Trio of lefties atop Tuesday board

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: The midpoint of April brings us to a 15-game Tuesday. Three left-handers—Jesús Luzardo, Max Fried, and Nick Lodolo—sit atop a uniformly bell-curved Matchup Ratings board. One game—WAS@PIT—figures as a potential rain problem. That contest and KC@NYY are ticketed for gusty batters' breezes. The baseball weather map calls for more than a few games to be impacted by above-average wins speeds.


Notable Starts:

Max Fried heads into a Tuesday home start against the Kansas City Royals off a sparkling PQS-5 in his last. On Wednesday, Fried tossed seven scoreless innings at DET. He struck out 11—his most in a single game since June 4—without issuing a walk. The Royals have gotten off to an awful start...

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