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MLB DFS Main Slate FanDuel Lineup - 6/14/26

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Brett Nault

Brett Nault

Jun 14, 2026

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PositionPlayerSalary
PKyle Harrison$10,300
C/1BSamuel Basallo$2,900
2BKetel Marte$3,400
3BMax Muncy$3,100
SSGunnar Henderson$3,500
OFVictor Robles$2,300
OFDominic Canzone$2,700
OFJJ Bleday$3,800
UTILNolan Arenado$3,000

10-game FanDuel MLB Main Slate, first pitch 1:35PM EDT. We're anchoring with Kyle Harrison's strikeout upside on the mound, then attacking soft pitching across the afternoon — a Baltimore pair on Walker Buehler, an Arizona pair on Andrew Abbott, a Seattle pair on PJ Poulin, with Max Muncy and JJ Bleday rounding out the bats. Every dollar of the cap is in play.

On the mound, we're rolling with Kyle Harrison (P, $10,300). The strikeout profile is the headline — 11.61 K/9 with a 2.72 xERA that sits nearly a full run under his 3.46 ERA, the sign of a pitcher who has pitched better than his line shows, with a .312 BABIP that says the contact luck should turn. He misses bats from both sides (12.16 K/9 vs RHH) and keeps the ball off the barrel (32.4% HardHit%), and the roof at American Family Field takes weather out of the equation entirely.

Samuel Basallo — C/1B, $2,900

The value catcher with real thump. Basallo is slugging .531 with a .266 ISO and 9 HR vs. RHP — a .867 OPS in the split — and a 48.6% HardHit% overall that backs the power. He draws Walker Buehler (4.33 ERA, 4.77 xERA, 1.35 WHIP, 7.65 K/9, 0.58 HR/9, 41.0% HardHit%), whose left-handed split is leaky: a 1.78 WHIP and 4.75 BB/9 vs. LHH. It's hot at Camden Yards — mid-90s with the wind blowing out around 14 MPH — one of the most hitter-friendly setups on the board, and catcher eligibility at $2,900 is premium value.

Ketel Marte — 2B, $3,400

The switch-hitter takes the right side against a left-hander and mashes it — .280 AVG / .533 SLG / .842 OPS with a .253 ISO and 4 HR vs. LHP, with a 45.3% HardHit% overall. Andrew Abbott is the matchup (4.10 ERA, 4.73 xERA, 1.41 WHIP, 1.21 HR/9, 39.0% HardHit%), and against right-handed bats he barely misses a bat — 4.77 K/9 against a 4.77 BB/9 — so the contact and traffic both favor Marte at a hitter-friendly Great American Ball Park.

Max Muncy — 3B, $3,100

Power that travels even against same-handedness — Muncy is hitting .260 / .339 / .520 with a .260 ISO and 4 HR vs. LHP, with a 16.9% Barrel% and 48.1% HardHit% overall. He draws Bryan Hudson, whose 2.25 ERA masks a 3.30 xERA and a 4.85 BB/9 to left-handed hitters, so the traffic is there. The bigger edge is the air: Rate Field has the wind blowing out at 17 MPH, one of the most hitter-friendly setups of the day, and Muncy's loft is built for it.

Gunnar Henderson — SS, $3,500

The price-to-talent gap of the lineup, and the history is the hook. Henderson has handled Buehler before: solid head-to-head vs. Buehler — .400 / .571 / .400 / .971 in 5 AB (2 H, 2 BB). The power is real with 14 HR and a 44.9% HardHit% overall, and he's in the same hot, wind-aided Camden environment against the same leaky left-handed split, hitting at the top of the Baltimore order.

Victor Robles — OF, $2,300

The min-priced leadoff piece with a clear path to points. Robles takes the right side against PJ Poulin, whose profile is the softest on the slate — 6.13 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 6.04 BB/9, 1.42 HR/9 and a 50.7% HardHit% — and against right-handed bats Poulin can't find the zone, walking 7.50 per nine with a 2.00 WHIP. Poulin looks to be an opener, with Miles Mikolas following — and that's no relief for Washington, since Mikolas carries a 5.01 xERA and a 2.07 HR/9, so the soft-pitching window runs deep into this one. At $2,300, Robles brings on-base and stolen-base upside in a hot, hitter-friendly Nationals Park against a pitcher giving away free passes.

Dominic Canzone — OF, $2,700

The power value of the lineup. Canzone is slugging .563 with a .278 ISO, 10 HR, a 16.8% Barrel% and a 49.6% HardHit% overall — loud contact for $2,700 — and he draws the same exposed Poulin profile, whose left-handed split still leaks a 4.73 BB/9 and 1.35 HR/9 — and once right-hander Miles Mikolas follows the opener, Canzone flips to the platoon edge against a 2.07 HR/9. In the same wind-aided D.C. environment, Canzone is a cheap source of over-the-fence upside.

JJ Bleday — OF, $3,800

The spend-up among the bats and the cleanest power matchup on the board. Bleday is crushing right-handed pitching — .277 / .377 / .616 / .993 with a .339 ISO and 9 HR vs. RHP — and he draws Zac Gallen in the middle of a down year: a 5.43 ERA, 5.53 xERA, 1.55 WHIP, 1.42 HR/9 and a 45.7% HardHit%. In the Great American bandbox, that is as exposed a line as Bleday's left-handed power will see all week.

Nolan Arenado — UTIL, $3,000

The history makes him the value of the UTIL spot. Arenado has owned Andrew Abbott — solid head-to-head vs. Abbott — .400 / .409 / .700 / 1.109 in 20 AB (8 H, 2 XBH, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB) — a genuine track record, not a small sample. He takes the right-handed edge against the same Abbott split that hands out walks and rarely misses a bat, in the same hitter-friendly Cincinnati park.

The lineup at a glance — Kyle Harrison anchors with double-digit-strikeout upside and an xERA well under his ERA; a Baltimore pair in Basallo and Henderson attacks Walker Buehler's leaky left-handed split at a hot, hitter-friendly Camden; Marte and Arenado take the right-handed edge on Andrew Abbott's 4.73 xERA in the Great American bandbox; Robles and Canzone target PJ Poulin's 6.04 BB/9 and 50.7% HardHit% — with homer-prone Miles Mikolas (2.07 HR/9) following the opener — in D.C.; Muncy brings power to a wind-blown Rate Field; and Bleday's .616 SLG vs. RHP lines up against Zac Gallen's 5.53 xERA. Two of the eight bats — Henderson and Arenado — line up against the exact pitchers they've performed against historically.

Let's have a big day! 💰🔥

Brett Nault

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