MLB Lineup Optimizer Stacks for 04/25/17
*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**
Danny Duffy vs. Chicago White Sox
Park – Guaranteed Rate Field
Danny Duffy has been stellar this year; his only problem is lack of run support. In his last outing versus the Rangers he held them to just four hits over 7 1/3 shutout innings. The lack of runs on either side ended up as a no-decision for Duffy. The Royals don’t need to score a lot of runs to get the victory for Duffy. He hasn’t allowed any more than two runs in any of his four starts. His K/9 is third best today as he visits the WhiteSox, a team that he decimated in the 2nd half of the last season. Scoring an average of 28.7 DraftKings points over the course of his last three outings. The wind is blowing in tonight at 11 MPH, not that the WhiteSox have been able to hit the ball out of the park a lot this year (third to last in home runs for 2017 so far). I think that tonight Duffy brings the pain, whether or not the Royals offense responds is a different story.
Ervin Santana vs Texas Rangers
Park – Globe Life Park at Arlington
Ervin Santana, the mythical unicorn of the Minnesota Twins. Does he continue to prevail or does he finally regress? Coming into the game this season, he has 28 IP with only 2 ER’s a WHIP of .61 and 20 K’s. All four of his starts this year have been Quality Starts, averaging 26.3 DraftKings points per outing and making the perfect lineup twice. Does the 34-year-old Dominican continue to dominate is the question? Well, the plus side is that he is going against Andrew Cashner who has yet to have a victory this season for the Rangers.
**STACKS**
Cincinnati Reds vs. Zach Davies (Milwaukee Brewers)
Park – Miller Park
Zach Davies has had a rough go at it so far this season, with an ERA of 8.24 and a 1.98 WHIP. The 24-year-old still has a lot of maturing to do. He currently sits fourth in the National League in earned runs and is tied for 2nd in allowed hits (29) after 19.2 innings pitched. The Reds are a team that can pile on runs when turned up to full speed, having a .341 wOBA and a .169 ISO vs. righties.
Possible Players to stack: Joey Votto, Zack Cozart, Eugenio Suarez.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Clayton Richard (San Diego Padres)
Park – Chase Field
The Arizona Diamondbacks are crushing baseball this year. Currently sitting number one for runs scored in the league (112), number one in hits (193), number one in triples (7) and number one in RBI’s (105). All of this and they are 1.5 games behind the NL West leaders Colorado Rockies, What an insane division this year. Even though his last outting at home was a win versus the Diamondbacks, Clayton Richard has shown a propensity to struggle at Chase Field, with a career ERA of 5.20. After giving up nine hits in the game, he somehow managed only to give up one run. He currently averages 25.5% less Fantasy Points while away, I’m thinking the trend continues and the Diamondbacks will prevail.
Possible Players to stack: Yasmany Tomas, Paul Goldschmidt, A.J. Pollock.