MLB DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups & Stacks Today: Tuesday Playbook

Welcome to Tuesday! We’ve got a great day of baseball in store for us. Some studs are taking the mound in Tarik Skubal, George Kirby, and Hunter Greene, and none of them are even on today’s main slate! 

There are plenty of exciting players on today’s slate, though, and lots of opportunities for us to build more winning MLB DFS lineups based off of today's MLB DFS projections!

MLB DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, August 13th

We have a nice 9-game slate that will begin at 7:10 PM ET on DraftKings and FanDuel. Even with those top pitchers going before our main slate, we still have some solid pitching options and plenty of exciting offense to look at today. With that said, let’s dive right into today’s playbook and all my favorite MLB DFS picks for the day.

MLB Weather Today, 8/13

Finally looks like we are getting a day without any weather concerns.

Today’s MLB DFS Lineup Optimizer & Generator

When looking ahead at MLB DFS projections for today, many of the best pitchers of the day, between Tarik Skubal, George Kirby, Hunter Greene, and Yusei Kikuchi, aren’t on today’s slate. This leaves us with Michael King as our top option, but I am good with that. I still really like the pitching options we have today. Outside of my favorites, I think Kevin Gausman and Paul Blackburn are intriguing options; I just don’t like them quite as much. 

On the offensive side, we have some really good offenses in favorable matchups. My favorites of the day include the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, and the Texas Rangers.

Don't forget to use our MLB DFS Lineup Optimizer before finalizing your entries! Here's a sample from the lineup generator for today's games, featuring some of our top MLB DFS picks of the day:

MLB DFS Lineup Picks: Starting Pitchers

Top Options For Strikeouts

• Michael King vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
• Charlie Morton vs. San Francisco Giants
• Nestor Cortes vs. Chicago White Sox
• Eduardo Rodriguez vs. Colorado Rockies

Best Odds For A Win

• Nestor Cortes vs. Chicago White Sox
• Michael King vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
• Paul Blackburn vs. Oakland Athletics
• Kevin Gausman vs. Los Angeles Angels

MLB DFS Lineups: Core MLB DFS Pitchers

Michael King, San Diego Padres

Michael King is very rightfully your top-priced option on this slate, and you should be willing to pay that price for him. He has the best strikeout potential on the slate and one of the best chances for a win (the best if the Yankees play like they did yesterday against the White Sox). 

His last outing against the Pirates wasn’t his best. He gave up 3 earned runs through 5 innings, but he still struck out 7. He also had over 25 fantasy points in his previous 3 outings. He gives you pretty much a guaranteed 6+ strikeouts with double-digit potential and is unlikely not to give you at least a decent line. 

Nestor Cortes, New York Yankees

There is no denying it has been a rough go of it for Nestor Cortes. He has also had a stretch of some tough matchups, but the last outing of giving up 6 runs to the Angels off 9 hits and only 2 strikeouts was pretty bad. I hope for a bounce back today with him facing the Chicago White Sox, and the MLB DFS projections back that up.

We know he has a solid strikeout upside when he is pitching well, and he has still been solid at home this season (3.05 ERA) even after that last start. The Chicago White Sox are the worst team in all of baseball, and I trust him to come back and give us a solid outing against them here today. With limited pitching options, I think the upside is well worth the risk. 

Eduardo Rodriguez, Arizona Diamondbacks

You are also taking some risk with Eduardo Rodriguez, but it is another risk I am willing to take in today's MLB DFS picks. He only had the one strikeout in his last outing, but it was against the Cleveland Guardians, and he still managed 5.2 innings and only gave up 3 runs. Don’t forget, he had no ramp-up. This wasn’t just his first start in the majors this season; it was his first start period. 

Today, he gets the Rockies on the road. Given what he was able to do in his first outing back, I think we can see some great stuff out of him against the Rockies today, and I think we will get the strikeouts back in this outing. 

MLB DFS Lineup Picks: Hitters

Highest Expected Run Totals 

• New York Yankees vs. Jonathan Cannon
• Boston Red Sox vs. Jose Urena
• Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Austin Gomber
• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colin Rea

MLB DFS Lineups: Core MLB DFS Hitters

*Note: Will Be Updated As Official Starting Lineups Are Released

Josh Bell, 1B Arizona Diamondbacks

Josh Bell has continued to be fantastic since joining the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks are one of my favorite stacks today going against Austin Gomber. It is a shame that Ketel Marte likely won’t be in the lineup as he is undergoing an MRI for his ankle; he would have been the top play against the lefty, but that doesn’t shy me away from the rest of this Diamondbacks offense. 

Since joining Arizona, Josh Bell has slashed .304/.360/.674 with 4 homers. He has 3 straight 2-hit games with 3 doubles, 4 runs, and 3 RBIs. The production continues to be great from him as a really cheap first base option, so I am going to keep rolling with it. 

Royce Lewis, 3B Minnesota Twins

Royce Lewis for under $5,000? Sign me up. Sure, he hasn’t been hitting a homer in every game anymore (though he did just homer yesterday), but please find a reason why his price should have dropped this far compared to the over $6,000 he was earlier in the season. 

Seth Lugo continues to have a strong season but has also given up 17 runs over his last 5 starts. I think Lugo will still pitch solid today, and I don’t expect the Twins to blow him up, but he also doesn’t scare me enough to shy away from Royce Lewis at this price with the upside that he brings. 

Corey Seager, SS Texas Rangers

Corey Seager is red-hot right now. He has 7 homers in his last 10 games and three straight 2-hit games. Today, he faces Kutter Crawford, who has been struggling really badly with the long ball, setting up for some nice MLB DFS projections regarding Seager. Crawford has given up 13 homers in his last 4 starts.

Considering Seager has homered in more games than he hasn’t over his last 10, I think he is a really good bet to go yard once again against Crawford today, even if he doesn’t think he can have a big game at the plate in this matchup as long as Kutter doesn’t just walk him every time up. I'll gladly lock him into my MLB DFS picks for Tuesday.

Jackson Merrill, OF San Diego Padres

Jackson Merril is turning into a start for the San Diego Padres. Sure, he is 0 for 7 over his last 2 games but even with that has a 1.116 OPS over his last 10. This is thanks to a 6-game hitting streak in the middle where he had 11 hits, including 4 homers, 2 doubles, a triple, 9 runs, 9 RBIS, and 2 steals. All of that in 6 games!

Luis L. Ortiz has been pitching decently for the Pirates, but I don’t feel he is a match for this Padres offense right now. The biggest struggle for Ortiz has been homers against lefties as well, with a 1.59 HR/9 against lefties this season. I think this is a great matchup for Merrill to jump back into what he did over those 6 games and give us great value in the outfield today. 

Player Pool

• FanDuel
• DraftKings

$ Tier	SP	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
High	Michael King $9,500	William Contreras $5,100	Vladimir Guerrero $5,500	Marcus Semien $4,800	Rafael Devers $5,900	Mookie Betts $6,100	Aaron Judge $6,800
			Freddie Freeman $5,100		Matt Chapman $5,000	Corey Seager $5,400	Juan Soto $6,400
							Shohei Ohtani $6,600
							Marcell Ozuna $6,000
							Jorge Soler $5,000
Medium	Eduardo Rodriguez $8,700	Travis d'Arnaud $4,300	Pete Alonso $4,900	Brice Turang $4,400	Royce Lewis $4,900	Willy Adames $4,700	Teoscar Hernández $4,700
	Nestor Cortes $8,400	Austin Wells $4,000	Rhys Hoskins $4,000		Josh Smith $4,000	Tyler Fitzgerald $4,800	Giancarlo Stanton $4,700
							Jackson Merrill $4,400
							Michael Conforto $4,200
							Jackson Chourio $4,000
Low	Paul Blackburn $7,500	Gary Sánchez $3,500	Josh Bell $0	Brendan Rodgers $3,700	Eugenio Suárez $3,800	Anthony Volpe $3,900	Lawrence Butler $3,900
		Freddy Fermin $3,400	Nathaniel Lowe $3,500	Gavin Lux $3,400	DJ LeMahieu $2,500	Orlando Arcia $3,500	JJ Bleday $3,700
				Zack Gelof $3,200		Geraldo Perdomo $2,800	MJ Melendez $3,400
							Alex Verdugo $3,300
							Andy Pages $3,000

Stacks

Yankees	Juan Soto	Alex Verdugo	Aaron Judge	Giancarlo Stanton	Tyler Wells
DraftKings	6400	3300	6800	4700	-
Fanduel	4300	2800	4700	3100	-

Diamondbacks	Lourdes Gurriel	Eugenio Suárez	Josh Bell	Corbin Carroll	Geraldo Perdomo
DraftKings	4600	3800	-	5200	2800
Fanduel	3000	3000	2800	3400	2900

Braves	Orlando Arcia	Jorge Soler	Austin Riley	Marcell Ozuna	Travis d'Arnaud	Matt Olson
DraftKings	3500	5000	5600	6000	4300	5300
Fanduel	2600	3400	3500	3900	2900	3200

Rangers	Nathaniel Lowe	Adolis García	Marcus Semien	Corey Seager	Josh Smith
DraftKings	3500	4200	4800	5400	4000
Fanduel	3000	3200	3300	3500	3000

Brewers	William Contreras	Rhys Hoskins	Brice Turang	Willy Adames	Jackson Chourio
DraftKings	5100	4000	4400	4700	4000
Fanduel	3400	3000	2900	3500	3000