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3 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 4/6/18
The Blue Jays have Friday's highest implied total, and Josh Donaldson boasts a ton of upside in Texas. What other high-priced players should you target?

Lance McCullers, P, Houston Astros

Price: $8,500

The Houston Astros' -285 moneyline is the best mark on the main slate by a huge margin. That gives them an implied 74% probability of winning, while the main slate's next-highest mark (-169) translates to 63%. This leaves the San Diego Padres with the slate's lowest implied total, at 3.24 runs.

San Diego has struggled against right-handed pitching to open the 2018 season, ranking 18th in wRC+. That doesn't come as a surprise, considering they finished 2017 27th in wRC+ while striking out at the second-highest rate in the majors against righties.

Lance McCullers is coming off a 2017 season that saw him post a career-best 3.41 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA). He dropped his walk rate to a career-best 7.8%, and his strikeout-rate remained strong at 25.8%, on the back of a 12.0% swinging-strike rate.

His price-tag is rather low compared to what you'll usually see for a pitcher that's this big of a favorite with the same strikeout upside that McCullers has here. He's an absolute bargain as the day's top arm.

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