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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 7/27/18

Akash Bhatia  —  @AkashBhatia24 Jul 27th, 2018
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Mike Foltynewicz, SP, Atlanta Braves

FanDuel Price: $8,300

Mike Foltynewicz has enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2018. He is a big part of the Atlanta Braves' resurgence and is a deserving All-Star.

Still, he's not as good as his 2.85 ERA reflects. His 10.1% walk rate is high, and nothing about is batted-ball profile is particularly special (35.7% fly-ball rate and 33.0% hard-hit rate). His 10.5% swinging-strike rate is good, but certainly not elite. All in all, Foltynewicz has pitched well this season, but he is far closer to his 3.75 SIERA than his current ERA.

He also draws a very tough matchup. The Los Angeles Dodgers' 111 wRC+ against right-handed pitching ranks third in the Majors. That mark includes the fifth-best walk-to-strikeout ratio against right-handed pitching and the fourth-highest fly-ball rate, at 38.6%. These are all also season-long stats that hardly account for the fact that the Dodgers just acquired Manny Machado, too. With a win not likely against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, feel free to pay up for tonight's higher-priced studs.


Akash Bhatia is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Akash Bhatia also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username tenswimrun1. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.

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