Cease looks to continue strong strikeout stretch

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: Eleven games are on tap for Thursday. That includes an afternoon TOR@CHC tilt at Wrigley Field; that contest is a makeup of a June 21 postponement. Five other games are ticketed for afternoon starts. Weatherwise, only one game—MIA@ATL—is tagged with any kind of significant rain possibility. The day's Matchup Ratings sit within percentage points of average overall and across the categories.
 

Notable Starts:

Dylan Cease is tabbed with a monster K rating (3.7) for his start at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs have been a sing-and-miss bunch at home lately (25% K since July 3), and current CHC bats own a whiff-laden .623 OPS against Cease. The veteran right-hander has filed double-digit whiff numbers in...

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