5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 4/18/19

Scott Schebler, OF, Cincinnati Reds

Price: $2,400

The Cincinnati Reds' offense has really struggled this season, and they sit only 25th in wRC+. With that in mind, they have an awful 3.33-run implied total tonight. That doesn't leave their offense completely devoid of fantasy appeal, though.

San Diego Padres righty Chris Paddack is showing some serious potential, with a 3.87 SIERA through three big league starts, but he has allowed a hard-hit rate north of 50% with a 41.9% fly-ball rate so far. It's a small sample, so we can't read too much into those numbers, but it does suggest some potential upside for opposing bats -- which could be compounded when they have the platoon advantage like Scott Schebler does tonight.

Schebler has rocked right-handed pitchers for a 38.3% hard-hit rate since the start of the 2017 season, which has translated to a .327 wOBA despite a low .245 BABIP, and which comes with a strong .227 ISO.

That kind of power upside means that he doesn't need to have a high-scoring offense around him to offer some value, especially when he's cheap enough that even a solo home run would mean big-time value on his price-tag.

Our models give him a decent projection of 0.17 home runs on the night, and we have him as a top-five point-per-dollar value among hitters on the slate.

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