3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 4/26/18

Lorenzo Cain, OF, Milwaukee Brewers

FanDuel Price: $3,900

Lorenzo Cain has been fantastic in his return to the Milwaukee Brewers (you may remember he only became a member of the Kansas City Royals in 2011 after the Brewers traded him there). However, he has a tall task in front of him Thursday against Kyle Hendricks.

In his career, Hendricks has held right-handed batters to a meager .261 wOBA. Right-handed hitters have managed just a 27.7% fly-ball rate and 26.1% hard-hit rate against Hendricks in his career, so there aren't a ton of opportunities for opposing batters to hit for extra bases.

Cain has also struggled a bit with right-handed pitching in his career. He is essentially a league-average hitter against righties with a career 101 wRC+. His strikeout rate rises to 19.7% against right-handers, and he struggles hitting the ball in the air (28.9% fly-ball rate) and hard (career 27.8% hard-hit rate).

Against a right-handed pitcher who is stingy against same-sided batters, Cain is an avoid for MLB DFS.

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