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4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 8/20/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Sep 20th, 2018
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Kevin Kiermaier, OF, Tampa Bay Rays

Price: $2,800

Kevin Kiermaier continues to produce at a ridiculous clip, with a .428 wOBA and .284 ISO in 97 plate appearances over his last 25 games. There's a lot of variance cooked into that, especially when you consider Kiermaier's middling career numbers, but a stout 37.5% hard-hit rate and 15.3% soft-hit rate in that sample do lend some legitimacy to Kiermaier as a hitter.

He's also not a stranger to producing well in the right situations, having posted a .358 wOBA and .213 ISO in 263 plate appearances against righties in 2017.

Tonight he's up against a right-hander in Toronto's Sam Gaviglio. Gaviglio has a mediocre 4.10 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) on the year, bringing his career average SIERA to 4.44, and with a .365 wOBA and 4.84 xFIP against left-handed bats, he represents a great matchup for Kiermaier.

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