Fantasy Baseball: Starting Pitcher Weekly Positional Forecast

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

Madison Bumgarner SD

@ 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)

Francisco Liriano PIT

@ SD (Wednesday, June 4th)

Ryan Vogelsong SF

@ CIN (Wednesday, June 4th)

Tyler Skaggs LAA

@ HOU (Thursday, June 5th)

Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast

Josh Collacchi

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