MLB DFS Picks, Spotlight Pitchers & Top Stacks: SP1 Bryan Woo + Yankees and Angels Stacks (June 23)

Monday begins a new workweek with an enticing eight-game featured slate beginning at 7:10 p.m. ET on DraftKings and FanDuel. Yahoo is including the 6:35 p.m. ET game, capturing all of the matchups for their largest contests. As always, the best way to find top MLB DFS picks is via Stokastic’s industry-leading tools and MLB DFS projections to figure out how to build MLB DFS stacks, identify top pitchers and build strong daily fantasy baseball lineups top to bottom. The Stokastic MLB DFS Top Stacks Tool likes the Yankees in Great American Ballpark, and the Los Angeles Angels rate out as a nice complementary stack. On the pitching front, things are muddled at the top, with Bryan Woo and Eduardo Rodriguez looking like the most appealing arms.

MLB DFS Picks: Spotlight Pitchers and Top Stacks | June 23

MLB DFS Picks: Spotlight Pitchers

Temperatures in Minneapolis are down about 10 degrees from the weekend, though the mercury will still be pushing 80 degrees at first pitch. There is also an 8 to 12 mph breeze out to right field, which bodes well for the batters swinging the stick from the left side of the plate.

It is RHP Bryan Woo projecting a tick higher than the rest of his counterparts on Monday, though he also has an elevated salary. Woo is very efficient, leading the league among qualified starters with only 13.96 pitches per inning. This has helped him stay in the top 10 with 10 quality starts in his 14 appearances; however, the tradeoff is a below average strikeout rate in the 21% to 22% range each of the last two seasons.

The sixth-round selection in the 2021 MLB Draft does an excellent job of shutting down fellow righties, posting a 52.5% ground ball rate, though he has struggled against left-handed batsmen that have power. It won’t be a walk in the park tonight with Trevor Larnach (.281 ISO, 322 at-bats), Matt Wallner (.182 ISO, 604 ABs), Kody Clemens (.270 ISO, 206 ABs) and switch-hitter Brooks Lee (.167, 152 ABs), but Woo is the leading candidate for “safety” as far as that goes in the context of this slate.

Rodriguez is in his age-32 season, having missed the 2020 campaign after contracting COVID and suffering myocarditis. Though he has not had Tommy John surgery, E-Rod has had a myriad of injuries across his decade in the league. Last year a shoulder issue cost him the first four months of the season, but this year he has been healthy.

The White Sox have not had many positives on offense the last two seasons, though Austin Slater, Miguel Vargas and Luis Robert Jr. have had success against southpaws. Overall the team offers above-average strikeout opportunities, with the projected lineup having a 23.9% K rate versus lefties this season.

Chicago has an 84 wRC+ against left-handed hurlers this season, which is in the bottom third of the league. Weighted runs created plus is an advanced metric that neutralizes ballpark factors, among other variables, creating a league-wide scoring efficiency baseline of 100. This means that the Pale Hose are creating runs 16% less efficiently than league average.

Temperatures will be in the upper 80s for the first hour or two of this game with 50% to 60% humidity, which is a boost to the bats.

Other options for today include RHP Spencer Schwellenbach in New York against the Mets. The bottom of the order presents three-up, three-down potential, though the first five players on the lineup card are pretty fierce.

In Milwaukee, RHP Chad Patrick is facing a Pittsburgh offense that has little power against righties, recording a league-low .106 ISO, and the Pirates’ 81 wRC+ is among the bottom 3 teams.

MLB DFS Picks: Top Stacks

Main Slate Contrarian Target: New York Yankees

It is important to note that LHP Nick Lodolo actually rates out as the fifth-best pitcher today, buoyed by his strikeout upside and five New York batsmen in the projected lineup striking out above league average. The Yankees have a .195 ISO against lefties this season, which is a top-4 mark, and their 126 wRC+ trails only the 131 of Houston.

DraftKings is making things fun by assigning a $6,600 cap hit to Aaron Judge, who leads the league with a .367 average while trailing Cal Raleigh by four home runs and ranking fifth with 61 RBIs. Paul Goldschmidt has been resurgent this season, recording a .525 wOBA and a .315 ISO in 83 plate appearances against lefties. Cody Bellinger has also been a source of production in same-handed matchups to the tune of a .381 wOBA and a .194 ISO.

Giancarlo Stanton is back, though he is looking a little rusty, so Anthony Volpe is a better stacking candidate for those looking to go beyond the aforementioned trio.

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Main Slate Contrarian Target: Los Angeles Angels

LaMonte Wade Jr. was brought over from San Francisco a couple of weeks ago with the Angels desperate for left-handed bats now that switch-hitter Yoan Moncada is on the injured list. The Giants designated Wade for assignment and accepted the proverbial bag of used baseballs from the Halos to take the 10-year veteran off their hands. Wade has struggled this season, which may be the end of the line for him as a regular, but he should be in the lineup tonight, along with switch-hitter Luis Rengifo, who is another bat we can avoid.

The trio to target is at the top of the order with Zach Neto, Taylor Ward and Mike Trout all boasting exceptional power against same-handed hurlers. For those seeking a full stack, first baseman Nolan Schanuel has good contact in lefty-righty matchups, and catcher Logan O’Hoppe is worthy of consideration to fulfill the backstop requirement on DraftKings and Yahoo.

Buehler has really struggled with same-handed hitters, ceding a .344 wOBA and a .215 ISO across the last 308 batters he has faced. The 30-year-old journeyman also has a below-average strikeout rate (20.1%) over the last two seasons, with his main hopes of survival being his ability to induce ground balls at a nearly 50% rate. The last four starts were particularly putrid, resulting in a 10.50 ERA, 7.35 FIP and 4.89 xFIP in 18 innings. In this stretch he allowed half a dozen round-trippers and 23 overall runs in just 18 frames. Enjoy!

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Liberatore had four or more strikeouts in 12 of his 14 starts, so why are we going against him? Well, six of these outings were exactly four strikeouts, and tonight he is facing a daunting Chicago Cubs lineup in the hot and humid weather of St. Louis in the summertime. This tends to turn Busch Stadium into a far more offense-friendly environment than in the spring or late fall, which elevates an already terrifying collection of hitters. The 25-year-old southpaw is going to have his hands full tonight against the likes of Kyle Tucker, Ian Happ, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson. Plus the bottom of the order has a 12.1% strikeout rate against lefties this season, which should help use up some of Liberatore’s pitch count.