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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Studs to Target on 7/5/16

Austan Kas  —  @AustanKas Jul 5th, 2016
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Mookie Betts, OF, Boston Red Sox

FanDuel Price: 3,800

One of baseball's best players who hits atop a scary-good lineup, Mookie Betts is always an attractive play, but he is approaching must-roster status against right-handers.

Despite being a righty himself, Betts has pummeled right-handed pitching this year, registering a .374 wOBA against same-sided hurlers. He's also thrived at hitter-friendly Fenway Park, sporting a .376 wOBA at home.

Tonight, Betts gets a home matchup against Texas Rangers' righty A.J. Griffin.

Griffin has been incredibly lucky this season as his .236 BABIP has helped him record a career-best 2.93 ERA. He's actually having the worst season of his career, though. Griffin's 9.8% walk rate, 35.1% hard-hit rate and 4.25 SIERA are all career-worst numbers.

Boston has the day's second highest implied total (5.14 runs), and Betts' price tag is fairly reasonable. There's not much to quibble with today as far as Betts is concerned.

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