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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 4/1/19

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Apr 1st, 2019
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Tyler White, 1B, Houston Astros

Price: $2,500

The Houston Astros boast a slate-high 5.15 implied total as they travel to Texas to take on southpaw Drew Smyly and the Rangers.

Smyly has pitched one single inning (in the minors, none in the majors) since 2016 after undergoing Tommy John's surgery. Being two years removed from action after last posting a middling 4.16 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) puts a real damper on his outlook for this season.

Tyler White hasn't done much with his 10 plate appearances in 2019, but that sample size means almost nothing thanks to how small it is. He's coming off a 2018 season that saw him notch a strong .377 wOBA and .257 ISO with a 32.7% hard-hit and 42.6% fly-ball rate.

He was especially good against southpaws with that wOBA jumping to .423 and his ISO to .288, which came on a 34.2% hard-hit and 51.2% fly-ball rate.

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