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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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Jose Bautista, OF, Toronto Blue Jays

FanDuel Price: $3,700

Welcome back, Jose Bautista! It's been a while since we saw you in these parts. Why aren't you happy to see us?

The Toronto Blue Jays have one of the top matchups on the board against the man whose name always looks spelled wrong, Austin Bibens-Dirkx. So why would you pass up on the opportunity to roster the number-three hitter on a team with a 5.37 implied team total?

Following an atrocious April, Bautista scraped himself off the pavement in May, blasting 9 bombs and putting up a .437 wOBA. However, he's resorted back to his Jekyll and Hyde routine in June and is slumping like it's April all over again.

This month is a slew of poor stats, with a .212 wOBA, .074 ISO, 21.6% hard-hit rate, and 27.4% strikeout rate. We can blame some of his woes on a .167 BABIP, but the punchouts and lack of power are awfully concerning.

The Blue Jays are worthy of stacking tonight, in which case you would be hard pressed not to take your chances with Bautista. But as a one-off, and particularly as a cash-game play, it's worth waiting it out until the next hot streak.

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