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
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