I hope you guys managed to figure out who was starting all the games in the MLB the past two days without me. Somehow, I know most of you struggled to figure out who would be the best matchups for each day, but honesly, I have company coming this weekend, so I had to spend a lot of time deep cleaning the apartment. Also, I find it hard to sit down and type when my wife is home, and she took the last two days off work, so I was busy. Is that okay with you? It better be...
Here's today's starters.
Here's today's starters.
As you can see, a full slate on a Saturday, per usual. The trick is looking at these wonderful matchups and figuring out which ones are the ones to watch. I've spotted a few, but I've not gone through all the trouble to figure out which ones are the most interesting besides the obvious choices...
So, the Safety Squeeze Pitching Matchup of the Day ™
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Cliff Lee and Hyun-Jin Ryu...wow way to branch out, Blogger. Yeah, just take two guys who were already featured here this past week and rehash that shit. Well, let me tell you, it's the best matchup. The Dodgers got housed at home last night by these Phillies, but today is a new day. The only reason that Dodger Stadium didn't empty out faster than **insert pop culture reference about substance abuse here** is because there was a fireworks show after the game. Or, as Vin Scully would have had you believe if you were listening to his broadcast last night, to witness one more at bat of Yasiel Puig. Ha, no Vin, you're the best, but they wanted to see the fireworks they already paid for. Should be a good one.
Another matchup that caught my eye is Chris Archer and the Rays against the Tigers and Justin Verlander. Verlander's stats aren't that far out of line from what he's done throughout his career except his BABIP. I expect Verlander to turn that around, as BABIP is a determination of luck, and his BABIP is elevated. Once that BABIP evens out, expect Verlander to appear to be the guy he used to be, which he technically already is. He's just been unlucky. Plus, it's not like the Tigers have the greatest defense. I imagine a lot of the line drives that are being hit off him would be caught if the defense behind him was better.
Okay, that's all. Go watch the Tigers Rays game then the Phillies Dodgers game late, and you'll be a happy baseball fan of you make these choices.
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