Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks for 07/15/2017

*Mike Barner*

Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks – Saturday, July 15

Saturday’s schedule is loaded with great starting pitcher options, which could lead to some difficult decisions when trying to select your hitters. Put your favorite daily fantasy baseball 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**

Corey Kluber vs. Oakland Athletics
Park – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Kluber has been nothing short of dominant for the Indians this season as he is 7-3 with a 2.80 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 123 strikeouts in 93.1 innings. His current 11.9 K/9 would be the highest mark of his career. While his overall numbers are great, he has been even better lately as he has only allowed three runs total over his last five starts. Saturday he gets to face an Oakland squad that he already mastered earlier this season when he struck out 10 batters over six shutout innings. Look for another great outing from Kluber in this one.

Jimmy Nelson vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Park – Miller Park

Nelson is having the best season of his career by far as he is 8-4 with a 3.30 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 118 strikeouts in 109 innings. The biggest improvement has been his strikeout rate which currently sits at 9.7 per nine innings. He has never had a K/9 over 7.5 in any of the previous four seasons of his career. Not only have his strikeouts increased, but his BB/9 is down to 2.2 after it was 4.3 last season. Nelson has two big factors working in his favor Saturday. First, he has been excellent at home as he has a 2.35 ERA and 1.23 WHIP at Miller Park this season. Second, he gets to face off against a very poor Philadelphia offense. If you don’t want to pay the price for Kluber, Nelson should be your man Saturday.

**OFFENSIVE STACKS**

Detroit Tigers vs. Francisco Liriano (Toronto Blue Jays)
Park – Comerica Park

To say Francisco Liriano has struggled this season is an understatement. He enters Saturday with a staggering 5.56 ERA and 1.62 WHIP. His biggest problem is his control as he has already issued 35 walks in only 68 innings. It’s hard to imagine, but Liriano has been even worse on the road this season as he has a 7.20 ERA and 1.96 WHIP away from the Rogers Centre. This has the makings of an offensive explosion for the Tigers.

Players to consider stacking: Miguel Cabrera, JD Martinez and Nicholas Castellanos

Chicago Cubs vs. Wade Miley (Baltimore Orioles)
Park – Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Miley is not having a good season with the Orioles as he is 4-7 with a 4.97 ERA and a bloated 1.75 WHIP. He walks a ton of batters as he already has issued 51 walks in only 88.2 innings. That eliminates his ability to pitch deep into games as well as he is averaging only 5 innings per start. The Cubs entered Friday with a .358 OBP against left handed pitchers this season, so Miley could be in for a lot of trouble Saturday. Make sure you have some of the defending champs in your lineup.

Players to consider stacking: Kris Bryant, Ian Happ and Ben Zobrist