Fantasy Baseball: Starting Pitcher Weekly Positional Forecast

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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)

Adam Wainwright STL

vs. PIT (Charlie Morton), @ MIL (Marco Estrada)

Brad Hand MIA

@ ARZ (Vidal Nuno), @ NYM (Jacob deGrom)

Brandon Workman BOS

vs. CWS (John Danks), @ HOU (Jarred Cosart)

Carlos Martinez STL

vs. PIT (Vance Worley), @ MIL (Wily Peralta)

Charlie Morton PIT

@ STL (Adam Wainwright), @ CIN (Mike Leake)

Chase Anderson ARZ

vs. MIA (Tom Koehler), @ SF (Madison Bumgarner)

Chris Tillman BAL

@ WAS (Stephen Strasburg), vs. NYY (Shane Greene)

Clay Buchholz BOS

vs. CWS (Scott Carroll), @ HOU (Collin McHugh)

Cole Hamels PHI

@ MIL (Marco Estrada), vs. WAS (Stephen Strasburg)

Daisuke Matsuzaka NYM

vs. ATL (Mike Minor), vs. MIA (Tom Koehler)

Doug Fister WAS

vs. BAL (Wei-Yin Chen), @ PHI (Kyle Kendrick)

Edwin Jackson CHC

@ CIN (Mike Leake), vs. ATL (Mike Minor)

Hisashi Iwakuma SEA

vs. MIN (Kevin Correia), vs. OAK (Sonny Gray)

Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD

@ DET (Justin Verlander), vs. SD (Tyson Ross)

Ian Kennedy SD

@ COL (Tyler Matzek), @ LAD (Josh Beckett)

J.A. Happ TOR

@ LAA (Jered Weaver), @ TB (Jake Odorizzi)

Jacob deGrom NYM

vs. ATL (Julio Teheran), vs. MIA (Brad Hand)

Jake Odorizzi TB

vs. KC (James Shields), vs. TOR (J.A. Happ)

James Shields KC

@ TB (Jake Odorizzi), vs. DET (Rick Porcello)

Jarred Cosart HOU

@ TEX (Miles Mikolas), vs. BOS (Brandon Workman)

Jason Vargas KC

@ TB (Erik Bedard), vs. DET (Justin Verlander)

Jered Weaver LAA

vs. TOR (JA Happ), @ TEX (Nick Martinez)

Jesse Chavez OAK

vs. SF (Ryan Vogelsong), @ SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma)

John Danks CWS

@ BOS (Brandon Workman), @ CLE (John Danks)

Johnny Cueto CIN

vs. CHC (Travis Wood), vs. PIT (Vance Worley)

Julio Teheran ATL

@ NYM (Jacob deGrom), @ CHC (Travis Wood)

Justin Masterson CLE

vs. NYY (Shane Greene), vs. CWS (Scott Carroll)

Justin Verlander DET

vs. LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu), @ KC (Jason Vargas)

Kevin Correia MIN

@ SEA (Taijuan Walker), @ COL (Yohan Flande)

Kyle Kendrick PHI

@ MIL (Wily Peralta), vs. WAS (Doug Fister)

Madison Bumgarner SF

@ OAK (Sonny Gray), vs. ARZ (Chase Anderson)

Marco Estrada MIL

vs. PHI (Cole Hamels), vs. STL (Adam Wainwright)

Masahiro Tanaka NYY

@ CLE (Trevor Bauer), @ BAL (Wei-Yin Chen)

Mike Leake CIN

vs. CHC (Edwin Jackson), vs. PIT (Charlie Morton)

Mike Minor ATL

@ NYM (Daisuke Matsuzaka), @ CHC (Edwin Jackson)

Miles Mikolas TEX

vs. HOU (Jarred Cosart), vs. LAA (Jered Weaver)

Nick Martinez TEX

vs. HOU (Brad Peacock), vs. LAA (Tyler Skaggs)

Phil Hughes MIN

@ SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma), @ COL (Tyler Matzek)

Ryan Vogelsong SF

@ OAK (Jesse Chavez), vs. ARZ (Wade Miley)

Scott Carroll CWS

@ BOS (Clay Buchholz), @ CLE (Justin Masterson)

Shane Greene NYY

@ CLE (Justin Masterson), @ BAL (Chris Tillman)

Sonny Gray OAK

vs. SF (Madison Bumgarner), @ SEA (Chris Young)

Stephen Strasburg WAS

vs. BAL (Chris Tillman), @ PHI (Cole Hamels)

Tom Koehler MIA

@ ARZ (Chase Anderson), @ NYM (Daisuke Matsuzaka)

Travis Wood CHC

@ CIN (Johnny Cueto), vs. ATL (Julio Teheran)

Trevor Bauer CLE

vs. NYY (Masahiro Tanaka), vs. CWS (John Danks)

Tyler Matzek COL

vs. SD (Ian Kennedy), vs. MIN (Phil Hughes)

Tyler Skaggs LAA

vs. TOR (R.A. Dickey), @ TEX (Yu Darvish)

Tyson Ross SD

@ COL (Franklin Morales), @ LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu)

Vance Worley PIT

@ STL (Carlos Martinez), @ CIN (Johnny Cueto)

Wei-Yin Chen BAL

@ WAS (Doug Fister), vs. NYY (Masahiro Tanaka)

Wily Peralta MIL

vs. PHI (Kyle Kendrick), vs. STL (Carlos Martinez)

Good Starts

Kyle Lohse MIL

vs. PHI

Henderson Alvarez MIA

vs. NYM

Alfredo Simon CIN

vs. CHC

Yu Darvish TEX

vs. HOU

Josh Beckett LAD

vs. SD

Bad Starts

Corey Kluber CLE

vs CWS

A.J. Burnett PHI

vs. WSH

Tim Hudson SF

vs. OAK

Jose Quintana CWS

vs. BOS

Matt Cain SF

vs. OAK

Streamers

Clay Buchholz BOS

vs. CWS (Monday), @ HOU (Saturday)

Nathan Eovaldi MIA

vs. ARZ (Wednesday)

Jeff Locke PIT

vs. CIN (Friday)

Jorge De La Rosa COL

vs. MIN (Friday)

Franklin Morales COL

vs. SD (Tuesday)

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

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Josh Collacchi
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