MLB Top Stacks Friday 9/2/22
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MLB Top Stacks (Quick Overview)
Huge 13 game slate tonight with several teams in absolute SMASH spots. Above you can see the Red Sox currently rank as the top stack, but, there are a ton of other options we can target as well. It should be a fun one, let’s dig in.
Red Sox vs Rangers LHP Dallas Keuchel
Dallas Keuchel was great once, but, those days are long gone as he’s struggled mightily the past few years. Since the start of the 2021 season he has a 5.08 xfip and just a 13.2% strikeout rate. Against right handed hitters he has allowed a 369 woba 210 iso 44% hard contact rate and has only managed a 12.8% strikeout rate since 2021. Against left handed hitters, he has allowed a 370 woba 134 iso (not too bad) 38% hard contact rate and just a 14.9% strikeout rate. He won’t be missing many bats in this Red Sox lineup and that does not bode well for him tonight.
Trevor Story has been a notorious “lefty masher” and dating back to the start of the 2021 season his numbers reflect just that. He has a 382 woba 298 iso and 40% hard contact rate against lefties in that time span
JD Martinez isn’t exactly the hitter he once was, but, he’s still very good and does serious damage against left handed pitching. Since 2021 Martinez has a 452 xwoba 189 iso and 47% hard contact rate vs lefties
Xander Bogaerts, Tommy Pham, Bobby Dalbec and Enrique Hernandez are some more Red Sox right handers you can target here.
Don’t forget about Rafael Devers, even though he bats left handed, he has done well against left handed pitchers since 2021. He has a 394 xwoba 151 iso and 37% hard contact rate vs lefties since 2021
Cardinals vs Cubs RHP Adrian Sampson
Since the start of the 2021 season Adrian Sampson has a 4.90 xfip and 18.9% strikeout rate. Against right handed hitters he’s been awful, allowing a 349 woba 222 iso 39% fly ball rate and 43% hard contact rate since 2021
Paul Goldschmidt jumps off the page in this matchup. He has a 433 xwoba 211 iso and 44% hard contact rate agianst right handed pitching since the start of the 2021 season.
Nolan Arenado has put up equally stellar numbers against right handers. He has a 353 woba 226 iso and 40% hard contact rate against righties since the start of the 2021 season
Tyler O’Neil (339/229/45%) and Lars Nootbar (353/232/40%) are my other top targets in this Cardinals lineup tonight.
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Mets vs Nationals RHP Josiah Gray
Nationals right hander Josiah Gray has a decent strikeout rate of 25.6% since the start of the 2021 season, however, his 5.32 xfip leads me to believe there are some underlying issues here. Against left handed hitters he has allowed a 378 woba 317 iso 54% fly ball rate and 40% hard contact rate since the start of the 2021 season. Against righties, he allows a 221 iso and a 47% fly ball rate, so we should be able to target hitters from both sides of the plate against him tonight
Daniel Vogelbach has a 428 xwoba 235 iso and 45% hard contact rate against right handed pitching since the start of the 2021 season. With Josiah Gray allowing a 317 iso to lefties, I’m thinking Vogelbach goes deep in this matchup tonight.
Pete Alonso can take anyone deep, and since the start of the 2021 season he has a 412 xwoba 239 iso and 40% hard contact rate vs right handed pitching. Gray allows a 221 iso to right handers, so, look for the Panda to get ahold of one tonight.
Francisco Lindor (338/182/40%) and Starling Marte (356/159/39%) are my other targets in this Mets lineup tonight.
Royals vs Tigers RHP Drew Hutchison
Tigers right hander Drew Hutchison enters tonight’s game with a 5.79 xfip and just a 13.8% strikeout rate dating back to the start of the 2021 season. Against left handed hitters he’s been truly awful, allowing a 345 woba 186 iso 42% fly ball rate and 38% hard contact rate
MJ Melendez will leadoff against Hutchison, and this season he has a 457 xwoba 172 iso and 41% hard contact rate against right handed pitching this season.
Bobby Whitt has a 412 xwoba 182 iso and 39% hard contact rate against righties this year. Nick Pratto is a left handed hitter with big time power. This year he has a 499 xwoba 264 iso and 42% hard contact rate against right handed pitching
Salvador Perez is one of the best hitting catchers in the game and he is in a great spot here. This year Perez has a 409 xwoba 212 iso and 43% hard contact rate against right handed pitching
Twins vs White Sox Davis Martin
Davis Martin has not pitched much this season, only facing 81 left handed and 85 right handed hitters. In the limited time he has pitched however, he has not been good, entering tonight’s game with a 5.44 xfip and just a 16.9% strikeout rate
Gary Sanchez has big time power vs righties and he has a 431 xwoba 198 iso and 42% hard contact rate against righties this season.
Nick Gordon has been on fire recently. He has a 639 xwoba 255 iso and 48% hard contact rate vs right handed pitching over the last 30 days
Carlos Correa isn’t having a great year to his standars, but, he has a 436 xwoba 178 iso and 46% hard contact rate vs righties since the start of the 2021 season.
Max Kepler has a 379 xwoba 184 iso and 39% hard contact rate vs righties since 2021
Rankings Today
These rankings are not site-specific and are intended to give you a solid pool of players to build your lineups from. I’ll be using the standard positions, Catcher through Outfield in these rankings so be aware of that if you’re constructing teams where some players can play multiple positions
Something I like to do with this list, is to give these players a THUMBS UP or 2, or 3, in Fantasy Cruncher so I can get more exposure to them throughout my lineups
P
Charlie Morton – ATL
David Peterson – NYM
Dean Kremer – BAL
Nick Pivetta – BOS
C
Gary Sanchez – MIN
Salvador Perez – KC
Will Smith – LAD
Sean Murphy – OAK
1B
Shohei Ohtani – LAA
Paul Goldschmidt – STL
Dan Vogelbach – NYM
Nick Pratto – KC
Pete Alonso – NYM
2B
Nick Gordon – MIN
Jose Altuve – HOU
Marcus Semien – TEX
Trevor Story – BOS
Michael Massey – KC
3B
Nolan Arenado – STL
Bobby Whitt – KC
Jose Ramirez – CLE
Alex Bregman – HOU
Gio Urshela – MIN
SS
Carlos Correa – MIN
Francisco Lindor – NYM
Trea Turner – LAD
Corey Seager – TEX
Xander Bogaerts – BOS
OF
Max Kepler – MIN
Kyle Tucker – HOU
JD Martinez – BOS
Mike Trout – LAA
Mookie Betts – LAD
Starling Marte – NYM
Lars Nootbaar – STL
Tommy Pham – BOS
Michael A. Taylor – KC
Overview
– use this as a guide to help you start your build stacks tonight
– these are stack examples using ONLY the guys listed above
BOS – Trevor Story
Xander Bogaerts
JD Martinez
Tommy Pham
HOU – Jose Altuve
Alex Bregman
Kyle Tucker
KC – Salvador Perez
Nick Pratto
Michael Massey
Bobby Whitt
Michael A. Taylor
LAA – Shohei Ohtani
Mike Trout
LAD – Will Smith
Trea Turner
Mookie Betts
MIN – Gary Sanchez
Nick Gordon
Gio Urshela
Carlos Correa
Max Kepler
NYM – Dan Vogelbach
Pete Alonso
Francisco Lindor
Starling Marte
That’s all I’ve got for today
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