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⚾ MLB Top Stacks August 17th ⚾
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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.
** NOTE **
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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.
Rockies
- No real surprise here, the Rockies at home in Coors Field against a bad pitcher will always be a Top Stack option. Tonight they get a matchup with Hector Noesi, who, on the year has allowed a 326/200 woba/iso and a 50% fly-ball rate to lefties. Against righties, he gives up a 400/400 woba/iso along with a 52% fly-ball rate and 47% hard contact rate. He has a small sample this season but I’m not too concerned with that. The temperature will be pushing over 90 degrees tonight in Coors and the ball is gonna be jumpin tonight!
Twins
- Ariel Jurado gives up a 329/176 woba/iso to lefties with a 36% fly ball rate and 45% hard contact rate. Against righties, he’s even worse allowing a 379/223 woba/iso and a 42% hard contact rate. Even without Nelson Cruz this Twins lineup is very dangerous 1 through 9 and I will be way overexposed to them tonight while everyone else chases the juicy matchup for the Rockies in Coors.
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Giants
- The Giants blew up last night and tonight they get another juicy matchup against a bad D’Backs starter. Taylor Clarke has been awful this year allowing a 374/269 woba/iso to lefties and only striking them out 14% of the time. Against righties, he has allowed a 400/289 woba/iso to go along with a 44% fly-ball rate. Big park upgrade here for all the Giants hitters and I think they’ll stay hot tonight in this matchup in Arizona.
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Top Leverage Stacks
White Sox
- We normally target pitchers vs the White Sox but not tonight as they currently have the #1 Leverage rating on the slate. The matchup with Jose Suarez is nothing to fear as he’s been getting rocked by right handers on the season. Against righties this year he’s allowing a 450/279 woba/iso along with a 39% fly ball rate and 43% hard contact rate with a strikeout rate of only 17.8%. The Sox can roll out 9 righties if they chose and I’ll have plenty of exposure to them all here tonight.
Batter Rankings 08/17
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
Mike Trout – LAA
Trevor Story – COL
Mookie Betts – BOS
Charlie Blackmon – COL
Nolan Arenado – COL
J.D. Martinez – BOS
Raimel Tapia – COL
Daniel Murphy – COL
David Peralta – ARI
Max Muncy – LAD
C
Mitch Garver – MIN
Wilson Ramos – NYM
Kurt Suzuki – WAS
Christian Vazquez – BOS
Jorge Alfaro – MIA
1B
Daniel Murphy – COL
Danny Santana – TEX
Pete Alonso – NYM
C.J. Cron – MIN
Matt Adams – WAS
2B
Max Muncy – LAD
Scooter Gennett – SF
Ryan McMahon – COL
Isan Diaz – MIA
Joe Panik – NYM
3B
Nolan Arenado – COL
Miguel Sano – MIN
Rafael Devers – BOS
Justin Turner – LAD
Brian Anderson – MIA
SS
Trevor Story – COL
Xander Bogaerts – BOS
Tim Anderson – CWS
Amed Rosario – NYM
Trea Turner – WAS
OF
Mike Trout – LAA
Mookie Betts – BOS
Charlie Blackmon – COL
J.D. Martinez – BOS
Raimel Tapia – COL
David Peralta – ARI
Hunter Renfroe – SD
Joc Pederson – LAD
Justin Upton – LAA
Michael Conforto – NYM
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 – Vazquez, Devers, Bogaerts, Betts, Martinez
COL – Murphy, McMahon, Arenado, Story, Blackmon
LAA – Trout, Upton
LAD – Muncy, Turner, Pederson
MIA – Alfaro, Diaz, Anderson
MIN – Garver, Cron, Sano
NYM – Ramos, Alonso, Panik, Rosario, Conforto
WAS – Suzuki, Adams, Turner
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