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3 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 6/4/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Jun 4th, 2018
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Mike Trout, OF, Los Angeles Angels

Price: $5,500

Mike Trout is the most expensive batter on the slate, and with no real choice but to go cheap with your pitcher tonight, it's not too tough to fit him in your lineup.

The Los Angeles Angels are that team with the aforementioned 4.83 implied total, and they have a solid matchup against Kansas City Royals southpaw Danny Duffy.

Duffy has a poor 4.99 SIERA to open the season, and that puts him on pace for a career-worst clip. He's also allowing career-worst marks in both hard-hit rate (39.5%) and soft-hit rate (12.7%). Things get even worse if we just look at his work against right-handed bats as he's giving up a .393 wOBA with a 5.43 xFIP in the split.

Even by Trout's usual standards, he is having an incredible year. His .462 wOBA is on pace to top the career-best .437 he posted last year, while his .370 ISO is also on pace to crush his previous career-best mark.

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