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ANALYSIS: Colorado Rockies starting pitcher German Marquez is a bit of a risky addition. Any time you add pitchers who are below 25 percent owned, it comes with a high risk of ruining your fantasy team’s ERA and/or WHIP for the week. Therefore, it is wise to only stream pitchers with that low of ownership when you need to add strikeouts and/or potentially get the win/QS for my weekly lineups.
Saying that Marquez has struggled at Coors Field would be an understatement. He has produced a 10.34 ERA at home in four starts (15.2 innings) and he will face the Reds in Colorado for his second start of the week next Sunday.
As for his first outing of Week 8, Marquez travels to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers on May 21. He is 2-2 with a 2.25 ERA (28 IP) on the road this season. Out of Marquez’s five road starts in 2018, he has allowed no more than two earned runs in any outing and has struck out at least five batters in four of those appearances. It is only wise to start Marquez in deeper formats, potentially only starting him on Monday in Los Angeles.
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