DAILY MATCHUPS: Say no to Zito

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:  There's an afternoon game between the Rays and Royals in Kansas City, but the other nine games are all at night.  The schedule is highlighted by CIN @ STL and OAK @ DET.  No interleague games today.

 

Best SP choices:

  • Even though the Phillies aren't very good, Cliff Lee (LHP, PHI) is at least getting better run support than he did last year, when he won only six games.  No matter the W-L record, Lee is still an elite...

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