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With this in mind, our “Trend of the Day” series features articles that walk subscribers through an important trend each weekday, created by our Trends tool. Also, shortly after you create a trend, you will be able to see it under the “My Trends” column in our Player Models tool.

MLB Trend of the Day: DraftKings Leadoff Hitters Below $3,500 with a Negative wOBA Diff

It is fairly well known that batting leadoff is king when it comes to value. Leadoff has the highest Plus/Minus of any spot in the batting order. Targeting players near the top of the order has been a tried-and-true method to cash-game success, along with placing some emphasis on a specific statistic: Weighted On-Base Average. Sometimes the obvious value play is simply to find cheap batters who are hitting leadoff and have positive splits. It is common to see such a player in a large number of cash game lineups. Well, what if a player is relatively cheap and batting leadoff but has negative wOBA spits? Does that player still offer value? Let’s find out.

Step 1: Player Filters > Salary > “1000 to 3400”

Step 2: Player Filters > Lineup Order > “1 to 1”

We can see that low-priced leadoff hitters have a Plus/Minus of +1.12, further cementing their argument for cash game consideration. Now, let’s take a look at cheap leadoff hitters with negative wOBA splits?

Step 3: Stat Split Filters > wOBA Diff > “-1.033 to -0.01”

Now that our Trend is complete, we can take a look at the results.

The count is nothing to brag about and should be noted, but the Plus/Minus of +1.01 shows us that there is still value in a low-priced leadoff hitter, even if he doesn’t have a good wOBA split.

Now, we can take a look at today’s matches.

There we have it. The low salary and premium spot in the lineup order offer enough value to trump negative wOBA splits. Keep in mind that this trend was written prior to lineups being released. Players could fall out or come into this trend once official lineups are announced.

Good luck today!