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Daily fantasy baseball X factors for Aug. 18

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Daily fantasy baseball X factors for Aug. 18

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Any serious DFS player knows that what looks like an obvious play in the morning can become a mere afterthought an hour before game time when the scramble to create lineups begins -- an unexpected must-play hitter emerges on the whim of a manager’s lineup choice or Mother Nature decides to blow some wind around.