MLB DFS Expert Survey: Friday, June 14th
Our panel of experts is here to give you their MLB DFS advice for today’s main slate contests by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know CheeseIsGood’s favorite sneaky stack? Or STLCards’ top overall pitcher? Find out below!
MLB DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for Friday, June 14
Who is your favorite hitter to spend up for in cash games?
CheeseIsGood: Oneil Cruz
squirrelpatrol: Oneil Cruz
boggslite: Oneil Cruz
ebeimfohr: Oneil Cruz
Alex Sonty: Oneil Cruz
Who is your favorite sneaky stack on the board and why?
CheeseIsGood: White Sox – Who is excited to play the 18-52 White Sox on a 12-game slate? No? OK, if the record does not excite you, let me ask it this way – who is excited to play the lowest-scoring team in the league on a 12-game slate? Still no? Last chance – who is excited to play a very cheap stack against the worst pitcher on the slate? Maybe? Ryne Nelson has the lowest strikeout rate of any pitcher on this slate, the highest ERA, and the 2nd-highest SIERA. Beyond that, the Arizona bullpen is very suspect, and there just aren’t a lot of teams with great matchups. As bad as the White Sox are, they have 5 hitters with fly-ball leans, at least one legit power bat in Luis Robert, and cheap bats like Paul DeJong, Andrew Vaughn, and Gavin Sheets, who really aren’t any worse than the bottom-of-the-order punts for better offenses. It seems worse when the 3-4-5 hitters are not great, but we’re only being asked to pay the salaries we would normally pay for 7-8-9 hitters.
squirrelpatrol: Giants – I don’t love playing the Giants in their pitcher-friendly home ballpark, but they can be a great value when facing a LHP. San Francisco ranks 9th in SLG% to LHP compared to 26th in SLG% to LHP, and the team is facing a LHP in Tyler Anderson, who has just a 16% strikeout rate this year.
boggslite: White Sox – As bad as this team is on paper, they do have some power and they will be taking on a similarly bad pitcher in Ryne Nelson, who owns the 2nd-worst SIERA and the worst strikeout rate among pitchers on tonight’s slate. A full stack might not be necessary, but taking advantage of a few Chicago bats to compliment other stacks could pay dividends in tournaments where their low projected ownership and cheap prices can payoff in this matchup.
ebeimfohr: Twins – The Twins square off with Mitch Spence, who has been okay in the A’s rotation but profiles as a career minor leaguer. The A’s bullpen is getting taxed pretty heavily due to a bunch of poor performances from their starters, and the return of Royce Lewis into the Twins lineup has really elevated their upside on a nightly basis.
Alex Sonty: Brewers – I don’t know what’s sneaky on this slate, considering how ownership will be so evenly distributed, but Hunter Greene is top 5 in pOWN%, despite a 0.73 ground-ball to fly-ball ratio since the start of the 2023 season — 2nd-lowest on the slate to Tyler Anderson‘s 0.70. Jake Bauers, Rhys Hoskins, Willy Adames, Christian Yelich, and William Contreras bring a lot of power to Greene’s fly-ball tendencies at ~3% pOWN. The Brewers won’t project well, but I’d rather stack them against Greene than the Reds against Peralta, the Rays against Sale, the Phillies against Kyle Bradish, or the Rangers against Luis Castillo. Where we wanna target higher-owned pitching with a stack, the Brewers are probably the best spot to do so.
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