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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 9/13/17

Kenyatta Storin  —  @KenyattaStorin Sep 13th, 2017
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Yu Darvish, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers

FanDuel Price: $9,000

Yu Darvish has now had four straight poor outings, putting up FanDuel scores of 19, 27, 9, and 16 points, with a stint on the disabled list sandwiched in the middle. And it's that last part that's the underlying issue here -- Darvish may not be completely healthy and could be pitching through a back issue.

Over the four starts, he's posted a 4.54 SIERA, 23.0% strikeout rate, 10.3% walk rate, and 43.1% hard-hit rate. The strikeout rate is okay, but everything else sure doesn't look like a $9,000 pitcher.

We all know Darvish is a wildly talented player, so he could bust out one of these days, particularly against a team like the San Francisco Giants, who only have a 3.09 implied team total. But without knowing the full story here, even on a slate full of question marks on the mound, it looks awfully risky to roster Darvish until we see something positive.

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