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. TB (Jake Odorizzi), @ CHC (Kyle Hendricks)
Bruce Chen KC
@ CWS (Scott Carroll), vs. CLE (Justin Masterson)
Bud Norris BAL
@ LAA (Matt Shoemaker), @ SEA (Roenis Elias)
Chase Whitley NYY
vs. TEX (Nick Martinez), vs. TOR (J.A. Happ)
Chris Sale CWS
vs. KC (Jeremy Guthrie), @ MIN (Kris Johnson)
Cliff Lee PHI
vs. SF (Ryan Vogelsong), vs. ARZ (Josh Collmenter)
Doug Fister WAS
@ COL (Franklin Morales), @ CIN (Mat Latos)
Drew Hutchison TOR
vs. BOS (John Lackey), @ NYY (Shane Greene)
Edinson Volquez PIT
vs. LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu), @ COL (Franklin Morales)
Eric Stults SD
@ CHC (Kyle Hendricks), @ ATL (Mike Minor)
Franklin Morales COL
vs. WAS (Doug Fister), vs. PIT (Edinson Volquez)
Hector Santiago LAA
vs. BAL (Miguel Gonzalez), vs. DET (Rick Porcello)
Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD
@ PIT (Edinson Volquez), @ SF (Matt Cain)
J.A. Happ TOR
vs. BOS (Jake Peavy), @ NYY (Chase Whitley)
Jacob deGrom NYM
@ SEA (Taijuan Walker), @ MIL (Jimmy Nelson)
Jacob Turner MIA
@ ATL (Mike Minor), @ HOU (Collin McHugh)
Jake Odorizzi TB
@ STL (Adam Wainwright), vs. BOS (Jake Peavy)
Jake Peavy BOS
@ TOR (J.A. Happ), @ TB (Jake Odorizzi)
Jeremy Guthrie KC
@ CWS (Chris Sale), vs. CLE (Josh Tomlin)
Jimmy Nelson MIL
vs. CIN (Homer Bailey), vs. NYM (Jacob deGrom)
John Lackey BOS
@ TOR (Drew Hutchison), @ TB (Chris Archer)
Jon Niese NYM
@ SEA (Roenis Elias), @ MIL (Wily Peralta)
Julio Teheran ATL
vs. MIA (Tom Koehler), vs. SD (Jesse Hahn)
Justin Verlander DET
@ ARZ (Vidal Nuno), @ LAA (Matt Shoemaker)
Kris Johnson MIN
vs. CLE (TJ House), vs. CWS (Chris Sale)
Kyle Hendricks CHC
vs. SD (Eric Stults), vs. STL (Adam Wainwright)
Mat Latos CIN
@ MIL (Wily Peralta), vs. WAS (Doug Fister)
Matt Cain SF
@ PHI (Roberto Hernandez), vs. LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu)
Matt Shoemaker LAA
vs. BAL (Bud Norris), vs. DET (Justin Verlander)
Miguel Gonzalez BAL
@ LAA (Hector Santiago), @ SEA (Taijuan Walker)
Mike Minor ATL
vs. MIA (Jacob Turner), vs. SD (Eric Stults)
Miles Mikolas TEX
@ NYY (Shane Greene), vs. OAK (Sonny Gray)
Nick Martinez TEX
@ NYY (Chase Whitley), vs. OAK (Scott Kazmir)
Rick Porcello DET
@ ARZ (Chase Anderson), @ LAA (Hector Santiago)
Roberto Hernandez PHI
vs. SF (Matt Cain), vs. ARZ (Vidal Nuno)
Roenis Elias SEA
vs. NYM (Jon Niese), vs. BAL (Bud Norris)
Ryan Vogelsong SF
@ PHI (Cliff Lee), vs. LAD (Clayton Kershaw)
Scott Carroll CWS
vs. KC (Bruce Chen), @ MIN (Yohan Pino)
Scott Kazmir OAK
vs. HOU (Brett Oberholtzer), @ TEX (Nick Martinez)
Shane Greene NYY
vs. TEX (Miles Mikolas), vs. TOR (Drew Hutchison)
Taijuan Walker SEA
vs. NYM (Jacob deGrom), vs. BAL (Miguel Gonzalez)
Tom Koehler MIA
@ ATL (Julio Teheran), @ HOU (Jarred Cosart)
Vidal Nuno ARZ
vs. DET (Justin Verlander), @ PHI (Roberto Hernandez)
Wily Peralta MIL
vs. CIN (Mat Latos), vs. NYM (Jon Niese)
Yohan Pino MIN
vs. CLE (Danny Salazar), vs. CWS (Scott Carroll)
Good Starts
Julio Teheran ATL
vs. SD
Corey Kluber CLE
@ KC
Wade Miley ARZ
@ PHI
Jeff Samardzija OAK
vs. HOU
Mike Minor ATL
vs. SD
Bad Starts
@ COL
Garrett Richards LAA
vs. DET
Justin Verlander DET
vs. LAA
Charlie Morton PIT
@ COL
Jake Peavy BOS
@ TOR
Streamers
Wade Miley ARZ
@ PHI
Mike Minor ATL
vs. SD
Wily Peralta MIL
vs. CIN, vs. NYM
@ ATL
Travis Wood CHC
vs. SD
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
