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4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 7/24/17
Gerrit Cole's road matchup with the Giants looks pretty juicy at first glance, but there are some issues once we pop open the hood. Which other players should we avoid on tonight's main slate?

Michael Conforto, OF, New York Mets

FanDuel Price: $3,800

Michael Conforto has been a stud this season. Overall, he has put up a .410 wOBA with 19 jacks in 319 plate appearances. He's a star.

While the sample size is small (70 plate appearances), Conforto has even been solid against lefties in 2017, racking up a .340 wOBA and 38.5% hard-hit rate against same-sided hurlers.

But tonight he's facing a lefty -- Clayton Richard -- who has absolutely dominated left-handed hitters this season. Richard has pitched his way to a 20.3% strikeout rate and 4.5% walk rate versus lefties. Those numbers are solid, but it's what those lefties have done when they've put the ball in play -- 22.7% hard-hit rate, 16.5% fly-ball rate and 70.3% ground-ball rate -- that really makes Conforto a scary play tonight. Look at that friggin' ground-ball rate -- my goodness.

With Conforto priced as one of the 10-most expensive outfielders, he isn't worth the risk tonight if he's in the lineup (which he has been of late against southpaws).

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