MLB DFS Projections — Best Daily Fantasy Baseball Plays — Friday, May 22, 2026
Top fantasy points spot: Zach Neto
Zach Neto (LAA) tops the board at 100, facing RHP Jacob deGrom. The righty is piling up fantasy points at — fantasy/PA against righties this year, a solid bat worth about 1.63 fantasy points a trip. And Jacob deGrom has been thin against righties lately. The bullpen behind him is roughly average to that side. He's hitting in a spot worth about 4.7 trips, so the volume's there. He's owned Jacob deGrom too — .455 across 11 career trips. It all sets up in a neutral park, weather helping.
The rest of the top of the board
- Andrew McCutchen (TEX) (100) vs RHP Grayson Rodriguez: a solid bat at 1.630 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Willy Adames (SF) (100) vs RHP Davis Martin: a solid bat at 1.630 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Sam Antonacci (CWS) (100) vs RHP Trevor McDonald: a solid bat at 1.630 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Jake McCarthy (COL) (100) vs RHP Michael Soroka: a solid bat at 1.630 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Ketel Marte (AZ) (100) vs RHP Tomoyuki Sugano: a solid bat at 1.630 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hot bat.
- Fernando Tatis Jr. (SD) (91) vs LHP Jeffrey Springs: a solid bat at 1.630 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Colby Thomas (ATH) (91) vs RHP Walker Buehler: a solid bat at 1.630 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
Arms giving up fantasy points today
- RHP Jacob deGrom has been giving up points to righties — 1.600 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Zach Neto (LAA), Mike Trout (LAA), and Nolan Schanuel (LAA).
- RHP Grayson Rodriguez has been giving up points to righties — 1.600 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Andrew McCutchen (TEX), Josh Jung (TEX), and Brandon Nimmo (TEX).
- RHP Davis Martin has been giving up points to righties — 1.600 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Willy Adames (SF), Luis Arraez (SF), and Casey Schmitt (SF).
- RHP Trevor McDonald has been giving up points to righties — 1.600 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Sam Antonacci (CWS), Munetaka Murakami (CWS), and Miguel Vargas (CWS).
How it played out
9 of the top 10 fantasy points matchups landed at least one fantasy point. Top play Zach Neto finished with 30 fantasy points. We post the result next to every projection so you can grade the board yourself — and so the model gets re-tuned against what actually happened.
How to read these fantasy points matchups
Each score (0–100) starts with the hitter's fantasy points per plate appearance against the hand he's facing — weighted toward the last two weeks, then the season, then a two-year baseline. Then it layers in the bullpen, his spot in the order, and park and weather. Higher means more of it points his way. It's context, not a lock — a great spot still goes 0-for-4 sometimes, and a tough one runs into one. The edge is in stacking the odds, and since we grade every board, you can see how often the top of the list delivers.