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)
A.J. Burnett PHI
@ MIA (Henderson Alvarez), @ PIT (Jeff Locke)
Alex Wood ATL
vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler), vs. ARZ (Wade Miley)
Anibal Sanchez DET
vs. OAK (Scott Kazmir), vs. TB (Chris Archer)
Brad Mills OAK
@ DET (Rick Porcello), vs. TOR (Drew Hutchison)
Chris Archer TB
@ NYY (David Phelps), @ DET (Anibal Sanchez)
@ WAS (Stephen Strasburg), vs. LAD (Josh Beckett)
Collin McHugh HOU
vs. SEA (Taijuan Walker), @ LAA (Garrett Richards)
Corey Kluber CLE
@ LAD (Dan Haren), vs. KC (Danny Duffy)
Dan Haren LAD
vs. CLE (Corey Kluber), @ COL (Yohan Flande)
Danny Duffy KC
@ MIN (Yohan Pino), @ CLE (Corey Kluber)
David Phelps NYY
vs. TB (Chris Archer), @ MIN (Yohan Pino)
David Price TB
@ NYY (Hiroki Kuroda), @ DET (Rick Porcello)
Drew Hutchison TOR
vs. MIL (Marco Estrada), @ OAK (Brad Mills)
Garrett Richards LAA @ CWS (Hector Noesi), vs. HOU (Collin McHugh)
Hector Noesi CWS
vs. LAA (Garrett Richards), vs. SEA (Taijuan Walker)
Henderson Alvarez MIA
vs. PHI (A.J. Burnett), @ STL (Marco Gonzales)
Hiroki Kuroda NYY
vs. TB (David Price), @ MIN (Ricky Nolasco)
Jake Arrieta CHC
@ BOS (Jake Peavy), @ WAS (Jordan Zimmermann)
Jake Peavy BOS
vs. CHC (Jake Arrieta), vs. BAL (Ubaldo Jimenez)
Jarred Cosart HOU
vs. SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma), @ LAA (Jered Weaver)
Jeff Locke PIT
vs. ARZ (Wade Miley), vs. PHI (A.J. Burnett)
Jered Weaver LAA
@ CWS (Scott Carroll), vs. HOU (Jarred Cosart)
Jesse Hahn SD
vs. CIN (Mat Latos), vs. SF (Tim Lincecum)
Joe Saunders TEX
@ BAL (T.J. McFarland), @ NYM (Zack Wheeler)
Jordan Zimmermann WAS
vs. COL (Yohan Flande), vs. CHC (Jake Arrieta)
Josh Beckett LAD
vs. CLE (Justin Masterson), @ COL (Christian Friedrich)
Marco Gonzales STL
@ SF (Tim Lincecum), vs. MIA (Henderson Alvarez)
Mat Latos CIN
@ SD (Jesse Hahn), vs. MIL (Yovani Gallardo)
Nick Tepesch TEX
@ BAL (Ubaldo Jimenez), @ NYM (Bartolo Colon)
Rick Porcello DET
vs. OAK (Brad Mills), vs. TB (David Price)
Ricky Nolasco MIN
vs. KC (James Shields), vs. NYY (Hiroki Kuroda)
Scott Kazmir OAK
@ DET (Anibal Sanchez), vs. TOR (Mark Buehrle)
Taijuan Walker SEA
@ HOU (Collin McHugh), @ CWS (Hector Noesi)
Tim Lincecum SF
vs. STL (Marco Gonzales), @ SD (Jesse Hahn)
Ubaldo Jimenez BAL
vs. TEX (Nick Tepesch), @ BOS (Jake Peavy)
Wade Miley ARZ
@ PIT (Jeff Locke), @ ATL (Alex Wood)
Yohan Flande COL
@ WAS (Jordan Zimmermann), vs. LAD (Dan Haren)
Yohan Pino MIN
vs. KC (Danny Duffy), vs. NYY (David Phelps)
Zack Wheeler NYM
@ ATL (Alex Wood), vs. TEX (Joe Saunders)
Good Starts
Johnny Cueto CIN
@ SD
Mike Leake CIN
@ SD
Jered Weaver LAA
vs. HOU
Henderson Alvarez MIA
vs. PHI
Garrett Richards LAA
vs. HOU
Bad Starts
Justin Verlander DET
vs. OAK
Corey Kluber CLE
@ LAD
Mark Buehrle TOR
@ OAK
Roenis Elias SEA
@ CWS
Zack Greinke LAD
@ COL
Streamers
Henderson Alvarez MIA
vs. PHI (July 1)
Jason Vargas KC
@ MIN (July 2)
Tim Lincecum SF
@ SD (July 6)
Mike Leake CIN
@ SD (July 1)
Taijuan Walker SEA
@ HOU (June 30)
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
