Daily MLB DFS Stacking Strategies for FanDuel & DraftKings – July 18, 2021 (7/18/21) – FantasyCruncher.com DFS Articles & Insights – fantasycruncher.com

Digging into today’s MLB DFS slate to highlight your best bats to stack.

In this article, we will cover two to three teams that we think are the most stackable for MLB contests. If you are newer to DFS or MLB, or just want a general refresher on the impact of stacking in MLB, check out our research done this off-season where we analyzed over 2,000,000 lineups to determine how many times a team of four or five hitters stacked from the same team won contests. In brief, 80.3% of winning lineups across 71 Main Slate tournaments (from 2020) had a stack of at least four players. 71.9% of that 80.3% had a stack of five players. It is pretty clear that stacking is the main strategy to focus on when it comes to MLB, therefore we will be approaching our hitters content from a stacking perspective.

Kansas City Royals (vs Orioles)

The Royals take on a struggling Orioles team in Baltimore, Matt Harvey isn’t doing much to alleviate those struggles lately. Over his last 7 starts Harvey has allowed 34 hits, 29 runs, and 5 HR’s. The advanced statistics are ugly to say the least as Harvey ranks bottom half of the league in almost every statistic, a few notable stats include; Harvey ranks bottom 8% in the league in K%, bottom 10% in wiff%, bottom 6% in xSLG, bottom 39% in hard hit% , and bottom 30% in exit velocity. Harvey is also allowing 1.42 HR/9 with a 13.5% HR/FB rate. Stacking the top of the order won’t be cheap and you will likely see Royal’s pitcher Carlos Hernandez included in the more expensive versions of 4 and 5 man Royals combinations as his 4k salary on Draftkings unlocks some flexibility.  This may create a spot to get a bit different with lineup construction paying up for Royals batters while playing less optimal pieces around them.

Royals vs Matt Harvey

Detroit Tigers (vs Twins)

Let’s not waste any time getting to the point, Happ has been awful this season. Over his last 7 starts Happ allowed 54 hits, 29 runs, and 12 HRs with a 5.9 ERA. Happ ranks in the bottom 16% of the league in K%, bottom 8% in whiff%, bottom 7% in barrel% and bottom 16% in exit velocity. The Tigers are in decent form lately scoring 15 runs over their last 3 games and they’ll look to take advantage of Happ’s 1.86 HR/9 and 13.9 HR/FB rate. I expect the Tigers to be less popular than the Twins on the main slate but they should still draw plenty of attention for the reasons we’ve covered here. Game stacking this matchup with players from both sides is also an option and should provide a little differentiation in your tournament lineups.

Tigers vs J.A Happ