MLB DFS Top Stacks & Top Pitchers: August 25, 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 8/25 ⚾️💪

Gavin Williams at LAA 3.4 runs: Last night LHP Parker Messick limited the Halos to one run in 6 IP and now it will be Williams getting to take on the typically strikeout happy home team. The projected lineup has five high-strikeout candidates (HKCs), which bodes well for Williams who has been lights out with a 32.3 K% this season that has surged to 39.8% across his last 113 batters faced.

Kyle Harrison at NYM 3.4 runs: Harrison rebounded from an 8 runs shellacking @SDP to hold SEA scoreless for 5 IP in his last appearance. This season he has allowed two or fewer runs 16 times, with a tremendous 11.2 K/9 ratio. The #LOLMets have scored more than four runs only once in the last eight games with 21 total, with 9+ Ks five times.

Jacob deGrom at CHW 3.7 runs: The venerable veteran is not impervious to mound meltdowns with a pair of 5 ER games in his last six appearances, but he has ceded two or fewer runs in seven of his last nine. This is not going to be a comfortable watch as home runs are the cost of doing business and the ChiSox have plenty of lefty power. The offset will be 4 HKCs in the batting order where deGrom can create DFS value.

Aaron Nola at SEA 3.7 runs: The crafty righty has put together five strong starts, with 34 Ks and just 8 ERs in 28.2 IP. He gets the T-Mobile Park boost and while the M's did pop off for 9 runs last night, with all but one coming off RHP Zack Wheeler who for some reason was still in the game to begin the 5th-inning, promptly giving up B2B HRs to Cal Raleigh and Cole Young. While Nola is three years younger than Wheeler, he is not the same caliber of pitcher, but as a DK SP2 at $6.7k there is cushion.

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