3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 5/25/18

Xander Bogaerts, SS, Boston Red Sox

FanDuel Price: $4,100

After a rough start to the season, Julio Teheran has rebounded to pitch at least adequately in recent weeks. Through 10 starts, he has a 4.63 SIERA this year.

Even when he hasn't been pitching well, Teheran has always had success against right-handed hitters. He has held them to a .269 wOBA, while allowing left-handed hitters to post a .341 wOBA. This is obviously a massive platoon split and is primarily driven by the 24.3% strikeout rate Teheran has posted against right-handed hitters in his career (just 16.9% strikeout rate against left-handed hitters).

During his career, Xander Bogaerts has really struggled to figure out right-handed pitching. He has just a 95 wRC+ against them, compared to a 126 mark against southpaws. Against a right-handed, strikeout-heavy pitcher in Teheran, Bogaerts is someone to fade above $4,000.

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