Healy’s 8/7/23 MLB Breakdown

August 7, 2023
3:05 pm

Intro:
Excited to bring my MLB GPP cheatsheet back to the team at 4DEEP, where we will look to build upon all of our past success. Today, I’ll be covering the main slate beginning at 7:05pm. If you’re not familiar with this piece, it will be broken down into the following three sections. A cheat sheet with three tiers of players (each pricing tier is based on DraftKings positions/pricing and includes my preferred cash plays from each position), my favorite stacks to target and which players in said stacks I prefer, and lastly, my “Today’s Edge” section, which covers my edge play/fade of the slate, top HR picks, and the players I expect to be the top performers.

Cheatsheet:
I’m here to give you the players to consider for your 8/7/23 MLB GPPs. This isn’t a list of every player I will have, but rather the top guys I am including in my stacks/core, whether it be as a matchup-based play, ownership-based play, or even a leverage play, they will all be included in this core list.

$ Tier	SP	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
Top Tier	Spence Strider	W. Contreras	Cody Bellinger	Justin Turner	Jose Ramirez	Dan Swanson	Acuna/Robert
Mid Tier	Fred Peralta	Pat Bailey	Carlos Santana	Andres Gimenez	Jeimer Candelario	Gabriel Arias	Yoshi/Frelick
Value Tier	Drew Smyly	Dave Fry	Wilmer Flores	Brice Turang	Brian Anderson	Pablo Reyes	Happ/Varsho/Gonzalez

Pitching Pool:

Spencer Strider – ATL @ PIT
Fred Peralta – MIL vs. COL
Brayan Bello – BOS vs. KC
Drew Smyly – CHC @ NYM

Stacks:

Brewers: If you are willing to leave Christian Yelich off your Beers stacks, they offer a great mix of value and upside, which will allow you to spend up on SP and still feel good about your build. Brian Anderson is my favorite value bat, while Frelick and Contreras are preferred bats to build around.
Cubs: Not only are they one of the hottest teams in baseball, they also profile extremely well vs. Senga’s primary pitch (Cutter). 1-8 all in play, with Happ and Swanson being my favorites.
Red Sox: Outside of Duvall and Wong, the Red Sox’s projected lineup comes in with a very low K rate in the split, and if young Cole Ragans isn’t striking out bats, he is wild while allowing tons of HH fly balls. Turner, Devers, and Yoshi are preferred, while 1-7 are all in play.
Guardians: Understanding there isn’t much POP in this lineup outside of Jose Ramirez, they allow you to win the slate with SP and will need to dink and dunk their way to 12-15 fpts each. Fry and Gonzalez are my preferred options to build around.