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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 8/14/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Aug 14th, 2018
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Chris Taylor, SS, Los Angeles Dodgers

Price: $2,700

We've seen a fairly sizable drop in production for Chris Taylor this season, but his numbers still stack up well among cheap fantasy plays. His .328 wOBA is a mediocre but acceptable mark, and it comes with a solid .189 ISO. He's also sporting a career-high 38.0% hard-hit and career-low 12.8% soft-hit rate to go with a big 39.3% fly-ball rate.

We have a 152-plate-appearance sample for him against southpaws this year, and his contact numbers get even better in that split (38.8% hard-hit, 6.8% soft-hit, 43.1% fly-ball rates).

San Francisco's Andrew Suarez has looked promising in his debut season in the Majors, but he has had some real struggles with right-handed bats, getting tagged for a .369 wOBA on a 44.3% hard-hit rate. That leaves the door open for Taylor here.

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