Flaherty ready to roar at home

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: It's a full 15-game slate on Mother's Day: 14 afternoon affairs, followed by Braves@Mets as the national Sunday night game. Today's ratings skew to the positive side, and that lean is backed by the oddsmakers: only two games (CLE@CHW and TEX@COL) feature total run lines at 9 or higher.
 

Notable Starts:

Jack Flaherty has the second-highest score of the day, a strong across-the-board showing at home against the Astros. Flaherty has pitched even better than his 3.86/1.05 WHIP so far. Strike-throwing has been a key, including a miniscule 3% bb% (backed up by 33% Ball%), an excellent FpK% (62%), and a a career high in SwK (16.4%). Houston has not fared well on the road, with a .677 OPS and just 3.89 RC/G....

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