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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 8/7/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Aug 7th, 2018
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Lorenzo Cain, OF, Milwaukee Brewers

Price: $3,000

The Milwaukee Brewers' offense is full of cheap bats tonight despite their strong matchup as they boast a 4.87 implied total against the San Diego Padres and southpaw Clayton Richard.

Richard has posted a 4.53 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) over 23 games this season, and with marks of 4.06 and 4.46 in his last two seasons, it's not likely that we're going to see any kind of a dramatic turnaround from the 34-year-old.

He's also giving up the most hard contact of his career, at 40.6%, with an especially high 43.0% hard-hit rate against right-handed bats.

Lorenzo Cain is a right-hander who is more than capable of taking advantage of this matchup, with a huge .428 wOBA on a 45.3% hard-hit rate in 98 plate appearances against southpaws this season. Those numbers may be a little inflated over a small sample, but 2017 saw him post a .349 wOBA and .200 ISO, and 2016's .418 wOBA and .225 ISO are similar to this year's marks, as well.

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