Cory Hanley

Tuesday is here, and it’s time for a full schedule of nighttime baseball without all of those NFL distractions. The menu is full with 15 main-slate games all in play. Don’t forget to check out our free tool, MLB PlayerLab, which can help you find the most optimal bats to stack in your lineup tonight. Let’s take a look at the top options for both pitchers and stacks.

Pitchers

Jose Fernandez FD 11300 DK 12500
Opponent – WASH (Roark) Park – @MIA
FD – 43.2 DK – 23.9

By now everyone knows that Fernandez dominates his opponents at home. Boasting an insanely impressive .243 wOBA, and a .266 allowed OBP he baffles his adversary in the humid climate. Fernandez comes into today dominating all pitchers in a couple of overall stats for the 2016 season, a 2.58 xFIP, and 12.43 K/9. Even though he is pitching against some intimidating opponents in The Nationals, it’s worth nothing that their offense has been a bit stagnant as of late. Currently, they rank 18th in the league with a 95 wRC+ versus righties, and while they have shown improvement in their lineup with Trea Turner, they have regressed over the last month. All in all, don’t let the big bats scare you, expect more of the same trickery from Jose at home.

Stacks

Texas Rangers vs Daniel Wright (Angels)
Park -Globe Life in Arlington

If you’re looking for an alternative to Coors Field, look no further than Globe Life Park. The hot temperatures of the Texas climate often cause the baseball to fly out of the park. The Rangers, along with the seasonably warm temperatures, have been on fire as of late. In the last 30 days, they rank #3 overall with a .457 slug, and #4 with a .340 wOBA. Tonight their facing one of the weakest pitchers on tap, Daniel Wright. Wright was claimed off waivers from the Reds in early September after they dropped him for less than stellar AAA results, having a 4.21 FIP. However, the Angels saw the potential and promptly picked him up and threw him in the majors, but things have not been going well for him as you might expect. With only 23 MLB innings, the sample size may be small, but the 5.48 FIP, 4.3 Ks/9, and 1.57 HRs/9 have more than confirmed Cincinnati’s doubts. With the Rangers plugging holes in their lineup, with the additions of Carlos Beltran and Lucroy, it’s safe to say that they are a post-season threat.

Welcome to Monday daily fantasy baseball! With Monday Night Football in full swing, don’t forget there’s still some great value in MLB DFS. Be sure to check out our PlayerLab and get your lineups optimized and in before the start of games at 7 PM EST. Let’s take a look at the top options for pitchers and stacks.

PITCHER
Noah Syndergaard FD 11000 DK 11600
Opponent – ATL (Blair) Park – @NYM
FD – 37.71 DK – 24.35

The Atlanta Braves are coming to town and they are starting off against the Mets ace. Syndergaard sits high on the leaderboard for many stats, proving that he is one of the top performers in the league. Making a late run as a candidate for the National League Cy Young award, so far this season, he has a .270 combined wOBA, with an impressive 10.6 K/9. The Braves have limited power and often find themselves struggling to win games. Such is the cast currently winning only four games out of their last ten. The lack of runs should continue for Atlanta tonight as Citi Field is a pitchers’ park, ranked in the bottom ten for hitters. Syndergaard should be considered a play in both cash and tournament games tonight.

STACKS

Boston Redsox vs. Dylan Bundy (Orioles)
Park – Camden Yards

The Red Sox always have the potential to score a ton of runs. Tonight should be no different as they take on the Orioles. Boston is coming in hot, winning their last four games with elite power batters hitting the ball all around the park. After a great start to the majors, Orioles pitcher Dylan Bundy is currently struggling with an unimpressive .340 wOBA. Bundy has a 6.27 ERA over his past four starts. Last time, versus the Sox, he allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings. Playing tonight against their division rivals, you can be sure that the red hot bats of the Red Sox
will show no signs of slowing.

Welcome to another TGIF edition of our daily fantasy baseball picks. Today we have one game in the afternoon (MIL vs. CHC) and 14 games on the main slate. The pitching is elite today with at least five aces on the mound meaning it will be important to find value. There are also some nice value and punt options which will help us get to the elite bats in Coors Field and Fenway Park. Let’s take a look at a few pitchers and stacking options for tonight.

PITCHERS

Max Scherzer FD 11000 DK 13700
Opponent – ATL (Gant) Park – @ATL
FD – 42.62 DK – 27.81

Out of all the aces on the mound today it’s Scherzer with the highest price tag and the best matchup. The Nationals are currently -235 favorites as they go on the road to Atlanta tonight to face the Braves. Max has been elite this season with an 11.09 K/9 rate and has been the beneficiary of an outstanding schedule down the stretch. This will be the fifth time he has faced the Braves or Phillies in his last six starts. He backs up his elite K rate with a 2.78 ERA and 3.38 xFIP despite being a heavy fly ball pitcher. With the highest floor and ceiling tonight Scherzer is by far the #1 option on the mound.

Luke Weaver FD 7100 DK 5200
Opponent – SF (Moore) Park – @SF
FD – 29.78 DK – 20.17

I mentioned in the opening that it will be critical to find some value tonight with so many aces on the mound plus multiple top-end stacking matchups. Luke Weaver is one of the top pitching values on the mound tonight as he comes in with a very low price, especially on DraftKings where he makes an excellent second pitcher option. Weaver has now made six starts for the Cardinals since being called up in mid-August and has been very impressive. He sits with a 3.48 ERA and an even better 2.76 xFIP despite giving up a 20% HR/FB rate and dealing with a high .325 BABIP and 84% LOB rate. Yes, that means there could be even more upside in the near future. Weaver also comes with an elite 11.32 K/9 rate. The floor is high, but the ceiling may be limited as the Giants only K 17.4% against right-handed pitching. Either way, Weaver is an elite salary relief option on Friday.

STACKS

Colorado Rockies vs. Christian Friederich (Padres)
Park – Coors Field

It is going to be hard to fade the Rockies tonight as they return home for a matchup against the Padres. They currently sit with a crazy high 6.75 run projection as -165 home favorites. They will be facing southpaw Christian Friedrich who surprised the Rockies in Petco in his last start, limiting them to two hits over seven innings while striking out ten batters. With a short turn around the Rockies, batters should have a solid gameplan going into tonight’s game, and Friedrich now goes from the best pitchers park in baseball to the best hitters park in baseball. Target the top of the order in Charlie Blackmon, DJ LeMahieu, Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez. If you want to go more value insert whichever catcher gets the nod tonight between Nick Hundley and Tom Murphy.

Cincinnati Reds vs. Ryan Vogelsong (Pirates)
Park – Great American Ballpark

The Reds could come in as a very low-owned stacking option tonight with so many powerful offenses in extraordinary situations and the risk of rain in Cincinnati tonight. The game is a pickem between the Pirates and Reds and could easily reach the over if the rain holds off. The Reds have been a top 10 hitting team over the last 30 days with a .332 wOBA and 105 wRC+. They get an elite matchup tonight as they will face Ryan Vogelsong who is somehow still getting the nod every five days. He has pitched to an awful 5.07 xFIP this season and has been even worse lately giving up 16 earned runs in his last three starts while only striking out five and walking seven batters. Joey Votto should be the core of you stack with his elite .417 wOBA, 162 wRC+ and .244 ISO against right-handed pitching. You can fill in around him with salary relief options like Jose Peraza, Tyler Holt, and Adam Duvall who has hit 24 of his 30 HR in 2016 against righties.

Chris Durell

After a crazy week one that saw both Million Dollar tournaments on DraftKings and FanDuel being taken down with a Brees/Cooks/Snead stack, we are ready to take a shot with the following stacks for week 2. Good luck on your DFS Lineups. Here are the top options for NFL Week 2.

New York Giants vs. New Orleans Saints
QB – Eli Manning
Elite WR – Odell Beckham Jr.
Value WR Options – Sterling Shepard, Victor Cruz

Get ready for another shootout involving the Saints this week. Early on the Over/Under is set at 53 with the home team Giants sitting as -4.5 favorites. The Saints weren’t completely exposed last week due to the 167 rushing yards the Raiders put up but still allowed Carr to throw for 319 yards on 38 attempts. Looking at the Player Lab tool this week, Brees and Eli are the only two QB’s projected for over 45 attempts, and that could be the floor, not the ceiling. The Saints and Giants passing defenses ended 2015 ranked 31st and 32nd respectively, and the Saints took a big blow on Sunday losing top corner Delvin Breaux for 4-6 weeks. We learned last week that if the game script goes as predicted, you can easily stack a QB and two WR’s. Both FanDuel and DraftKings saw a Brees/Cooks/Snead combo win their respective Million Dollar tournaments. If you want to get sneaky, consider Larry Donnell who caught his only red zone target for a touchdown last week.

Oakland Raiders vs. Atlanta Falcons
QB – Derek Carr
Elite WR – Amari Cooper

The Raiders didn’t have to rely on the pass as originally expected in week one as they went off for 167 rushing yards. This is most likely to change in week two as the Falcons rush defense looked pretty good in week one holding Doug Martin to 62 yards on 18 carries. This game is currently tied for the highest Over/Under(50) of the week and for the Raiders to keep up with Matt Ryan and Julio Jones they are going to have to chuck it up 40+ times on Sunday. The top target is, of course, up and coming superstar Amari Cooper who caught six balls for 137 yards on 11 targets in week one. You can even consider Michael Crabtree who saw nine targets last week, catching seven for 87 yards and also caught the game-winning 2PT conversion which proves Carr has a ton of confidence in his secondary option when Cooper is double teamed. With so many teams in exceptional situations this week you are going to see Carr/Cooper/Crabtree combo come in as one of the lowest owned making it perfect for large field tournaments.

Detroit Lions vs. Tennessee Titans
QB – Matthew Stafford
Elite WR Options – Golden Tate, Marvin Jones Jr.
Value Options – Ameer Abdullah, Eric Ebron

This stack is best suited for DraftKings where it is full point PPR. The Lions offense was extremely dink and dunky (oddly enough it is an ACTUAL football term) last week, but it lead Stafford to a highly accurate 31/39 passing for 340 yards and three touchdowns. The matchup isn’t as good this week as the Titans were a top 10 team against the pass last season and looked to have improved in 2016. The stack is more about the incredibly low ownership and price opportunities. At WR it is a 1A/1B situation as Marvin Jones Jr. seen ten targets in week one while Golden Tate saw seven. Tate is rated as the top option at $6,800 on DraftKings while Jones comes in at $5,500 but both are within $200 of each other($6,700/$6,500) on FanDuel. If you are looking for a value RB this week, consider Abdullah who rushed for 63 yards on 12 carries while catching all five of his targets in the passing game for 57 yards and a touchdown. Eric Ebron is also in play at TE as he received five targets last week, one of which was caught in the redzone for a touchdown. The Lions not only make a great stacking option for tournaments you can also pluck out some value plays for cash games.

As is the case with all Thursday’s in MLB we have a shortened main slate tonight. There’s only one attractive pitcher in the running for both cash and tournaments. On the contrary, with all of the weak pitchers, it means that you have a lot of options for stacking offenses. Let’s talk about the top options for each spot.

PITCHERS

Johnny Cueto FD 9600 DK 10800
Opponent – STL (Wainwright) Park – @SF
FD – 36.99 DK – 24.59

Amongst the eight games on the schedule for tonight, there are but a couple of decent pitcher selections, the first being Johnny Cueto. Cueto is, by a landslide, the best pitcher on tap for tonight. A likely candidate for both cash and tournament lineups, he is fantastic against both right-handers and lefties. He comes into the game with a .286 wOBA, which is in the top 5% of all starting pitchers. The Giants will be taking on the St. Louis Cardinals, who are currently fairly average against right-handers. Though the matchup doesn’t look too good on paper, you can’t deny that Cueto is the most talented guy on the menu tonight for both FanDuel and Draftkings.

STACKS

Los Angeles Dodgers vs Archie Bradley
Park – Chase Field

The Dodgers come into the game five games ahead of the Giants, and they would like to keep it that way. Going into the match against Archie Bradley, who’s last performance versus San Francisco was his shortest outing of the year when he allowed five runs in three innings. Bradly also has the propensity to give up a lot of long balls (1.20/9) and has an incredibly high BB/9 (4.35/9). Chase Field has proven to be a hitters dream as of late and with the Dodgers heating up to attempt to clinch their division the meat of their lineup should put up some runs.

As NFL football fills our television screens and warms our heart with glee, we move even closer to post-season MLB. We have a full menu on tap for you today, providing your fill of 15 games with a few offenses in prime position to put up some runs. Let’s dance, shall we?

PITCHERS

Carlos Carrasco FD 10700 DK 12200
Opponent – CHW (Gonzalez) Park – @CWS
FD – 34.39 DK – 22.62

While Carlos Carrasco is usually a more of a tournament play, he should be able to provide sufficient results in both cash and tournaments tonight. He is up against the Chicago White Sox, who have a stunningly low .308 wOBA. Carrasco has given strong performances versus both left-handers and righties. Exhibiting a .278 wOBA versus right-handers, he has an impressive 17.4% line drive rate with a 9.42 K/9. It is certain that the White Sox have a few power bats in the lineup, however as is the cast with power-hitters they strikeout a ton and have bouts of cold streaks. Even though the game will be played in a hitters park, Carrasco has been known to give fantastic performances in any ballpark.

STACKS

San Francisco Giants vs. Paul Clemens (San Diego Padres)
Park – AT&T Park

The matchup tonight should bode well for the Giants as pitching for the Padres is Paul Clemens. Clemens has offered less than attractive numbers throughout his spotty MLB career. Given the fact that he is also getting over a sickness, this should make him a likely candidate for a less than average performance. Even before the bug took its toll, he hasn’t been able to find a groove, since the beginning of August he has posted a 6.08 ERA with a 4.39 BB/9. The Giants are starting to get serious about their chance at a post-season winning their last three games and now only three games behind their division rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Expect more of the same from your fan-favourites Pence, Posey and Panic.

Chris Durell

I don’t know about you, but I am thrilled it’s Daily Fantasy Friday. It has been a long hard working week, and it appears we are going to get rewarded tonight before the games even begin. Friday gives us an elite selection of ace pitchers to choose from including the return of Clayton Kershaw who will face off vs. Jose Fernandez in the game of the day. If paying up for these two doesn’t seem to fit your budget then look no further than the other top talents: Madison Bumgarner, Tanner Roark, Carlos Martinez, Yu Darvish and Danny Salazar who also provide excellent value. Let’s take a look at a few pitchers to target with a couple stacking options.

PITCHERS

Clayton Kershaw FD 11000 DK 13500
Opponent – MIA (Fernandez) Park – @MIA
FD – 43.72 DK – 28.97

He’s back! After trouble with a herniated disc in his back, Clayton will be making his return to the mound tonight. The Dodgers will be traveling to Miami to take on the Marlins and superstar Jose Fernandez. The game has an incredibly low 6.5 Vegas total with the Dodgers coming in as -145 favorites. Before the injury, Kershaw was dealing at an elite level going 11-2 with a 1.79 ERA that is directly backed up by 2.16 xFIP and 50% ground ball rate. The most unbelievable part is the fact he struck out 145 batters in 121 innings pitched while walking just nine. The matchup is also in his favor as the Marlins rank 23rd in wOBA with a 22.3% K rate against left-handed pitching. Happy Kershaw day!

Danny Salazar FD 9800 DK 9000
Opponent – MIN (Duffey) Park – @MIN
FD – 31.93 DK – 20.78

If paying up for Kershaw doesn’t fit your strategy tonight, Danny Salazar makes an excellent pivot and comes in under $10K on both sites. The Indians have opened as -155 favorites on the road in Minnesota to face the Twins. Despite running hot bats lately, the Twins are striking out over 24% of the time over the last two weeks and shown little patience with a 7.6% walk rate. After a rough start to the month, Salazar has been elite in his last two starts giving up just three earned runs in 11 innings pitched with 21 strikeouts. The issue with Salazar is he doesn’t normally get deep into the game as he has only made it through the 6th inning once in the second half. The strikeouts give him a solid floor tonight, and if he can limit the walks and pitch count early, he should be able to provide elite upside for tournaments.

STACKS

Cleveland Indians vs. Tyler Duffey (Twins)
Park – Target Field

Another reason to like Salazar tonight is his win potential as the offense for the Indians is projected to score close to five runs tonight. They get a good-looking matchup vs. the Twins who carry the league’s worst ERA(5.25) into the matchup. The tribe will be facing Tyler Duffey tonight, who has been struggling since the All-Star break. In eight starts he has given up 34 earned runs in just 35.2 innings pitched while surrendering eight home runs and allowing a 35% hard contact rate. The top of the lineup is the best place to stack the Indians with Carlos Santana, Francisco Lindor, Jason Kipnis and Mike Napoli.

San Francisco Giants vs. Rubby De La Rosa (Diamondbacks)
Park – Chase Field

The Giants enter this matchup with the Diamondbacks as a big -195 favorites on the road. The offense is in an attractive spot to provide some run support for Madison Bumgarner tonight as they shift from AT&T Park to Chase Field which has produced top offensive results this season. The Giants are just a middle of the pack team when looking at hitting against righties but should get a boost facing Rubby De La Rosa. De La Rosa, will be making his return tonight after spending three months on the disabled list. He isn’t likely to go deep into the game, and it is expected that Braden Shipley will follow him out of the bullpen. Both pitchers are susceptible to giving up the long ball with matching 17% HR/FB rates this season. If the Giants to get through De La Rosa and into the league’s worst bullpen(5.13 ERA) they should be able to crush their run projection today and win people DFS tournaments as they should be relatively low-owned.

Chris Durell

It feels like forever and a day since we had NFL football and specifically daily fantasy football. I hope you are as excited as me to get started. Every week I am going to be bringing you a stacks article for your lineup that will be out on Wednesday/Thursday and will cover my favorite teams to stack each week when looking at the Sunday/Monday slate. At the start of the season, you are going to see a ton of references to last year’s stats and rankings as we just don’t have enough data yet. As the data for 2016 rolls in I will slowly integrate it into my models. Let’s get started!

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Washington Redskins
QB – Ben Roethlisberger
Elite WR Option – Antonio Brown
Value WR Options – Markus Wheaton, Eli Rogers, Sammy Coates

Week 1 is a great opportunity to pay up for some elite combos in tournaments as there are a ton of values on both sites as initial pricing has been out for weeks now. You can’t talk elite QB/WR combos without mentioning Big Ben and AB. Brown, who was second only to Julio Jones in 2015 with an average of 12.1 targets per game and receiving yards per game with 114.6. Ben only played 12 regular season games last year, but put up an impressive volume in those games with an average of 39 passing attempts per game while completing 68% of those passes for 8.4 yards per attempt average(3rd highest in the league). Monday night should be another high volume passing attack as they face the Redskins who rank 25th in passing yards against per game last season. With such a high volume passing attack it opens up value at the other wide receiver positions but is only recommended as contrarian plays. DraftKings is only offering the Monday Night games on their Thurs-Mon Slate unless things change between now and Sunday. FanDuel offers both Thurs-Mon and Sun-Mon slates.

Detroit Lions vs. Indianapolis Colts
QB – Matthew Stafford
WR Options – Golden Tate, Marvin Jones Jr.

If you are looking for some value on Sunday, look no further than the Lions/Colts game which ties the highest points total(51) on the entire slate this week. It is also projected to be one of the highest paced games as both teams ranked near the bottom in overall defense last season, and until I see major improvement, I will target them on a weekly basis. I lean on stacking the Lions more this week as I feel the Colts are the better team that should be able to jump out front early putting the Lions behind from behind position. This will force the already pass-happy Stafford to throw 40+ times. Stafford was terrific down the stretch last season throwing for 1,655 yards and 17 touchdowns while completing 73% of his passes in the final six games under Jim Bob Cooter. He lost Calvin Johnson which shouldn’t hurt too much as they have been adapting the passing style over the last couple years while dealing with Megatron’s injuries. They added the talented Marvin Jones to pair with Golden Tate. This is a team I would possibly stack both WR’s with Stafford as there is no clear #1 at this point. I, personally, love Jones a bit more this week as he is vastly under priced.

Oakland Raiders vs. New Orleans Saints
QB – Derek Carr
Elite WR Options – Amari Cooper

I think the Raiders provide an excellent low-ownership stacking opportunity in Week 1 at home against the Saints. This game has one of the three totals that eclipses the 50 mark this week with the Raiders coming in as slight underdogs. Much like the Lions above I feel the Raiders are the inferior team and will be playing from behind creating a situation where Carr will have to throw lots in keep up mode. He threw the 9th most passes in 2015 accumulating 3,987 yards and 32 touchdown passes. It was Amari Cooper who tallied nearly 25% of that production with 1,070 yards and six touchdowns. The connection should have no problem picking up where they left off against the Saints who allowed the second most passing yards among all NFL teams last season.

The day is finally among us, opening day of the NFL. But, that’s not why you’re here, we still have Daily Fantasy MLB to play! Even though there are only six teams to choose from tonight, we have come up with the best choice in each option tonight. So let’s get on with it.

STACKS

Washington Nationals vs. Alec Asher
Park – Nationals Park

With only six games to choose from on the main slate, the Nationals will undoubtedly be the highest owned stack tonight. The Nats have unquestionably found their bats, as of late, and when everything starts ticking for them, their offense can be quite deadly. I expect this lethal offense to continue as they are going up against the inexperienced Alec Asher. Since the inception of his MLB career, Asher’s numbers have been abysmal, through only 30 innings he has already given up eight home runs and an atrocious .425 combined wOBA. Until these young pitchers continue to develop, they are likely targets for offense stacks. While we all know the big names on the team; Harper and Murphy, there’s a whole slew of impressive bats after them. Since Bryce and Murph-dog will be more widely used than Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, I am a fan of the sneaky stack.

Main Stack – Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, Trea Turner, Jayson Werth

Sneaky Stack – Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, Wilson Ramos, Anthony Rendon

PITCHERS

A.J. Cole FD FD 6500 DK 8300
Opponent – PHI (Asher) Park – @WSH
FD – 30.39 DK – 19.67

With slim pickings tonight a lot of this play is because of how dreadful the Philly bats are. They have the worst offense in baseball; they’re horrible versus both Left-handers and Right-handers. In fact, the Phillies have a league-worst w0BA ~.300, which also happens to be the same w0BA that the young A.J. Cole has. Striking out a near league-leading high of 8.24 K’s per game, the Phillies also lack power. Which is a good thing, since Cole has proven to be a fly-ball pitcher that struggles with long balls occasionally. Even though we are at the beginning of Cole’s MLB career, this matchup is just too good to pass up.

Chris Durell

Welcome to another Hump Day edition of our daily fantasy baseball picks. With just four early games we are going to turn our attention to the 11-game main slate, which starts at 7:00 PM et tonight. It is an excellent night for pitching with multiple options from the top tier and down into the value plays which we will need if you want to roster some Coors Field bats. Let’s dig in and take a look at a few pitchers and stacking options for tonight.

PITCHERS

David Price FD 10800 DK 13100
Opponent – SD (Cosart) Park – @SD
FD – 38.71 DK – 25.34

It’s been a tale of two halves for Price this season. Before the AllStar Break, Price was striking out over ten batters per nine innings but gave up a 15.2% HR/FB rate giving him a 4.34 ERA. Looking at the second half of the season he has a much better 3.12 ERA and 8.3% HR/FB rate, but the K rate has fallen off the table down to a 7.19 per nine innings. Although the Padres are a much better hitting club against left-handed pitching, the K is the 2nd highest rate in the league at 25.1%. He is a GPP play only on DraftKings due to the $13K+ price tag but is safe in all formats on FanDuel as the 3rd most expensive option today.

Jameson Taillon FD 7400 DK 9200
Opponent – STL (Leake) Park – @PIT
FD – 29.87 DK – 19.91

Taillon has carried his minor league success over to the majors this season and is having an excellent rookie campaign. He has recorded a quality start in 11 of his 14 starts with an impressive 3.25 ERA and 3.28 xFIP. He has just an average K rate (7.27 K/9) but excels with an elite 54.1% ground ball rate. Taillon has also excelled at home in PNC Park with a 2.70 ERA while limiting opponents to a .227 average vs. a 4.09 ERA/.269 average against on the road. The matchup isn’t ideal against the Cardinals, but he ranks as a top play in any format from a PTS/$ perspective.

STACKS

San Francisco Giants vs. Jorge De La Rosa (Rockies)
Park – Coors Field

The Giants and Rockies let us down last night in a 3-2 snooze fest for those looking for offense. I think the bias from that game will help create a lower ownership on these teams tonight making them an elite stacking option. Being that four out of the top five hitters in the game are on the Rockies, I’m partial to the visiting team as they are much easier to fit into a lineup. De La Rosa has been a bit better at home when looking at the season ERA but certainly struggles with the long ball with a 19% HR/FB rate at Coors. Your top options on the Giants are Buster Posey, Hunter Pence, Brandon Belt and Eduardo Nunez (if he is back in the leadoff role again tonight).

Texas Rangers vs. Ariel Miranda (Mariners)
Park – Safeco Field

If you are looking for a secondary option to pivot away from Coors tonight, there are a few sneaky stacks with hot teams in bad parks. The Rangers don’t seem to be bothered with Safeco Field as they have scored 16 runs in the first two games of the series and are the hottest team in the majors over the last seven days with a .443 wOBA and 179 wRC+. The Rangers also rank in the Top 10 in wOBA and wRC+ against left-handed pitching. Build your stack around Adrian Beltre, Carlos Beltran, Ian Desmond and even the red-hot Roughned Odor (who holds a .331 wOBA and 101 wRC+ against southpaws).