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4 Under-the-Radar Daily Fantasy Baseball Plays for 5/31/17

Matt Kupferle  —  @MKupferle May 31st, 2017
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Hyun-jin Ryu, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers

FanDuel Price: $6,900

Why He Will Go Overlooked:

There are some massive arms at the top of the slate, including Jacob deGrom, Chris Archer, and Max Scherzer. In a smaller slate, these three studs are likely to see some heavy ownership.

Back in the rotation for an injured Alex Wood, Hyun-jin Ryu faces the St. Louis Cardinals on the road. With a middling 4.12 SIERA over 40 innings pitched and several strong arms at the top, Ryu isn't going to see much ownership.

Why You Should Use Him:

While Ryu has already given up eight long balls this season, there's a lot of reason to be bullish about tonight's start.

First, he will face a Cardinals team that struggles against left-handed pitching. So far in 2017 against lefties, the Cardinals rank 24th in wOBA (.294) and have struck out 22.6% of the time.

Ryu has shown he can still be effective, racking up strikeouts as he's posted a strikeout rate of 21.5% this season.

If he can hold down the walks (currently a 9.0% walk rate this year) against a team that struggles with left-handed pitching, Ryu could make for a sneaky cheap pitching play.

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