3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 4/25/18

Doug Fister, SP, Texas Rangers

FanDuel Price: $6,500

Doug Fister may be underrated as whole, but he's an avoid tonight, and for obvious reasons. While he has slipped off people's radars in recent years, he posted an average SIERA last year and has a sub-4.00 SIERA this year. However, the Oakland Athletics' offense is even more underrated to this point in 2018.

Although their lackluster pitching keeps them from contender status, the A's lineup remains in good shape, especially against right-handed pitchers like Fister. In case you were wondering who leads MLB in hard-hit rate against right-handed pitching, it's not the Boston Red Sox or the New York Yankees. It's actually the Athletics, with a blistering 41.5% mark, over 1.0% higher than the next-best team.

The Athletics are also top-10 in walk to strikeout ratio, walk rate, and they strike out at a below average rate against right-handed pitching. With their excellent plate discipline and a ridiculous hard-hit rate, Oakland plays second fiddle to only the red-hot Red Sox, who boast a 133 WRC+ to the Athletics' 129. That's not something you want to go up against if you're Fister.

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