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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 7/25/18
George Springer is at Coors, but a high price and a matchup with Jon Gray make him a less than ideal play tonight.

George Springer, OF, Houston Astros

FanDuel Price: $4,600

George Springer is certainly having a solid year, but it is still a down season by his standards. His 115 wRC+ is well below his career mark of 129 and even further below his 140 wRC+ in the Houston Astros' World Series campaign a year ago.

Springer's 35.8% fly-ball rate and 34.8% hard-hit rate are nothing to scoff at, but they are not the same superstar marks that we have come to expect from him. Springer's struggles against right-handed pitching this year are most notable, as he has devolved into an average hitter -- with a 102 wRC+ -- against them this season.

Springer is also facing the Colorado Rockies' Jon Gray, who has been absolutely filthy this year. Gray has a 13.1% swinging-strike rate and has held batters to a 27.3% fly-ball rate. He's been even better against right-handed hitters, holding them to a 22.6% fly-ball rate and 31.6% hard-hit rate. Coors or no Coors, this is a tough price to pay in this particular matchup.

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