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4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 7/18/17

Kenyatta Storin  —  @KenyattaStorin Jul 18th, 2017
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Willson Contreras, C, Chicago Cubs

FanDuel Price: $3,500

Despite appearing to be the new Chicago Cubs cleanup man these days, Willson Contreras gets a mention for the second straight day due to a price that remains too high.

Although he gets the platoon advantage against Sean Newcomb -- he's only struck out to lefties 17.0% of the time -- a 57.1% ground-ball rate limits his chances of a long ball. Newcomb has been inconsistent through six starts, but has shown enough promise with a 21.4% strikeout rate and 27.4% hard-hit rate that he isn't a total pushover matchup.

But most importantly, at the end of the day, when you can get Gary Sanchez for $100 less, or dive into the catcher bargain bin, it's hard to rationalize paying for Contreras.

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