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Daily Fantasy Baseball: FanDuel Picks For August 7

By Dave Fuqua

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August 1, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw (22) pitches the seventh inning against Los Angeles Angels at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

FanDuel Picks For August 7

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Welcome back to the best place to get fantasy sports advice across multiple sports. Today I am going to give you my best picks and choices for your FanDuel lineups that I can. My advice is based purely on mathematical and statistical analysis and I try to avoid using player biases and so forth.

NOTE: these FanDuel picks are based solely on statistics. Some players have never faced their opponents, or have very little experience against them. I am not saying that none of those are good picks. This is based on statistical analysis only. If you have a gut feeling, then by all means, follow that. This is not an exact science.

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Aug 1, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola (27) pitches during the second inning against the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

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    • Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers ($13,400): Kershaw is still just dominating everyone he faces. He is certainly worth continuing to use, unless and until he cools off and quits throwing up on average over 20 fantasy points a game. Most other pitchers are having their best day to even consider getting 20 fantasy points and as of right now using Kershaw is getting you an average of 20 fantasy points. That kind of odds is what we look for in daily fantasy baseball.

    Aaron Nola, Phillies ($6,100): Now this is another one for all of you riverboat gamblers out there. Obviously Kershaw is going to be hard to beat so in order to do so you have to maximize your salary money. Nola may be a tremendous long shot, but he has been good for roughly 10-11 fantasy points in his four starts. So with the salary difference which is $7,300 than you would need to make up roughly 10-15 fantasy points to get ahead of anyone using Kershaw. Of course if Nola manages just five more points and finishes with 15 fantasy points than you come out in good shape. It is a risk, but risks are how you win this game.

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    Jul 30, 2015; St. Louis, MO, USA; Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes (7) hits an sacrifice fly ball for an RBI against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

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    Adrian Beltre, Rangers ($3,600): I am sure by now you have figured out that I am a Adrian Beltre fan. He has been really picking it up lately and on top of that he gets a tasty match-up for the 7th. Beltre will be squaring off with Hisashi Iwakuma and he owns a .367 lifetime mark against him with three home runs and five RBI. Use him as you normally would, but with greater confidence.

    Jose Reyes, Rockies ($3,000): Reyes has been playing pretty well since being traded to the Rockies. He squares off with a pretty familiar foe for the 7th in Jordan Zimmerman. For his career he owns a 8/26 mark with two stolen bases. This is not going to be the piece that wins you the game, but at this price it is a nice piece to the puzzle.

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    Aug 2, 2015; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Jason Heyward (22) celebrates scoring the game winning run against the Colorado Rockies at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

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    Jason Heyward, Cardinals ($3,500): Heyward has had a hot bat in his last few games. He has also been pretty active on the bases. Heyward comes to us as a nice option seeing that he has a nice mark against Brewer’s pitcher Kyle Lohse. For his career he has a .357 average with a home run and two RBI.

    Yoenis Cespedes, Mets ($3,800): Cespedes has been on a little mini tear the past 12 games or so. In that span he has just been incredible with his bat. He hit safely in all but on of those games, recorded multiple hits in five games, nine runs, four home runs, and 12 RBI. He is certainly worth this investment.

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