DAILY MATCHUPS: Why is King Felix smiling?

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.

 

Today's schedule overview:  Everyone's in action today, with eight day games and seven under the lights. Three interleague games have the Giants at the White Sox, Houston at Washington, and Seattle at San Diego.

 

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  • Félix Hernández (RHP, SEA) might well be this gleeful at the prospect of facing the Padres in San Diego. Hernandez will be looking for his eighth consecutive PQS-DOM outing. He has actually pitched a bit better on the...

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