Brown tabbed as top Tuesday twirler

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: Fifteen games dot the Tuesday slate, and all 15 will be under the lights. Warm weather continues to be the theme on the baseball weather map. Some rain is expected to accompany the heat in Chicago (LA-CHW), Cincinnati (PIT-CIN), and Kansas City (MIA-KC). The ratings include a few standouts and a large contingent of pitchers with positive marks. Veteran ace Gerrit Cole toes the slab for a second start after returning from the IL last week.

Notable Starts:

Hunter Brown is a ground-ball pitcher (51% GB) but one that has been undone by an 18% HR/f and 33% hit rate. Those factors have played into his 4.72 surface ERA, but he carries a 3.58 xERA into Tuesday's start against the Colorado Rockies. Over his last...

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