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FanDuel fantasy baseball picks and lineup: Sunday April 8

By Adam Strangis

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 07: Mookie Betts
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NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 29: Matt Carpenter #13 of the St. Louis Cardinals follows through on his hit in the New York Mets home opening day game of the 2018 MLB baseball season on March 29, 2018 at CitiField in the Queens borough of New York City. Mets won 9-4. (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Matt Carpenter
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 29: Matt Carpenter #13 of the St. Louis Cardinals follows through on his hit in the New York Mets home opening day game of the 2018 MLB baseball season on March 29, 2018 at CitiField in the Queens borough of New York City. Mets won 9-4. (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Matt Carpenter /

Third Base

High End Spend: Kris Bryant ($4,100) — .400/.438/1.067 with 3 HR in 15 at-bats

Speaking of Cubbies that own the Milwaukee Brewer starter, let’s get to Kris Bryant. He’s one of the premier power hitters in the game and he’s in a great park. Bryant will always be a high-priced player. Today is going to be one of the days we have to think about spending the money on him given his track record against Anderson. It’s made a little easier by the fact that Coors Field snit on the slate so there’s fewer expensive bats to spend on.

In consideration: Miguel Sano, $4,400

Mid-Range: Matt Davidson ($3,300) — 0 at-bats vs. Mike Fiers

I would normally not really consider Davison at this price tag and facing a righty. However, he gets to square off against Mike Fiers making his first start of the season. With the Astros last year, Fiers was a low strikeout pitcher and he gave up a healthy amount of fly balls. He generated very few ground balls while giving up hard contact nearly 33 percent of the time. In a *very* small sample size this season, Davison is hitting righties at a .400 clip. That’s in stark contrast to his career numbers but he’s definitely swinging a very hot bat by his standards.

In consideration: Matt Carpenter, $3,400

Value: Miguel Andujar ($2,200) — 0 at-bats vs. Mike Wright

We have a very limited track record for both players here as Andujar is just breaking into the majors and Wright only has pitched a handful of innings. In his 149+ career innings, Wright has surrendered a fly ball almost 40 percent of the time and matched it with a hard contact rate of 32 percent. That is just a horrible match with Yankee Stadium and Andujar is priced as a pure punt. Seeing as how we’ll likely want at least one big name Bronx Bomber at some point, Andujar can help us get there.