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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 4/18/17

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Apr 18th, 2017
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Curtis Granderson, OF, New York Mets

FanDuel Price: $3,000

The New York Mets are a great offense to target on tonight's huge 15-game slate. Their 4.12 implied total isn't anything special, but it's also not a bad mark, and their left-handed bats are in an especially good spot against Philadelphia Phillies righty Zach Eflin.

Eflin will be making his first start of the year after a disastrous 11-game rookie campaign in 2016. He finished that season with a 5.54 ERA, a 5.41 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) and an 11.4% strikeout rate. He posted an especially egregious 6.01 xFIP against left-handed hitters, getting clobbered for a .388 wOBA with a 35.1% hard-hit rate and a 40.2% fly-ball rate.

Curtis Granderson is off to a slow start, but he hit righties very well last year, to the tune of a .349 wOBA and .238 isolated slugging (ISO) on a 37.3% hard-hit rate. This matchup with Eflin puts him in a perfect spot to find his groove.

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