New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino throws to the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
We already highlighted Trevor Bauer and Masahiro Tanaka in our 7/31/18 picks article. We also highlighted the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals as a popular game stacks at their respective team price points. Here we will look at some other (possible GPP) considerations. And for more stacks or advanced stats each night, check out my DFS MLB Cheatsheet and for any questions hit me up in the chatroom.
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Opponent - TB (Ryne Stanek) Park - TB
FD - 36.32 DK - 19.03
Skaggs falls right between Bauer and Tanaka tonight but there is definitely a case to be made that he is a top pitcher on the slate. Since the Tigers lit him up for five earned runs back at the end of May, Skaggs has been elite holding opponents to one or fewer earned runs in seven of his last eight starts while averaging over six innings per start(1.44 ERA and seven quality starts). He also gives us some upside striking out over a batter per inning and is sitting with a career-high 11.4% swinging strike rate. He will face a Rays team that ranks mid-pack against left-handed pitching but do strike out 23.7% in the split and have struggled since the All-Star break with a .304 wOBA and 93 wRC+. This a great spot for Skaggs in a plus pitchers park and not only is he a nice pivot in GPP formats but also deserves to be in the cash game conversation.
Opponent - TOR (Sam Gaviglio) Park - OAK
FD - 30.39 DK - 15.09
There is definitely no safety here as the Jays have been a Top 10 offensive team since the All-Star break but Cahill doesn't present some GPP upside tonight. I talked about stacking against him in his last start and the reason came down to his home/road splits as they are pretty incredible. On the road, he has allowed a .351 wOBA overall and sits with a 6.44 ERA but at home, he has been nothing short of elite allowing just a .219 wOBA to opponents and has allowed just three total earned runs in five home starts good for a .80 ERA. The price is right where he makes a viable SP2 paired with the very high upside Trevor Bauer on DraftKings or a stand-alone option on FanDuel who should be a bit lower owned and allows you to load up on ayn offense you wish tonight.
Oakland Athletics vs. Sam Gaviglio(OAK)
Opponent - TOR (Sam Gaviglio) Park - OAK
FD - 9.4 DK - 7.23
Opponent - TOR (Sam Gaviglio) Park - OAK
FD - 10.66 DK - 8.01
Opponent - TOR (Sam Gaviglio) Park - OAK
FD - 9.73 DK - 7.45
Opponent - TOR (Sam Gaviglio) Park - OAK
FD - 12.21 DK - 9.11
The Oakland Athletics have been one of the hottest team in baseball in the second half leading the league with 66 runs scored and sit third with 19 home runs in 11 games. It does help that they have played seven of those games in Texas and Colorado but they returned home last night and shredded the Jays in game one to the tune of 10-1. They now get another plus matchup against Sam Gaviglio who has struggled in his first season with the Jays sitting with a 4.65 ERA, 4.13 xFIP and has already given up 12 home runs in 13 starts(16.4% HR/FB). He has actually been pretty good in Toronto with a 2.82 ERA but has really struggled on the road holding a 7.92 ERA while giving up a .387 wOBA ad .569 Slugging %. I will be starting off my stack with value play, Nick Martini, who has been hitting leadoff in each of his last four starts and has three multi-hit games in that time. I talked about Matt Chapman and Jew Lowrie in the main article and capping off the stack will be Khris Davis who leads the team with 28 home runs and 82 RBI.
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