MLB
6 Daily Fantasy Baseball Studs to Target on 5/5/16
Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
FanDuel Price: $10,800
Jacob deGrom, the day’s most expensive pitcher by $1,400, has a dream matchup with the punchless Padres in pitcher-friendly Petco Park.
San Diego is near the bottom of the barrel in just about every offensive statistic. In fact, the Padres rank third-to-last in strikeout rate (25.9), home runs (21) and wOBA (.283). Petco Park is the second best pitcher’s park, according to three-year averages of ESPN’s Park Factors. The Padres’ implied total of 2.82 runs is the night’s lowest mark.
Our projections have deGrom as Thursday’s top-ranked pitcher, pegging him to score 37.26 FanDuel points. We project him to allow 5.65 hits and 1.85 earned runs while punching out 6.20 hitters over 6.27 innings.