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3 Under-the-Radar MLB FanDuel Plays for 8/24/18

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Matt Olson, 1B, Oakland Athletics

FanDuel Price: $3,700

The Oakland Athletics have been a popular stack this week, but with plenty of offense to go around on a 14-game slate, outside of the red-hot Khris Davis they might see less attention in spite of a solid 4.72 implied team total against Jake Odorizzi.

Therefore, this may be a good opportunity to roster Matt Olson, who might not be knocking it out of the park at the same pace as last year but is still demonstrating massive power potential. Against righties, Olson is putting up a 49.5% hard-hit rate and 45.5% fly-ball rate, helping him to a .244 ISO. Throw in an improved 93.4 mph average exit velocity that rivals the season's best, and you have to wonder how this guy hasn't hit more than 23 dingers this year.

Meanwhile, Odorizzi may be known for having reverse-splits over his career, but he's been fairly generous to lefty bats in 2018, allowing a 37.3% hard-hit rate, 48.6% fly-ball rate, and .354 expected weighted on-base average (xwOBA). This is a fine spot for Olson to turn those impressive peripherals into another dinger on his ledger.