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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 6/21/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Jun 21st, 2018
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Ben Zobrist, 2B, Chicago Cubs

Price: $2,800

The Chicago Cubs' offense is in a great spot tonight, taking on Cincinnati Reds righty Matt Harvey. Combining this with the Reds' relievers ranking bottom-10 in xFIP, the Cubs have the main slate's highest implied total, at 4.97 runs.

Harvey has a weak 4.57 SIERA this season, his 41.2% hard-hit rate is a career-worst by nearly 10%, and it comes with only a 13.7% soft-hit rate.

The switch-hitting Ben Zobrist has done the best work of his career against southpaws, but he's still a very capable hitter from the other side of the dish. He has made 537 plate appearances against right-handed pitchers over the past 2 seasons, converting a 32.3% hard-hit and 13.0% soft-hit rate into a .334 wOBA in that sample. His production is even better if we just look at this season, with that wOBA jumping to .366 over 162 plate appearances.

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