DAILY MATCHUPS: Kelly looks to feast on Oakland

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: There are 12 games on tap today, starting with a Mets/Nats weekend wraparound affair that begins at 4:05p ET. The schedule is light on ace-level starters, though there are a bevy of choices in the middle of the ratings. A slight chance of showers for MIL@STL is the only weather-related note. 

Notable Starts:

Merrill Kelly pulls the A's today in Oakland and has the third-best rating on the board. This is more about the A's offense, which has managed only 3.79 runs per game, and is even worse at home: a team .625 OPS and just 3.2 runs per game. Kelly is enjoying a career-best K% that includes 10 punchouts vs. WAS two starts ago. 

Framber Valdez has taken a step forward in just about every underlying...

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