The set-up: This important American League series features some interesting match-ups on the mound and this is certainly one of them in my opinion. For a number of different reasons though, I absolutely believe that Nate Eovaldi and the home side are well worth the price of admission in this particular match-up. The visitors hand the ball to Chance Adams, who makes his big league debut here.

The pitchers: Adams went five scoreless while striking out six for Triple-A Scranton on Wednesday. Previous to that though he'd given up four runs off seven hits over 3.2 innings. He's also already given up four free passes over just 8.2 innings of work.

Eovaldi is so far 4-4 with a 3.80 ERA. He went seven shutout innings while allowing four hits and striking out five in a win over Minnesota in his debut for his new team on Sunday. Over his last 13 innings of work he's given up just one run while striking out 13.

The pick: Over 64 frames of work Eovaldi has 58 strikeouts to go along with a sharp 0.94 WHIP this season. Clearly the sky is the limit for Adams, but I think he's in well over his head in this one. Lay the price, play on the Red Sox.