DAILY FANTASY VALUEProjected for 5.3 DraftKings pts Jake Cave is the #49 ranked outfielder. He is the #68 highest priced outfielder ($3000). Based on 3/28 salaries and projected points per dollar, Cave is worth $3.1K. There are 2 other options at $3000 (Avisail Garcia, Adam Engel) and Cave is ranked #3 among the 3. Instead of Cave consider these better options at lower salaries: Brian Goodwin (7 FP) and Tyler Naquin (6.1 FP). Curtis Granderson (2 FP), Adam Jones (4.8 FP), Matt Kemp (5.1 FP), Josh Reddick (4.9 FP), and Robbie Grossman (5 FP) are all projected for fewer points than Cave but have higher salaries. Based on salary, he is expected to have 3.8 FPs, a value reached in 52 of 91 games (57%). The combined 'cover percentage' for outfielders expected to start is 45%. - 3/28 VEGAS LINE EXPECTATION: MIN 4.5 (#13 Most Today) vs CLE 5 (#4 Most)
- PROJECTION (POS RANK): 5.28 Fantasy Points (#48), 2.85 plate appearances (#54), 0.237 BA (#57), 0.707 OPS (#54), 0.12 HR (#28), 0.37 RBI (#37), 0.5 runs (#18), 0.02 stolen bases (#53),
FANDUEL VALUE: Cave is not the best option on FanDuel with a projected 7 FD pts (#82 among outfielders). At $2500 he is expected to be the #69 outfielder. At his projected points, he is worth a salary of $2.5K. There are many other options (18) at $2500 and Cave is ranked #9 among the 19. These are 5 better options at lower salaries: Dexter Fowler (7.1 FP), Jason Heyward (9.2 FP), Jon Jay (7.8 FP), Lonnie Chisenhall (10.4 FP), and Steven Souza (7.3 FP). Adam Jones (6.1 FP), Matt Kemp (6.6 FP), Marwin Gonzalez (6.1 FP), David Peralta (6.6 FP), and Teoscar Hernandez (6.3 FP) are all projected for fewer points than Cave but have higher salaries. Based on salary, he is expected to have 4.9 FPs, a value reached in 52 of 91 games (57%). The combined 'cover percentage' for outfielders expected to start is 49%.
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The latest projections virtually match what is expected of Jake Cave, at least in terms of position ranking. Based on ownership percentage (3%), Jake Cave has a market rank of #112 among outfielders. Projections rank him #113. He is projected for 240 fantasy points in 93 remaining games. Based on average FPs, he is even better with the #102 highest average. The market ranks Jake Cave behind Parra and above Chisenhall but the projections rank these players in reverse order. He has more relative strengths than weaknesses which makes him a better value in leagues that score based on production in individual categories. |
