DAILY MATCHUPS: Lee in San Diego

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:  Only four games on the schedule today, two AL games and two NL games.  All four games start in the evening.

 

Best SP choice:

  • Cliff Lee (LHP, PHI) has already surpassed last year's win total of six.  He's 9-2 with his usually great array of underlying skills:  8.0 Dom, 5.6 Cmd, 127 BPV.  His 2.53 ERA is due to rise a bit (3.21 xERA), but the regression shouldn't start tonight.  He's got a nice matchup in San Diego against...

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