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It's an All-American Sunday! While the NL series are off, the two in the AL will be playing their Game 2s with the first pitch at 4:08 p.m. EDT. Will we see Saturday's losing sides even it up? Or will someone (or two) take a 2-0 lead? Before we find that out, here are my MLB DFS lineup recommendations.
Pitching
Luis Castillo, SEA vs. DET ($7,000): This is going to be a tough day for offenses as two of the three who will finish top-three in the AL Cy Young voting - Tarik Skubal and Max Fried - will be starting. And so is Castillo, who isn't a slouch himself. Of the four teams in action, I do believe my beloved Tigers maintain the worst offense and the three-game series with the Guardians did nothing to prove otherwise. Castillo also posted a 1.07 ERA during his last four starts with a 2.60 at home overall.
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Top Target
Given the pitching lined up for Sunday, you can probably guess which team will be my stack. However, it can't all be Yankees in your lineup. This is the second round of the MLB playoffs, so you have to make tricky choices to succeed. The all-or-nothing approach of Riley Greene ($4,200) could yield some success. He swings from his heels every chance he gets, and as such he struck out over 200 times while also producing 36 homers and 31 doubles. Greene mostly smashed right-handers. And while Castillo had a fine campaign, lefties hit over .275 against him for the second straight year.
Bargain Bat
I expect little, if anything, from the Mariners against Skubal. However, the Tigers likely can't rely on him to go so deep on Sunday after he left it all on the field for their Game 1 win in Cleveland. The bullpen will come into play, and the potential for Jorge Polanco ($4,100) to get two shots at the Detroit bullpen is enough for me as the switch-hitting second baseman registered an OPS over .800 against both righties and lefties.
Stack to Consider
Yankees at Blue Jays (Trey Yesavage): Jazz Chisholm ($4,500), Austin Wells ($3,100), Anthony Volpe ($2,700)
Yesavage is in line for a Game 2 start, and he's not exactly an enticing option to stack against in a vacuum. The 22-year-old flew through the minors and made three big-league starts where he managed a 3.21 ERA. Yesavage also didn't allow a homer in either MLB or Triple-A. As such, sluggers may not be ideal for a stack. That's why I went in this direction.
Chisholm went deep plenty this season and produced a 30/30 campaign, which means he also stole 30-plus bases to go with 15 doubles. You need a catcher, so I opted to slot Wells in with the lefty primed to face a right-handed pitcher. He recorded 22 doubles to go with 21 home runs while slugged .450 on the road. Volpe accumulated 32 doubles, four triples, and 18 steals in 2025. And while Yesavage is a righty, righties interestingly went .333 against him across his three starts with the Jays. That's a small sample size, but it's at least something to work off of.
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