DAILY MATCH-UPS: Nola looks to bounce back in Thursday home start

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: Eight games are on the docket for Thursday. Half of those are daytime affairs. Wet weather could impact several games: most in jeopardy are HOU-BAL, WAS-PHI, and KC-BOS. The Match-Up Ratings reveal most options to be tinged green or red; blink and you’ll miss the middle.

 

Notable Starts:

Aaron Nola is rated solidly across the board for Thursday’s turn against a Washington Nationals nine swung around to its lesser side against right-handers (.693 OPS vs. RHP). Nola has been banged around by low strand and high HR/f rates recently. He enters this turn off back-to-back games allowing five runs. He has solid numbers at home (3.69 ERA, 0.99 WHIP since 2021) and against current WAS batters (.663 OPS allowed),...

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