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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 7/5/18

Matt Kupferle  —  @MKupferle Jul 5th, 2018
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Albert Pujols, 1B, Los Angeles Angels

FanDuel Price: $3,200

Seattle Mariners starter Marco Gonzales had a rough 2017 season, working his way back from Tommy John surgery and posting a 4.48 SIERA over 40 innings, including 1.80 home runs per nine innings pitched (HR/9). But so far this season, he has shown major improvement, lowering that SIERA to 3.68, upping his strikeout rate to 21.2%, and dropping those big flies down to 0.90 HR/9.

Gonzales has actually performed well against opposite-handed hitters as well, limiting them to a .316 wOBA, 22.3% strikeout rate, and 27.6% fly-ball rate. When we peep Albert Pujols' numbers, it makes him even tougher to play against Gonzales.

Over 68 plate appearances with the platoon advantage this season, Pujols owns only a .204 wOBA and .095 ISO, which makes him someone to pivot off of at the catcher/first base slot.

Matt Kupferle is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Matt Kupferle also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username MKupferle. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.

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