MLB Daily Fantasy Stacks & Pitchers – 9/08/16

The day is finally among us, opening day of the NFL. But, that’s not why you’re here, we still have Daily Fantasy MLB to play! Even though there are only six teams to choose from tonight, we have come up with the best choice in each option tonight. So let’s get on with it.

STACKS

Washington Nationals vs. Alec Asher
Park – Nationals Park

With only six games to choose from on the main slate, the Nationals will undoubtedly be the highest owned stack tonight. The Nats have unquestionably found their bats, as of late, and when everything starts ticking for them, their offense can be quite deadly. I expect this lethal offense to continue as they are going up against the inexperienced Alec Asher. Since the inception of his MLB career, Asher’s numbers have been abysmal, through only 30 innings he has already given up eight home runs and an atrocious .425 combined wOBA. Until these young pitchers continue to develop, they are likely targets for offense stacks. While we all know the big names on the team; Harper and Murphy, there’s a whole slew of impressive bats after them. Since Bryce and Murph-dog will be more widely used than Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, I am a fan of the sneaky stack.

Main Stack – Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, Trea Turner, Jayson Werth

Sneaky Stack – Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, Wilson Ramos, Anthony Rendon

PITCHERS

A.J. Cole FD FD 6500 DK 8300
Opponent – PHI (Asher) Park – @WSH
FD – 30.39 DK – 19.67

With slim pickings tonight a lot of this play is because of how dreadful the Philly bats are. They have the worst offense in baseball; they’re horrible versus both Left-handers and Right-handers. In fact, the Phillies have a league-worst w0BA ~.300, which also happens to be the same w0BA that the young A.J. Cole has. Striking out a near league-leading high of 8.24 K’s per game, the Phillies also lack power. Which is a good thing, since Cole has proven to be a fly-ball pitcher that struggles with long balls occasionally. Even though we are at the beginning of Cole’s MLB career, this matchup is just too good to pass up.