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3 MLB FanDuel Studs to Target on 5/22/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl May 22nd, 2018
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Gerrit Cole, P, Houston Astros

Price: $11,800

While he's coming off a weak fantasy performance in his last outing, Gerrit Cole has still been an absolute monster in 2018, ranking second in the Majors with 53.8 FanDuel points per game. He's also tied for first among qualifying pitchers with a 2.08 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA), is only 0.1% out of first with a 40.8% strikeout rate, and ranks third with a 16.0% swinging-strike rate.

Numbers like that leave it as no surprise that the Astros are Tuesday's biggest favorites (-255 moneyline) or that, despite their top-10 wRC+ against righties, the San Francisco Giants have the slate's second-lowest implied total (2.95 runs).

Despite their decent numbers against righties, the Giants are a particularly good matchup in the fantasy world thanks to a 25.1% strikeout rate against right-handers, which is the fifth-highest in the MLB.

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