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4 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 5/30/17

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Chris Sale, P, Boston Red Sox

Price: $11,700

Chris Sale is coming off his worst start of the season, and he's so good that even in a "bad" start, he went 7 1/3 innings, punching out 6 and racking up 40.9 FanDuel points.

Sale has been an absolute killer through 10 starts this year, sporting a 2.29 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA), a career-best 36.7% strikeout rate and a 16.1% swinging strike rate -- also the highest of his career. He has fanned double-digit batters in 8 of his 10 starts, and that strikeout rate and swinging-strike rate are both good for the top marks among 93 qualifying pitchers in 2017.

The Chicago White Sox have been excellent against left-handed pitching this season, with a 132 wRC+ and only a 17.1% strikeout rate, but at this point there really aren't many situations in which you're going to want to fade Sale. Even in the tough matchup, the Boston Red Sox are the day's biggest favorites (-177 moneyline) while the White Sox have the lowest implied total (3.25) on the slate.