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3 Under-the-Radar MLB FanDuel Plays for 6/26/18

Kenyatta Storin  —  @KenyattaStorin Jun 26th, 2018
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Eric Thames, 1B, Milwaukee Brewers

FanDuel Price: $3,900

With popular offenses like the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros showing some high implied team totals and another scorcher at Globe Life Park between the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers, it's possible the Milwaukee Brewers go lower-owned tonight at home against Jake Junis.

Junis has a middle-of-the-road 4.07 SIERA, but he's allowing a 38.1% ground-ball rate and 39.6% hard-hit rate, which has helped lead to a rather large home-run problem. His rate of 1.87 homers per nice ranks as the third-worst among qualified starters, which doesn't bode well for him in hitter-friendly Miller Park.

Eric Thames has missed some time in 2018, but he's flexing the same power he showed last year, owning an impressive .320 ISO and .400 xwOBA over 115 plate appearances. Against righties, he's posting a 45.9% hard-hit rate and 54.1% fly-ball rate -- the perfect recipe for those dingers to continue -- and has been batting leadoff for the Brew Crew.

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