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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 4/5/18
Jon Lester is a household name you may be tempted to use on this short slate, but there are some concerning trends that make him an avoid for MLB DFS.

Matt Carpenter, 3B, St. Louis Cardinals

FanDuel Price: $3,300

This one is all about platoon splits. Matt Carpenter has been an excellent hitter for several years now, but like most left-handed batters, he struggles with southpaws. He's still above average against them because he's that good of an all-around hitter, but his wRC+ does drop from 139 to 112 and his hard-hit rate drops from 38.3% to 31.7% when he faces a left-handed pitcher compared to a right-handed pitcher.

Still, these are relatively average platoon splits. The real problem is that he's not facing some hum-ho lefty -- he'll be seeing Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray. In his breakout campaign last year, left-handed batters might as well not even come up to plate against Ray as he struck out a whopping 39.8% of the lefties he faced last season (with a measly 4.9% walk rate in the split).

As this price, Carpenter simply isn't worth the investment in this matchup.

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