MLB DFS Playbook September 16: Top Plays for DraftKings and FanDuel

We have 10 games on tonight's MLB DFS main slate with some interesting pitching matchups and great spots for offenses to put up some nice run totals. Be sure to check in with our MLB DFS Tools, with the daily MLB projections, MLB DFS rostership projections, and our MLB DFS Lineup Generator when building those lineups today to help you decide which players you should be targeting!

MLB DFS Playbook: September 16

MLB Weather Updates

We could see a delayed start in Houston/Kansas City but this game is expected to play based off the latest reports.

DFS Lineup Construction Thoughts

We have a 10 game slate here with some pretty obvious builds that should get some decent ownership. I'm not going to shy away from the chalk plays which likely center around the matchup in Coors Field and Pablo Lopez chalk matchup against the Chicago White Sox on this slate but I will look to find ways to be different while still having the chalk plays in my lineups.

Recommended DFS Starting Pitchers

Top Options for Strikeouts

• Pablo Lopez vs Chicago White Sox
• Tyler Glasnow vs Baltimore Orioles
• Corbin Burnes vs Washington Nationals

Best Odds for a Win

• Pablo Lopez vs Chicago White Sox
• Tyler Glasnow vs Baltimore Orioles
• Corbin Burnes vs Washington Nationals
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Favorite Starters to Use for DFS Lineups

Pablo Lopez, Minnesota Twins

Elite strikeout pitcher coming off of a 14 strikeout outing faces a team with one of the highest strikeout rates in baseball against right-handed pitching. He is expensive but very much worth the price tag. If you play on FanDuel tonight he is my go to SP1.

Grayson Rodriguez, Baltimore Orioles

While the O's bats have their hands full tonight against Tyler Glasnow I still like Rodriguez here in the mid-tier. He has some decent strikeout upside and Rodriguez has been pretty good over his last 10 starts, posting a 2.95 ERA while 54Ks over 58 innings. In two starts agianst the Rays this season he has a 3.18 ERA over 11.1 innings with 10 strikeouts.

Sawyer Gipson-Long, Detroit Tigers

The Angels season is wrapping up and in tumultuous fashion after Shohei Ohtani cleaned out his locker and the team placed him on season ending IR. Does this really impact the value of the pitcher against the Angels tonight? Probably not, but we liked what we saw from Gipson-Long in his debut and he has strikeout upside.

Recommended DFS Hitters

Highest Expected Run Totals 

• Giants vs Kyle Freeland
• Rockies vs Keaton Winn
• Twins vs Touki Toussaint
• Astros vs Cole Ragans
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Favorite Hitters to Use for DFS Lineups

Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks

I know the power has come and gone for Carroll at times but he also has made up for it in the stolen base department with six stolen bases over the last 10 games. Carroll is leading off again tonight against Kyle Hendricks who doesn't strike fear into anyone these days. I like the Diamondbacks rookie to have himself a night tonight against the Cubs.

Royce Lewis, Minnesota Twins

Another grand slam from Lewis last night now gives him five on the season and closing in on the single season record. Could he do it tonight? Sure, why not? The Twins hit a ton of home runs and Touki Toussaint has allowed eight homers over his last 10 starts while posting a 6.70 ERA.

Mitch Haniger, San Francisco Giants

I know the current form for Haniger isn't all that great here but he does get some lefties to face tonight in Coors Field and seeing as these two teams are expected to be the highest scoring teams on the slate we should be looking to get the exposure here tonight.

Michael Massey, Kansas City Royals

Massey has now homered in three straight games and the Royals offense could be in good position to do some damage tonight against J.P. France, especially the left-handed hitters who have given France troubles over his last five starts, owning a .391 wOBA and a .582 slugging percentage against him.

Note on Stacks Section

We have Coors Field on the slate. They are one of the top stacks overall, I listed stacks other than Coors Field as well.

Player Pool

• DraftKings
• FanDuel

$ Tier	SP	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
High	Pablo López $11,000	Pete Alonso $4,200	Mookie Betts $4,400		Trea Turner $4,200	Yordan Alvarez $4,100
	Corbin Burnes $10,700	Freddie Freeman $4,200	Jose Altuve $4,000		Bobby Witt $4,000	Corbin Carroll $4,000
		Cody Bellinger $4,000
Medium	Grayson Rodriguez $9,000	Spencer Torkelson $3,400	Jorge Polanco $3,200	Royce Lewis $3,700	Tommy Edman $2,900	Kyle Tucker $3,800
		Paul Goldschmidt $3,400		Alex Bregman $3,500	Francisco Lindor $3,700	Chas McCormick $3,300
				Nolan Arenado $3,300	Willy Adames $3,100	TJ Friedl $3,300
						Sal Frelick $3,000
Low	Sawyer Gipson-Long $7,400	Alex Kirilloff $2,600	Michael Massey $2,400	Willi Castro $2,700	Maikel Garcia $2,800	Jake Fraley $2,800
			Ronny Mauricio $2,700			Matt Vierling $2,900
						Max Kepler $2,900
						Nick Martini $2,800
						Tyler O'Neill $2,800

Stacks

Twins	Royce Lewis	Jorge Polanco	Alex Kirilloff	Max Kepler
DraftKings	4800	4400	3100	3900
Fanduel	3700	3200	2600	2900

Mets	Ronny Mauricio	Francisco Alvarez	Francisco Lindor	Pete Alonso
DraftKings	3500	3400	5000	5200
Fanduel	2700	2800	3700	4200

Royals	Bobby Witt	MJ Melendez	Salvador Perez	Michael Massey
DraftKings	6000	3300	4200	3200
Fanduel	4000	2700	2600	2400

Astros	Jose Altuve	Alex Bregman	Kyle Tucker	Yordan Alvarez
DraftKings	6200	5500	5800	6100
Fanduel	4000	3500	3800	4100

Cardinals	Tommy Edman	Paul Goldschmidt	Willson Contreras	Nolan Arenado
DraftKings	4100	5100	4200	5000
Fanduel	2900	3400	3100	3300