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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 6/21/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Jun 21st, 2018
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Matt Olson, 1B, Oakland Athletics

Price: $3,000

There aren't many right-handed matchups that would limit Matt Olson's upside enough to take him out of play at $3,000.

The 24-year-old has clobbered righties for a 54.2% hard-hit rate, 9.3% soft-hit rate and 45.8% fly-ball rate this year, and that's translated to a .342 wOBA and .250 isolated slugging (ISO) over 200 plate appearances. In 388 plate appearances against righties over his three Major League seasons, he has turned in a .378 wOBA and .318 ISO on a 47.0% hard-hit rate and 47.6% fly-ball rate.

He's not up against an especially tough righty tonight either, taking on Lucas Giolito and the Chicago White Sox. Giolito has an egregious 6.19 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) this season, which brings his career-average over his first three Major League seasons to an awful 5.63. It could be bombs away in the Windy City.

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