Abbott among top options for Saturday

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: Despite a lack of star power, the model recommends fourteen hurlers today with “green” ratings. The Athletics and Yankees commence today's action at 1:05 ET, as the first game in a heavy afternoon slate featuring twelve matinee matchups. We have some potential rain in the forecast for the eastern part of the country, with TB@BAL, NYM@PIT, SD@CIN, and PHI@ATL under threat of weather delays.

Notable Starts:

Andrew Abbott has delivered for the Reds this season; he sports a sparkling 1.79 ERA and 0.97 WHIP over 75.1 IP. While the underlying metrics say his ERA should regress (4.02 xERA) due partly to an unsustainable 26 H% and 89 S%, his 17 K-BB% (career 14 K-BB%) implies he's pitched well enough to earn...

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