizer, our NBA Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with MLB? Be sure to read our free MLB and NBA Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Pitcher Jose Quintana FD 8400 DK 11600 Opponent - CIN (Wojciechowski) Park - @CHC FD - 35.37 DK - 23.17 When we have a slate like yesterday with numerous aces on the hill, you're bound to run into a few days like this. Our only true ace on this hill (Greinke) is in Chase Field facing off with the best offense in baseball. While he has as much upside as ever, I can't see an argument for Greinke in cash games. Instead, we'll move down a bit and focus on Jose Quintana, the newly acquired Cub. Quintana would be the ace in a lot of rotations and has the ability to be a top 15 pitcher. He played in front of a bad defense in the White Sox and will make some head turns on the north side. As a lefty, he is virtually unhittable against same-side bats (.259 wOBA, 9.58 K/9) and has limited righties to a .323 wOBA. This match-up with the Reds is solid one, considering they come in at 17th in the league with a 90 wRC+. They are far worse on the road and struggle more against lefties than righties. Eugenio Suarez and Zack Cozart are the 2 big lefty killers to maneuver around, but I don't think he'll have much trouble. While I'm hesitant to say I feel safe with any of these options, Quintana is as closes as you will find. Price-wise, he's great on FanDuel. DraftKings is a whole different story at a staggering $11.6k. It will be interesting to see how the rise in price will affect his ownership across different formats. As for me, Quintana will be in 100% of my cash games and most of the tournaments. Jerad Eickhoff FD 7400 DK 8000 Opponent - SD (Wood) Park - @SD FD - 27.92 DK - 18.59 Jerad Eickhoff is a good pitcher. On this slate, there's something to be said for that. Pitching is absolutely barren on this slate and the opportunity to pay down for Eickhoff is something that needs to be considered. First things first, Eickhoff is no slouch running into good luck. He's a strong young pitcher who is expected to be a long-term rotation arm in Philly behind Nola....