Colorado Rockies (Morales) at Kansas City Royals (Shields)
Other than bombing out Alfredo Simon a few days ago, the Colorado hitters have started to slow down a bit. Going to Kauffman Stadium to face James Shields probably isn’t going to jump-start their offense so I’ll shy away from them here. Even against Kansas City, I’ll avoid Franklin Morales today, too.
James Shields is priced as a top-5 pitcher today and as much as I like him as a pitcher, I have concerns about buying in to him as a top-5 pitcher when facing the Colorado Rockies offense. I do like a couple of the Royals’ hitters against the lefty Morales, though.
Norichika Aoki (OF) – $5511
Danny Valencia (3B) – $3972