DAILY MATCHUPS: Tanaka visits Wrigley

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 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: All 30 teams are in action today, with all games taking place in the evening. There are three interleague games on the schedule, with the Pirates hosting the Orioles, the Padres hosting the Twins, and the Cubs hosting the Yankees.

 

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  • Masahiro Tanaka (RHP, NYY) has lived up to all the hype, throwing a PQS-DOM in eight of his nine starts, including all four of his starts on the road. Today he takes on the...

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