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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 4/16/19
Priced at the minimum, Daniel Palka brings some under-priced power into a plus matchup against Jorge Lopez and the Royals. Which other low-priced bats can bolster your lineup on Tuesday?

Ji-Man Choi, 1B, Tampa Bay Rays

Price: $2,700

The Tampa Bay Rays show a slate-high 5.17-run implied total as they draw a juicy matchup against Baltimore Orioles righty Dylan Bundy.

Attacking Bundy in DFS is nothing new, and while he improved some with a 3.94 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) last year, his 4.19 SIERA to open 2019 is right in line with his 4.20 career average. His 33.3% hard-hit rate also matches his career average (33.6%), and he's forcing less soft contact (15.2%) and allowing a higher fly-ball rate (51.5%) than he has over his career.

Ji-Man Choi has had a weak start to the year, with a .292 wOBA. Struggling over a 59-plate-appearance sample isn't anything to be worried about, though, especially after he turned in a .367 wOBA and .242 ISO last year. He's also still sporting a 40.0% hard-hit rate and 7.5% soft-hit rate in 2019.

Particularly potent against righties, Choi has converted a 43.2% hard-hit rate into a .372 wOBA and .221 ISO in the split since the start of the 2018 season, and he shouldn't have much trouble continuing that trend against Bundy.

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