Sunday’s MLB slate rolls out 15 games starting at 12:10 PM ET, giving DFS players a rare full-day marathon to build around. With the Brewers chasing a division title in Cincinnati, the Braves and Phillies wrapping up a big NL East series, and Paul Skenes taking the ball in Pittsburgh, there’s no shortage of storylines feeding into today’s DraftKings and FanDuel player pools.

Our approach today leans on confirmed lineups in favorable park and pitching matchups rather than chasing name value. We’re targeting two starting pitchers with swing-and-miss upside against lineups that struggle to make contact, then pairing them with a trio of Phillies and Braves bats sitting in a get-right spot against shaky right-handed starting pitching. This is a build meant to work in cash games first, with enough ceiling to still matter in GPP picks.

Michael King, SP — San Diego Padres (vs. NYY)

Michael King has quietly turned into one of the most stable arms in baseball down the stretch. Over his last 11 starts he’s completed at least six innings nine times, and his ERA has dropped from 3.55 to 3.11 during that run. For the season he sits at 9-9 with a 3.11 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, and 141 strikeouts, and his last time out he tossed six shutout innings against Cincinnati with six strikeouts and zero walks.

Today he draws his former team in a rematch at Petco Park, a park that continues to suppress power numbers better than almost any venue in the sport. King has a track record against the current Yankees roster with a career .254 opponent average and a 25% strikeout rate in that sample. His command has been excellent all year — a 9.5 K/9 against just a 3.9 walk rate this season — and he’s been better at home than on the road, running a 2.94 ERA and 1.11 WHIP in Petco Park starts. This is a strong DFS cash game pitcher anchor with real strikeout equity attached.

Paul Skenes, SP — Pittsburgh Pirates (vs. LAA)

Skenes has had an uneven year by his own lofty standard — a 9-11 record with a 3.97 ERA is well off his rookie numbers — but the underlying strikeout stuff remains elite. He’s punched out 179 batters in 149.2 innings this season, good for a 10.8 K/9, and he ranks among the league leaders in swinging-strike rate. His home splits are notably better than his road numbers, with a 3.94 ERA and 108 strikeouts across 82.1 innings at PNC Park.

Today’s matchup is about as favorable as it gets: the Angels enter with a 54-88 record and rank near the bottom of the league in production against right-handed pitching. Los Angeles has been an easy strikeout target for the league’s swing-and-miss starters all season, and Skenes has the raw stuff to pile up Ks even on an off night. For DFS purposes, this is exactly the kind of buy-low spot value players look for — take the salary dip that comes with a rough stretch and bet on the underlying skill set showing up against a lineup built to be attacked with velocity and secondary stuff up in the zone.

Ronald Acuna Jr., OF — Atlanta Braves (vs. Aaron Nola, PHI)

Ronald Acuna Jr. has one of the best individual matchup profiles on the entire slate today. Across his career against Aaron Nola, Acuna is batting .308 with four home runs and nine RBIs in 59 plate appearances — one of the most lopsided hitter-versus-pitcher samples in this series. He’s also hit .273 against the Phillies in six games so far in 2026, including a home run.

Nola himself has had a difficult season, sitting at 6-10 with a 4.93 ERA and a career mark that includes a 24.0% strikeout rate but real vulnerability to hard contact against Atlanta specifically — he’s allowed a .294 average and .383 wOBA to the Braves lineup across his career. Acuna’s overall 2026 numbers have cooled somewhat compared to his peak seasons, but the specific matchup context here — a hitter with a proven track record against this exact pitcher, in a game that could turn into a slugfest at Citizens Bank Park — makes him one of the stronger correlated plays on the board. Pairing him with teammates in a mini Atlanta stack adds extra coverage if the Phillies bullpen gets involved early.

Kyle Schwarber, DH — Philadelphia Phillies (vs. Tyler Mahle, ATL)

Kyle Schwarber remains one of the highest-power bats in the sport, and his production against right-handed pitching this season has been exceptional even while his batting average has stayed modest. He’s hit .222 with 28 home runs and 53 RBIs against right-handers in 384 plate appearances this year, and he’s on pace for 40-plus homers overall for the third straight season.

Today’s opposing starter, Tyler Mahle, comes in with a 5-10 record and a 4.25 ERA, and Mahle’s career numbers against the current Phillies roster show real exposure — a .263 average and .297 wOBA allowed in 113 career plate appearances against this specific group of hitters. Schwarber is a pure fly-ball, pull-power threat who thrives against righties who work up in the zone, exactly Mahle’s tendency. Even with a quiet last few games, this is the type of park (short porch in right at Citizens Bank Park) and matchup combination that makes Schwarber a premium plug-and-play power bat in any DFS format today.

Bryce Harper, 1B — Philadelphia Phillies (vs. Tyler Mahle, ATL)

Bryce Harper gives DFS players a second correlated piece of that same Phillies-Braves matchup, and his platoon splits make the case even stronger. Against right-handed pitching this season, Harper is hitting .290 with 17 home runs, 40 RBIs, and a 1.001 OPS across 254 plate appearances — elite production by any measure. He’s also been red-hot over his last 30 games, batting .343 with a .559 slugging percentage and five home runs in that stretch.

Mahle’s career numbers against the Phillies lineup back up the matchup logic here too, and Harper has historically feasted on righties who don’t have a true weapon to combat his lefty power stroke. With both Harper and Schwarber batting in the heart of Philadelphia’s order today, rostering them together lets you capture correlated upside if the Phillies get into Mahle early, while Harper’s higher floor (.391 OBP this season) gives you cash-game safety that Schwarber’s boom-or-bust profile doesn’t always provide on its own.

Building Your Lineup

The clearest stack on today’s slate is the Phillies’ top of the order against Tyler Mahle, with Schwarber and Harper as the anchors — both carry strong platoon splits against right-handed pitching and share a lineup with real depth around them. On the pitching side, King and Skenes offer two different paths to strikeout equity: King as the safer, more efficient floor play in a pitcher’s park, and Skenes as the boom-or-bust ace whose salary has likely dipped below his true talent level after a rough stretch.

For cash games, prioritize King’s floor and Harper’s consistency, then build around confirmed lineup spots rather than betting on bench bats who could get scratched late. In GPPs, Acuna’s specific history against Nola combined with Skenes’ ceiling gives you a differentiated build away from the chalkier Phillies-stack-only lineups most of the field will roster. Keep an eye on DraftKings ownership projections before lock — if the Phillies stack gets popular, consider pivoting a piece of your exposure to Acuna and the Braves side of that same game to stay uniquely positioned while still capturing the same game environment. And if you’re still building out your DraftKings promo code bankroll for the day, today’s stacked slate is a good one to get that bonus working on cash games early before committing bigger to the tournament side.