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4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 6/19/17

Kenyatta Storin  —  @KenyattaStorin Jun 19th, 2017
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Gerrit Cole, SP, Pittsburgh Pirates

FanDuel Price: $8,300

There's no denying that Gerrit Cole has had a disappointing year so far, but he did pitch seven innings of one-run ball against the Colorado Rockies his last time out. He also gets the Milwaukee Brewers tonight, whose active roster is generous in the whiff department against righties (23.6% rate).

Still, that most recent outing came with three strikeouts, three walks, and just a 6.0% swinging-strike rate, none of which sounds like he's miraculously turned things around.

Over his last five starts, he has an 8.20 ERA, 14.8% strikeout rate, and 37.0% hard-hit rate. Even taking into account an unlucky .370 BABIP, it's hard to see a silver lining in those numbers.

For a guy who holds so much promise, it's a bit of a head scratcher that Cole has struggled so much, and he should remain off-limits in DFS for now.

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