Skenes a standout on a shallow-pool Thursday

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: Eleven games are on the slate for the final day of April. That schedule includes two doubleheaders after Wednesday postponements (HOU@BAL, SF@PHI). Depending on how starters for those twin bills shake out, the Match-up Ratings peg Thursday as being short on fantasy options. Cool, albeit drier, weather is on tap across most of the sites in play.

 

Notable Starts:

Paul Skenes hasn't gone through a tough slate of offensive foes, but he has kept a tight lid on hard contact while clocking an xERA within a few points of his 3.10 figure from a year ago. Skenes draws a home start against a St. Louis Cardinals nine swung around to the lesser side of its platoon splits (.714 OPS vs. RHP). Its a collection of...

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