Ben Paulsen (1B, COL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Most Leagues, Add in NL-Only and Deep Mixed Leagues

Ownership: 8% Fleaflicker

ANALYSIS: Ben Paulsen is a risky play, but this is a shallow crop of streams. Let’s start with the bad news. Paulsen has to face the Mets‘ three young studs – Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, and Noah Syndergaard. Now onto the good news. The Rockies face six righties this week, and Paulsen has a .893 OPS vs RHP. The Rockies get to play a home series against the relatively softer pitching matchups, and Paulsen has a .981 OPS in Coors. Overall, in a shallow week, we have a young lefty slugger who has a .846 OPS and gets to face six righties and play a series at Coors. For these reasons, he is the number one option this week, despite facing some tough pitchers.