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Navarro's selling point this week is matchup leverage, he faces an Austin side that has been leaky all season, conceding 32 goals in 16 matches, which hands a clear scoring window to a home Rapids forward at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. That theoretical upside is already showing up in the box score: he has eight goals and about 8.7 expected goals on the campaign, and he is a true minutes asset. Five appearances in the last 5 game weeks and 15 appearances in the last 15 game weeks while averaging full 90s. So his floor is higher than a typical boom-or-bust differential. Paxten Aaronson remains the primary creator for Colorado, which increases the probability Navarro gets high-quality looks, so treat him as a Start in your Starting XI for ceiling-chasing lineups while recognizing model confidence is medium and some variance is likely.