MLB Daily Fantasy Stacks & Pitchers – 9/2/16
Chris Durell
Welcome back to another day of daily fantasy baseball. We are now in the final month of the season, and playoff races are starting to heat up. Although only two of the six divisions are within two games there are 12 teams all within four games of a wildcard spot (including the team’s leading the WC). Friday brings us just one early afternoon game so we will be turning our attention to the 14 games. Let’s take a look at a few of the top pitching and stacking options below.
STACKS
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Jorge De La Rosa (Rockies)
Park – Coors Field
My top stack on the day is easily the Diamondbacks going into Coors Field against a southpaw. They are currently projected to score right around six runs today which I feel is conservative as they crush left-handed pitching, tied for 1st in wOBA(.347) and lead all teams with a .204 Isolated Power and .818 OPS this season. The top play to build your stack around is by far Paul Goldschmidt who sits with a crazy high .444 wOBA and 176 wRC+ against lefties this season. You can also go heavy on Yasmany Tomas, Welington Castillo, and Rickie Weeks who all have .400+ wOBA’s and .298+ ISO’s against southpaws. After that, it will mostly depend on the starting lineups which should be out in an hour or so.
Baltimore Orioles vs. Chad Green (Yankees)
Park – Oriole Park at Camden Yards
The Orioles are -130 home favorites today and projected to score around 4.75 runs according to Vegas. Since the Orioles are one of the top 3 teams in wOBA(.340) and wRC+(110) and lead all teams in ISO(.202) against right-handed pitching this season, we should discuss them more frequently. Anytime there is a game in Coors where both teams are projected to score a ton of runs you can find fantastic value and relatively small ownership with some other teams. The Orioles are one of these options today and get a great matchup against the Yankees and Chad Green who they touched up for seven hits and four earned runs just under a week ago. They loaded their lineup, but the core of your stack should include Manny Machado, Chris Davis, and Mark Trumbo. The rest will depend on starting positions.
PITCHERS
David Price FD 10300 DK 11900
Opponent – OAK (Triggs) Park – @OAK
FD – 38.51 DK – 25.45
Leading the way at pitcher tonight is the Red Sox ace David Price. He has been much better as of late, winning four straight starts while limiting opponents to six earned runs while striking out 27 batters and walking just five. He gets a huge park boost as well going from Fenway Park to the Oakland Coliseum to face the A’s who rank near the bottom against left-handed pitching for the season and have struggled lately with an awful .288 wOBA and 23.4% K rate over the last 14 days. Price is an elite play in all formats tonight.
Julio Urias FD 8400 DK 9600
Opponent – SD (Richard) Park – @LAD
FD – 33.04 DK – 21.25
Julio Urias makes a very intriguing GPP play today. He will be making his final start of the season before the Dodgers move him to the bullpen to limit his innings. The team has stretched him out over his last two starts as he has gone six innings in both and limited the Cubs and Reds to a combined one earned run while striking out 14 batters. While the Padres are much better against left-handed pitching this season they K at a high 24.8% rate opening the door for some tremendous upside should Urias be allowed to stretch it out one last time this year.