DAILY MATCHUPS: Ohtani one of many solid choices in a deep Wednesday pool

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: All 30 teams will be in action Wednesday. The midweek slate includes four day games and 11 contests under the lights. The baseball weather map calls for warm, mostly benign conditions across the 15 venues in play. The tumble of rotations has a lot of solid-to-well-above-average hurlers scheduled to pitch at home.

 

Notable Starts:

Shohei Ohtani draws a home start against the Royals. Ohtani has a 0.98 WHIP at home this season. Since 2020, he’s logged a 2.40 ERA, 1.08 WHIP at home. Kansas City’s .668 OPS ranks 26th in MLB.

Daniel Lynch takes to the mound as Ohtani’s opposite. Lynch is coming off a PQS-4, but he cranked out a season-high 99 pitches to do so. Lynch has allowed at least four runs in four of...

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