DAILY MATCHUPS: Buchholz faces the Twins

As a way to preview the day's games, the 2013 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:  Eight games on tap today, all in the evening.  The weather looks fine all across the board, which is a relief in Chicago where the Cubs host the Rangers in a makeup game from April 17.  Cubs-Rangers is the sole interleague game on the schedule.

 

Best SP choices

  • Clay Buchholz (RHP, BOS) is 6-0 in six starts with the skills (110 BPV) and PQS-log (4-5-5-5-5-5) to back it up.  He faces the Twins' struggling offense at...

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