5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Studs to Target on 5/6/16

Noah Syndergaard, P, New York Mets

FanDuel Price: $11,200

When selecting pitchers for your FanDuel lineups, you want a combination of both safety and upside. Noah Syndergaard offers both, and he has one of the best matchups on the board tonight.

So far in 2016, Syndergaard has pitched six-plus innings in four of five starts, allowed three earned runs or fewer in four of five starts, and struck out at least six batters in all five starts.

His peripherals have been magnificent -- he’s posted a 12.25 strikeouts per nine innings mark with the help of an outstanding 15.9 swinging strike percentage.

And if batters do manage to put it in play? He’s holding them to a 57.3 percent ground ball rate en route to a 1.81 xFIP.

Tonight, he’ll face the San Diego Padres who are near the bottom of the league in most offensive categories versus right-handed pitching:

Syndergaard is a -155 Vegas favorite tonight, with a low game total of just 6.0 runs.

The rare perfect storm of upside, consistency, and matchup forms in San Diego tonight, making Syndergaard the number-one pitching option by a wide margin.