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MLB DFS picks and pivots September 26: The King says goodbye

By Brian Tulloch

SEATTLE, WA - SEPTEMBER 14: A fan waves "K" signs as Felix Hernandez #34 of the Seattle Mariners walks off the field after pitching in the second inning against the Chicago White Sox at T-Mobile Park on September 14, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA - SEPTEMBER 14: A fan waves "K" signs as Felix Hernandez #34 of the Seattle Mariners walks off the field after pitching in the second inning against the Chicago White Sox at T-Mobile Park on September 14, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – SEPTEMBER 25: Jose Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians celebrates in the dugout following his home run during the fifth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 25, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – SEPTEMBER 25: Jose Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians celebrates in the dugout following his home run during the fifth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 25, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images) /

MLB DFS – Building our bats

The Cleveland Indians bats are one of the few spots tonight where we get the mixture of a high Vegas IRT (over 5) and a team with everything to play for as only they and the Oakland A’s (against King Felix) are above 5 runs as of this writing.

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The Indians will take on RHP Dylan Cease and the terrible White Sox bullpen and going all-in on Cleveland affords you a high upside power stack that is actually quite reasonably priced. Cease on the season is giving up a massive .252 ISo to left-handed batters and the Indians will have a strong LH contingent in this projected lineup with guys like Lindor, Ramirez and Santana who all have .240+ ISO marks against right-handed pitching in 2019.

Going with the three lefties allows you to mix and match with the right-handed bats like Mercado, Reyes and Puig who provide a powerful six-man stack and while Cease’s splits versus RH are far better, if you are stacking the Indians you are doing so with the intention that they knock Cease out early and get into the bad White Sox bullpen.

I talk about the benefit of a six-man stack ad nauseam here at Picks and Pivots and you see it play out more often than not that the larger you build the stack the less the ownership concentration there is. People will load up on the big-name lefties here like Lindor, Ramirez and Santana so if/when they get you fantasy points, you are simply keeping pace with the field.

The way to differentiate and leap over those 2-3 man stacks, is to build up to 5-6 bats on FantasyDraft that allow you to correlate with that popular core but at a fraction of the ownership.

Be smart with this slate, single lineups only and GPP only – if you want to have one last hurrah, save it for Friday because this slate ain’t it homey.

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