Welcome to the Optimal Lineups for the Early Slate of Thursday's MLB games!
Tough slate to play when you're a Yankees fan as all you want to do is stack them against Kyle Gibson. I'l try and splash some in for my cash lineups, but it's going to be difficult if I want to use either Thor or CarMart as my SP on FanDuel. It's slightly easier on DK if you pay down enough for your second starter. Not sure you need to go all the way down to Matt Koch, but even just a pay down to Jordan Montgomery helps.
For GPP contests, the Yankees stack is going to be the heavy chalk today and should probably only be used in mini-stack form if you want to differentiate yourself from the rest of the pack. A contrarian Cardinals stack seems likely to have low ownership percentages, as does a Mets stack. But then again, the Braves vs Homer Baily and The Diamondbacks against Ben Lively seem pretty tasty.
After looking over the Playbook, the Coaches and Ben Scherr's lineup construction piece, here's what I put together...