Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks for 09/16/2017

*Mike Barner*

Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks – Saturday, September 16

As teams are making their push for the playoffs, there will be some intriguing series being played Saturday with major playoff implications. Make your day even more exciting by bringing home some cash playing DFS. 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 Carrasco vs. Kansas City Royals
Stadium- Progressive Field

Carrasco is having another strong season for Cleveland as he enters Saturday 15-6 with a 3.41 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 201 strikeouts in 179.1 innings. The 15 wins are already a career-high and he is only 16 strikeouts away from setting a new career best as well. He has been a big reason for Cleveland’s success of late as he has allowed two earned runs total over his last four starts. Over those four starts, he has recorded 34 strikeouts in 29 innings. He was excellent in his last start against the Royals August 27, posting eight strikeouts in seven scoreless innings. Run with him again Saturday.

Ben Lively vs. Oakland Athletics
Stadium – Citizens Bank Park

Lively’s record is unsightly at 3-6, but his numbers are solid as has a 3.86 ERA, 1.29 WHIP and 45 strikeouts in 74.2 innings. Other than two outings were he was hit hard and allowed a total of 10 runs, Lively has allowed three runs or less in each of his other 10 starts this season. I like this match up against the Athletics as although they have some power bats, they entered Friday hitting only .246 as a team this season. Lively won’t cost you much and I think he’s worth the risk Saturday, especially in tournament play.

**OFFENSIVE STACKS**

Colorado Rockies vs. Jordan Lyles (San Diego Padres)
Stadium – Coors Field

Nothing like a game at Coors to light up the Rockies offense as they entered Friday leading all of baseball in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage at home this season. That’s the trifecta of terror for opposing pitchers. In steps Lyles and his 6.75 ERA for the season. He was actually on the Rockies earlier this season, posting a 6.00 ERA and 1.33 WHIP while pitching in Coors Field. Make sure to load up your entry with Rockies hitters Saturday.

Players to consider stacking: Nolan Arenado, Carlos Gonzalez and DJ LeMahieu

New York Yankees vs. Jeremy Hellickson (Baltimore Orioles)
Stadium – Yankee Stadium

The Yankees hitters certainly like playing Baltimore as the Yankees have scored 43 runs over their last five games against them. The Yankees love playing in the Bronx as well as they entered Friday with 118 home runs at home, third most in baseball. The trade to Baltimore has not been kind on Hellickson as he is 2-4 with a 6.54 ERA and 1.24 WHIP since joining the team. This has the makings of another big performance for the Yankees, so make sure to take advantage for your lineup.

Players to consider stacking: Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius and Brett Gardner