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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 8/24/17

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Dallas Keuchel, SP, Houston Astros

FanDuel Price: $9,200

Dallas Keuchel may have a low implied team total in his favor against the Bryce Harper-less Washington Nationals (3.70), but he's demonstrated little strikeout upside since returning from the disabled list.

Despite some favorable matchups over his last five starts, Keuchel has surpassed three strikeouts just once, leading to a poor 14.3% strikeout rate. In this span, he's also shown a concerning 10.1% walk rate, 37.8% hard-hit rate, and 4.78 SIERA. Although he seems to be trending in the right direction in recent starts against the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics, it's hard to be confident in these numbers.

Keuchel's elite ground-ball rate typically gives him a solid floor, but the punchout concerns put him behind Chris Sale and Carlos Martinez, and limits his general tournament appeal.