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4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 5/18/16

Jim Sannes  —  @JimSannes May 18th, 2016
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Rajai Davis, OF, Cleveland Indians

FanDuel Price: $2,900

Cincinnati Reds starter Brandon Finnegan has been driving the struggle bus his last seven starts, pushing his SIERA for the season up to 5.18. He sports a 40.0% ground-ball rate and allows a boat-load of base runners, things that add up well for Rajai Davis and the Cleveland Indians' offense.

Davis has never been a batted-ball darling, but he has certainly been a more viable option against lefties than righties. He had a 30.7% hard-hit rate off of southpaws last year, and it's at 30.8% through a small sample of 43 plate appearances this year. His speed also brings a bit of extra upside as he was able to swipe eight bags against lefties last year and has done so 57 times over the last five seasons.

The other advantage Davis has is his situation. Any time you can find a cheap guy batting leadoff in a quality hitter's park, you should take notice. When that player also has a platoon advantage over a struggling pitcher, that becomes drastically more true. There'll be several cheap Cleveland bats to choose from against Finnegan, and Davis is certainly one of them.

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