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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 8/17/18
Daniel Palka offers big upside at a low price against Royals righty Jake Junis tonight. What other cost-effective bats should you target on Friday?

Joey Gallo, OF, Texas Rangers

Price: $3,000

The Texas Rangers continue their home series against the Los Angeles Angels tonight, and their offense once again offer a ton of fantasy appeal.

They have the highest park factor on the slate, and draw a plus matchup against right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne.

Despaigne hasn't been as bad as his 5.31 ERA looks this year, but his 4.19 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) still doesn't inspire much confidence, especially when you factor in his 4.68 career average, or the 4.05 xFIP he's posted at the Triple-A level in 2018.

This year, 296 hitters have at least 100 batted balls against right-handed pitching, and in that group Joey Gallo ranks fourth in average exit velocity and third in batted-ball distance.

He has a .266 ISO on a 47.1% hard-hit and 50.6% fly-ball rate against righties this season, and he's got a great shot of going yard tonight.

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