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)
Aaron Harang ATL
vs. BOS (Jon Lester), @ MIA (Nate Eovaldi)
Alfredo Simon CIN
@ LAD (Zack Greinke), @ ARZ (Wade Miley)
Brandon Cumpton PIT
@ NYM (Jacob deGrom), @ LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu)
Brandon McCarthy ARZ
vs. SD (Tyson Ross), vs. CIN (Johnny Cueto)
Chase Whitley NYY
@ STL (Michael Wacha), vs. MIN (Phil Hughes)
Chris Tillman BAL
@ MIL (Kyle Lohse), @ HOU (Scott Feldman)
Chris Young SEA
vs. LAA (Tyler Skaggs), vs. DET (Max Scherzer)
Clay Buchholz BOS
@ ATL (Ervin Santana), vs. TB (Jake Odorizzi)
Cole Hamels PHI
vs. COL (Jorge de la Rosa), vs. NYM (Jon Niese)
Collin McHugh HOU
@ KC (Jeremy Guthrie), vs. BAL (Wei-Yin Chen)
Drew Hutchison TOR
vs. TB (Erik Bedard), vs. KC (Yordano Ventura)
Drew Smyly DET
@ OAK (Sonny Gray), @ SEA (Roenis Elias)
Edinson Volquez PIT
@ NYM (Jon Niese), @ LAD (Zack Greinke)
Erik Bedard TB
@ TOR (Drew Hutchison), @ BOS (Jon Lester)
Ervin Santana ATL
vs. BOS (Clay Buchholz), @ MIA (Anthony DeSclafani)
Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD
vs. CIN (Johnny Cueto), vs. PIT (Brandon Cumpton)
Jacob deGrom NYM
 vs. PIT (Brandon Cumpton), @ PHI (Kyle Kendrick)
Jeff Samardzija CHC
@ SF (Yusmeiro Petit), @ MIL (Kyle Lohse)
Jered Weaver LAA
@ SEA (Roenis Elias), @ OAK (Sonny Gray)
Jeremy Guthrie KC
vs. HOU (Collin McHugh), @ TOR (Mark Buehrle)
Jhoulys Chacin COL
@ PHI (Kyle Kendrick), @ CLE (Josh Tomlin)
Johnny Cueto CIN
@ LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu), @ ARZ (Brandon McCarthy)
Jon Lester BOS
@ ATL (Aaron Harang), vs. TB (Erik Bedard)
Jon Niese NYM
vs. PIT (Edinson Volquez), @ PHI (Cole Hamels)
Jose Quintana CWS
vs. CLE (Josh Tomlin), vs. SD (Tyson Ross)
Josh Tomlin CLE
@ CWS (Jose Quintana), vs. COL (Jhoulys Chacin)
Kevin Correia MIN
vs. TEX (Nick Tepesch), @ NYY (Masahiro Tanaka)
Kyle Kendrick PHI
vs. COL (Jhoulys Chacin), vs. NYM (Jacob deGrom)
Kyle Lohse MIL
vs. BAL (Chris Tillman), vs. CHC (Jeff Samardzija)
Lance Lynn STL
vs. NYY (David Phelps), vs. SF (Tim Hudson)
Mark Buehrle TOR
vs. TB (Alex Cobb), vs. KC (Jeremy Guthrie)
Max Scherzer DET
@ OAK (Tommy Milone), @ SEA (Chris Young)
Michael Wacha STL
vs. NYY (Chase Whitley), vs. SF (Yusmeiro Petit)
Nate Eovaldi MIA
@ WAS (Tanner Roark), vs. ATL (Aaron Harang)
Nick Tepesch TEX
@ MINÂ (Kevin Correia), @ WAS (Doug Fister)
Phil Hughes MIN
vs. TEX (Yu Darvish), @ NYY (Chase Whitley)
Roenis Elias SEA
vs. LAA (Jered Weaver), vs. DET (Drew Smyly)
Scott Feldman HOU
@ KC (Yordano Ventura), vs. BAL (Chris Tillman)
Sonny Gray OAK
vs. DET (Drew Smyly), vs. LAA (Jered Weaver)
Tanner Roark WAS
vs. MIA (Nate Eovaldi), vs. TEX (Yu Darvish)
Tim Hudson SF
vs. CHC (Jake Arrieta), @ STL (Lance Lynn)
Tommy Milone OAK
vs. DET (Max Scherzer), vs. LAA (Tyler Skaggs)
Tyler Skaggs LAA
@ SEA (Chris Young), @ OAK (Tommy Milone)
Tyson Ross SD
@ ARZ (Brandon McCarthy), @ CWS (Jose Quintana)
Wade Miley ARZ
vs. SD (Eric Stults), vs. CIN (Alfredo Simon)
Wei-Yin Chen BAL
@ MIL (Matt Garza), @ HOU (Collin McHugh)
Yordano Ventura KC
vs. HOU (Scott Feldman), @ TOR (Drew Hutchison)
Yu Darvish TEX
@ MINÂ (Phil Hughes), @ WAS (Tanner Roark)
Yusmeiro Petit SF
vs. CHC (Jeff Samardzija), @ STL (Michael Wacha)
Zack Greinke LAD
vs. CIN (Alfredo Simon), vs. PIT (Edinson Volquez)
Good Starts
C.J. Wilson LAA
@Â SEA
Yordano Ventura KC
vs. HOU
Wily Peralta MIL
vs. CHC
Ubaldo Jimenez BAL
@Â HOU
John Danks CWS
vs. SD
Bad Starts
Cole Hamels PHI
vs. COL
Scott Kazmir OAK
vs. DET
Travis Wood CHC
vs. MIL
Jaime Garcia STL
vs. SF
Colby Lewis TEX
@ WAS
Streamers
Zach Wheeler NYMÂ
@ PHI (Thursday, May 29)
Tim Lincecum SF
vs. CHC (Wednesday, May 28)
Ubaldo Jimenez BAL
vs. HOU (Thursday, May 29)
Jorge De La Rosa COL
@ PHI (Tuesday, May 27)
John Danks CWS
vs. SD (Friday, May 30)
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast