UPDATE – Framber Valdez scratched for Houston tonight. 26 year old “Rookie” RHP Blair Henley will take his spot. Texas a big boost. WEATHER Dodgers at Twins – Rain concerns here could push this one back a day, but most likely the game starts on time and they get most of it in before any rain rolls through. It’s also very chilly in Minny. A nice big ‘atta-boy’ to the pricing on DraftKings tonight. With a shorter slate and a Coors game featuring a good road team (Arizona) we are dealt two guys with five figure salaries and a good amount of decisions right after them. ZAC GALLEN (DK: $8200, FD: $9800) Sometimes the answer to “man I want that Coors stack” is actually taking a under-priced good pitcher in Coors. Such is the case with Gallen, who has a sub 3 ERA in his career as a road starter in the rocky mountains, and should have a 25-30% strikeout rate tonight against a team who over the last week has been striking out in that range as well. With Coors, the issue is generally around the 5th/6th inning but projecting Gallen to get 18 outs with 5 of them being strikeouts as a baseline is where I stand today. Throw in a likely win and we’re cookin. JAVIER ASSAD (DK: $7400, FD: $7600) Speaking of pitchers carving up the Rockies bad lineup, that is what Assad was able to do in his first start on the year. Going into PETCO is not a bad second start. He doesn’t do much of anything great, but then neither do the Padres. JAMES PAXTON (DK: $8700, FD: $8600) I was going to put Darvish in here over Valdez, but Paxton is above both of them assuming the weather holds off. Cold temps, Twins dead lineup and a chance this one is called after 7 with a 4-1 Dodgers win. That other guy over there … BLAKE SNELL (DK: $10,300, FD: 10,500) … This is legit the worst case scenario here. Snell’s first start is one we likely would want to avoid him in, but it’s at home and against the Nationals. Everything is favorable for him and while there is a temptation to have expensive Arizona stacks (they’re in Coors) tonight, I would be lying if I said I don’t think Snell gets 16-17 points even on a limited PC…...
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