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4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Studs to Target on 8/18/16

Austan Kas  —  @AustanKas Aug 18th, 2016
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Madison Bumgarner, P, San Francisco Giants

FanDuel Price: $11,300

Madison Bumgarner appears here once every few days. Very few pitchers offer the safe floor and huge upside of the San Francisco Giants' ace. Over his last 10 starts, Bumgarner has just one outing in which he’s scored fewer than 31 FanDuel points, making him an ideal cash game play. For the year, Bumgarner is averaging 40.3 FanDuel points per start.

Bumgarner, our top-ranked arm, has been especially good at home, which is where he’ll be for tonight’s clash with the New York Mets. At AT&T Park, which ranks 28th in park factor and last in home run factor, the southpaw’s strikeout rate jumps to 29.5% with a 5.7% walk rate, while he’s limiting hitters to a .220 wOBA.

The Mets rank 24th in overall wOBA (.306) and 22nd in wOBA against left-handers (.315). New York has really struggled lately, posting a .291 wOBA over the last 30 days. The Mets’ implied total of 2.92 runs is the lowest of the slate by a significant margin.

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