Top Stack Options
Boston Red Sox vs James Shields
The Red Sox boast the league's top offense against right-handed pitching this season and now get to face off against James Shields who has allowed 12 home runs over his last seven starts. During this seven start stretch he has a 5.40 ERA while allowing 26 runs on 44 hits over 43.1 innings. As I mentioned the Red Sox have the league's top offense against right-handed pitching this season, ranking 1st in runs scored, 1st in batting average and 1st in OPS.
Top Options: J.D. Martínez , Mookie Betts , Andrew Benintendi , Xander Bogaerts
Secondary Options: Jackie Bradley Jr. Ian Kinsler , Blake Swihart , Mitch Moreland
New York Yankees vs Matthew Boyd
The pinstripes draw Tigers southpaw Matthew Boyd on Sunday. Against left-handed pitching this season the Yankees rank 8th in runs scored, 1st in home runs, and 2nd in OPS. The Yankees have a bolstered lineup with the recent acquisition of Andrew McCutchen and the activation of Gary Sánchez from the DL and though yesterday that lineup was only able to produce two runs I do expect a bounce back performance here today.
Top Options: Giancarlo Stanton , Miguel Andujar , Gary Sánchez , Andrew McCutchen
Secondary Options: Gleyber Torres , Luke Voit , Aaron Hicks
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Milwaukee Brewers vs Jefry Rodriguez
This is a very good matchup for the Brewers today but they may go overlooked because of the Red Sox and Yankees also having very favorable matchups. Milwaukee will face Washington righty Jefry Rodriguez this afternoon. Rodriguez on the year has been dominant against right-handed hitters, holding them to a .169 average and an OPS of .593. Left-handed hitters on the other hand couldn’t be having more success as they are hitting .317 with an OPS of .989 off Rodriguez. This is where the Brewers becoming a top stack options comes into play as they have a slew of powerful left-handed hitters including the potential NL MVP in Christian Yelich who is hitting .423 with three home runs and 10 RBI over the last seven days.
Top Options: Christian Yelich , Travis Shaw , Mike Moustakas
Secondary Options: Lorenzo Cain , Curtis Granderson , Ryan Braun , Jesus Aguilar , Eric Thames