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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?

Wil Myers, 1B, San Diego Padres

FanDuel Price: $3,000

Wil Myers is very good at baseball, but he's taking on a pitcher -- Jacob deGrom -- who has been death to right-handed hitters this season.

deGrom Hard-Hit Rate Strikeout Rate Walk Rate wOBA
Right-Handed Hitters 32.2% 31.9% 6.5% .274
Left-Handed Hitters 35.4% 23.4% 9.4% .306


I mean, you don't really want to target any San Diego Padres bats tonight, but you really can't roster a right-handed stick against deGrom.

Myers' splits don't do much to change that thinking, either, as he owns a 29.3% strikeout rate against righties while his hard-hit rate against them (39.0%) drops 11 percentage points from where it sits versus southpaws (50.0%).

The Padres' 3.36 implied total is a slate-low clip, and you may have heard about Petco not being great for offense.

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