MLB DFS Projections — Best Daily Fantasy Baseball Plays — Friday, June 26, 2026
Top fantasy points spot: Michael Harris II
Michael Harris II (ATL) tops the board at 100, facing RHP Trevor McDonald. The lefty is piling up fantasy points at 2.101 fantasy/PA against righties this year — and 2.000 over the last two weeks, a solid bat worth about 1.82 fantasy points a trip. And Trevor McDonald has been getting lit up by righties lately — 3.000 fantasy points per batter faced. 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. No real history against Trevor McDonald. It all sets up in a neutral park, weather helping.
The rest of the top of the board
- Byron Buxton (MIN) (99) vs RHP Tomoyuki Sugano: an excellent bat at 2.148 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (2.200).
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) (97) vs RHP Walbert Ureña: an excellent bat at 2.192 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (1.903), due to bounce back.
- Travis Bazzana (CLE) (96) vs RHP Luis Castillo: an excellent bat at 2.068 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (2.517), due to bounce back.
- Jonathan Aranda (TB) (94) vs RHP Zac Gallen: a strong bat at 1.891 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (2.756), hot bat.
- Kyle Schwarber (PHI) (94) vs LHP Zach Thornton: an excellent bat at 2.086 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Alec Burleson (STL) (91) vs RHP Max Meyer: an excellent bat at 2.270 into an arm giving up points to the same side (1.622), hot bat.
- Shohei Ohtani (LAD) (91) vs RHP Walker Buehler: an excellent bat at 2.193 into an arm tough on the same side (.571).
Arms giving up fantasy points today
- RHP Zac Gallen has been getting lit up by righties — 2.023 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Jonathan Aranda (TB), Yandy Díaz (TB), and Junior Caminero (TB).
- RHP Trevor McDonald has been getting lit up by righties — 1.963 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Michael Harris II (ATL), Matt Olson (ATL), and Ozzie Albies (ATL).
- RHP Taj Bradley has been getting lit up by righties — 1.917 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: TJ Rumfield (COL), Mickey Moniak (COL), and Jake McCarthy (COL).
- RHP Luis Castillo has been getting lit up by righties — 1.901 fantasy points per batter faced. Bats to target: Travis Bazzana (CLE), Kyle Manzardo (CLE), and Brayan Rocchio (CLE).
Platoon edges to target
- Michael Harris II (ATL) — lefty bat vs RHP, 2.101 against righties this year.
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) — lefty bat vs RHP, 2.318 against righties this year.
- Travis Bazzana (CLE) — lefty bat vs RHP, 2.089 against righties this year.
- Jonathan Aranda (TB) — lefty bat vs RHP, 2.053 against righties this year.
- Alec Burleson (STL) — lefty bat vs RHP, 2.281 against righties this year.
How it played out
9 of the top 10 fantasy points matchups landed at least one fantasy point. Top play Michael Harris II finished with 3 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.