5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 7/2/18
Austin Jackson, OF, San Francisco Giants
Price: $3,000
Heading to Coors Field, the San Francisco Giants are one of five teams in action on Monday with an implied total north of 5.00.
It's not just Coors Field that puts their offense in a promising spot as Colorado Rockies southpaw Kyle Freeland has managed only a 4.22 SIERA through 16 games this season, bringing his average over his first two MLB seasons to a weak 4.67 SIERA.
Austin Jackson has really struggled from the dish in 2018, with only a .269 wOBA, but he's also coming off a 2017 season that saw him notch a big .371 wOBA. He's also making the same kind of contact he did last year, with a 31.8% hard-hit rate and 9.1% soft-hit rate, compared to 2017's 31.8% hard-hit rate and 11.4% soft-hit rate.
Jackson has done his best work over his career against southpaws, with a .327 wOBA in the split. If we narrow our view to the last two seasons (228 plate appearances), that mark jumps all the way to .378 versus lefties.
His lack of production this season means he's not a high-floor option, but getting a capable bat priced this low in a good matchup at Coors is an easy value spot.
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