Hittin' The Nuts with SquirrelPatrol: MLB DFS Picks for Friday, August 30th
Want to hit the nuts and take down 1st place in these massive MLB DFS contests posted by FanDuel and DraftKings? Who better to help you sort through the slate than SquirrelPatrol! Undoubtedly one of the best DFS players in the game, he has accumulated 100+ Live Final seats, won the FanDuel 2018 MLB Live Final for $300,000, got 2nd place in the FanDuel 2022 MLB Live Final for $250,000, got 2nd place in the DraftKings 2023 MLB Live Final for $600,000, and most recently, took down a DraftKings Milly Maker for a $1,000,000 prize.
MLB DFS Lineup Advice Today
Friday night begins our weekend with a 10-game slate on both FanDuel and DraftKings. The first pitch is at 7:05 PM ET. We have the Orioles in Coors Field, as well as Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani both on the slate, so we have some appealing but expensive hitting options. Blake Snell leads the pitching options facing the Miami Marlins, but we have limited salary, so we’ll have to make some choices.
Let’s sort through the slate and figure out what to do with our DFS lineups.
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Top MLB DFS Picks for DraftKings & FanDuel
STACKS
Top Overall Stack: Seattle Mariners
Implied Run Total: 4.89 (5th)
Projected Total Ownership: 516% (FD) / 62% (DK)
The Mariners are my top stack, getting a major ballpark upgrade for their hitters on the road in Anaheim and facing a rookie pitcher, who is pitching for the first time above Double-A. Rookie LHP Samuel Aldegheri is making his major league debut after putting up a 5.19 ERA over 4 starts for the Angels Double-A franchise. The Mariners strike out at the league’s highest rate against RHP, but their offense is otherwise not a pushover, particularly on the road, where they rank 11th in HRs and 14th in ISO in the league. We’ve seen a number of pitchers underperform in their MLB debuts, and the Mariners have the power to get Aldegheri in trouble if he has trouble adjusting to the majors.
Cal Raleigh is my top hitter for the Mariners, as is often the case when the team is on the road. Raleigh has the 3rd-highest ISO in the league in road games this season, behind only Aaron Judge and Yordan Alvarez. Randy Arozarena has a .225 ISO and .365 wOBA vs. LHP since the start of last season, while Julio Rodriguez has a .354 wOBA over the same time frame and has 18 SBs this season as well.
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