Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks for 08/20/2017

*Mike Barner*

Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks – Sunday, August 20

Sunday’s schedule includes a few aces taking the mound, which could lead to some big strikeout performances. 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**

Jacob deGrom vs. Miami Marlins
Park – Citi Field

The Mets are having a disappointing season, but it’s not because of deGrom as he is 13-6 with a 3.35 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 183 strikeouts in 158.2 innings. His current 10.4 K/9 is the highest of his career. While his overall numbers are excellent, he has been even better at home as he has a 2.49 ERA and 1.15 WHIP at Citi Field this season. In his only start against the Marlins this year, he pitched seven impressive innings, allowing two runs and recording 13 strikeouts. Expect him to put up excellent numbers again Sunday.

Gio Gonzalez vs. San Diego Padres
Park – Petco Park

Gonzalez is having maybe the best season of his 10-year career as he enters Sunday 11-5 with a 2.49 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 142 strikeouts in 155.1 innings. It’s hard to believe, but he has been even better lately as he has allowed three runs in 28 innings over his last four starts. He doesn’t really have many bad starts in general as he has posted a quality start in 13 of his last 14 games. Sunday presents a favorable match up against the Padres who entered Saturday hitting .222 against left handed pitchers, the worst in all of baseball. This has the makings of another big start from Gonzalez.

**OFFENSIVE STACKS**

Houston Astros vs. Jharel Cotton
Park – Minute Maid Park

To say Cotton is having a bad season is an understatement. He enters Sunday 5-10 with a 5.83 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and 80 strikeouts in 97.1 innings. It’s been even tougher for him lately as he has allowed 19 runs in 20.2 innings over his last four starts. The Astros have scored the most runs in baseball and have hit an impressive .290 against right handed pitchers entering Saturday. This is a major mismatch, so make sure you load up your entry with Astros.

Players to consider stacking: Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Josh Reddick

Chicago Cubs vs. Marco Estrada (Toronto Blue Jays)
Park – Wrigley Field

Estrada entered the 2017 campaign having posted an ERA or 3.87 or lower in four of his last five seasons. This season has been a major struggle though as he is 5-8 with a 5.09 ERA, 1.46 WHIP and 143 strikeouts in 139.2 innings. His problem has been avoiding contact as he has already allowed 144 hits this year, the most of his career. He posted a 6.8 H/9 or less in both of the last two seasons, making his struggles this year even more shocking. Stack your lineup with Cubs hitters and enjoy the ride Sunday.

Players to consider stacking: Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Baez