DAILY MATCHUPS: Strasburg struggles?

As a way to preview the day's games, the 2014 Daily Matchups column seeks to highlight the outliers or notable matchups on the 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:  A full schedule under the lights, with one interleague contest as San Francisco hosts Cleveland.

 

Best SP Choices

  • Stephen Strasburg (RHP, WAS) has been inconsistent to start the season, with three PQS-DOM performances and two PQS-DIS. He's had a lot of bad luck, with a 43% H% and 64% S%. But his skills have been elite: 14.0 Dom, 4.2 Cmd, 183 BPV. A home night game against San Diego may be just what he needs to shake the bad luck....

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