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4 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 4/12/17

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Apr 12th, 2017
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Joey Votto, 1B, Cincinnati Reds

Price: $3,900

Joey Votto is another guy whose slow start to the year shouldn't scare you. He's coming off of back-to-back seasons with at least a .410 wOBA and .225 ISO, and it's going to take more than 33 plate appearances to raise any sort of red flags about a guy who has posted numbers like that so recently.

It's especially hard to ignore Votto when he's taking on a right-handed pitcher, which is the case tonight as he'll see Ivan Nova. Votto crushed righties for a 41.9% hard-hit rate in both 2015 and 2016.

Nova is coming off of one of the better seasons of his career, having posted a 3.76 SIERA in 2016 (compared to his 4.02 career average), but he still struggled mightily with left-handed sticks, allowing a 37.5% hard-hit rate and giving up a .362 wOBA with a 4.50 xFIP to lefties.

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