3 Under-the-Radar MLB FanDuel Plays for 8/21/18

Justin Turner, 3B, Los Angeles Dodgers

FanDuel Price: $4,300

We have a Coors Field night on our hands, and between that game and some enticing spots for teams like the Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Dodgers may go overlooked in their matchup with Daniel Poncedeleon.

Poncedeleon has put up a squeaky clean 2.04 ERA over 17 2/3 innings, but a quick look under the old hood shows an unsettling 5.74 SIERA, 15.2% strikeout rate, and 13.6% walk rate. There are some positive signs here, as well, such as a 25.5% hard-hit rate allowed and 12.2% swinging-strike rate, but overall, his early success looks primarily based on a fortuitous .133 BABIP and 91.6% strand rate. Vegas appears to agree, granting the Dodgers a respectable 4.50 implied team total.

Therefore, this isn't a bad slate to roll with some Dodgers, including Justin Turner, who is enjoying a mammoth month of August, posting a 48.1% hard-hit rate, .344 ISO, and .465 expected weighted on-base average (xwOBA). Owning a massive 142 wRC+ during his tenure with LA, Turner is an excellent third base pivot off Nolan Arenado, and Dodgers stacks figure to be low-owned tonight.