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4 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 7/25/17

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Madison Bumgarner, P, San Francisco Giants

Price: $10,200

Madison Bumgarner hasn't been dazzling this season -- he owns a 3.80 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) through six starts -- but that sample size is small due to a shoulder injury that cost him some time. He has pitched 6 1/3 and 7 innings in his two games back with 5 strikeouts in each, and that injury seems to be behind him now.

He's coming off three straight seasons with strikeout rates north of 30.0% and swinging-strike rates above 11.2%. Even with his shaky 2017 numbers, that's enough to leave him with a lot of fantasy value.

His matchup today isn't an especially strong one for fantasy -- the Pittsburgh Pirates have posted an 18.5% strikeout rate against right-handed pitching -- but they do sport a weak 90 wRC+. This matchup is good enough that Bumgarner is the top arm on a day that is pretty thin with top-end pitching options.