squirrelpatrol: Which Stack Size Should You Use Tonight?

This article is part of a new series in which we will examine winning tournament strategies from top tournament players. We’ll focus on how you can use RotoGrinders Premium tools to replicate the concepts and strategies deployed by some of the best GPP minds.

Today’s contributor is John Breslin, better known as squirrelpatrol on DFS sites. Among his many GPP wins, he emerged victorious in the 2018 FanDuel WFBC and knows his way to the top the MLB DFS leaderboard. Below, he shares one of his many strategies for attacking tournaments with hopes of helping you become a better DFS player.

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When we construct baseball lineups for large-field tournaments, it’s no secret that stacking hitters from the same team is a way to take advantage of the correlated statistics from the same lineup. The example often given is that if two hitters from the same team get on base and then the next hitter hits a three-run home run, you’re not just getting points for the hits and the home run, but also the points for the runs and RBIs. But the advantages of stacking extend beyond that example –

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About the Author

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John Breslin (squirrelpatrol)

John Breslin (aka squirrelpatrol) is a consistent top-ranked Grinder and one of the best tournament players in the entire DFS industry. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and graduated with an MBA from prestigious New York University. John is a Live Final specialist who has won 100+ Live Final seats. He took home 1st place at the 2018 FanDuel World Fantasy Baseball Championship ($300,000 prize), both 1st ($500,000 prize) and 2nd place ($200,000 prize) at the 2021 FanDuel World Fantasy Basketball Championship, 2nd place at the 2022 FanDuel World Fantasy Baseball Championship ($250,000 prize), and 2nd place at the 2023 DraftKings Fantasy Baseball World Championship ($600,000 prize). And most recently, he took down the NFL Milly Maker ($1,000,000 prize) in Week 2 of the 2023 season. John has been playing fantasy sports since 1996 and is still scarred from being on the losing end of James Stewart’s 5-TD performance in 1997. Follow Squirrel on Twitter – @jbresl