DAILY MATCHUPS: Minor issues in D.C.

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 nine games on the schedule today, all of them in the evening, all of them intraleague matchups.  The best are DET @ CLE and STL @ LA.

 

Best SP choices:

  • Mike Minor (LHP, ATL) has been a machine this year, with triple-digit BPVs every single month.  He's slightly homer-prone given his flyball tendencies—an elevated hr/f caused his ERA to rise in June—but keep riding Minor against the Nationals in D.C..
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