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Gerrit Cole, P, Pittsburgh Pirates

FanDuel Price: $10,100

Gerrit Cole is off to a rather quietly slow start for the Pirates. His 19.8% strikeout rate and 4.11 SIERA are both career-worst clips. He has, however, been better in his last three outings, limiting the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Rockies -- all three of whom rank in the top seven in wOBA -- to a total of 3 earned runs over 21 innings.

OpponentInningsHitsEarned RunsWalksStrikeoutsFanDuel Points
Rockies71011030
Cubs8300757
Cardinals6622745


Cole takes on the Arizona Diamondbacks, who rank 23rd in walk rate (7.4%), today in a home start. PNC Park ranks 25th in ESPN’s Park Factors and 23rd in home run factor, and Cole held opposing hitters to a .283 wOBA at home in 2015.

We project Cole, our second-ranked pitcher, to score 32.07 FanDuel points today. We forecast him to allow 2.50 earned runs on 6.43 hits and 1.73 walks while punching out 5.29 over 6.42 innings of work. Arizona has the second-lowest implied run total (3.21) for the day.

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