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
@ TBÂ (Jake Odorizzi), vs. DET (Rick Porcello)
Jarred Cosart HOU
@ TEX (Miles Mikolas), vs. BOS (Brandon Workman)
Jason Vargas KC
@ TBÂ (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
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