As is customary on Fridays, we jump up to a packed 14-game main slate, featuring both some top-notch aces and the always tantalizing Coors Field. Are there any values at pitcher to allow us to spend up on our bats?
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On that note, let's highlight some of the top options for today's FanDuel main slate.
Pitchers to Target
High-Priced Pitchers
Blake Snell ($11,200 on FanDuel): Blake Snell is in the midst of another stellar campaign, leading all qualified starters in SIERA (2.58) and strikeout rate (37.8%), and even his walk rate sits at a career-best 6.4%. His batted-ball numbers also shine, ranking second best in both hard-hit rate (26.9%) and soft-hit rate (25.0%). Although Cleveland's active roster only carries the 20th-ranked strikeout rate against lefties (21.8%), they also hold a modest 92 wRC+ in the split, and given Snell's monstrous strikeout rate, it's not like he needs much help to rack up the punchouts.