Nice early slate for DFS today. DraftKings is doing the right thing and giving us a full 6 game Early Slate while Fanduel did the exact opposite and split the early games in to two 3 game early slates. For the sake of this core plays we are going to be looking at the Very Early FD slate which is the first three games of the day starting at 1235 pm ET.
There are no weather concerns for today's slate.
I think a sneaky stack today will be the Tigers. John Gant is one of the luckiest pitchers in baseball as he owns a 78.9% left-on-base percentage, meaning nearly 80% of the time runners are stranded, which means guys are on base and he manages to get out of the jam. His BABIP against is just .278. His current ERA is 3.50 but his expected ERA is 5.99. One of these days he is going to absolutely implode.
Favorite Stacks
Tigers vs John Gant
Nationals vs Vince Velasquez
Rockies vs Justus Sheffield
Don't forget to use the MLB Lineup Generator with today's core plays!
DK | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | Brandon Woodruff | Dylan Cease | Germán Márquez |
| Hitters | Jonathan Schoop | Kyle Schwarber | Akil Baddoo |
| Hitters | Trea Turner | Christopher Cron | Jeimer Candelario |
FD | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | Dylan Cease | Erick Fedde | Matt Manning |
| Hitters | Kyle Schwarber | Jonathan Schoop | Eric Haase |
| Hitters | Trea Turner | Bryce Harper | Akil Baddoo |
Player News
Camilo Doval struck out the side Friday in a scoreless inning of relief against Atlanta on Friday.
Doval doesn’t get a win, save or even a hold since he worked in a tie ballgame, which is disappointing. Three strikeouts and a scoreless frame to lower the ole ERA is a nice consolation prize. Doval has been fantastic in 2025, and there’s no reason to think that he’s giving up this closing gig to anyone in the San Francisco bullpen anytime soon, if ever.
Mason Miller was able to pick up a save by working 1 2/3 scoreless innings against the Orioles on Friday.
You don’t see a ton of five-out saves anymore, but Miller was able to do just that for the series-opening win against the Orioles. The hard-throwing right-hander struck out three, and he issued just a walk while not allowing any hits. Miller’s stuff is electric and few closers are better when he’s at his best, and after his struggles for the majority of May, it appears he’s turned things around for the better.
Dean Kremer was charged for five runs in 5 1/3 innings while picking up a loss to the Athletics on Friday.
Kremer was coming off an excellent start against the White Sox on Saturday, but he was nowhere close to as effective in his follow-up start. He struck out just two while allowing eight hits; giving fantasy managers an idea of how little he fooled the A’s lineup during Friday’s affair. Kremer looked good for most of June, but this was a reminder of what can go wrong when you don’t have quality swing-and-miss stuff. He’s a volatile option at best against the Tigers on Thursday.
Tyler Fitzgerald scored the game-winning run to give the Giants a 5-4 extra-inning win over Atlanta on Friday.
Matt Olson hit a two-run homer in an extra-inning loss to the Giants on Friday.
Hayden Birdsong went 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts while allowing two runs in his start against Atlanta on Friday and not factoring into the decision.