We have an eight-game MLB DFS main slate on Wednesday, June 19th. There are plenty of storylines here and some solid pitching options in Cole Ragans, Freddy Peralta, Joe Ryan, and Garrett Crochet taking the hill. Gerrit Cole is also making his first start of the year on Wednesday. 

Teams like the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Kansas City Royals are on this slate meaning we'll see Aaron Judge, Bobby Witt, and Shohei Ohtani playing. Let's dive into some of our favorite MLB DFS options on the mound and at the dish in today's MLB DFS playbook.

 

 

 

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MLB DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, June 19

MLB Weather Today, 6/19

There is *some* rain in the forecast but nothing that will cause much of an issue.

There is a chance we see a delayed start or one during the game, but nothing overly concerning.

 

 

 

MLB DFS Lineup Construction Thoughts

We have an interesting eight-game slate with super elite pitching options and Coors Field. It's a great match-up for the Dodgers in Coors Field and there are some solid value pitching options that help you get to them easily.

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Core MLB DFS Pitchers

Freddy Peralta, Milwaukee Brewers

Peralta has a very elite matchup here as the Angels are struggling against right-handed pitching. The Angels rank 19th in OPS and 21st in wOBA against righties and have a 23% K-rate to boot. Peralta has struggled, but it’s largely been bad luck. His xFIP is a full run lower than his ERA this year. He’s also an elite strikeout artist, so there is a LOT of upside there.

Joe Ryan, Minnesota Twins

There’s a lot to like here with Joe Ryan. Ryan faces a Tampa Bay offense that is striking out a LOT lately and rank in the bottom-10 in wRC+ and bottom-5 in OPS and wOBA. They have a 24% K-rate right vs. RHP too, so Ryan and his 26.9% K-rate is firmly in play here.

Taj Bradley, Tampa Bay Rays

Minnesota’s offense is really good against right-handed pitching, but Taj Bradley is just really good. Bradley is coming off seven innings of 2 R (0 ER) baseball while striking out 11. He’s now struck out 18 batters in his last two outings and has a robust 11.74 K/9 this season. Bradley is susceptible to an occasional blow-up, but even in a game he gave up 5 ER and lost earlier in the year against Boston, he had 10 Ks and 22.2 DKP. He has a massive ceiling.

Hunter Brown, Houston Astros

All aboard the Hunter Brown bandwagon once again. Brown’s been very good lately and now checks in at $7K on DK against the White Sox. After a brutal start to his 2024 campaign, he’s pitched to a 1.74 ERA while allowing opponents to bat .167 over his last five starts. He has a 29.7% K-rate while posting a 59% groundball rate. It’ll be hard to ignore all of that considering today’s match-up is against…the White Sox.

Sean Manaea, New York Mets

Hunter Brown is going to get ALL the attention down here at this price range, but let’s not overlook Sean Manaea’s spot. Manaea faces the Rangers who rank 22nd in OPS and wOBA, 24th in wRC+, and 25th in ISO against lefties. Manaea has pitched well this year outside of a couple of starts against Philadelphia and Arizona. He’s striking out over a batter per inning and will be much less owned than Brown.

 

 

 

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Los Angeles Dodgers

Blanket statement..duh statement, but it’s hard to simply just list one. The Dodgers have the highest implied run total of the day by 1.5. I prefer the left-handed bats here such as Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman up top given that’s been the bad split for Ryan Feltner. LHH have a .910 OPS against him. I like Jason Heyward and to some degree Cavan Biggio too. If you end up on Will Smith, Teoscar Hernandez or anyone else in a 4–5-man Dodgers stack, that’s OK.

Bobby Witt, Kansas City Royals

Witt is hitting everything pitched at him, but he’s crushing righties and Luis Medina has a year plus of data in which he struggles against righties. Righties are hitting .303 through three starts this year and allowed a .340 wOBA and 1.6 HR/9 last year. Witt has a .934 OPS and .228 ISO vs. RHP.

Francisco Lindor, J.D. Martinez, Mark Vientos, New York Mets

I could’ve kept going with about seven Mets, but I stopped myself. Lindor has an .858 OPS and .232 ISO against lefties, while Martinez and Vientos are both over 1.000 OPS against them this season. Vientos is the best value of the bunch, but the Mets are not a costly stack against Andrew Heaney who allows a lot of flyballs and home runs to righties.

Brenton Doyle, Colorado Rockies

The splits have been drastic for Doyle when we talk about home/road splits as he’s hitting .348 with a .947 OPS at home versus .213 and .579 on the road. Miller is making his first start off of a rehab assignment in which he pitched to a 7.80 ERA and had a 1.8 WHIP. Now returns and has to pitch in Coors? Welcome back, Bobby!

Spencer Horwitz, Toronto Blue Jays

Where Brayan Bello has struggled this year is left-handed bats. Lefties have a .355 OBP, .512 SLG%, .376 wOBA, and over 2 HR/9 to LHH. Horwitz leads the team with a .875 OPS against RHP this year in a small sample. I like the price.

 

 

 

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