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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 4/11/19
Mookie Betts and the Red Sox have struggled to start 2019, and righty Aaron Sanchez could give them fits tonight. Who else should we consider avoiding?

Anthony Rizzo, 1B, Chicago Cubs

FanDuel Price: $4,100

For DFS'ers, we love targeting platoon splits, especially when a hitter may have a notable advantage in a certain spot. Chicago Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo certainly has those advantages. In 2018, the first baseman bopped his way to .378 wOBA over 500 plate appearances against right-handed pitching.

Unfortunately for Rizzo, Joe Musgrove takes the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cubs opponent, and he's been pretty solid against lefties. In 2018, Musgrove held bats to a 31.6% hard-hit rate and 28.4% fly-ball rate over 223 total batters faced.

It's a small slate without a ton of great options at the C/1B slot, but Rizzo seems like an easy one to pivot away from.

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