DAILY MATCHUPS: Bumgarner looks for recovery

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: It's a full day of baseball as seven day games are on tap with first pitch at 12:10 PM ET in Atlanta, where the Twins will be without a DH. 

 

Best SP choices

  • Madison Bumgarner (LHP, SF) is coming off his worst outing of the season by a wide margin as he gave up seven runs and eight hits in 4.2 IP against Colorado. Back away from the panic button though—Bumgarner has a 5.1 Cmd and 149 BPV over the last month with that...

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