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The wind is blowing out at Wrigley, giving Kris Bryant and the Cubs mouth-watering upside. Which other high-priced players should be on your radar?

J.D. Martinez, OF, Boston Red Sox

Price: $4,100

J.D. Martinez doesn't benefit today from platoon splits like Bryant does, but he's also no stranger to doing big work in righty-righty matchups. Going back to the beginning of 2017, he has a massive 49.5% hard-hit rate against right-handed pitching to go with a 13.6% soft-hit rate and 40.7% fly-ball rate. That has translated to a .406 wOBA and .337 isolated slugging in the split.

Martinez brings that production into a sweet matchup as he's taking on Royals righty Jason Hammel. Hammel finished 2017 with his worst SIERA (4.65) since 2011, and through five starts in 2018, he's on pace for an even worse 5.03 SIERA.

The Red Sox's 5.37 implied total is the slate's second-best clip, and Martinez should have little trouble generating some strong production in this matchup.



Jason Schandl is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Jason Schandl also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username Jaymun. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.

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