Meyer a top option for short-slate Thursday

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: Ten games are on the schedule; that includes a NYM@COL makeup of a postponed Monday game in Denver. The day starts off with the Rangers and Yankees closing out a series at Yankee Stadium, and that contest—at 12:35 p.m. ET—is one of several matinee start times on the Thursday docket. Matchup Ratings are on the low side, overall and across the board. The baseball weather map indicates expected temperatures below normal for this time of year, and one game—CIN@CHC—could be battling through rain showers.
  

Notable Starts:

Max Meyer went into this season with a career ERA of 5.29, but the 27-year-old righty has surged of late and totes a 2.68 ERA, 1.03 WHIP into a Tuesday home start against the

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