DAILY MATCHUPS: Lee faces the Marlins

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:  There are twelve games on the schedule today, highlighted by two games with major implications for the American League wild card race, TEX @ TB and CLE @ KC.  The lone interleague game is a matchup of former NL Central foes, CIN @ HOU.

 

Best SP choices:

  • Cliff Lee (LHP, PHI) is putting the finishing touches on another great season:  2.98 ERA, 8.4 Dom, 5.8 Cmd, 135 BPV.  This will only be his second start of the year...

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