As already mentioned in today's MLB DFS Playbook, we have a pretty different slates across the three major sites (DraftKings, Yahoo, FanDuel). The Phillies, led by the hot bats of Alec Bohm and Nick Castellanos are my top stack today, but I also like the Red Sox, Brewers, and Orioles as options. We appear to be relatively free of mlb weather concerns for the most part (outside of Baltimore/Pittsburgh), but keep an eye on the latest MLB weather report before making daily fantasy baseball lineups. Don't forget to check out the MLB lineups page before locking in MLB daily fantasy lineups. Plus, use the MLB daily projections, our MLB DFS Optimizer, and the rest of our MLB DFS lineup tools before setting your lineups. Now let's look at our MLB DFS top picks for Sunday, August 7.
Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
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P | Corbin Burnes | Aaron Nola | Jesús Luzardo |
1B | Rowdy Tellez | Adley Rutschman | Keston Hiura |
2B | Whit Merrifield | Brandon Lowe | Nick Maton |
3B | Rafael Devers | Bobby Witt | Alec Bohm |
SS | Oneil Cruz | Xander Bogaerts | Jorge Mateo |
OF | Christian Yelich | Eloy Jiménez | Jarren Duran |
Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
P | Corbin Burnes | Aaron Nola | Matt Manning |
C | Salvador Perez | Adley Rutschman | Kevin Plawecki |
1B | Rowdy Tellez | Eric Hosmer | Bligh Madris |
2B | Brandon Lowe | Whit Merrifield | Nick Maton |
3B | Rafael Devers | Bobby Witt | Alec Bohm |
SS | Xander Bogaerts | Oneil Cruz | Jorge Mateo |
OF | Christian Yelich | Nick Castellanos | Keston Hiura |
Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
---|---|---|---|
P | Jacob deGrom | Corbin Burnes | Tucker Davidson |
C | Adley Rutschman | Salvador Perez | Seby Zavala |
1B | Rowdy Tellez | Eric Hosmer | Christian Walker |
2B | Brandon Lowe | Whit Merrifield | Nick Maton |
3B | Rafael Devers | Alec Bohm | Ke'Bryan Hayes |
SS | Bobby Witt | Xander Bogaerts | Oneil Cruz |
OF | Eloy Jiménez | Kyle Schwarber | Jarren Duran |
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