Razzle’s final dart is Ryne Nelson. He tossed a solid outing against the Dodgers and should be built up to the low-80s in pitches. Facing a depleted Rangers offense without Corey Seager and J.P. Peterson, Nelson’s path to 5+ innings and a handful of strikeouts is viable. Salary relief plus win equity at home keeps him on Razzle’s MME list.

Jenstad pegged Ryne Nelson as a sneaky Week-ahead add because Arizona lines him up for Pittsburgh and potentially Washington. Nelson just limited the Dodgers to one run over five innings at Chavez Ravine, showing improved control (1 walk) while sitting 95 mph. The downside is an 8 % swinging-strike rate that leaves little margin for error, but Jenstad likes the floor against a Pirates team bottom-five in OPS versus righties. If Eduardo Rodriguez returns and bumps Nelson to a single start, it’s still the better half of the matchup grid; with two, Nelson jumps to must-stream territory in 12-team leagues.

Razzle said he has zero DFS interest in Ryne Nelson on the 5/20 main slate because the right-hander has to face the Dodgers in Dodger Stadium. Nelson’s limited strikeout ceiling offers no way to compete with the premium arms Razzle is narrowing his pitcher pool to, and the matchup leaves little win equity or run-prevention upside. With enough viable alternatives to trim the pool to seven—possibly even five—Razzle is excluding Nelson from all formats.