Ronel Blanco has pitched well since his season-opening no-hitter, allowing two runs or fewer in every start while coming one out away in his last outing in Mexico City from throwing six-plus innings in all five starts as well. He's more than capable of reaching seven Ks against the worst strikeout offense in the league, one that has surrendered at least seven Ks to eight of the last nine opposing starters, including four times in five innings or less, and the only SP who didn't manage it in that stretch threw just 61 pitches. Any solid pitcher should be juiced to Over 6.5 Ks in this matchup.

Many books have dropped this to eight. Seattle's George Kirby was my preseason AL value pick for the Cy Young. I felt stupid for that initially as Kirby was lousy but he hasn't allowed a run in back-to-back starts with just seven hits allowed and 19Ks over 12 innings. Dude is nasty. Houston's Ronel Blanco has been one of the early surprises on MLB at 3-0 with a 1.65 ERA. He's coming back to earth some in allowing 2 ER in three straight but I'll take that tonight.