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3 Under-the-Radar MLB FanDuel Plays for 5/11/18

Kenyatta Storin  —  @KenyattaStorin May 11th, 2018
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Luke Weaver, P, St. Louis Cardinals

FanDuel Price: $5,900

Finding value will be the name of the game tonight if you want in on those high implied totals at Coors Field, or a high-priced New York Yankees stack against Kendall Graveman. Unfortunately, that just won't be possible if you're enlisting the likes of Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, or Chris Sale (all over $11,000).

No doubt, it may make you queasy to pass on all three of those guys, but Luke Weaver barely costs more than the top bats tonight, and opens up all sorts of stacking possibilities. Sure, his 2018 numbers are modest -- to put it nicely -- but he's in a prime spot to get things going against a San Diego Padres team with the highest strikeout rate in the league. The Padres only have a 3.71 implied team total, and Weaver posted a 28.6% strikeout rate in 2017, so there's potential for a sneaky big game.

It's a big risk to forgo the elite arms, but if you pick the right stacking partners and Weaver shows his 2017 form, you may find yourself shooting past the chalk lineups tonight.

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