DAILY MATCHUPS: Michael Pineda—Reward or risk?
Aug 19 2014
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: There is a full slate of 15 games today, with four day games. We're headed into the dog days of August, and oppressive heat could be a factor in day games played outdoors. A crowded interleague slate has Texas at Miami, Seattle at Philadelphia, Toronto at Milwaukee, the Mets at the A's, and Kansas City in Colorado. There are a number of solid SP choices today, with 10 pitchers having matchup scores above 2.00 and no...
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