5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 8/24/18

Alex Avila, C, Arizona Diamondbacks

Price: $2,300

Seattle Mariners starter Erasmo Ramirez returned to the mound earlier this month after being injured for most of 2018, and in a very limited sample, it has not gone well.

Over 19 2/3 innings this year, Ramirez has been getting hit hard, and lefties are doing some major damage. They've popped him for a .795 slugging percentage over 48 total batters faced, and 9 of the 15 base hits allowed have been for extra bases.

In Avila's 132 plate appearances against righties this year, he has shown a keen batting eye (15.7% walk rate), and when he has connected, it's been for an impressive 54.4% hard-hit rate.

For a cheap catching option against a struggling starter, peep Avila.