7 Underpriced Players on FanDuel's Opening Daily Fantasy Baseball Slate
Tommy Joseph, $2,100
We've spilled a lot of fake ink on Tommy Joseph on this website the past few months, but it's for good reason. The dude can absolutely yak, and his price for the start of the year doesn't reflect that.
Joseph opens the season at $2,100, just $100 above the minimum and a price you'd usually pay for a fill-in middle infielder. Instead of pounding balls into the ground, though, Joseph sports a 45.1% fly-ball rate and 36.6% hard-hit rate. Swoon.
As an extra little perk, Joseph and the Philadelphia Phillies should have one of the better opening-day matchups. The Cincinnati Reds will start Scott Feldman in that one, and Feldman is not in the mold of your typical top-of-the-rotation ace. His strikeout rate in five starts in 2016 was just 13.0% with a 9.6% walk rate, meaning he's likely better suited for another role. It makes Joseph and company mighty attractive.
You'll have to watch lineups for that slate as there's a good chance Joseph winds up hitting sixth for the Phillies, and that would put a dent in his DFS viability. However, you're going to have to scrounge for salary if you want to afford Kershaw, and Joseph can help get you there.