DAILY MATCHUPS: Cain looks to rebound at Wrigley

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: The second set of weekend series gets underway today with some early-season divisional matchups among hot-starting teams. The headliner is first-place ATL heading to face WAS in what will be the first of many important games between these two teams. NYM vs. MIN is the lone interleague series this weekend.

 

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  • Matt Cain (RHP, SF) is coming off one of the worst starts of his career—a nine-run disaster against...

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