Daily MLB DFS Stacking Strategies for FanDuel & DraftKings – July 25, 2021 (7/25/21) – 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.

Baltimore Orioles (vs Nationals)

We have an 11 game main slate on Draftkings and Fanduel with lots of options to choose from, let’s get right into it. The Orioles look to take on Paolo Espino in his first appearance at Camden Yards, Espino over 51 innings pitched has allowed 44 hits, 17 earned runs and 9 HR’s. Espino ranks in the bottom 8% in the league in K%, bottom 30% in hard hit%, bottom 22% in barrel%, bottom 2% in whiff% and bottom 43% in exit velocity. I don’t expect the Orioles to be an overly popular team on the main slate and they should be well suited for tournament lineups. Espino has pitched well enough at home, but his sample size on the road is small with mediocre results. The Orioles have been in better form lately as a team and they’ll look to take advantage of Espino’s 44.4% FB rate, 8% HR/FB, and 1.09 HR/9.

Orioles vs Paolo Espino

New York Mets (vs Blue Jays)

The Mets take on the Blue Jays at home matching up with a struggling Ross Stripling. Over his last 3 starts Stripling has allowed 10 hits, 11 earned runs and 6 HR’s. Stripling ranks league average in K%, bottom 31% in hard hit%, bottom 10% in barrel%, bottom 31% in whiff%, and bottom 22% in exit velocity. The Mets have plenty of power bats to exploit this matchup vs Stripling and they should have no problem taking advantage of his 46% FB rate, 18.4% HR/FB, and 2.16 HR/9. The Mets are a reasonably priced team on this slate and I’ll be looking to use them as primary and secondary stack options. For the Mets as a secondary stack preferred targets will be Pete Alonzo, Michael Conforto and Dominic Smith.

Mets vs Ross Stripling