Stacking is an integral part of daily fantasy baseball. Correlation drives upside, giving your lineups a slate-winning ceiling when your stacks explode.
This piece will do the digging and the dirty work each day to determine which stacks are worth rostering on FanDuel's main slate. While we want upside, we also need to factor in game theory, especially in a sport as random as baseball.
Our MLB DFS heat map is a quick way to get a feel for the overall slate and which offenses are in a good spot. You can also check out our daily fantasy baseball projections to identify the slate's best bats.
Let's look at the top stacks for this main slate, which starts at 7:05 p.m. EST.
Milwaukee Brewers
We have a massive 13-game slate tonight with plenty of teams to consider for stacking.
Right from the jump, we have a game at Coors Field tonight, and stacking either of the teams is a given in MLB DFS. But I want to focus on other teams tonight, and that starts with the Milwaukee Brewers, who have a 5.64 implied run total.
They are going up against Luis Medina of the Oakland Athletics, and this is absolutely a matchup we want to target. This season, Medina has a 6.51 xFIP, 3.03 HR/9, 19.1% strikeout rate, 10.3% walk rate, 36.5% fly-ball rate, and 35.4% hard-contact rate. Medina is slightly worse versus right-handed hitters, so that's the spot we want to start with.
Willy Adames ($3,000) will likely be at the top of the list for a lot of people with his .214 ISO and 40.2% fly-ball rate versus righties. Owen Miller ($2,800) is at an affordable salary and comes in with a 124 wRC+ and .178 ISO versus righties this season.
William Contreras ($2,900) and Brian Anderson ($2,800) are another two righties to consider who are surprisingly low-salaried considering the matchup.
While Medina is worse against righties this season, you shouldn't pass on a chance to get Christian Yelich ($3,500) and his 124 wRC+, .175 ISO, and 42.9% hard-contact rate into your lineups or Rowdy Tellez ($2,900) with his .245 ISO and 110 wRC+.
With several of these players being under $3,000, the Brewers could be a bit of a secondary stack to pair alongside the more expensive hitters at Coors Field tonight.
Atlanta Braves
What can't the Atlanta Braves' lineup do?
After last night's 13-run offensive explosion, we're going right back to the Braves tonight. They are taking on Josiah Gray, who struggles with both lefties and righties, giving us the ability to stack really whomever we want from the Braves.
Gray comes in with a 4.96 xFIP, 19.0% strikeout rate, 11.4% walk rate, 1.07 HR/9, 37.0% fly-ball rate, and .281 BABIP. It seems like a mixed bag for Gray, and frankly, he's getting a bit lucky with some things. His HR/FB ratio is only 10.8%, which is below the league average of 12.2%. Giving up a ton of fly balls but so few of them going for home runs puts him on the lucky side of things. That is due for some regression, and this Braves' lineup could certainly get the ball rolling with that.
Ronald Acuna Jr. ($4,600) is elite across the board with a .227 ISO, 155 wRC+, and .407 wOBA. His salary is super expensive, but he has immense upside on a nightly basis. Matt Olson ($3.900) actually leads the Braves with a .317 ISO versus right-handed pitchers this season and is just slightly behind Acuna with a 152 wRC+.
It doesn't stop there. Sean Murphy ($3,700) has plenty of power with a .261 ISO and 147 wRC+. Austin Riley ($3,100) is always a great option with a 109 wRC+ versus righties, and his salary is on the affordable side tonight.
If you need a touch of salary relief, turn to Eddie Rosario ($2,700) with a .193 ISO versus righties or Marcell Ozuna ($2,900) with a .230 ISO in the same split.
New York Mets
The New York Mets have a 4.73 implied run total tonight against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Mets not only lost a heartbreaker to the Braves last night, but they also put their best player, Pete Alonso, on the injured list this morning. It's been a tough few days for the Amazins, but a matchup against Rich Hill could put them back on the winning side of things.
Hill is probably best to attack with right-handed hitters because he is allowing a .345 wOBA, .487 SLG, 4.44 xFIP, 1.57 HR/9, and 42.5% fly-ball rate in this split. There's clearly some home run upside against Hill, and that's something we should look to jump on.
With no Alonso in their lineup, the Mets are pretty affordable tonight and could be used as another secondary stack to pair with a more expensive one.
This starts with Francisco Lindor ($3,300), who comes in with a .307 ISO and 127 wRC+ versus lefties this season. Tommy Pham ($2,700) has a .271 ISO versus lefties, which is the second-highest on the Mets with Alonso out. Eduardo Escobar ($2,400) is low-salaried and has a .226 ISO and 108 wRC+ versus lefties.
Brandon Nimmo ($3,300) doesn't have much power with a .118 ISO but has a super solid 148 wRC+ in this split. Francisco Alvarez ($2,900) blasted two homers last night and should look to stay hot at the dish.