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3 Under-the-Radar MLB FanDuel Plays for 8/9/18

Kenyatta Storin  —  @KenyattaStorin Aug 9th, 2018
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Starling Marte, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates

FanDuel Price: $3,600

The Pittsburgh Pirates are in run-suppressing AT&T Park tonight, so they aren't a team we want to stack when there are far better venues like Coors Field and Yankee Stadium available to us. But you could still take a few flyers against southpaw Andrew Suarez.

Suarez has mostly solid peripherals this season, but right-handed batters are putting up a 44.0% hard-hit rate against him, leading to a 4.68 FIP and .368 expected weighted on-base average (xwOBA).

Starling Marte isn't a bad way to attack Suarez in a pitcher-friendly venue, as he can still use his legs for added upside (27 stolen bases). He may not have notable splits against lefties, but he's still sporting a solid .354 xwOBA and .198 ISO against them. Marte will almost certainly see little attention this evening.

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