MLB DFS Top Stacks & Top Pitchers: July 3, 2026

Eric MacPherson is back with his daily card, breaking down the hitting stacks and starting pitchers he's targeting on this slate. Take his picks into the Stokastic MLB Sims and build by win probability across thousands of simulated contests.

Top Stacks 7/3 ⚾️⚡️

There are so many enticing spots, here is a quick rundown of targets with favorable weather and dodgy SPs:

BAL at RHP Brady Singer 5.0 runs: Start with the LHBs, using the RHBs as secondary clicks for full-stacks. Singer will be 30yo next month and while June was kind to him, May was a mess and now we are in the summer heat.

NYY vs RHP Mike Paredes 5.9 runs: 33rd ranked MIN prospect who gets by on command. Yeah, that is unlikely to work in Yankee Stadium against the Bronx Bombers. Look to the top-5 wearing pinstripes.

TBR at RHP Spencer Arrighetti 4.4 runs: The Regression Monster feasted on Arrighetti with meatballs as everything went sideways vs CLE and @DET with 14 ERs in 9 IP, courtesy of 6 HRs and 5 BBs. The 15 Ks are still strong, but if the mediocre prospect is going to challenge the Tampa batsmen per is usual strategy, Junior Caminero, Jonathan Aranda, young Vitor Mesa and Yandy Diaz should thrive, with honorable mentions to Chandler Simpson and Cedric Mullins.

MIA at RHP Jack Perkins 5.1 runs: The A's are giving Perkins a chance to stick in the rotation, which is good for DFS gamers as he has a 3.9 BB and 1.9 HR per nine innings rate in these five starts. He is a less polished Arrighetti and the Marlins LHBs all have pop, aside from speedster Jakob Marsee.

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Pitchers 7/3 ⚾️💪

Reid Detmers vs BOS 4.1 runs: After a major mound meltdown with 8 ERs in mid-May, Detmers has been outstanding in the seven subsequent starts with a 10.3 K/9, 2.42 ERA, 2.59 xERA and 3.26 xFIP. The 12 BBs in 44.2 IP is a little high, but at this salary we should not be picky. The BoSox have four high-strikeout candidates (HKC) in the projected lineup with six bats posting below replacement level power on the season against southpaws.

Dylan Cease at SEA 3.8 runs: The M's rank 29th with 3.1rpg over the last month, while averaging 3.9rpg at home this season. Cease projects to face 3 HKCs with a 30% K-rate against RHPs this season. T-Mobile Park is the most pitching friendly venue in the league, which bodes well for the strikeout artist tonight.

Shohei Ohtani vs SDP 3.1 runs: The baseball savant got a couple extra days between starts, managing a sore left knee and a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand. There is no need to push Ohtani, so he should be good to go, though a shortened outing is on the table as well if things are not right. He has closed out the 6th inning in 12 of 13 starts, averaging a strikeout per inning in his last 8 outings.

Anthony Kay at CLE 4.6 runs: DK SP2 only, though the combo of Kay-Detmers is enticing with $4.4k remaining for each hitter slot. The projected lineup for the Guardians has four HKCs with a 34% or higher K-rate against southpaws this season and a collective .109 ISO for the hometown nine. Kay has a 28.1K% against fellow lefties, with four likely on the lineup card.

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