4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 8/27/16
Martin Prado, 3B, Miami Marlins
FanDuel Price: $3,000
The 32-year-old Martin Prado is putting together a decent year from the dish, sporting a .344 wOBA, his best since 2012.
He has always done better against left-handed pitching, and he has absolutely crushed lefties through 128 plate appearances this season. The success is unsustainably high and over a small sample size, but he is slashing .431/.508/.578 with a .458 wOBA and 35.7% hard-hit rate against lefties.
Even though he isn't likely to continue posting numbers that outrageous, that success nonetheless makes today's matchup with Clayton Richard a very promising one.
The left-handed Richard usually serves as a reliever and is making only his third start of the season. It will be only his sixth start since 2013.
He has an ugly 4.44 ERA and 4.48 SIERA on the season with a 12.2% walk rate that is dangerously close to his 14.6% strikeout rate.This is a terrific matchup for Prado, and with his success against lefties, he has huge upside.
