Spotlight Hitters & Stacks for MLB DFS Lineups | 9/9 | DraftKings, FanDuel & Yahoo

Wednesday, Sept. 9, has a mixture of early action before consolidating with a nine-game main slate beginning at 7:05 p.m. ET on DraftKings, FanDuel. Yahoo and SuperDraft. Before you lock in your MLB DFS lineups and MLB DFS picks, make sure to check out check out Awesemo’s DFS baseball MLB rankings and projections.


For the Wednesday MLB DFS Strategy Show click HERE.


Early-Slate Picks

New York Yankees at RHP Tanner Roark – 5.7 implied runs

Obvious play alert, but sometimes when making one recommendation per slate, it ends up being the chalk, particularly for the short slates. In this case we see the Yankees come in with a lofty 5.7 implied run total. The interesting part is that the lineup currently consists of the understudies. Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge and Gio Urshela have all been on the shelf for significant time. Brett Gardner is batting .170 and Aaron Hicks is dealing with calf cramps.

Recognizable names such as DJ LeMahieu, Gleyber Torres and Gary Sanchez are back, so that is likely where the casual gamer will flock. We should focus our attention on Luke Voit, Clint Frazier and even Mike Tauchman for some much-needed differentiation.

Roark is a middling pitcher who is on the back end of his career. Over his last 865 batters faced, he has a 4.70 xFIP, 37.5% hard hit rate with an ISO over .200 to batters from both sides of the plate. Lefties are the priority, but New York will not have many in their lineup today. Not to fear, as the righties still pack the lumber.


Related MLB DFS Content


Main-Slate Picks

New York Mets vs. RHP Jorge Lopez – 5.5 implied runs

We go back to Gotham for our second recommendation of the day. The Mets get a stellar matchup against Lopez was claimed off waivers after washing out with Kansas City. Lopez was a second round selection by Milwaukee back in the 2011 draft. He ended up with the Royals as part of the Mike Moustakas deal. He never showed much in his late season call-ups and essentially meandered through the farm system for seven seasons. Last season, aka his one lone year with more than 55 innings in The Show, he was disappointing for the Royals with a 6.33 ERA, 7.9 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9.

Lefties are our first preference with the last 450 compiling a 1.91 HR/9, 9.1% walk rate and a .220 ISO. Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto at the top of the order are my first two choices. We can add in Dominic Smith who does swing a big stick, though he whiffs a lot. Robinson Cano has been mired in a slump, and I am not particularly enamored with the 37-year-old at his current price point on DraftKings and Yahoo. The raw power of Pete Alonso plays against pitchers of any handedness. Jeff McNeil is just fine, even if he stays at the bottom of the order.

Evening-Slate Picks

San Diego Padres vs. RHP Antonio Senzatela – 5.2 implied runs

In his last 137.0 innings away from Coors Field, Senzatela has allowed a 1.25 HR/9, 14.1% strikeout rate and 8.5% walk rate. Even with his 49.8% ground ball rate, he is still allowing a 5.32 ERA, 4.94 xFIP in these appearances. Even without Eric Hosmer and Tommy Phamthe Padres projected lineup has a combined .222 ISO.

Look to Trent Grisham, Fernando Tatis Jr. Manny Machado and recent acquisition Mitch Moreland at the top of the order as our core four. This quartet is also very much in play on the main slate. For some short-slate differentiation, look to the bottom third of the lineup with Jake Cronenworth, Jurickson Profar and Wil Myers, who all have significant power upside and will be at a price/popularity discount.

Late-Slate Picks

Oakland Athletics vs RHP Luis Garcia – 5.6 implied runs

This will be the second appearance in The Show for Garcia. Be sure you are pulling in the correct projections, as fellow rookie Luis Garcia of the Nationals, a middle infielder, has been creating chaos for vlookup formulas. DraftKings is even using the Nationals’ photo of Garcia for the Houston player.

Garcia does have strikeout upside. However, he has not pitched above Single-A until his appearance for the Astros last week. This is a bet on the experience of the Athletics’ veteran hitters versus the very green rookie hurler. Also, most DFS gamers do not follow the actual team standings, but this Oakland squad is leading the AL West by 4.5 games over Houston.

Matt Olson, Matt Chapman, Ramon Laureano and Mark Canha are the key players to target in any stack. Recent acquisition Tommy La Stella does a solid job of getting on base, which should equate to runs scored given the bats behind him. For differentiation I would skip Khris Davis, who is in a mega-slump, unless you are doing some MME. Instead consider using catcher Sean Murphy, who is “not an easy out” and has flashed a .313 ISO in his last 113 plate appearances against righties.

As always, you can reach out to me in Awesemo.com Premium Slack or on Twitter @EMacDFS if you have any questions or want to discuss anything MLB DFS related.


Follow us on all of our social channels! Check out our Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for more great Awesemo content.

Looking for more MLB DFS picks content? We’ve got loads of articles, data, cheatsheets and more on the Awesemo MLB home page, just click HERE.

Eric "EMac" MacPherson won the 2007 Fantasy Baseball grand prize (trip for two to the MLB All-Star game) in the Roto format on ESPN. He won again in 2008, this time in the H2H format. As one of the early adopters of daily fantasy sports, EMac has been providing content for baseball and basketball as well as both professional and college football since 2012 for a variety of websites including DraftKings Playbook, FanVice, RotoWorld, Daily Fantasy Bootcamp, and RotoGrinders. He is well into his third decade of fantasy sports and has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Follow him on Twitter @EMacDFS or contact EMac by emailing [email protected].

Stokastic +

Premium Data and Tools
PREMIUM TOOLS
Lineup Generator
Stokastic Sims MLB
PREMIUM DATA
Projections
Top Stack %s
MLB Data Central
FREE DATA
SoRare MLB Rankings
DraftKings Night Owl
FANTASY CRUNCHER (ADD-ON)
MLB Lineup Study
COMMUNITY
MLB Discord Server
PREMIUM DATA
Projections
Ownership Projections
PREMIUM TOOLS
Fantasy Cruncher (ADD-ON)
NHL Lineup Study
COMMUNITY
NHL Discord Server
PREMIUM TOOLS
Lineup Generator
Stokastic Sims PGA
PREMIUM DATA
Ownership Projections
Top Golfers Tool
PGA Tournament Models
FANTASY CRUNCHER (ADD-ON)
PGA Lineup Study
COMMUNITY
PGA Discord Server
Ownership Projections
Top Drivers Tool
NASCAR Discord Server
NASCAR Fantasy Cruncher
USFL Projections
USFL Discord Server
Ownership Projections
Top Fighters Tool
MMA Discord Server
MMA Fantasy Cruncher
NFL Betting Tools
Stokastic Discord Server
Best Ball
Best Ball Rankings
Best Ball Stat Projections
Stokastic Discord Server
Season Long Fantasy (Coming Soon)

Premium Data

NBA DFS Projections

NBA DFS Boom/Bust Probability

NBA DFS Ownership: Night Slate

NBA DFS Ownership – Express Slates

Yahoo! NBA Ownership

FanDuel NBA DFS Ownership

NBA DFS Ownership – Main Slate

MLB Data Central

DFS Winners from the Stokastic Community

Subscribe to the Stokastic newsletter

DFS advice, exciting promos, and the best bets straight to your inbox

Stokastic.com - Daily Fantasy Sports and Sports Betting Data, Tools, & Analytics

Please play responsibly. Only customers 21 and over are permitted to play. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.