MLB DFS Top Stacks & Top Pitchers: August 23, 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.

Pitchers 8/23 ⚾️ 🏖️

Cristopher Sanchez vs STL 3.3 runs: The apex ace has similar production to last season when he was second in the NL Cy Young Award race and this year he trails only Jacob Misiorowski and Chris Sale. The Redbirds are likely to have only two high-strikeout candidates (HKCs) in the lineup, though Sanchez can make his own magic at the plate with a career-high 27.8 K%.

Nolan McLean at CHW 4.1 runs: The rookie is at a career-high workload and we have seen him fall towards DFS mediocrity over his last five starts, scoring between 14-18 DKFPs despite getting the win bonus twice. He will be facing some lefty-boppers which has been his kryptonite over the last last month, though there are likely to be at least 4 HKCs in the ChiSox order.

FanDuel is including the two games in the 3 o'clock hour, which brings LHP Jake Bennett to the forefront at home against the anemic Giants. Fellow lefty Foster Griffin is a tournament wild card at Coors Field against the Rockies for those feeling bold.

The rest of the options are jumbled together on both sites, with questions about salaries, workloads and matchups. Shane Baz gets a third matchup against his former team and he did limit the rays to just two runs in a pair of May matchups across 13 IP with 15 Ks. He has 9+ Ks in three of his last seven outings, flashing upside, though two starts ago he had a NEGATIVE DFS effort.

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