5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 4/1/19

Jake Marisnick, OF, Houston Astros

Price: $2,000

Getting a minimum-salary bat in the offense with the day's highest implied total is almost always going to be worth at least considering -- especially on a slate without a ton of well-positioned offenses.

I mentioned above how worrisome it is that Drew Smyly hasn't pitched a game since 2016, and even though Jake Marisnick is coming off a down year, he's a threat in this spot.

His .290 wOBA and 35.7% strikeout rate over 235 plate appearances last year was, bluntly, terrible. He did it with a 29.0% hard-hit rate and 20.6% soft-hit rate, so even with a 45.2% fly-ball rate, his contact was ugly. He still showed some reasonable pop in his bat, though, with a decent .188 ISO.

The strength of the lineup around him (and the high implied total) also mean that his potential to score big with runs and RBI is elevated in this spot, and his power gives him plenty of upside of his own against Smyly.