Risky SP play for Monday

While it's definitely a risky proposition, I'm looking hard at Johnny Cueto tonight. The way I see it, there are 4 aces on the hill this evening with Kershaw obviously the cream of the crop. Kluber is not far behind him with Lester up there in a cake matchup. While Cueto definitely comes in behind these guys, he hasn't been below 10K once this season and usually hovers in the 11-12K range. At $9,100 tonight, we are getting a serious discount on Cueto when he will be virtually unowned. On talent alone Cueto is right on par with the other aces towing the rubber this evening. While he has only shown it in glimpses this year, I'm willing to buy Cueto on the low and pair him with Kluber or Lester as opposed to pairing Kershaw with a mid tier guy.

I'd rather take a shot on Peacock for $1,000 less, even with higher ownership. Not that Cueto can't have a good start, but there's more stats trending downward than upward this year for him.