Jordan Cooper locked Andrew Heaney into a SimLabs search and found multiple lineups grading 90+ EV, including a 93‑rated build that paired Heaney with Freddy Peralta and a full Kansas City stack. Because Heaney projects for much lower ownership than arms in the same salary tier, Cooper plans to roll out exactly one Heaney roster in his three‑lineup GPP portfolio to gain strikeout upside without sacrificing lineup quality. He stressed that SimLabs serves as a "negative‑EV detector"—if your configuration pumps out low ratings, move on—but the high scores on Heaney builds give him the green light as a contrarian SP2 in tournaments.

Jordan Cooper said SimLabs keeps spitting out Texas five‑man stacks well ahead of Minnesota even though the field is gravitating toward both offenses. In his first 20‑lineup run the top non‑Dodgers build carrying a 93 SimLabs rating featured Rangers bats around David Festa and Taj Bradley, while Twins stacks were largely absent. Cooper attributed the edge to leverage: Texas ownership is several points lower than Minnesota despite similar price tags and upside, and the stack fits naturally with cheap pitchers such as Kumar Rocker or Festa that many players are already pairing with chalk Dodgers. If the weather wipes out Kansas City as expected, Cooper expects Minnesota to become "super duper chalk," making a pivot to the lower‑owned Rangers even more valuable in large‑field GPPs.

Cooper highlighted Kumar Rocker as a pure tournament punt: $6,900 price tag, sub‑3% projected ownership, and an appearance in more optimals than that ownership would suggest. Rocker faces the punch‑less A’s in a spacious park, giving him a workable floor and just enough strikeout juice despite an 80‑pitch cap. While the ceiling trails pricier arms, the salary relief lets DFS players jam in expensive Dodgers or Rangers bats, a roster construction SimLabs frequently spits out. Cooper views Rocker as the ideal leverage SP2 when chasing contrarian stacks or premium hitters.

Cooper prefers stacking the Royals over the more popular Rangers and Twins. Kansas City owns a 4.93 implied total (second‑highest on the slate) yet is priced like a middling offense: Vinnie Pasquantino < $4k, Salvador Perez $4k, Drew Waters $2.3k, and only Bobby Witt Jr. above $6k. SimLabs shows KC twice as likely to be optimal as Texas or Minnesota at roughly equal ownership, giving them strong leverage. Weather is yellow‑flagged, but Cooper expects storms to hold until after the game and will monitor Roth’s update. Cheap power, top‑tier run environment, and positive leverage make the Royals his favorite five‑man stack for tournaments.

Cooper advised fading Logan Webb in GPPs despite the right‑hander carrying the top mean projection. Webb is expected to be 35% owned but appears in only 19% of SimLabs optimals, producing a glaring negative leverage score. At $10k Cooper expects an 18‑to‑20‑point outing—fine for cash but unlikely to win tournaments when pitchers like Freddy Peralta can outscore him by 10+ points. Webb’s strikeout upside is limited compared to similarly priced options, making the chalky safety net a poor risk‑reward play.

Jordan Cooper said Freddy Peralta is the one arm on Wednesday’s slate that can realistically pop for 30‑plus DraftKings points. SimLabs gives Peralta a slate‑best 29% optimal rate while his projected ownership sits at just 27%, a level Cooper called "not over‑owned" and one he would be comfortable pushing to 35% of lineups. At $9,800—only $200 more than Logan Webb—Peralta offers a superior strikeout ceiling against a Giants lineup that has struggled versus right‑handed power pitching. Cooper framed Peralta as the priority tournament spend‑up because he combines ceiling, reasonable ownership, and only modest opportunity cost on a night where most other pitchers project for mid‑teens fantasy totals.