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Posted at 2:40 PM EST

8:40 PM EST. The “Coors Field” angle is back in play for this one, as we have two very hittable pitchers going but Washington’s offense is superior to Colorado’s. In the year of what looks to be the “juiced baseball” Colorado is near the bottom of the league in HR’s while Washington is top-10.

As for the starters, Tyler Anderson (LHP - COL) comes off the 10-day injured (left knee inflammation) after two right starts to begin the year in which he walked three, struck out five, gave up two jacks among the 18 hits he allowed and was also tagged for 12 runs, all over just nine innings. We can overlook a home start against the Dodgers but dude was also destroyed in Miami against the Marlins. Maybe it was the knee inflammation that caused those two blow-ups but regardless, Anderson’s underlying numbers last year aren't reassuring.

Jeremy Hellickson (RHP - WAS) was fortunate to post such a low ERA last season and can't reasonably be expected to duplicate the feat in 2019. He punches out very few batters on a per inning basis, and doesn't work very deep into games, as he averaged under five innings per start in 2018, and lasted six innings just twice. In 14 innings over three appearances this year (two starts), he’s walked eight and struck out six. Yuck. However, he has a five-pitch mix and an elite ground-ball rate so there’s that. We understand that Hellickson is going to get blown up many times this year and when he’s favored, he’ll be a good fade target but that does not apply here. We’re simply playing the dog here in a game where runs figure to be aplenty.

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