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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 4/27/17

Kenyatta Storin  —  @KenyattaStorin Apr 27th, 2017
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Albert Pujols, 1B, Los Angeles Angels

FanDuel Price: $2,700

Returning from a stint on the disabled list, Kendall Graveman doesn't have the most impressive numbers on the season (4.38 SIERA), but he did have a no-hit bid against the Rangers in his second start. He's had a surprising approach in the early going, throwing his sinker nearly 88% of the time.

It's hard to say how successful he can be doing this -- or if he'll continue this strategy -- but historically he gets a lot of ground balls (51.1% career rate) and doesn't get many strikeouts (14.6% career rate).

Although he has a six-game hit streak going, Albert Pujols only has 2 homers with a .101 isolated power and .271 wOBA. He also has an uncharacteristically low hard-hit rate (26.4%) and high ground-ball rate (52.8%), making him a poor bet to do much against Graveman.

If you want to go cheap at first base, take a look across the way at the surprising Yonder Alonso ($2,500) and his 44.2% hard-hit rate.

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