Bargain Bin Ballers Test
Need one or two cheap players to fill out your MLB lineups on FanDuel? These Bargain Bin Ballers are players with a salary under $2,500, listed and ranked by an automated algorithm which considerers batting order position, matchup and lefty/righty splits to find the best values for the day. These picks will be updated throughout the day as lineups are posted, so be sure to check back as changes in expected lineups can lead to changes in Bargain Bin options. For more information, check out our Bargain Bin Ballers FAQ page.
Friday, April 17
| Player | Team | Salary | Pos | Opp-SP | Bats | SPHand | BOP | AvgLR | wOBALR | SPAvg | SPwOBA |
| Nick Castellanos | DET | $3,500 | 3B/OF | Samardzija | R | R | 6 | 0.267 | 0.308 | 0.223 | 0.279 |
| Avisail Garcia | CWS | $3,500 | OF | Price | R | L | 4 | 0.333 | 0.421 | 0.232 | 0.283 |
| Alexei Ramirez | CWS | $3,500 | SS | Price | R | L | 6 | 0.273 | 0.328 | 0.232 | 0.283 |
| Chris Coghlan | CHC | $3,500 | OF | Shields | L | R | 5 | 0.294 | 0.362 | 0.256 | 0.309 |
| Derek Norris | SDP | $3,500 | C | Hammel | R | R | 2 | 0.244 | 0.318 | 0.231 | 0.297 |
| Jedd Gyorko | SDP | $3,500 | 2B/3B | Hammel | R | R | 7 | 0.205 | 0.266 | 0.231 | 0.297 |
| Michael Taylor | WSH | $3,500 | OF | | R | | 8 | 0.267 | 0.335 | | |
| Pedro Alvarez | PIT | $3,500 | 1B/3B | Nelson | L | R | 5 | 0.245 | 0.336 | 0.271 | 0.353 |
| Scooter Gennett | MIL | $3,500 | 2B | Locke | L | L | 8 | 0.103 | 0.116 | 0.183 | 0.238 |
| Eric Young | | $3,500 | OF | | | | 1 | | | | |
| Chris Johnson | ATL | $3,500 | 1B/3B | Hutchison | R | R | 5 | 0.231 | 0.254 | 0.222 | 0.273 |
| Andrelton Simmons | ATL | $3,500 | SS | Hutchison | R | R | 7 | 0.243 | 0.267 | 0.222 | 0.273 |
| Emilio Bonifacio | CWS | $3,400 | 2B/OF | Price | R | L | 9 | 0.365 | 0.420 | 0.232 | 0.283 |
| Will Middlebrooks | SDP | $3,400 | 3B | Hammel | R | R | 6 | 0.198 | 0.250 | 0.231 | 0.297 |
| Yunel Escobar | WSH | $3,400 | 3B/SS | | R | | 1 | 0.255 | 0.295 | | |
| Jose Iglesias | DET | $3,300 | 3B/SS | Samardzija | R | R | 8 | | | 0.223 | 0.279 |
| Adam Eaton | CWS | $3,300 | OF | Price | L | L | 1 | 0.299 | 0.330 | 0.255 | 0.292 |
| Gerardo Parra | MIL | $3,300 | OF | Locke | L | L | 7 | 0.206 | 0.263 | 0.183 | 0.238 |
| Geovany Soto | CWS | $3,200 | C | Price | R | L | 8 | 0.265 | 0.304 | 0.232 | 0.283 |
| Gregory Polanco | PIT | $3,200 | OF | Nelson | L | R | 3 | 0.262 | 0.326 | 0.271 | 0.353 |
| Devon Travis | | $3,200 | 2B | | | | 1 | | | | |
| A.J. Pierzynski | ATL | $3,200 | C | Hutchison | L | R | 6 | 0.269 | 0.298 | 0.256 | 0.353 |
| Alex Avila | DET | $3,100 | C | Samardzija | L | R | 7 | 0.215 | 0.326 | 0.240 | 0.292 |
| Cody Asche | PHI | $3,100 | 3B | Scherzer | L | R | 5 | 0.248 | 0.303 | 0.240 | 0.305 |
| Sean Rodriguez | PIT | $3,100 | 2B/OF | Nelson | R | R | 8 | 0.200 | 0.288 | 0.307 | 0.349 |
| Jace Peterson | ATL | $3,100 | 2B/3B | Hutchison | L | R | 8 | 0.073 | 0.080 | 0.256 | 0.353 |
| Alexi Amarista | SDP | $3,000 | 3B/SS | Hammel | L | R | 8 | 0.252 | 0.284 | 0.234 | 0.305 |
| Danny Espinosa | WSH | $3,000 | 2B/SS | | | | 7 | 0.183 | 0.238 | | |
| Ryan Howard | PHI | $3,000 | 1B | Scherzer | L | R | 7 | 0.221 | 0.292 | 0.240 | 0.305 |
| Francisco Cervelli | PIT | $3,000 | C | Nelson | R | R | 2 | 0.317 | 0.372 | 0.307 | 0.349 |
| Alberto Callaspo | ATL | $3,000 | 2B/3B | Hutchison | L | R | 2 | 0.238 | 0.277 | 0.256 | 0.353 |
| Cameron Maybin | ATL | $3,000 | OF | Hutchison | R | R | 9 | 0.248 | 0.286 | 0.222 | 0.273 |
| Welington Castillo | CHC | $2,900 | C | Shields | R | R | 7 | 0.216 | 0.283 | 0.250 | 0.310 |
| Gordon Beckham | CWS | $2,800 | 2B/3B | Price | R | L | 7 | 0.293 | 0.341 | 0.232 | 0.283 |
| Freddy Galvis | PHI | $2,800 | 3B/SS | Scherzer | L | R | 2 | 0.173 | 0.260 | 0.240 | 0.305 |
| Carlos Ruiz | PHI | $2,800 | C | Scherzer | R | R | 6 | 0.253 | 0.307 | 0.227 | 0.279 |
| Darin Ruf | PHI | $2,800 | 1B/OF | Scherzer | R | R | 8 | 0.146 | 0.172 | 0.227 | 0.279 |
| Odubel Herrera | PHI | $2,700 | 2B/OF | Scherzer | | R | 1 | | | 0.240 | 0.305 |
| Jonathan Herrera | CHC | $2,600 | 3B/SS | Shields | L | R | 9 | 0.222 | 0.272 | 0.256 | 0.309 |
| Jeff Francoeur | PHI | $2,100 | OF | Scherzer | R | R | 4 | 0.000 | 0.057 | 0.227 | 0.279 |
