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3 Under-the-Radar MLB FanDuel Plays for 5/14/18

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Mike Zunino, C, Seattle Mariners

FanDuel Price: $2,900

The Seattle Mariners ought to be a fairly popular destination in tournaments tonight as they have a 4.71 implied team total against Jake Odorizzi. Odorizzi owns a poor 4.96 SIERA, 11.2% walk rate and 26.1% ground-ball rate, which is the perfect cocktail for a delicious stack. Odorizzi owns reverse-splits in his career, allowing a .328 wOBA to right-handed hitters with just a 19.2% strikeout rate.

That bodes well for Seattle's righty sluggers, including Mike Zunino near the bottom of the order. Zunino's elevated 34.7% strikeout rate relegates him to boom-or-bust status, but the upside is always there due to his massive power. Zunino owns a .286 isolated power (ISO) off a 50.0% hard-hit rate and 45.5% fly-ball rate, along with a robust .391 expected weighted on-base average (xwOBA).

Traditional guys like Nelson Cruz and Mitch Haniger should see plenty of ownership, but don't rule out Zunino as the final piece to a stack or as a cheap one-off in tournaments.