Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer throws in the first inning of their baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Opponent - ATL (Colon) Park - @ATL
FD - 39.8 DK - 26.29
While Scherzer isn't in the best possible match-up, he's still Max Scherzer. It's really that simple. He's a top 3 pitcher in baseball and does face-off with a very weak offense. The problem has been the runs they have put up at home. SunTrust Park has played very friendly to hitters and it is a bit scary to roster pitchers. In fact, I was at SunTrust just two nights ago and saw the ball fly off the bat of Luke Maile and Marcus Stroman. It might be real. However, look at this offense without Freddie Freeman. Ender Inciarte and Matt Kemp are somewhat good (I guess), but other than that, this lineup is horrible. Brandon Phillips and Nick Markakis are in the 2 and 4 hole, which should tell you a lot. Looking lower in the order, well, you can see for yourself. These guys are absolutely horrible and Scherzer should be able to dice them up. He makes sense in all formats and shouldn't be too popular on a slate with a lot of solid options. He is expensive but has more upside than anyone else. Also, there isn't 1 offense you MUST pay up for. You are able to pay down at a few spots and make it easy on both FD and DK.
Opponent - MIA (Straily) Park - @LAD
FD - 30.75 DK - 20.12
The Marlins and Dodgers got into a bench clearing brawl last night, because the Marlins are horrible. They ultimately couldn't take the beating and had to throw at someone for hitting a home run. Julio Urias will take the mound against the same measly Marlins tonight, who hold one of the lowest implied team totals on the night. While they are better against lefties, they still strikeout a ton (7th). Urias has been exceptional to start the year and this is a guy with as much potential as any prospect in the sport. He has the chance to be an ace-level pitcher very soon and his price is still too low. While I'm not expecting a clean slate here, I do think Urias strikes out 7 or 8 and gets the W. He's cheap enough on both sites and you could do much worse. He will be lower and I don't hate him as an SP2 on DK in cash games.
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Man, I went Urias without even seeing your recommendation for him. Clearly we all were drunk when we thought he'd be a good play.