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⚾ MLB Top Stacks August 16th ⚾
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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 and gain leverage on the field.
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Let’s see how the rankings shake out below and let’s figure out where we can gain our edge today.
Red Sox
- Aaron Brooks has been awful this year and he enters tonight’s game with a 5.26 xFIP on the season. Against lefties, he gives up a 380/284 woba/iso along with a 36% fly-ball rate and 42% hard contact rate. His numbers vs righties are equally bad, allowing a 373/258 woba/iso to go along with a 43% fly-ball rate and 38% hard contact rate. Everything sets up here for the Red Sox to go off in Baltimore.
- In GPPs I’m usually underweight on the most obvious top stacks of the night and tonight will be no different for me. Honestly, there really is no reason NOT to play the Red Sox tonight other than to be different in GPPs. On a 15 game slate, they’ll be high owned and there are some really good teams in good spots that are going to be overlooked because of the obvious elite spot the Red Sox are in.
Rockies
- Alcantara enters tonight’s game with a 5.79 xFIP and a very low 16.85 k rate. Against lefties, he allows a 342/172 woba/iso along with a 37% fly-ball rate and 36% hard contact rate. When facing righties he’s about the same, allowing a 336/163 woba/iso with a 35% fly ball rate and 35% hard contact rate. Alcantara is not in a position to succeed tonight in Coors. He doesn’t miss many bats at all and he gives up too many fly balls and too much hard contact to have success here.
- In GPP’s I’m always underweight to Coors (see Red Sox above)
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Mets
- Mike Montgomery has a small sample this season, but, he’s been pretty bad in that small sample. Against lefties, he has allowed a 557/362 woba/iso and a 49% hard contact rate. His numbers vs righties are a little better but not great, as he allows a 329/182 woba/iso and a 38% hard contact rate. The Mets went off last night and I’m going to keep riding them here in a great matchup.
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Top Leverage Stacks
Cubs
- I currently have the Cubs as my 7th highest projected team but my 17th highest owned team. That gives them the #1 leverage ranking for today’s huge 15 game slate. Yesterday, the #1 leverage team was the Indians and they dropped 19 runs, so let’s hope this is a good sign of things to come
- Joe Musgrove allows a 360/227 woba/iso along with a 39% hard contact rate to left-handed hitters this season. Against righties, he allows a 311/177 woba/iso and a 41% fly-ball rate and a 39% hard contact rate. At very low ownership against a somewhat popular pitcher in Musgrove this is a really solid spot to get big-time upside and leverage vs the field today.
Batter Rankings 08/16
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
Trevor Story – COL
Mookie Betts – BOS
Charlie Blackmon – COL
Nolan Arenado – COL
Rafael Devers – BOS
J.D. Martinez – BOS
Pete Alonso – NYM
Raimel Tapia – COL
Danny Santana – TEX
Hunter Renfroe – SD
C
Wilson Ramos – NYM
Omar Narvaez – SEA
Mitch Garver – MIN
Brian McCann – ATL
Stephen Vogt – SF
1B
Pete Alonso – NYM
Danny Santana – TEX
Daniel Murphy – COL
Garrett Cooper – MIA
Mitch Moreland – BOS
Anthony Rizzo – CHC
2B
Isan Diaz – MIA
Rougned Odor – TEX
Ryan McMahon – COL
Max Muncy – LAD
Starlin Castro – MIA
Javier Baez – CHC
3B
Nolan Arenado – COL
Rafael Devers – BOS
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – TOR
Brian Anderson – MIA
Todd Frazier – NYM
Kris Bryant – CHC
SS
Trevor Story – COL
Jon Berti – MIA
Xander Bogaerts – BOS
Amed Rosario – NYM
Tim Anderson – CWS
OF
Mookie Betts – BOS
Charlie Blackmon – COL
J.D. Martinez – BOS
Raimel Tapia – COL
Hunter Renfroe – SD
Tommy Pham – TB
Joc Pederson – LAD
Randal Grichuk – TOR
Shin-Soo Choo – TEX
Andrew Benintendi – BOS
Nick Castellanos – CHC
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
BOS – Moreland, Devers, Bogaerts, Betts, Martinez, Benintendi
CHC – Rizzo, Baez, Bryant, Castellanos
COL – Murphy, McMahon, Arenado, Story, Blackmon, Tapia
LAD – Muncy, Pederson
MIA – Cooper, Diaz, Castro, Anderson, Berti
NYM – Ramos, Alonso, Frazier, Rosario
TEX – Santana, Odor, Choo
TOR – Guerrero Jr, Grichuk
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