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3 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 5/23/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl May 23rd, 2018
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Aaron Judge, OF, New York Yankees

Price: $5,300

As has been the case a lot recently, the New York Yankees boast the day's highest implied total with 5.65 runs -- a mark that sits as the only one north of 5.00. This comes in a great matchup against the Texas Rangers and righty Doug Fister.

Fister has opened the season with a low ERA, but his 4.39 SIERA is in line with the 4.44 he posted last year, and puts him on pace for his fourth consecutive season posting a mark worse than 4.30. He's also allowing the most hard contact of his career, with a 37.1% hard-hit rate that is likely to spell trouble against the powerful Yankees bats.

Aaron Judge has opened 2018 almost as impressively as he finished 2017, boasting a .411 wOBA and .275 isolated slugging (ISO) over 211 plate appearances. In his young career, he has clobbered right-handed pitchers for a 45.7% hard-hit, 12.6% soft-hit and 41.9% fly-ball rate, which has translated to a .425 wOBA and .334 ISO. That gives him massive upside against Fister.

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