Daily Fantasy Baseball Hot Hitters – April 17: Oswaldo Arias, Angel Pagan

Written by :

Ean Lamb

Published on :

16 April, 2015

Gambling911.com has your daily fantasy baseball hot hitters for April 17, and there are plenty of them, signaling the potential for a number of OVERs today.

Oswaldo Arias (Minnesota) – (April 17) – At the time this was going to press, Arias slammed a two-run home run against St. Louis. Arias hot arm could come in handy Friday as he has an .809 OPS and 28 home runs in 478 career at-bats against right-handed pitching. Arias is priced around $3.5K.

Angel Pagan (San Francisco) – (April 17) – He’s priced around $3300. Pagan went 3-for-4 with three singles as the Giants lost to the Rockies on Tuesday and is batting at .333 despite back issues. More importantly, Pagan is 7-for-12 against Josh Collmenter with two RBIs.

Mike Napoli (Boston) – (April 17) – Priced at $3K, Napoli has gone 4-of-10 against Ubaldo Jiminez with 3 extra base hits. Jiminez could be in for a rough night Friday.

Dustin Pedroia (Boston) – (April 17) - Dustin Pedroia walked, singled twice, and hit a solo home run in five plate appearances in Tuesday's victory against the Nationals. He is 7-of-17 with 4 RBIs.

Justin Upton (San Diego) – (April 17) – Upton has been on fire this season and has enjoyed great success against Cubs starter Jason Hammel, hitting 8 of 29 at bats. Two of those were home runs. All 8 were RBI’s.

Matt Kemp (San Diego) – (April 17) – He had an RBI Wednesday night against Arizona. Kemp is 7-of-25 against the Cubs Jason Hammel with one home run and 3 RBIs.

Buster Posey (San Francisco) – (April 17) - Buster Posey (neck, shoulder) went 0-for-3 with a walk Wednesday in his return to action. But against Josh Collmenter Posey has gone 11 of 20 with three homeruns. He’s priced around $4300.

Joe Mauer (Minnesota) – (April 17) - Joe Mauer knocked in three runs in Thursday's win over the Royals. He is 6 of 24 against Corey Kluber with 1 home run and 3 RBIs. He’s priced at $3300.

Danny Santana (Minnesota) – (April 17) - Danny Santana went 2-for-4 with an RBI double in Sunday's loss to the White Sox. He has gone 4-for-11 versus Kluber.

Kenny Vargas (Minnesota) – (April 17) - Kennys Vargas went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a win over the Royals on Thursday. Priced at $2500, he is 4-for-11 against Kluber with 2 RBIs.

- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com

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