Is it really almost July? Hard to believe this is the last full week of June, but here we are, plugging away at MLB DFS trying to find our way to the mountain top. Tonight we have 10 games on the main slate (there is a 2-game early slate if you dare). I imagine the […]
It’s one more Friday closer to football season! OK, I’m not really going there today, just wanted to see if you are paying attention. It is Friday though and we have 15 games to tackle for DFS purposes. We have Coors on the slate, again, which is fine with me because it’s been a consistent […]
Throwing this out there for tonight’s 7-game slate – the weather makes this ugly for DRAFT. We are focusing on the evening slate only. We have a decent chance at a long delay/postponement possibilities in the Cubs/Reds and White Sox/Athletics games. This is unfortunate because both the Cubs and Athletics are taking on two of […]
Today we are going to do things slightly different for The Stack. Usually Wednesdays allow for focus on one slate, but since there are two 7-game slates, today we will conquer both! And because of this, you get to view all of the early slate stacking options for free, but to view the late slate, […]
Hello again everyone! We have another week of the DRAFT Strat on tap for you here at DailyOverlay. I wish Monday would’ve been a DRAFT Strat day because a very simple strategy was available all night Sunday and almost all day Monday. The Nationals and Yankees had a make up game scheduled after the conclusion […]
Well hello there! It’s that time again for Daily Overlay to bring you a full week of MLB DFS coverage. We start with today’s The Stack and you can read it Wednesday and Friday this week. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will continue to feature DRAFT app strategy and rankings. Hope you enjoy the added […]
Friday is just another day for me in the summertime, but I know for many of you it’s the start of the weekend, free from work and hopefully time to relax. Friday also means a full slate for MLB DFS and that’s what we have tonight – 15 games with some lackluster pitching choices. SP […]
Happy U.S. Open Day! In the midst of throwing some Milly Maker lineups into golf’s second major tournament of the year and listening/reading golf content, I am looking at DRAFT for today’s MLB slate. Good luck in your golf contests, but let’s dive into baseball on the DRAFT app. Tuesday I published our inaugural DRAFT […]
It’s Wednesday and that means for MLB DFS we have two slates, but the main focus for The Stack today is on the evening slate only as there are only 5 games this afternoon. This is going to be a freebie from me today, so if you like reading the free previews, today you get […]
Hello everyone! Welcome to our new pitch for the MLB season – MLB DRAFT Strat. Strat is short for strategy….maybe that was obvious. DRAFT is a DFS format that is easily played via mobile application of your smart phone or tablet. If you haven’t been playing over there, I suggest you download it. You can […]
Today is my first official day of summer vacation. The wife took my daughter out this morning and so it’s nice to just dive into fantasy baseball today without distraction.
This Monday slate is 8 games, no Coors, no Yankees, just Red Sox and a white hot Paul Goldschmidt, who was very good to me over the weekend (and more on him later).
I have 5 stacks that I love out of the 16 teams that are on this slate. Some will be chalk, but I hope the others are lower-owned guys that can help us vault up to the top of the leaderboards.
Also, look for tomorrow’s inaugural MLB Draft article! We hope this helps you differentiate your DFS outlook and be successful moving forward using another format outside of the salary format.
So enough talk, let’s walk. May the force be with you.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
1. Andrew McCutchen – $4,700
2. Evan Longoria – $3,700
3. Buster Posey – $4,000
4. Mac Williamson – $3,600
Total Cost – $16,000
Percentage of Salary Cap – 32%
Justification – The Giants are my favorite stack of the slate. They won’t draw the ownership of the Red Sox and Indians, and they are cheap-ish. When I target bats, I don’t always care about the stadiums they play in.. Yes, this game is in Miami, but they are facing an awful lefty in Wei-Yin Chen. All four guys (and it could be 5 if you want to add Brandon Crawford or Nick Hundley) have high wOBAs against lefties this year. Posey, Longo and Cutch all have hard contact rates of 40% or higher. All ISOs are .170 or higher as well. Against RH bats this season, Chen has allowed a .392 wOBA, 2.05 HR/9 rate and a 1.78 WHIP. Stack. Stack. Stack.
BOSTON RED SOX
1. J.D. Martinez – $5,300
2. Andrew Benintendi – $5,500
3. Rafael Devers – $3,400
4. Brock Holt – $3,400
Total Cost – $17,600
Percentage of Salary Cap – 35%
Justification – I am not sure where the Red Sox will fall as far as ownership is concerned. I guess I shouldn’t be naive and think people won’t play J.D. and the Super Nintendo. But Brock Holt and Rafael Devers might go overlooked. J.D. and Benintendi are staples in cash games at the very least today. The Sox take on Dylan Bundy who has shown flashes of brilliance but also has been about as bad against lefties as Wei-Yin Chen has been against RH batters this season. Against lefties, Bundy has allowed a .370 wOBA, a 35% hard contact rate allowed, 1.32 HR/9 and a 1.68 WHIP. Bundy has allowed way more HRs to RH bats this season, allowing 2.38 HR/9. J.D. Is J.D. and always seems to find a way to produce. Benintendi has been leading off since Mookie went to the DL. He has 4 extra base hits in 21 ABs against Bundy. They get this game in Fenway, which does not help Bundy’s case for success. As for Holt and Devers, they will hit lower in the order, but are lefties that are cheap and can help your lineups. Devers has positive regression coming as he owns a 41% hard contact rate against southpaws this season. Devers has a modest 5-game hit streak with 6 hits in that span. Holt has the BvP angle, going 6-for-11 with 2 doubles vs. Bundy.
School’s out for summer!
Well, at 3:30 p.m. central I can finally say peace out to the 2017-18 school year…thank goodness!
I am ready for a summer of spending time with friends and family and recharging for August (football season).
And I am excited to spend more time providing content for Daily Overlay, including a DRAFT article on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
As for tonight, we have a lot of ways to go in our roster construction. We have Chris Sale against his former team, Justin Verlander in Texas, a game in Coors, Strasburg (but check if it’s hot in Washington) and the Yankees and Mets fight in the first game of the Subway series.
As usual, I will not recommend any Coors bats officially, BUT Paul Goldschmidt is my favorite overall play tonight with Chris Sale being my favorite pitcher.
So we are looking for contrarian options for tournaments tonight and I might’ve gone about as contrarian one can go besides stacking the White Sox against Sale tonight, and maybe the A’s/ Royals, too.
So let’s get to it and may the force be with you!
GAME STACK – SAN DIEGO PADRES @ MIAMI MARLINS
San Diego
1. Christian Villanueva
2. Franmil Reyes
3. Hunter Renfroe
Miami
1. Starlin Castro
2. Brian Anderson
3. J.T. Realmuto
Justification – I just really like how you can stack this game up. I tried to see if you could play Verlander and Sale together and get these bats in, annnd you can’t. But both of these squads offer a nice 3-man stack from each side and you can play all 6 in one lineup. Villanueva, Reyes and Renfroe are the lefty smashers on this team. They are up against Caleb Smith tonight. Villanueve crushes southpaws as he sports a .552 wOBA with a .596 ISO and 50% hard hit rate against them. Meanwhile, Reyes and Renfroe also have had lots of success as Reyes sports a .380 wOBA and .353 ISO with a 33% hard hit rate. Renfroe has a .359 wOBA, a .250 ISO and a 55% hard contact rate. Against RH bats this season, Smith has allowed a 35% hard contact rate with a 1.02 HR/9 rate. I like Smith as an SP2 tonight by the way. As for the Marlins, there probably couldn’t be more of an unimpressive stack, but I like these three. Castro, Anderson and Realmuto are all swinging sticks very well at the moment. Anderson has 16 hits in his last 10 games with 6 of those games with multi-hit games. Realmuto and Castro each have at least 12 hits in that 10-game span as well. They face lefty Eric Lauer, who has been dreadful against RH bats, allowing a .421 wOBA, 45% hard contact rate and a 1.95 HR/9 rate. This game looks unattractive as hell, but I love the stacks for large field tournaments.