Best MLB Draftkings Lineup for Tonight – 06/05/2017

Best MLB Draftkings Lineup for Tonight – June 05, 2017

Welcome to Lineup Lab’s Best MLB Draftkings Lineup for Tonight, where we feature our top players for our MLB Lineup Optimizer on Fanduel and Draftkings. Put your favorite stacks from the article below in our lineup optimizer and hit calculate. You can let it fill in the rest of the spots for you or choose your personal favorites from the MLB Player Lab.

Starting Pitchers

Carlos Martinez vs Cincinnati Reds
Park – Great American Ball Park

This isn’t a slate where we’re able to choose from 100 different solid pitchers. We’re going to have to take what we can get and build solid lineups around guys that aren’t overly “safe”. Carlos Martinez is the first guy we’re going to take a peek at. He’s been absolutely great as of late, posting more than 40 FanDuel points in 6 straight contests. He emerged as an ace last year and it looks like he has no plans of regressing. He has held a .263 wOBA this season and with elite peripherals, it’s not going to go up. He faces a Reds team that is pretty weak as a whole. While Joey Votto and Adam Duvall are some scary bats, they are all the Reds have against righties. Eugenio Suarez and Zack Cozart are far superior against lefties and Scott Schebler is an HR or K almost every time. While Great American Ballpark is a lot worse for pitchers than Busch Stadium, Martinez has been fine there in the past. He profiles as the safest option on this slate and you can afford him n both sites. With that being said, his DraftKings price leaves a lot to be desired. If you feel the need to pay down, let’s take a look at a guy who can certainly be considered.

Junior Guerra vs. San Francisco Giants
Park – Miller Park

That guy is Junior Guerra. Guerra is a pretty interesting pitcher, playing just his 3rd year in the majors at 32 years old. He struggled early on and moved to the Mexican league to play professionally. He became a lot better while there and moved up the ranks quickly upon his return to the MLB. He’s been a little TOO GOOD against both righties and lefties, posting a sub .280 wOBA against both. While I’m not sure we can come to expect that, I do see Guerra as a solid 2 or 3 starter. He’s priced like a backend starter that’s going to go 5 innings and give up 3 runs. He faces off with the Giants, who have ranked dead last against righties so far in 2017. Miller Park has been neutral over the last 2 years and Guerra should be in for a very nice start. While I’m not expecting a clean slate out of Guerra, I expect him to strikeout at least 6 and go as many innings. His price is very fair on both sites and on DraftKings, he is a strong SP2. He should be highly owned and rightfully so. I don’t see anywhere else you can go while also paying down.

Offensive Stacks

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds
Park – Great American Ball Park

We touched on Carlos Martinez as our top pitcher and now we’ll take a look at the guys who will be responsible for providing him some run support. They shouldn’t have much of an issue, facing off with Asher Wojciechowski in the hitter-friendly Great American Ballpark. Woj has been absolutely horrible and it’s not too clear why he is even getting this opportunity. He has struggled in the minors and allowed a 5.31 xFIP in AAA for the Marlins last season. The Reds have decided to give him a shot in the majors for whatever reason and it’s not going well, as expected. He allowed 4 runs in 4 innings to the Blue Jays and will likely have a very similar outing here. The Cardinals are actually a pretty simple team to stack. We know where the production will come from and how it will come. Matt Carpenter, Dexter Fowler, and Aledmys Diaz are the 3 best bats against righties and all have plenty of power potential. After them, you can do a bit of mixing and matching. Yadi and Peralta are both full of power and should be pretty low-owned. All in all, the Cardinals are implied to score the most on this entire slate and are a team that will be in all of my cash games and tournaments.

Main Stack – Dexter Fowler, Matt Carpenter, Stephen Piscotty, Aledmys Diaz

Sneaky Stack – Dexter Fowler, Matt Carpenter, Yadier Molina, Jhonny Peralta

Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals
Park – Kauffman Stadium

The Astros are the only team with a comparable team total as the Cardinals, sitting at 4.73. They’re a team who is usually heavily owned and very variant. Even though there aren’t many other offenses to target, I don’t think the ‘Stros will be too heavily owned. Ian Kennedy has put up some very misleading stats (.190 BABIP) and I think there is a false thought of him being decent. They’re also in Kauffman Stadium, which is a lot worse of an environment than Minute Maid Park. These guys still have plenty of power and can hit an HR in any ballpark. Ian Kennedy has posted some solid surface stats, but it’s pretty clear a .190 BABIP is the reason why. The Astros, unlike the Cardinals, are a bit tougher to stack. They can produce from anywhere in the lineup and are priced up in 8 of 9 spots. Jose Altuve and Josh Redick are my two favorites, with Correa and Springer coming in next. Marwin Gonzalez and Brian McCann are both great tournament options and should be low owned. Bregman and Aoki are fine but lack any type of upside compared to the others. While the Astros aren’t a must to stack, they will be a bit lower-owned than they should be and have more potential than anyone on the slate.

Main Stack – Jose Altuve, Josh Reddick, George Springer, Carlos Correa

Sneaky Stack – Jose Altuve, Josh Reddick, Evan Gattis, Carlos Beltran