Each and every week, we will break down the pitching forecast for the upcoming seven days. Here, you’ll find starting pitchers with good matchups, bad matchups, those who will pitch twice in a week, and some picks for your streaming convenience.
Without further ado, this week’s Starting Pitcher Positional Forecast:
Two Starts (Players in parentheses are the projected opposing pitcher. Be sure to double-check, as some teams’ pitching schedules change)
Adam Wainwright STL
vs. ARZ (Brandon McCarthy), @ CIN (Mike Leake)
AJ Burnett PHI
@ MIA (Anthony DeSclafani), vs. LAD (Josh Beckett)
Andre Rienzo CWS
@ KC (Yordano Ventura), vs. NYY (Masahiro Tanaka)
Anthony DeSclafani MIA
vs. PHI (AJ Burnett), vs. MIL (Yovani Gallardo)
Brandon McCarthy ARZ
@ STL (Adam Wainwright), @ NYM (Rafael Montero)
Colby Lewis TEX
vs. SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma), @ DET (Justin Verlander)
Corey Kluber CLE
vs. DET (Drew Smyly), @ BAL (Ubaldo Jimenez)
Dallas Keuchel HOU
@ LAA (Garrett Richards), @ SEA (Felix Hernandez)
Doug Fister WAS
vs. CIN (Johnny Cueto), @ PIT (Francisco Liriano)
Drew Pomeranz OAK
@ TB (Jake Odorizzi), @ TOR (JA Happ)
Drew Smyly DET
@ CLE (Corey Kluber), vs. TEX (Nick Martinez)
Francisco Liriano PIT
vs. BAL (Miguel Gonzalez), vs. WAS (Doug Fister)
Franklin Morales COL
vs. SF (Madison Bumgarner), @ ATL (Julio Teheran)
Garrett Richards LAA
vs. HOU (Dallas Keuchel), vs. KC (Jason Vargas)
Hisashi Iwakuma SEA
@ TEX (Colby Lewis), vs. HOU (Scott Feldman)
Ian Kennedy SD
vs. MIN (Kevin Correia), vs. CHC (Jason Hammel)
JA Happ TOR
@ BOS (Felix Doubront), vs. OAK (Drew Pomeranz)
Jake Odorizzi TB
vs. OAK (Drew Pomeranz), vs. BOS (Felix Doubront)
Jason Vargas KC
vs. CWS (Scott Carroll), @ LAA (Garrett Richards)
Josh Beckett LAD
@ NYM (Rafael Montero), @ PHI (AJ Burnett)
Julio Teheran ATL
vs. MIL (Yovani Gallardo), vs. COL (Franklin Morales)
Justin Verlander DET
@ CLE (Trevor Bauer), vs. TEX (Colby Lewis)
Madison Bumgarner SF
@ COL (Franklin Morales), vs. MIN (Ricky Nolasco)
Masahiro Tanaka NYY
@ CHC (Jason Hammel), @ CWS (Andre Rienzo)
Miguel Gonzalez BAL
@ PIT (Francisco Liriano), vs. CLE (Trevor Bauer)
Mike Leake CIN
@ WAS (Stephen Strasburg), vs. STL (Adam Wainwright)
Mike Minor ATL
vs. MIL (Wily Peralta), vs. COL (Juan Nicasio)
Rafael Montero NYM
vs. LAD (Josh Beckett), vs. ARZ (Brandon McCarthy)
Scott Carroll CWS
@ KC (Jason Vargas), vs. NYY (Vidal Nuno)
Scott Feldman HOU
@ LAA (Tyler Skaggs), @ SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma)
Stephen Strasburg WAS
vs. CIN (Mike Leake), @ PIT (Gerrit Cole)
Trevor Bauer CLE
vs. DET (Justin Verlander), @ BAL (Miguel Gonzalez)
Wily Peralta MIL
@ ATL (Mike Minor), @ MIA (Jacob Turner)
Yovani Gallardo MIL
@ ATL (Julio Teheran), @ MIA (Anthony DeSclafani)
Good Starts
Jered Weaver LAA
vs. HOU
Clayton Kershaw LAD
@ PHI
Lance Lynn STL
vs. ARZ
Sonny Gray OAK
@ TB
Garrett Richards LAA
vs. HOU, vs. KC
Bad Starts
Tim Hudson SF
@ COL
Mark Buehrle TOR
@ BOS
Mike Minor ATL
vs. MIL, vs. COL
Mike Leake CIN
@ WAS, vs. STL
Erik Bedard TB
vs. OAK
Streamers
[Player, Team, Opponent, (Probable Start Date)]
Tyler Skaggs LAA
vs. HOU (Tuesday May 20th)
Tyson Ross SD
vs. MIN (Wednesday May 21st)
Tommy Milone OAK
@ TB (Wednesday May 21st)
Robbie Erlin SA
vs. CHC (Friday May 23rd)
vs. PHI (Thursday May 22nd)
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
