DAILY MATCHUPS: Darvish in Houston

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: The action starts early for a Monday—12:37 EST in Toronto, where the Blue Jays host the A's. There's another afternoon game in Houston between the Rangers and the Astros at 2:10 EST. The remaining nine games are all in the evening. The only interleague matchup is MIA @ KC.

 

Best SP choices:

  • As noted in Stephen Nickrand's recent Starting Pitcher Buyers Guide on baseballhq.com, Yu Darvish's (RHP, TEX) 196 road BPV was the

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