DAILY MATCHUPS: Iwakuma takes on White Sox

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: First pitch is at 12:10 PM ET in Atlanta as there are six afternoon games today. The highlight matchup features Texas traveling to Boston in a showdown of division leaders. There are also three interleague games (CHC at LAA, TOR at SF, OAK at MIL) on the docket.

 

Best SP choices

  • Hisashi Iwakuma (RHP, SEA) gets the highest matchup rating of any SP today with a 3.71 against the White Sox. Iwakuma has pretty much every...

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