Pick 5: Lucas Giolito O5.5 strikeouts (-130 DK)

This is going to be a simple writeup with mostly numbers. In Giolito's last 5 starts this season, he's hit this number in his last 4/5.

Looking at his pitcher report we can see that his four-seam fastball is his bread and butter, and that it does him well. The Royals struggle against RHP.

Here are his pitching stats. We can see that it's great he has 26.2 IP and 37 K's.

If we look at KC's offense, we can see a 20.6% K rate and in their last 3 there has been 12.7 K's per 9 innings. Their lineup just isn't doing so well against righties.

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