We’re almost two weeks into the MLB regular season, and the schedule is full of baseball games all day long this Wednesday. After several getaway games this afternoon, five games are set to fill up the evening with more hardball action. With 10 teams in the player pool, there are some strong options to consider for including in your DFS lineups as MLB stacks this Wednesday. Check out my top three MLB stacks for this slate, highlighted below.
Stacking is a strong MLB DFS strategy that allows for a strong positive correlation by including multiple players from the same lineup, especially the same section of the lineup. Lining up multiple hitters can produce great results if the opposing starting pitcher struggles. Since players get points for every run scored, hit, and RBI, multiple players on your roster can produce during the same play and rake in points. Stacking does raise the risk of your lineup, but the added ceiling is worth it if you can find the right place to attack. Even more so than in other sports, baseball lineups are interdependent, so getting one of your MLB stacks that goes off can catapult you to victory in your MLB DFS contest.
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1. Milwaukee Brewers
Jackson Chourio ($6,000)
Christian Yelich ($5,700)
Brice Turang ($5,600)
William Contreras ($5,200)
Sal Frelick ($4,100)
The Brewers would probably be the top stack on this slate no matter where this game was being played, since they’re facing Antonio Senzatela ($5,500), who has been very hittable this season. The fact that this game takes place in the rarified air of Coors Field with the added post of elevation makes them by far the most attractive stack, although their upside is baked into their high price tags as well.
Senzatela has given up 19 hits in 9 2/3 innings this season, allowing opposing batters to hit .432 with a 61% hard-hit rate. He hasn’t given up a home run yet, but opposing lefties have gone 11-for-22 against him, making him a great stacking spot to attack.
Chourio and Turang have been outstanding to start the season, and I highlighted them in my top targets and values for the day. Yelich and Contreras also make a lot of sense just behind that dynamic duo in the lineup, and you can mix in Frelick along with Oliver Dunn ($3,000) and Garrett Mitchell ($3,900) to lean further into the left-handed side of the Brewers stack. Playing the Brew Crew will be expensive and probably popular, but the pounding they’ll dish out this Wednesday will probably still be the right option, while looking for options to differentiate your lineup in other spots.
2. Toronto Blue Jays
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ($5,300)
Andres Giminez ($4,400)
Bo Bichette ($4,300)
George Springer ($4,200)
Alan Roden ($2,300)
The Blue Jays offer some nice salary relief and can be combined with the Brewers as the top two MLB stacks if you need lower-cost options to balance out the hefty Brewers’ salaries. Toronto scored six runs in each of its last two games to take two straight at Fenway, and the forecast for Wednesday night is the best of the week so far, since it’s a little warmer with the wind blowing out. They’ll also have a good matchup against Tanner Houck ($7,700), who can be dominant when at his best but has struggled this season.
In spring training, Houck gave up 19 runs in 13 2/3 innings, with five walks and just seven strikeouts. He is 0-1 through his two starts in the regular season, allowing 12 hits and seven home runs in 9 2/3 innings against the Rangers and Orioles. Opponents have hit .324 against him, with a 65.5% hard-hit rate and three home runs.
The Blue Jays haven’t had much success against Houck in the past, but they’ll look to reverse that trend on Wednesday and continue his slow start. You can start the Jays’ stack at the top of the order with Bichette and Guerrero and add in Alan Roden as a bargain to get the backdoor 9-1-2 stack if Roden continues to hit last in the order. Springer has started the season red-hot, going 15-for-30 (.500) over his last 10 games with a pair of doubles, a triple, two home runs and an average of 10.9 fantasy points per contest.
3. Atlanta Braves
Matt Olson ($4,700)
Ozzie Albies ($4,300)
Austin Riley ($4,300)
Michael Harris II ($3,800)
Bryan De La Cruz ($2,700)
One positive consequence of the Braves’ slow start is that their bats are very affordable to consider as one of the top MLB stacks at this point of the season. They’re at home on Wednesday against the division-rival Phillies and Taijuan Walker ($7,500).
Unlike Houck and Senzatela, Walker looked great in his first start of the season, throwing six shutout innings against the Rockies and earning 22.5 fantasy points. Color me skeptical, though, since he had a 7.10 ERA in 83 2/3 innings last season and a 6.92 ERA in 13 innings in spring training. Walker is a well-known opponent to the Braves, since he has been in the NL East with the Mets and Phillies. He didn’t face them last season but gave up eight runs on 16 hits in 12 innings in 2023.
Harris is an especially strong play from the leadoff spot in this matchup, since he is 4-for-5 with three home runs against Walker in their past meetings. De La Cruz is a strong value option based on past history as well, since he is 9-for-23 (.391) with two doubles and a home run against Walker. Riley has also homered off him in the past while going 5-for-12. Olson, Riley, and the Braves’ lineup as a whole has looked much better in their past few games after the slow start, scoring 10 runs in their first win on Friday and seven runs on Tuesday against the Phillies in the first game of this series. They aren’t up to full speed yet, but they aren’t as bad as they looked in their opening two series on the West Coast.
