MLB DFS Projections — Best Daily Fantasy Baseball Plays — Saturday, June 20, 2026
Top fantasy points spot: Brandon Lowe
Brandon Lowe (PIT) tops the board at 100, facing RHP Tomoyuki Sugano. The lefty is piling up fantasy points at 2.271 fantasy/PA against righties this year — and 2.000 over the last two weeks, a strong bat worth about 1.96 fantasy points a trip. And Tomoyuki Sugano has been getting lit up by righties lately — 2.103 fantasy points per batter faced. The bullpen behind him hasn't been any better to that side, so there's no relief late. He's hitting in a spot worth about 4.5 trips, so the volume's there. He's owned Tomoyuki Sugano too — .667 across 3 career trips. It all sets up in a hitter's park.
The rest of the top of the board
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) (100) vs RHP Walbert Ureña: an elite bat at 2.309 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (2.300).
- Kody Clemens (MIN) (100) vs RHP Zac Gallen: an excellent bat at 2.101 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (1.962).
- Byron Buxton (MIN) (94) vs RHP Zac Gallen: an excellent bat at 2.057 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (2.000).
- Spencer Horwitz (PIT) (90) vs RHP Tomoyuki Sugano: a solid bat at 1.713 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (2.103), hitter's park.
- Trevor Larnach (MIN) (88) vs RHP Zac Gallen: a solid bat at 1.765 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (1.962).
- Corbin Carroll (AZ) (87) vs RHP Taj Bradley: a strong bat at 1.861 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (3.179).
- Bryan Reynolds (PIT) (86) vs RHP Tomoyuki Sugano: a solid bat at 1.805 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (2.103), hitter's park, hot bat.
Arms giving up fantasy points today
- RHP Trevor McDonald has been getting lit up by righties — 1.932 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Kyle Stowers (MIA), Jakob Marsee (MIA), and Xavier Edwards (MIA).
- RHP Taj Bradley has been getting lit up by righties — 1.928 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Corbin Carroll (AZ), Ketel Marte (AZ), and Geraldo Perdomo (AZ).
- LHP Joey Cantillo has been getting lit up by lefties — 1.901 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Jeremy Peña (HOU), Christian Walker (HOU), and Yordan Alvarez (HOU).
- LHP Patrick Corbin has been vulnerable to lefties — 1.887 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Seiya Suzuki (CHC), Nico Hoerner (CHC), and Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC).
Platoon edges to target
- Brandon Lowe (PIT) — lefty bat vs RHP, 2.271 against righties this year.
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) — lefty bat vs RHP, 2.370 against righties this year.
- Kody Clemens (MIN) — lefty bat vs RHP, 1.862 against righties this year.
- Spencer Horwitz (PIT) — lefty bat vs RHP, 1.838 against righties this year.
- Trevor Larnach (MIN) — lefty bat vs RHP, 1.788 against righties this year.
Best parks for fantasy points today
Coors Field is playing as a real hitter's park today (+6% fantasy park). Top bat there: Brandon Lowe (PIT) at 100.
How it played out
9 of the top 10 fantasy points matchups landed at least one fantasy point. Top play Brandon Lowe finished with 8 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.