MLB Lineup Optimizer Stacks for 04/26/17
*James Leer*
Welcome to Lineup Lab’s MLB Daily Fantasy Stacks article, where we feature our top stacks for our MLB Lineup Optimizer on Fanduel and Draftkings. Put your favorite 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 favorite players from the MLB Player Lab.
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**STARTING PITCHERS**
James Paxton vs Detroit Tigers
Park – Comerica Park
Before last week’s kerfuffle James Paxton was pitching perfect ball; having not allowing a single run in 21 innings (three starts). While the Tigers are a solid team against righties they are a middle-of-the-road team against lefties. Insert Paxton, a pitcher who has shown a lot of promise early in the season. Currently carrying a 1.78 ERA, .87 WHIP and a 35-5 strikeout to walk ratio. With the wind blowing in at 10MPH and the Tigers having a 28% strikeout rate vs. lefties it should help to limit the threat of the long ball today.
**STACKS**
Chicago Cubs vs. Tyler Glasnow (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Park – PNC Park
When the Cubs offense is on, it’s hard to stop them. Give them the right pitcher on the right day and they will easily score double-digits. Today could be one of those days. Glasnow has yet to receive his first win of the season over 11.1 IP he has ten earned runs with a 7.94 ERA and a 2.29 WHIP. Looking at pitchers in Playerlab he has the worst 30-day xFIP of all of the starters rostered today (5.20). I see a lot of damage being done by the middle of the batting order for the Cubbies.
Possible players to stack: Kris Bryant, Ben Zobrist, Addison Russell.
Seattle Mariners vs. Daniel Norris (Detroit Tigers)
Park – Comerica Park
A sneaky stack with some significant GPP upside are the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners are a team that can put some runs up on the board, for the 2017 season they are 8th overall in runs scored (99). Versus lefties they have a .342 wOBA, a .174 ISO and have a low 18.3% strikeout rate. In 17 innings pitched (three starts) Daniel Norris has seven earned runs and a 3.71 ERA. He has only struck out 11 batters while walking 9.
Possible players to stack: Nelson Cruz, Robinson Cano, Danny Valencia.