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3 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 5/8/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl May 8th, 2018
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Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado Rockies

Price: $5,100

We've got a Coors Field matchup tonight between the Rockies and Angels, and this game's 10.5 over/under is a full run more than any other game's total on the slate, meaning it should come with plenty of offense (and fantasy scoring).

The Angels will be starting left-hander Andrew Heaney tonight, and while Heaney has had a promising start to 2018, very few lefties are able to contain Nolan Arenado at Coors.

Arenado is a monster against southpaws in general. Even if we take away the Coors advantage and just look at his splits on the road, he has an absurd .505 wOBA and .392 isolated slugging (ISO) in 118 plate appearances against lefties since the start of the 2017 season. If we look at his 97 plate appearances at Coors, that jumps to a .567 wOBA and .427 ISO.

Heaney has allowed a 42.9% fly-ball rate to right-handed bats over his Major League career, and you just can't afford to let Arenado lift the ball when he's hitting in the thin air in Denver.

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