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Daily Fantasy Baseball DFS Value Update and Lineup – April 17

April 17, 2014
By Michael Clifford

Michael Clifford looks at every MLB matchup to find the best daily fantasy baseball value plays.

Cleveland Indians (Salazar) at Detroit Tigers (Verlander)

Danny Salazar has undoubtedly a high strike out arm but he hasn’t reached six innings in either of his starts yet this year. Going on the road in Detroit is not ideal for going deep in a game so despite how much I like his arm, I’ll stay away today. I’ll also stay away from most Cleveland hitters facing Justin Verlander as well.

Carlos Santana (3B) – $4547

I’m a bit of a fan of Verlander today especially because his price doesn’t put him among the truly elite. The problem with Verlander is he’s not striking out a lot of guys. That also presents a good value upside, because he should eventually. I would stay away from most hitters against Salazar, though.

Justin Verlander (SP) – $18,840

Michael Clifford

Michael Clifford was born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and is a graduate of the Unviersity of New Brunswick. He writes about fantasy hockey and baseball for XNSports and FantasyTrade411.com. He can be reached on Twitter @SlimCliffy for any fantasy hockey questions. Follow @SlimCliffy !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');