Chalk Stack(s)
Chicago White Sox vs. Bartolo Colón
There is no denying the fact that the White Sox offense has been in a rut of late, but Bartolo Colón is one of those pitchers that could help you break out of your slump. The 45-year old has allowed 19 homers this year already, 14 coming against right-handed hitters. That said, righties and lefties have both been able to get to Colon as they’ve posted .333 and .331 wOBA’s against him respectively.
Since the righties have been the one’s hitting for more power, getting José Abreu , Tim Anderson and Avisail García into your stacks is likely the play. Abreu is going through a bad slump at the plate, but he has homered once over his last three games and his track record speaks to the type of player he truly is. Anderson had been scorching before his 0-fer on Friday riding a six-game hitting streak. Nonetheless, he’s hitting .351 with a .925 OPS and even three stolen bases over his last 10 games. Garcia has woken up as well as he too is riding a nice little six game hit streak. During this streak, he’s belted two homers, driven in four runs and scored five more. He’s really cheap across the industry too and if we’re starting to get the player we saw last year, this is considered bargain shopping.
Yolmer Sánchez sat out Friday and we saw Leury García start at third. If we get that again here, Garcia is firmly in play. He’s basically free across the board and is hitting .344 over his past 10 games. We get a massive park upgrade for White Sox hitters here, let’s not overlook that. Kevan Smith saw the start behind the dish on Friday meaning we should get Omar Narváez on Saturday. Narvaez should honestly be playing everyday right now as he has six multi-hit games in his last 10 appearances and is hitting .469 over that span. He’s so cheap, as the rest of the White Sox are, and makes for the perfect play for this stack on a site like DraftKings where you need to roster a catcher. Yoan Moncada is in play too seeing how he’s really only good hitting from the left side as evident to his .338 wOBA. He’s a secondary play however.
Primary Option(s): José Abreu , Omar Narváez , Avisail García , Tim Anderson
Secondary Option(s): Yoan Moncada , Leury García
Contrarian Option(s)
San Diego Padres vs. Trevor Williams
The Padres lineup is back to 100-percent health and it’s actually not to bad. Williams found that out in May as he grinded out a start against them allowing four earned over six innings. Yes, Williams has the big park advantage here but he’s not a great pitcher and is someone who can be exploited. He doesn’t strike many people out as he’s K-rate sits at a tick under 18-percent and his groundball rate is down quite a significant amount from years past. He posted a 2.29 ERA in the first month of the year and has responded with marks of 5.51 and 4.74 in May and June.
Eric Hosmer and Wil Myers are the first two names everyone talks about when talking Padres. Both of them had a multi-hit game on Friday and Myers even stole a base, something he can do at a very high rate. Their run producing abilities really rely on Manuel Margot and Travis Jankowski , who will hit in front of them, to reach base and get in scoring position. Both guys are hitting well of late. Margot is at .289 with a .910 OPS over his last 10 games while Jankowski is hitting .308 over that same span. Both can steal bags if they get on, especially Jankowski who is ALWAYS looking to run.
Hunter Renfroe has looked better at the dish as well, posting hits in five of his last six games including three multi-hit outings. We saw slugging percentages well into and over the .500’s during his Minor League career so we know the power is there and he’s one pitch away from showcasing that power as well. Cory Spangeberg is the last guy I’ll mention here. He’s hitting .289 with a .338 wOBA in June and has seen the platoon advantage over José Pirela and Christian Villanueva versus right-handed pitching.
Primary Option(s): Eric Hosmer , Wil Myers , Manuel Margot , Travis Jankowski
Secondary Option(s): Cory Spangenberg , Hunter Renfroe