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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Studs for 6/15/16

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Chris Sale, SP, Chicago White Sox

FanDuel Price: $11,000

At $11,000, Chris Sale is tonight’s most expensive pitcher, and for good reason. He’s already thrown three complete games this season, showing the ability to rack up FanDuel points.

Even though he owns a 10-2 record, Sale's strikeouts per nine innings rate is much lower than previous seasons at 8.51. Fortunately, he’s limiting the free passes by walking just 1.88 batters per nine. Even when he does allow runs, he’s still able to post decent fantasy outputs. Despite allowing 17 earned runs in his last four starts, he’s struck out 24 batters over that time frame to give him a respectable floor.

He’ll face the Detroit Tigers tonight, a righty-heavy team that has had success against lefties, ranking ninth in wRC+ and fifth in walk rate. The reason we can feel comfortable in using Sale is that they also strikeout 21.2% of the time, giving him a bit extra upside.

As a -170 favorite, Sale is tonight’s top pitching option.