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4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 7/18/17

Kenyatta Storin  —  @KenyattaStorin Jul 18th, 2017
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Elvis Andrus, SS, Texas Rangers

FanDuel Price: $3,200

Batting second on a team getting 5.01 implied runs against Dylan Bundy, Elvis Andrus may seem like an odd choice. And sure, if you're stacking the Rangers, by virtue of his lineup spot and speed, you certainly can't go wrong with Andrus if Bundy has an abbreviated outing.

But despite a career-high 11 home runs, this is the same light-hitting Andrus we've known for years, so on his own merits he's not the biggest upside play. He hasn't shown a noticeable change in batted-ball distribution, and has a modest 29.1% hard-hit rate and .338 wOBA. The increase in dingers looks like nothing more than a lucky 11.8% home-run-to-fly-ball rate (HR/FB), which was just 3.9% coming into this season.

Additionally, in spite of his struggles, since the start of 2016, Bundy has a 25.2% strikeout rate against right-handed bats.

At a similar price point, Francisco Lindor makes for a stronger play against Ty Blach.

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