DAILY MATCHUPS: Charlie Morton, Max Scherzer, and Robbie Ray lead a wildcard Friday

As a way to preview the day's games, the 2017 Daily Matchups column will provide a list of all SP scheduled to start that day as identified by the HQ Pitcher Matchup tool (also available as an 8-day scan). It will group the day's SP into strong starts, wildcards, or strong sits and will provide an analysis of the most noteworthy SP at the bottom of the column.

Using the current PQS system, scores are centered around 0.0 (league average). Ratings of 1.00 or better constitute a strong start; ratings between -0.99 and +0.99 are in the "wild card" range; ratings of -1.00 or worse are strong sits. 

For the month of April, the Matchup scores will be driven by 2016 data, while we wait for the 2017 data to achieve a significant sample size. In...

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