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)
Brandon Cumpton PIT
vs. CIN (Johnny Cueto), @ CHC (Jason Hammel)
Brandon McCarthy ARZ
vs. MIL (Wily Peralta), vs. SF (Ryan Vogelsong)
Chris Young SEA
vs. SD (Tyson Ross), @ KC (Jason Vargas)
Colby Lewis TEX
@ OAK (Drew Pomeranz), @ LAA (Matt Shoemaker)
Cole Hamels PHI
@ ATL (Julio Teheran), @ STL (Adam Wainwright)
Dallas Keuchel HOU
@ WAS (Tanner Roark), @ TB (Erik Bedard)
Drew Pomeranz OAK
vs. TEX (Colby Lewis), vs. BOS (Rubby de la Rosa)
Eric Stults SD
@ SEA (Roenis Elias), vs. LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu)
Erik Bedard TB
vs. BAL (Miguel Gonzalez), vs. HOU (Dallas Keuchel)
Ervin Santana ATL
vs. PHI (Kyle Kendrick), @ WAS (Tanner Roark)
Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD
vs. COL (Tyler Matzek), @ SD (Eric Stults)
Jacob deGrom NYM
@ STL (Carlos Martinez), @ MIA (Tom Koehler)
Jacob Turner MIA
vs. CHC (Jeff Samardzija), vs. NYM (Jon Niese)
vs. BAL (Wei-Yin Chen), vs. HOU (Brad Peacock)
Jason Hammel CHC
@ MIA (Tom Koehler), vs. PIT (Brandon Cumpton)
Jason Vargas KC
@ DET (Justin Verlander), vs. SEA (Chris Young)
Jered Weaver LAA
@ CLE (Trevor Bauer), vs. TEX (Nick Martinez)
John Danks CWS
vs. SF (Matt Cain), @ MIN (Phil Hughes)
Johnny Cueto CIN
@ PIT (Brandon Cumpton), vs. TOR (Marcus Stroman)
Jon Lester BOS
vs. MIN (Phil Hughes), @ OAK (Tommy Milone)
Jon Niese NYM
@ STL (Michael Wacha), @ MIA (Jacob Turner)
Josh Tomlin CLE
vs. LAA (Matt Shoemaker), vs. DET (Max Scherzer)
Julio Teheran ATL
vs. PHI (Cole Hamels), @ WAS (Doug Fister)
Justin Verlander DET
vs. KC (Jason Vargas), @ CLE (Trevor Bauer)
Kevin Correia MIN
@ BOS (Rubby de la Rosa), vs. CWS (Andre Rienzo)
Kyle Kendrick PHI
@ ATL (Ervin Santana), @ STL (Michael Wacha)
Kyle Lohse MIL
@ ARZ (Wade Miley), @ COL (Tyler Matzek)
Marcus Stroman TOR
@ NYY (Masahiro Tanaka), @ CIN (Johnny Cueto)
Masahiro Tanaka NYY
vs. TOR (Marcus Stroman), vs. BAL (Chris Tillman)
Matt Shoemaker LAA
@ CLE (Josh Tomlin), vs. TEX (Colby Lewis)
Max Scherzer DET
vs. KC (Yordano Ventura), @ CLE (Josh Tomlin)
Michael Wacha STL
vs. NYM (Jon Niese), vs. PHI (Kyle Kendrick)
Phil Hughes MIN
@ BOS (Jon Lester), vs. CWS (John Danks)
Roenis Elias SEA
vs. SD (Eric Stults), @ KC (Yordano Ventura)
Rubby de la Rosa BOS
vs. MIN (Kevin Correia), @ OAK (Drew Pomeranz)
Tanner Roark WAS
vs. HOU (Dallas Keuchel), vs. ATL (Ervin Santana)
Tom Koehler MIA
vs. CHC (Jason Hammel), vs. NYM (Jacob deGrom)
Tommy Milone OAK
vs. TEX (Yu Darvish), vs. BOS (Jon Lester)
Trevor Bauer CLE
vs. LAA (Jered Weaver), vs. DET (Justin Verlander)
Tyler Matzek COL
@ LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu), vs. MIL (Kyle Lohse)
Tyson Ross SD
@ SEA (Chris Young), vs. LAD (Josh Beckett)
Wade Miley ARZ
vs. MIL (Kyle Lohse), vs. SF (Madison Bumgarner)
Wily Peralta MIL
@ ARZ (Brandon McCarthy), @ COL (Juan Nicasio)
Yordano Ventura KC
@ DET (Max Scherzer), vs. SEA (Roenis Elias)
Good Starts
John Lackey BOS
vs MIN
vs. SEA
Charlie Morton PIT
@ CHC
Nathan Eovaldi MIA
vs. CHC
Roenis Elias SEA
vs. SD
Bad Starts
Kyle Lohse MIL
@ COL
Jason Vargas KC
@ DET
Corey Kluber CLE
vs. DET
Jon Lester BOS
@ OAK
Marco Estrada MIL
@ COL
Streamers
Roenis Elias SEA
vs. SD (Tuesday) and @ KC (Sunday)
Tanner Roark WAS
vs. HOU (Tuesday) and vs. ATL (Sunday)
Charlie Morton PIT
vs. CHC (Friday)
Jake Arrieta CHC
@ MIA (Wednesday)
Kevin Gausman BAL
@ TB (Wednesday)
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
