What you need to know for Thursday

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• Miles Mikolas (3% rostered in ESPN leagues) continues to roll right along. He now has a 1.52 ERA and an 0.84 WHIP across five starts, including just two earned runs allowed over his past 19⅓ innings. It would be nice if the right-hander missed more bats (7.6 K/9), but he's getting things done in other ways. Most notably, his 1.2 BB/9 and 21.2% hard-hit rate allowed both rank in baseball's overall top eight. Although Thursday's matchup against the San Francisco Giants isn't particularly favorable, Mikolas has recently shut down two teams (the New York Mets and Miami Marlins) which sport top-five wOBAs against righties this season, so he's still worth targeting as a streaming option.
• While Mikolas' value lies in his ability to control the strike zone and limit hard contact, Jesus Luzardo (50% rostered) is blowing hitters away. Thanks to an uptick in velocity and relying more on his curveball, the 24-year-old has fanned 28 batters in just 20 1/3 frames to go along with a 3.10 ERA. In his four starts, he's surrendered multiple earned runs only once. Luzardo's roster percentage is on the rise, so the window to scoop him up is closing. Fire him up Thursday, even in a tough matchup against the San Diego Padres.
• Hunter Greene is known for his big-time velocity, but that velocity has cratered of late. After averaging nearly 100 mph on his heater in his first two starts, his fastball has dropped to 95.8 mph and 96.7 mph, respectively, in his last two outings. Not surprisingly, Greene was roughed up in those starts, ballooning his ERA up to 6.00. While the big right-hander tries to work things out, he's a hurler we can stack against when he matches up with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.In a very exciting Brewers rotation, Adrian Houser (11%) is by far the least exciting option. Still, he's managed a 2.53 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP across four starts, including six shutout innings against the Chicago Cubs in his last time out. Now he gets a prime matchup against a Cincinnati Reds offense that continues to flounder. Over the season's first month, the Reds ranked last in baseball with a 68 wRC+ and a 25.2% strikeout rate

 

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McCutchen is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Reds………Wong isn't starting Thursday against Cincinnati.

 

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Trout isn't starting Thursday against the Red Sox, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
Spin:Trout went 4-for-14 with a homer, a double, five runs, four walks and seven strikeouts over his last four games, and he'll get his first day off since April 20. Brandon Marsh will shift to center field while Jack Mayfield starts in left

 

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OHTANI is 1-1 when starting against BOSTON with an ERA of 5.00 and a WHIP of 1.222.

His team's record is 1-1 (-0.6 units) in these starts. The OVER

OHTANI is 1-1 when starting against BOSTON with an ERA of 5.00 and a WHIP of 1.222.

His team's record is 1-1 (-0.6 units) in these starts. The OVER is 1-1. (-0.1 units)

 

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HILL is 0-1 when starting against LA ANGELS with an ERA of 6.57 and a WHIP of 1.298.

His team's record is 0-2 (-3.3 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 1-1. (-0.2 units)

 

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HOUSER is 1-3 when starting against CINCINNATI with an ERA of 5.92 and a WHIP of 1.686.

His team's record is 5-3 (+2.3 units) in these starts. The OVER is 4-4. (-0.6 units)

 

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HUNTER GREENE no recent starts vs. MILWAUKEE

 

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SANCHEZ is 1-1 when starting against COLORADO with an ERA of 4.37 and a WHIP of 1.412.

His team's record is 2-2 (-0.6 units) in these starts. The OVER is 2-2. (-0.2 units)

 

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SENZATELA is 0-1 when starting against WASHINGTON with an ERA of 6.00 and a WHIP of 1.667.

His team's record is 0-1 (-1.0 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 0-1. (-1.1 units)

 

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WALKER is 1-2 when starting against PHILADELPHIA with an ERA of 2.75 and a WHIP of 0.915.

His team's record is 4-4 (-0.2 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 4-1. (+3.0 units)

 

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NOLA is 9-5 when starting against NY METS with an ERA of 3.32 and a WHIP of 1.171.

His team's record is 12-10 (+1.8 units) in these starts. The OVER is 10-10. (-1.0 units)

 

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ARCHER is 6-9 when starting against BALTIMORE with an ERA of 5.21 and a WHIP of 1.456.

His team's record is 9-11 (-4.7 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 8-10. (-3.3 units)

 

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SPENSER WATKINS no recent starts vs. MINNESOTA

 

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MCCLANAHAN is 0-0 when starting against SEATTLE with an ERA of 1.50 and a WHIP of 0.667.

His team's record is 0-1 (-1.5 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 0-0. (+0.0 units)

 

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RAY is 2-3 when starting against TAMPA BAY with an ERA of 2.77 and a WHIP of 1.048.

His team's record is 3-5 (-2.9 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 5-2. (+2.9 units)

 

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MIKOLAS is 1-1 when starting against SAN FRANCISCO with an ERA of 4.09 and a WHIP of 0.727.

His team's record is 1-1 (+0.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 2-0. (+2.0 units)

 

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WEBB is 0-1 when starting against ST LOUIS with an ERA of 10.79 and a WHIP of 2.399.

His team's record is 1-1 (+0.0 units) in these starts. The OVER is 2-0. (+2.0 units)

 

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Hernandez isn't starting Thursday against the Angels since he's feeling sick, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.
Spin: The Red Sox are hopeful that Hernandez's sickness is unrelated to COVID-19, but he'll be out of the lineup for at least one game as a precautionary measure. It's not yet clear whether he'll be an option off the bench, but Jackie Bradley will shift to center field while Franchy Cordero starts in right.

 

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Joe isn't starting Thursday against the Nationals, Danielle Allentuck of The Denver Gazette reports.
Spin:Joe will get his first day off since April 20 after he went 5-for-18 with a triple, a double, five runs and three RBI over the last five games. Randal Grichuk will serve as the designated hitter while Yonathan Daza starts in center field