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⚾ MLB Top Stacks August 14th ⚾
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(NOTE – these could change later in the day as more lineups are confirmed)
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I use this sheet daily to help me identify top stacks on each slate
I’ve included the RAW number to show you the number that is being Ranked. This is the resulting number from my formula each day and should help illustrate exactly how much separation there is from team to team on the list. Some days there are very clear teams ranked in the Top 1 or 2. Other days they are grouped much tighter.
I’ve added a new Leverage Column, which is simply the Projection (minus) the Ownership. In theory, this should help us see who we can target at lower ownership but still a solid projection.
Let’s see how the rankings shake out below and let’s figure out where we can gain our edge today.
Mariners
- Happy Edwin Jackson day everyone! On the season Jackson allows a 395/269 woba/iso to lefties along with a 39% fly ball rate and 39% hard contact rate. Against righties, believe it or not, he’s even worse, allowing a 545/459 woba/iso with a 37% fly ball rate and 44% hard contact rate. Every hitter in the Mariners lineup is in play here tonight. They will be chalky on a small slate, but I don’t see them letting us down here tonight vs Jackson.
Angels
- Chris Archer has been getting lit up all year by hitters from both sides of the plate. He’s allowing a 355/243 woba/iso to lefties with a 40% fly ball rate and 41% hard contact rate. Against righties he’s marginally better but still not great, allowing a 345/201 woba/iso with a 37% fly ball rate and 36% hard contact rate. He has solid strikeout upside with a 25.7% k rate vs lefties and a 26.7% k rate vs righties so there is a chance he does well here today. That being said the Angels do not strike out much as a team, only 21.3% for today’s lineup, so I’m not too worried about loading up on them here vs Archer.
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Braves
- Steven Matz gets a tough matchup here against a very solid Braves offense in HOTlanta tonight. On the year Matz allows a 363/193 woba/iso to lefties with 38% hard contact. Against righties he gives up a 344/202 woba/iso and 40% hard contact. The Top 5 of the Braves lineup are all in play here tonight and with the weather pushing 90 degrees, I think they can do some damage vs Matz.
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Top Leverage Stacks
Mets
- Dallas Keuchel has been solid this year but has struggled against right handed hitters. So far this year he’s allowing a 364/200 woba/iso and a 37% hard contact rate vs righties. The Mets are a solid leverage stack here as they will be lower owned than the obvious top stacks above, and they get the same great hitting conditions I mentioned with the Braves above.
Pirates
- Nobody ever plays the Pirates and I’m going to take advantage of that tonight. They led me 2 a 2nd place $333 Monster finsh on the late slate last night and I’m going right back to them here today against Lefty Dillon Peters.
- So far this season Peters gives up a 345/209 woba/iso to lefties and a 50% hard contact rate. Against righties he gives up a 380/266 woba/iso and a 40% fly ball rate. Reynolds, Marte and Bell are in a really solid spot here tonight.
Royals
- Daniel Hudson has been getting smoked by left handed hitters all year, to the tune of a 401/223 woba/iso and a 45% hard contact rate. He’s pretty solid against righties so that makes this stack a bit risky. That’s what GPP Leverage stacks are supposed to be though, so I have no problem going to the Royals here
Batter Rankings 08/14
These rankings are not site-specific and are intended to give you a solid pool of players to build your lineups from. I’m going to use the standard positions, Catcher through Outfield in these rankings so be aware of that if you’re constructing teams on Draftkings where some players can play multiple positions.
I will use the 😍 ADORE feature in the MLB Domination Station to increase the projection of each of these players by 15%. Doing this will allow me to get MORE of them throughout all of my lineups.
Top 10 overall
Shohei Ohtani – LAA
Cody Bellinger – LAD
Joc Pederson – LAD
Max Muncy – LAD
Kole Calhoun – LAA
Mike Trout – LAA
Josh Donaldson – ATL
Ronald Acuna Jr. – ATL
Mallex Smith – SEA
Domingo Santana – SEA
C
Omar Narvaez – SEA
John Hicks – DET
Tyler Flowers – ATL
Elias Diaz – PIT
Yadier Molina – STL
1B
Daniel Vogelbach – SEA
Josh Bell – PIT
Miguel Cabrera – DET
Ryan O’Hearn – KC
Paul Goldschmidt – STL
2B
Max Muncy – LAD
Dee Gordon – SEA
Ozzie Albies – ATL
Tim Lopes – SEA
Niko Goodrum – DET
3B
Josh Donaldson – ATL
Matt Carpenter – STL
Kyle Seager – SEA
Tommy Edman – STL
Justin Turner – LAD
SS
J.P. Crawford – SEA
Johan Camargo – ATL
Paul DeJong – STL
Corey Seager – LAD
Jean Segura – PHI
OF
Shohei Ohtani – LAA
Cody Bellinger – LAD
Joc Pederson – LAD
Kole Calhoun – LAA
Mike Trout – LAA
Ronald Acuna Jr. – ATL
Mallex Smith – SEA
Domingo Santana – SEA
Justin Upton – LAA
Starling Marte – PIT
Position by Position Overview
– use this as a guide to help you start your build stacks tonight
– these are stack examples using ONLY the guys above in the Top5 at each position
– generally, if a team has multiple guys ranked at the Top5 in their position, it’s likely they are in a good spot overall
ATL – Flowers, Albies, Donaldson, Camargo, Acuna
DET – Hicks, Cabrera, Goodrum
LAA – Ohtani, Trout, Upton
LAD – Muncy, Turner, Seager, Pederson, Bellinger
PIT – Diaz, Bell, Marte, Cabrera
SEA – Vogelbach, Narvaez, Gordon, Lopez, Seger, Crawford, Smith, Santana
STL – Molina, Goldschmidt, Carpenter, Edman, DeJong
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