Short slate, pricey pitching! That’s the theme of the day. While there may be just nine games today, we’re inundated with aces as roughly a third of the pitching options are priced over $10,000 on both FanDuel and Draft Kings. Are they all worth it? Of course not. So let’s take a look at who is…

                 vs Lvs R   
PlayerTmHandH/AOppIPK/9BB/9HR/9BAASwStr%ERAxFIPWHIPGB%FB%GB/FBwOBAwOBA$FD$DK$Aces
Jose FernandezMIARHSTL120.213.052.390.60.20715.7%2.542.341.0346.7%27.1%1.720.2890.218$11800$13400$8000
Johnny CuetoSFRHWSH142.18.091.770.51.22810.6%2.533.351.0353.9%26.3%2.050.2870.248$10700$11900$7400
Chris SaleCWSLACHI133.08.731.891.15.21611.6%3.183.601.0142.5%34.4%1.240.2650.278$10400$11000$7500
Jacob deGromNYMRHCOL105.28.782.040.85.23611.7%2.733.301.1050.2%26.5%1.890.2530.310$10400$10300$7200
David PriceBOSLALAA135.29.621.991.06.27213.1%4.513.381.2846.1%29.4%1.570.3320.321$10100$9300$7200
Cole HamelsTEXLHKC125.18.613.591.15.23413.3%2.874.021.2950.1%29.4%1.710.2440.326$10000$9900$7200
John LackeyCHIRHCWS130.29.162.691.17.22412.7%3.793.751.1041.3%34.6%1.190.3000.290$8600$10100$7000
Tanner RoarkWSHRASF129.27.632.570.62.2409.6%3.053.771.1754.8%25.8%2.130.2620.300$8200$8900$6700
Aaron NolaPHIRAATL106.09.851.950.85.25910.3%4.763.081.2657.1%21.1%2.700.3000.307$8000$8400$6600
Yordano VenturaKCRATEX106.16.773.811.18.2549.2%4.994.611.4150.3%31.4%1.600.3330.318$7900$5700$6050
Robbie RayARILAMIL109.110.863.381.15.27711.8%4.533.541.5147.9%26.7%1.790.3220.352$7800$9100$6400
Zach DaviesMILRHARI99.07.272.361.09.2478.6%3.643.961.1848.6%29.2%1.670.3420.272$7500$8600$6300
Michael WachaSTLRAMIA115.17.882.580.86.2789.3%4.374.091.4447.8%26.5%1.800.3230.335$7300$6500$6450
Jered WeaverLAARHBOS111.24.912.421.85.2968.6%5.325.431.4531.2%44.8%0.700.3540.380$6700$5100$5900
Kyle GibsonMINRHBAL71.16.442.901.01.2679.8%4.674.381.3953.5%24.6%2.180.3330.310$6700$6600$6100
Matt WislerATLRHPHI117.06.772.381.46.26210.3%4.924.501.3241.1%38.6%1.060.3480.301$6700$5600$6650
Tyler AndersonCOLLANYM48.07.691.690.75.28110.7%3.563.321.2960.7%20.7%2.930.2990.326$6300$7700$6450
Ubaldo JimenezBALRAMIN81.27.945.401.10.3208.4%7.384.931.9751.3%26.2%1.960.4300.359$6200$4700$5700

Jose Fernandez, MIA – Run support from the Marlins has been pretty tough to come by, but Fernandez will keep the Cardinals in line enough to not need a whole lot. He continues to be a dominant force and the Cards’ bats have been ice cold over the past seven days. We’re talking a .262 wOAB with a 24.8-percent strikeout rate. Yeah, that cold.

Chris Sale, CHW – The team-mandated suspension is done and Sale is ready to get back on the hill. While the Cubs have hit left-handed pitching well this season, they’ve posted just a .311 wOBA over the past week and have lost three of their last five. Sale hasn’t faced them this season, but he did face most of this crew twice last year and held them to one run over 14 innings (two starts) with 25….yes, 25….strikeouts.

Jacob deGrom, NYM – The Rockies are just atrocious on the road with a .292 wOBA and a 23.6-percent strikeout rate which means easy pickins for deGrom. We should see a ton of ground ball outs as deGrom’s 50.2-percent ground ball rate matches up against a team mashing the ball in the dirt 46.5-percent of the time.

Cole Hamels, TEX – Man, these Royals look bad right now. They’ve posted a .264 wOBA with a 20.4-percent strikeout rate over the past week and their .103 ISO isn’t intimidating anyone. Hamels should have little to no trouble at all with these guys.

Aaron Nola, PHI – The Braves bats may have come to life yesterday, but I have no faith in them consistently producing. They’re still posting just a .286 wOBA against righties this year and that comes with just a .120 ISO and a .660 OPS.