Given the circumstances, difference in pitching - both starter and bullpen - and talent level this is a value price to lay with the chalk.

Washington has won nine of the last 11 times Doug Fister has pitched, including beat the Rockies earlier this month. Colorado was healthier back then. Now the Rockies could be missing Troy Tulowitzki, Charlie Blackmon and Justin Morneau along with Michael Cuddyer.

Fister is a sinkerball pitcher, perfect for Coors Field. The Rockies are forced to give Franklin Morales another start. He's a five-inning, fly ball pitcher who is the wrong fit for Colorado especially with the Rockies have such a porous bullpen.

The Rockies are very overrated at home, too, having lost 19 of their last 27 at Coors.