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)
Alex Cobb TB
@ MIA (Randy Wolf), vs. SEA (Felix Hernandez)
Anibal Sanchez DET
vs. TOR (Drew Hutchison), vs. BOS (John Lackey)
Bartolo Colon NYM
@ PHI (Roberto Hernandez), @ SF (Tim Hudson)
Blake Treinen WAS
vs. PHI (David Buchanan), @ SD (Tim Stauffer)
Bud Norris BAL
@ TEX (Joe Saunders), vs. OAK (Scott Kazmir)
Charlie Morton PIT
@ SD (Tim Stauffer), vs. MIL (Yovani Gallardo)
Chase Anderson ARZ
@ COL (Jorge de la Rosa), vs. ATL (Aaron Harang)
Chris Archer TB
@ MIA (Henderson Alvarez), vs. SEA (Brandon Maurer)
C.J. Wilson LAA
@ HOU (Collin McHugh), vs. CWS (Jose Quintana)
Clayton Kershaw LAD
vs. CWS (Jose Quintana), @ COL (Jorge de la Rosa)
Collin McHugh HOU
vs. LAA (CJ Wilson), @ MIN (Samuel Deduno)
Danny Duffy KC
@ STL (Shelby Miller), vs. NYY (David Phelps)
David Buchanan PHI
@ WAS (Blake Treinen), @ CIN (Homer Bailey)
David Phelps NYY
vs. SEA (Felix Hernandez), @ KC (Danny Duffy)
Drew Hutchison TOR
@ DET (Anibal Sanchez), vs. STL (Jaime Garcia)
Felix Hernandez SEA
@ NYY (David Phelps), @ TB (Chris Archer)
Henderson Alvarez MIA
vs. TB (Chris Archer), @ CHC (Jake Arrieta)
Hiroki Kuroda NYY
vs. OAK (Scott Kazmir), @ KC (James Shields)
Homer Bailey CIN
vs. SF (Tim Lincecum), vs. PHI (David Buchanan)
Jaime Garcia STL
vs. KC (James Shields), @ TOR (Drew Hutchison)
Jake Arrieta CHC
vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler), vs. MIA (Henderson Alvarez)
James Shields KC
@ STL (Jaime Garcia), vs. NYY (Hiroki Kuroda)
Joe Saunders TEX
vs. BAL (Bud Norris), vs. CLE (Justin Masterson)
John Lackey BOS
@ CLE (Justin Masterson), @ DET (Anibal Sanchez)
Jorge de la Rosa COL
vs. ARZ (Chase Anderson), vs. LAD (Clayton Kershaw)
Jose Quintana CWS
@ LAD (Clayton Kershaw), @ LAA (CJ Wilson)
Justin Masterson CLE
vs. BOS (John Lackey), @ TEX (Joe Saunders)
Kyle Gibson MIN
@ MIL (Matt Garza), vs. HOU (Scott Feldman)
Matt Garza MIL
vs. MIN (Kyle Gibson), @ PIT (Edinson Volquez)
Randy Wolf MIA
vs. TB (Alex Cobb), @ CHC (Jeff Samardzija)
Roberto Hernandez
PHI vs. NYM (Bartolo Colon), @ CIN (Alfredo Simon)
Samuel Deduno MIN
@ MIL (Yovani Gallardo), vs. HOU (Collin McHugh)
Scott Kazmir OAK
@ NYY (Hiroki Kuroda), @ BAL (Bud Norris)
Shelby Miller STL
vs. KC (Danny Duffy), @ TOR (Mark Buehrle)
Tim Lincecum SF
@ CIN (Homer Bailey), vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler)
Tim Stauffer SD
vs. PIT (Charlie Morton), vs. WAS (Blake Treinen)
Yovani Gallardo MIL
vs. MIN (Samuel Deduno), @ PIT (Charlie Morton)
Zack Wheeler NYM
@ CHC (Jake Arrieta), @ SF (Tim Lincecum)
Good Starts
@ CIN
Phil Hughes MIN
vs. HOU
Julio Teheran ATL
@ ARZ
Gerritt Cole PIT
@ SD
Garrett Richards LAA
@ HOU
Bad Starts
Bronson Arroyo ARZ
@ COL
Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD
@ COL
Jason Vargas KC
vs. STL
Chris Tillman BAL
vs. OAK
Aaron Harang ATL
@ ARZ
Streamers
Phil Hughes MIN
vs. HOU (Friday, June 6th)
Garrett Richards LAA
@ HOU (Wednesday, June 4th)
@ SD (Wednesday, June 4th)
@ CIN (Wednesday, June 4th)
Tyler Skaggs LAA
@ HOU (Thursday, June 5th)
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
