DAILY MATCHUPS: Armed for a battle at Wrigley

As a way to preview the day's games, the 2014 Daily Matchups column seeks to highlight the outliers or notable matchups on BaseballHQ.com's Starting Pitcher Report (also available as an 8-day scan). For more information on how to leverage the report, see our research article from 2012.

Today’s schedule overview:  Seattle-Miami is the interleague game. Baltimore-Boston is the lone night game, and notably, those two will play in Monday’s 11 a.m. Patriot Day contest at Fenway.

 

Best SP choices

Stephen Strasburg (SP, WAS) has been an on-again-off-again proposition thus far. But he’s been missing a ton of bats, and his hit-strand profile has been unlucky. Strasburg owns a career home ERA of 2.60, more than a run lower than his road mark....

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