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Daily Fantasy Baseball: Positive Batted-Ball Regression Candidates for Week 6

Tom Whalen  —  @tomcwhalen May 7th, 2018
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​Justin Smoak, 1B, Toronto Blue Jays

Justin Smoak's followup to last year's post-hype breakout has thus far been serviceable but light on power, with the 31-year-old Toronto Blue Jays infielder boasting a .168 isolated slugging that's closer to his careers norms than to last year's surprise surge.

But it's not as if the late-blooming slugger has lost his stroke: his 10.7% soft-contact rate on the season is among the lowest in the majors, while his 6.9% swinging-strike rate and 18.8% chase rate mark significant career lows.

Daily players should give Smoak a long look in Week 6, especially against lefties James Paxton, Wade LeBlanc, and Eduardo Rodriguez. Smoak owns an excellent .286/.371/.476 slash line against southpaws over the past three seasons.


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