MLB DFS Picks and Lineups: August 16, 2026

15 games on the board for August 16, 2026, and Texas at The Athletics is the top run environment at a projected 11.25. Salaries and projections read DraftKings first and FanDuel second, and an n/a on DraftKings means a FanDuel only play because the game sits outside every DraftKings classic slate. The single lowest vulnerability arm on the slate is Tarik Skubal of LAD at 16. Batting orders are projected and lineups have not posted.

Pitcher Tiers

EAT

Roster with confidence. The model likes the matchup and the innings, so ownership is a price worth paying.

Pitcher	Matchup	Salary DK / FD	Proj DK / FD	Vuln
Tarik Skubal (L)	LAD vs MIL	$11,300/$10,400	17.3/31.2	16
Dylan Cease (R)	TOR vs NYY	$10,800/$10,900	18.4/33.6	23
Sean Burke (R)	CHW vs DET	$8,900/$10,100	13.9/25.9	34

FADE

The bats on the other side are the play here. Stack against this arm rather than rostering it.

Pitcher	Matchup	Salary DK / FD	Proj DK / FD	Vuln
Cody Bradford (L)	TEX vs ATH	$7,300/$8,000	8.9/16.9	76
Jacob Lopez (L)	ATH vs TEX	$6,100/$7,900	10.7/22.1	74
Bryce Elder (R)	ATL vs ARI	$7,200/$8,500	10.7/21.6	72

Top Stacks

TEX at 5.79 projected runs

vs Jacob Lopez (LHP), vuln 74 · Sutter Health Park · runs +26%, home runs +39%

Batter	Ord	DK / FD	HR%
Corey Seager	2	$5,000/$3,200	27.3%
Wyatt Langford	1	$5,100/$3,300	24.3%
Jake Burger	5	$4,200/$2,800	21.7%

CHC at 5.52 projected runs

vs Hunter Dobbins (RHP), vuln 68 · Wrigley Field · runs +6%, home runs +21%

Batter	Ord	DK / FD	HR%
Pete Crow-Armstrong	1	$10,400/$4,100	22.6%
Seiya Suzuki	2	$9,600/$3,600	14.9%
Alex Bregman	4	$8,800/$3,200	13.1%

Value Plays

Bats at 3,500 dollars or less on the DraftKings main slate, ranked by projected points per 1,000 dollars of salary.

Batter	Pos	Team	DK / FD	Proj	Val	HR%
Leo Jimenez	3B	MIA	$2,400/$2,400	7.6	3.18	8.9%
Hector Rodriguez	OF	CIN	$2,300/$2,200	7.2	3.12	8.6%
Brett Bateman	OF	TOR	$2,500/$2,500	7.5	2.98	6.1%
Jared Young	1B	NYM	$2,700/$2,500	7.8	2.88	14.6%
Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	CIN	$2,100/$2,100	6.0	2.84	10.5%

This is the free look

Three arms to target, three to attack, two stacks and five value bats. The full board, every starter tiered with projected ownership, all four stacks, the complete value list and the cheat sheet are in FTA+, along with the BaconLab optimizer and the daily cash and GPP leverage pools.

Vulnerability runs from 10 to 92. A low score means the arm is hard to attack and belongs in your lineup, a high score means the bats facing him are the play. An n/a in a DraftKings column means the game sits outside every DraftKings classic slate, so that player is a FanDuel only option.