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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 5/2/17

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl May 2nd, 2017
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Greg Bird, 1B, New York Yankees

FanDuel Price: $2,800

Editor's Note: Bird will not play tonight.

The Yankees are an offense you'll likely want some exposure to tonight. As we mentioned for Morales, there's a strong wind blowing out at Yankee Stadium tonight, and with a good matchup against Toronto righty Mat Latos, the Yanks' 5.18 implied total is the day's highest mark.

Greg Bird has some outstanding contact numbers lately, ranking in the top 100 in average exit velocity and an impressive top 10 in average batted-ball distance over the past 15 days. He also has a 42.1% hard-hit rate and 59.5% fly-ball rate on the season -- strong marks but not especially surprising ones after he posted a 44.8% hard-hit rate and 51.4% fly-ball rate as a rookie in 2015.

We don't have a ton of 2017 data on Latos yet, but he's allowing a 55.6% fly-ball rate against lefties while fanning them just 7.7% of the time.

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