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3 Daily Fantasy Baseball Players to Avoid on 9/24/18
Justin Smoak slammed lefty pitching in 2017, but he's struggled against it this season and has a date with a tough lefty in Dallas Keuchel tonight. What other players should we look to avoid?

Sandy Alcantara, SP, Miami Marlins

FanDuel Price: $6,600

Peeping Sandy Alcantara and his sparkling 2.35 ERA over 23 innings pitched, at a low price point, he could look like a tantalizing starting pitching option tonight. Not so fast, my friends.

The young righty's 5.93 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) shows he's perhaps been a bit lucky, and that ERA has been built on a shaky 17.7% strikeout rate, 16.7% walk rate, and 85.0% strand rate.

Add in a 36.1% hard-hit rate and a date with the Washington Nationals, who rank sixth this season in team weighted on-base average (wOBA) against right-handed pitching (.325), and there are other pitching options to consider tonight.

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