DAILY MATCHUPS: Zack wheels into a solid start versus the Pirates

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather. We have a full day of action, starting with the Tigers and Marlins at 6:40 pmEST. We have rain chances in Pittsburgh and Chicago, but we should be able to get all 15 games in. We have a lot of solid pitchers on the mound today, which is why we only have five games with totals of nine runs or more. 

 

Notable Starts:

Zack Wheeler has been outstanding in his last three starts, throwing 20 innings while allowing seven earned runs with 22 strikeouts. He has a 3.15 ERA, 2.86 xFIP, with a 27.3% K-BB%. He will look to make it four in a row in an excellent matchup versus a Pirates team who is striking out 23.3% of the time versus RHP over the past month while hitting .234. Wheeler's 1.2 overall rating seems a...

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