MLB DFS Picks & Playbook For Today’s Games: Friday, July 19

We have an 11-game MLB DFS main slate on Friday, July 19th, headlined by the diversity between the elite pitching and hitting options we have. There are elite pitching options as Gerrit Cole, Nathan Eovaldi, Corbin Burnes, and Sonny Gray take the hill. We also have elite offensive options everywhere we look as Aaron Judge, Rafael Devers, Bobby Witt, and Shohei Ohtani will step into the box.

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MLB DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, July 19

MLB Weather Today, 7/19

We are clear! Let’s have a great night of baseball!

MLB DFS Lineup Construction Thoughts

With the opening slate of the second half being a Coors Field slate, that’s where we’re going to start. How much viability is there to stacking either the Giants or the Rockies? Kyle Harrison takes the mound for the Giants while Cal Quantrill takes the hill for Colorado. 

Once you figure out if you’re using or fading Coors, there are elite pitching options at each tier, mostly in the mid-tier. You don’t HAVE to spend all the way up, although Gerrit Cole is my favorite arm up there when you have Hunter Brown, Sean Manaea, and Luis Castillo in the mid-tier.

Recommended MLB DFS Starting Pitchers

Top Options For Strikeouts

• Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees - 7.5 (+125)
• Hunter Brown, Houston Astros - 6.5 (-160)
• Nick Pivetta, Boston Red Sox - 6.5 (+150)

Best Odds For A Win

• Michael Wacha, Kansas City Royals (-205) vs. Chicago White Sox
• Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees (-170) vs. Tampa Bay Rays
• Kyle Harrison, San Francisco Giants (-148) vs. Colorado Rockies

Core MLB DFS Pitchers

Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees

The final start before the break was the most Gerrit Cole has looked like himself since returning from his preseason injury. He fired six innings of one-run baseball while striking out seven Orioles and that is definitely a confidence builder. Now at just $9K against the Rays, a team that struggles against righties and strikes out a lot, Cole is primed for a second consecutive big game.

Hunter Brown, Houston Astros

Everything lines up today for Hunter Brown. This is the absolute BEST park to pitch in and he’ll take his near 50% groundball rate and 25% K-rate into Seattle against the team striking out against right-handed pitching more than anyone else. He’s had ONE bad start since May and everything else has been dominant. Elite pitching environment, elite pitching matchup, and in great form. Brown checks ALL the boxes today.

Michael Wacha, Kansas City Royals

Even with Luis Robert playing well, Eloy Jimenez healthy, and the White Sox whole as team, they’ve been awful. Over the last 30 days, they rank 29th in OPS and wOBA and 30th in ISO and wRC+ against right-handed pitching. They’re also striking out 23.9% of the time during that span. Wacha has been very solid this season and has the best odds on the board to pick up a win and it’s by a large margin.

Sean Manaea, New York Mets

I will submit that Miami has improved over the last month against left-handed pitching. I will also say they went from 30th to 24th in OPS, lol. Still way worse than league average. Still a team OPS of .669 with a .124 ISO. They’re still striking out 24.4% of the time, which ranks 10th in baseball. Since June 14th, Manaea has pitched to a 2.02 ERA, held his opponents to a .164 AVG, and has a robust 25.9% K-rate. That’s his numbers the last six starts. He should continue to roll here.

JP Sears, Oakland Athletics

Let’s sit on this for a second. The Angels, who were one of the best teams in baseball earlier in the year against left-handed pitching have done a 180 a stink against them now. Over the last month, the Angels are last in OPS, wOBA, AVG, OBP, SLG, and wRC+ while striking out over 25% of the time. JP Sears comes into this game amid his best stretch to date, firing three straight really good outings that resulted in 15+ DKP, 6+ Ks, 5+ IP, and 3 ER or fewer. He’s cheap, pitching in a really good ballpark, and has an elite matchup.

Recommended MLB DFS Hitters

Highest Expected Run Totals 

• San Francisco Giants - 5.9
• Kansas City Royals - 5.4
• Colorado Rockies - 4.9
• Los Angeles Dodgers - 4.7

Core MLB DFS Hitters

Bobby Witt, Kansas City Royals

Although all the data backs lefties against Chris Flexen, righties have gotten a little unlucky against him. He still has elevated flyball and hard-hit rates against righties and Witt is elite against all splits. Witt, over the last 30 days, has a .930 OPS, .269 ISO, and .389 wOBA against righties.

Matt Chapman, Michael Conforto, Mike Yastrzemski, San Francisco Giants

Amongst all the Giants players over the last month, few have been better than Yastrzemski, Conforto, and Chapman against right-handed pitching. Yastrzemski has an OPS north of 1.000, Conforto has a .907 OPS and .280 ISO, and Chapman has a .841 OPS and .222 ISO. They now all get to feast in Coors Field.

Brenton Doyle, Ezequiel Tovar, Michael Toglia, Colorado Rockies

The Rockies are the contrarian side of this game stack and I absolutely love them here. They have three guys over the last month against left-handed pitching absolutely mashing in Doyle, Tovar, and Toglia. Toglia has an .882 SLG%, .618 ISO, and .485 wOBA, Doyle's at .345 AVG, .724 SLG%, .379 ISO, and Tovar isn't too far behind at a .951 OPS, .250 ISO, and .409 wOBA. They face Kyle Harrison who's been light years worse on the road this year and now has to pitch in Coors Field.

Francisco Alvarez, New York Mets

I will continue to tout Francisco Alvarez against right-handed pitching until he gives me a reason not to. Over the past month, Alvarez has posted a 1.094 OPS, .292 ISO, and .458 wOBA against righty hurlers. Righties have given Edward Cabrera fits as they've hit .283 with a .830 OPS against them.

Alec Burleson, Brendan Donovan, St. Louis Cardinals

The numbers for both of these dudes over the last month against right-handed pitching are fantastic. Burleson has slashed .391/.423/.783 with a .391 ISO and .494 wOBA while Donovan is hitting .386 with an OPS just shy of 1.000. Lefties are giving Spencer Schwellenbach issues this year and both guys are too cheap.

Lawrence Butler, Jacob Wilson, Seth Brown, Oakland Athletics

I wasn't sure we'd make it here against righties – we know how good they are against lefties – but man Oakland provides some solid value today. Lefties have really crushed Griffin Canning posting a .288/.358/.517 slash along with a .374 wOBA, and 1.93 HR/9. That's where Butler and Brown check in. Butler has a .912 OPS and .365 wOBA against righties over the last month while Brown, although a very small sample, has a 1.350 OPS. I threw Wilson in here as he'll be making his major league debut at just 3.5K on DK and he's hit at EVERY level he's played at, and this will be no different.

Player Pool

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• FanDuel Player Pool

$ Tier	SP	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
High	Gerrit Cole $9,600	Freddie Freeman $3,700		José Ramírez $4,200	Bobby Witt $4,400	Aaron Judge $4,700
				Rafael Devers $4,200	Francisco Lindor $3,700	Shohei Ohtani $4,600
Medium	Hunter Brown $9,100	Vinnie Pasquantino $3,100	Michael Massey $3,100	Brendan Donovan $3,000	Ezequiel Tovar $3,000	Brent Rooker $3,600
	Michael Wacha $8,900	Alec Burleson $3,000	Colt Keith $3,100	Matt Chapman $3,100		Brandon Nimmo $3,600
	Sean Manaea $8,800	Michael Toglia $3,000				Heliot Ramos $3,400
						Brenton Doyle $3,300
						Lawrence Butler $3,000
Low	JP Sears $7,000	LaMonte Wade $2,600	Brendan Rodgers $2,700		Zach Neto $2,800	JJ Bleday $2,900
			Jose Iglesias $2,700			Jorge Soler $2,900
			Adam Frazier $2,500			Michael Conforto $2,800
						Mike Yastrzemski $2,400

Stacks

Rockies	Brenton Doyle	Michael Toglia	Brendan Rodgers	Ezequiel Tovar
DraftKings	5000	4300	4100	4500
Fanduel	3300	3000	2700	3000

Giants	LaMonte Wade	Mike Yastrzemski	Matt Chapman	Brett Wisely	Michael Conforto
DraftKings	4500	4000	5000	4300	4600
Fanduel	2600	2400	3100	2500	2800

Mets	Francisco Alvarez	Francisco Lindor	Brandon Nimmo	Jose Iglesias	Pete Alonso
DraftKings	4400	5300	5200	3400	5100
Fanduel	2800	3700	3600	2700	3300

Royals	Vinnie Pasquantino	Bobby Witt	Salvador Perez	Adam Frazier	Michael Massey
DraftKings	4700	6300	4600	3000	4200
Fanduel	3100	4400	3500	2500	3100

Athletics	JJ Bleday	Lawrence Butler	Seth Brown	Brent Rooker	Jacob Wilson
DraftKings	3700	3000	2600	5100	3500
Fanduel	2900	3000	2500	3600	-