DAILY MATCHUPS: Hot Richards draws depleted Red Sox

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 HQ Pitcher Matchups Tool (also available as an 8-day scan). For more information on how to leverage the report, see our research article from 2012.

 

Saturday's schedule overview: Saturday offers the usual full slate of 15 games, with four afternoon (ET) affairs and 11 evening tilts. There are three interleague games: St. Louis at Baltimore, Tampa at the Cubs, San Francisco at Kansas City. Note that as of this writing, neither the Twins nor Marlins had named their SP for Saturday. There are 7 starters who rate 2.0 or better on our Pitcher Matchup Tool, and the only negative scores on the board are...

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