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4 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 5/2/17

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl May 2nd, 2017
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Aaron Judge, OF, New York Yankees

Price: $4,100

The New York Yankees have the day's highest implied total (5.18) on today's slate as they take on righty Mat Latos and the Toronto Blue Jays.

A righty-versus-righty matchup isn't ideal for Aaron Judge, but it's also not much of a concern against Latos. He allowed a 31.0% hard-hit rate and .356 wOBA to right-handed hitters last year while sporting a 4.61 xFIP. Through a small sample to start this season, that xFIP is up to 6.04 and his hard-hit rate is up to 34.6%.

It's still not a huge sample size for Judge (94 plate appearances), but he has been absolutely dominant thanks to a .464 wOBA and .425 isolated slugging (ISO). He's sporting a huge 47.3% hard-hit rate, which doesn't come as a huge surprise after he posted a 48.8% mark in 95 plate appearances in 2016.

He ranks sixth in average exit velocity among the 300-plus hitters with at least 10 batted balls over the past 15 days, and bringing contact numbers like that into a plus matchup against Latos gives him some tremendous upside.

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