, who last year finished third in the American League Cy Young Award balloting and eighth among starting pitchers in fantasy points.
Gausman's spring training was thrown off track during the first week of March, after he complained of shoulder fatigue, and it took him until March 25, three days before baseball's Opening Day, before he became ready for game action. Despite his abbreviated spring, the Blue Jays included him in their season-opening rotation, slotting him in for a decent, 69-pitch outing on March 31., rekindled concerns about his health.
When he did so last season, Gausman averaged 95-plus mph in two of his subsequent five starts, so a swift turnaround would do wonders to restore his fantasy managers' confidence. He remains rostered in 97.5% of ESPN leagues -- and with good reason -- making his Friday start against the From a matchups perspective, a start against a visiting Rockies offense is almost always a positive. The Rockies scored 24 runs over their season-opening seven-game road trip to Arizona and Chicago, and their 3.64 runs per game average away from Coors since the beginning of last season is second worst in baseball in his two outings since, and his stinker of a debut could be easily explained by nerves and/or the game circumstances.
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