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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 8/16/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Aug 16th, 2018
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Andrelton Simmons, SS, Los Angeles Angels

Price: $2,700

One of only two teams with a better implied total than the Twins, the Los Angeles Angels boast a 5.17 mark in a dreamy matchup with Texas Rangers right-hander Ariel Jurado.

Jurado posted a pedestrian 4.20 xFIP over his 16 Double-A starts in 2018, and it doesn't come as much of a surprise that he hasn't excelled at the big-league level. He has made four starts in the Majors, struggling to the tune of a 5.48 SIERA.

Andrelton Simmons doesn't offer anything special from the dish, but he does have a career-best .335 wOBA on the year, which has come on a 36.8% hard-hit rate -- blowing away his previous best mark of 29.2%. Most importantly, he's a cheap way to get exposure to one of the day's best offenses.

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