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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 4/13/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Apr 13th, 2018
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Ryan Zimmerman, 1B, Washington Nationals

Price: $2,500

Ryan Zimmerman continues to struggle, but while he continues to make great contact (39.3% hard-hit rate) and deal with an unsustainably low BABIP (.111), he's going to keep offering huge fantasy value as long as he remains this cheap. He has never finished a season with a BABIP lower than .248, his career-average is .310, and he finished 2017 with a .335 average when putting the ball in play.

This slow start to the year comes with a heavy dose of variance working against him, and there's really no need to be concerned about his long-term prospects. The lack of production has his price-tag driven way down, which is especially appealing tonight, as he takes on a lefty in the Colorado Rockies' Kyle Freeland.

Zimmerman throttled southpaws for a .425 wOBA and .323 isolated slugging (ISO) on a 43.0% hard-hit rate in 2017, and Freeland has allowed a career .346 wOBA and 4.94 xFIP to right-handed bats.

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