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Giancarlo Stanton leads the majors in average exit velocity in August, and he draws a great matchup against Phillies righty Ben Lively. What other high-priced players should be on your radar in daily fantasy on Thursday?

Manny Machado, 3B, Baltimore Orioles

Price: $4,200

The Baltimore Orioles have Thursday's second-highest implied total (5.25) as they take on Marco Estrada and the Toronto Blue Jays.

Estrada has a shaky 4.59 SIERA through 27 games in 2017, and he has been especially bad against right-handed bats, allowing a .361 wOBA with a 5.50 xFIP.

While production hasn't reflected it, Manny Machado is making some of the best contact of his career, with what would be a career-high in hard-hit rate (40.0%) to go with an 18.2% soft-hit rate, which sits below his career-average. Contact like that gives him elite upside in such a favorable matchup while he's surrounded by an offense that should generate plenty of runs.

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