DAILY MATCHUPS: Saunders surprise top choice

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: All 30 teams have a game on the schedule today, which is interleague heavy. There are four AL games, four NL games, and seven interleague contests. Six of the seven interleague games will be taking place in AL parks, resulting in those NL teams having an extra bat in their lineups. 

 

Best SP choices

  • Joe Saunders (LHP, SEA) is using his slider 18% of the time in June, which is the most he has used it in his career. He is...

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