Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks for 07/16/2017
*Mike Barner*
Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks – Sunday, July 16
While Saturday was filled with great starting pitchers, Sunday looks to be a day that favors hitters based on some of the pitching match ups. 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**
Carlos Martinez vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Park – PNC Park
Although Martinez is only 6-8, he’s had an excellent season as he has a 3.40 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 128 strikeouts in 116.1 innings. He’s still only 25 and made his second career All-Star team this year. Martinez is only allowing seven hits per nine innings this season, which would be the lowest average of his career. He gets a favorable match up Sunday against a Pirates team that struggles to score runs. Expect Martinez to have another excellent outing.
Sean Manaea vs. Cleveland Indians
Park – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Manaea had an excellent first half for the Athletics as he went 7-5 with a 3.76 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 93 strikeouts in 93.1 innings. He did not allow more than 3 runs in any of his last four starts before the All-Star break. Sunday brings a match up against the Cleveland Indians, who he already faced earlier this season and allowed only one run to go along with nine strikeouts over seven innings. Manaea presents an opportunity to save some money at starting pitcher while still having the potential for big production.
**OFFENSIVE STACKS**
Chicago Cubs vs. Ubaldo Jimenez (Baltimore Orioles)
Park – Oriole Park at Camden Yards
The Cubs crushed Wade Miley and the Orioles Saturday as they scored 10 runs on their way to a victory. Sunday they get to face Jimenez who enters the day with a 6.67 ERA, 1.51 WHIP and 72 strikeouts in 83.2 innings. Jimenez allows a lot of home runs as he has already given up 19 this season after only allowing 16 over 142.1 innings last season. This is another great opportunity to fill your lineup with Cubs.
Players to consider stacking: Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Ian Happ
Houston Astros vs. Kyle Gibson (Minnesota Twins)
Park – Minute Maid Park
The Twins are right in the hunt for a playoff spot, but it has been in spite of Gibson’s performance so far. He enters Sunday with an ugly 6.31 ERA and 1.77 WHIP. Not only is he allowing a lot of base runners, but he has only recorded 51 strikeouts in 81.1 innings. This ins’t really a fluke either as he had a 5.07 ERA and 1.56 WHIP last season. The Astros can clobber even the best starting pitchers, so expect them to do a lot of damage against Gibson in this contest.
Players to consider stacking: George Springer, Carlos Correa and Marwin Gonzalez