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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 9/24/18

Matt Kupferle  —  @MKupferle Sep 24th, 2018
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Matt Olson, 1B, Oakland Athletics

FanDuel Price: $3,600

With over 150 1/3 innings pitched this year with a nasty 3.03 SIERA, Seattle Mariners left-hander James Paxton and his 32.0% strikeout rate are always a tough matchup. Add in that Paxton is allowing only a 27.4% hard-hit rate and 24.6% fly-ball rate to same-sided bats, Matt Olson could find it tough to showcase his massive power.

Olson has already blasted 28 long balls this year, but in the lefty-lefty split, life has been a bit harder. Over 207 plate appearances in 2018, the slugger has posted a .120 ISO and .313 wOBA, well below his marks of .250 and .350, respectively, against right-handed pitching.

The Oakland Athletics are gearing up for an upcoming Wild Card showdown with the New York Yankees, but Olson likely won't be getting his bat hot for that contest tonight.

Matt Kupferle is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Matt Kupferle also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username MKupferle. 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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