4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 8/4/17

Nicholas Castellanos, 3B, Detroit Tigers

FanDuel Price: $2,700

What has gotten into Kevin Gausman?

In the month of July, he had a 3.17 SIERA and 31.0% strikeout rate across six starts, which isn't exactly what you would expect looking at that ugly 5.37 ERA this year. Over that span, he has a 15.3% swinging-strike rate, which is higher than anyone else on the slate. That's right, better than Paxton, deGrom and Darvish.

That isn't good news for the visiting Detroit Tigers, who possess a middle-of-the-road 4.40 implied team total. While you might still consider Jim Adduci as a punt at his dirt cheap price, you're otherwise better off fading these Tigers. That includes Nicholas Castellanos, who has that lovely 46.8% hard-hit rate, but is susceptible to strikeouts (24.2%).