DAILY MATCHUPS: Streaking Sanchez a solid selection on Sunday

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 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:  STL/TOR is the interleague contest; BOS/DET is the Sunday-nighter.

 

Best SP choices

  • Jordan Zimmermann (SP, WAS) has an excellent history against San Diego (.521 OPS, 8.0 Cmd, 4.8 PQS last 3), and he’s rated a 3.77 for this game in pitcher-friendly PETCO. The Padres are averaging 1.6 RPG with a .363 OPS over their last six games. Zimmermann has typically been a fine road pitcher (3.19 ERA 2011-13), and he controls the run...

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