Daily Fantasy Baseball: Positive Batted-Ball Regression Candidates for Week 3
Nomar Mazara, OF, Texas Rangers
Surface statistics show more of the same blandness from Nomar Mazara, who deflated hopes for a breakout with a mediocre .258/.317./436 showing in 2018 and continues to underwhelm with a .238/.333/.452 line across 48 plate appearances to begin 2019.
Under the hood, however, the Texas Rangers' lefty shows a marked increase in fly balls and liners, bucking the ground-ball-heavy trend that capped his upside last year. His massive 51.5% hard-contact rate might very well be a figment of the small sample, but it could also portend the mashing campaign we've been waiting for.
With his price on FanDuel peaking in the mid-$3,000s and a full week at home in the hitter-friendly Globe Life Park, Mazara could make for an unglamorous but productive option for daily players.
