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
@ MIA (Jarred Cosart), vs. SD (Odrisamer Despaigne)
Brad Peacock HOU
vs. MIN (Kevin Correia), @ BOS (Rubby de la Rosa)
Chris Capuano NYY
@ BAL (Wei-Yin Chen), @ TB (Jeremy Hellickson)
Chris Young SEA
vs. TOR (Drew Hutchison), @ DET (Rick Porcello)
Colby Lewis TEX
vs. TB (Drew Smyly), vs. LAA (Garrett Richards)
Collin McHugh HOU
vs. MIN (Logan Darnell), @ BOS (Joe Kelly)
Dan Haren LAD
@ ATL (Julio Teheran), vs. MIL (Yovani Gallardo)
David Buchanan PHI
vs. NYM (Jon Niese), @ SF (Tim Lincecum)
Doug Fister WAS
@ NYM (Jacob deGrom), vs. PIT (Edinson Volquez)
Drew Hutchison TOR
@ SEA (Chris Young), @ CWS (John Danks)
Drew Smyly TB
@ TEX (Colby Lewis), vs. NYY (Hiroki Kuroda)
Edinson Volquez PIT
vs. DET (Rick Porcello), @ WAS (Doug Fister)
Franklin Morales COL
@ SD (Odrisamer Despaigne), vs. CIN (Mat Latos)
Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD
@ ATL (Mike Minor), vs. MIL (Wily Peralta)
Jacob deGrom NYM
vs. WAS (Doug Fister), vs. CHC (Kyle Hendricks)
Jake Arrieta CHC
vs. MIL (Yovani Gallardo), @ NYM (Jon Niese)
Jarred Cosart MIA
vs. STL (Adam Wainwright), vs. ARZ (Josh Collmenter)
Jeff Locke PIT
vs. DET (Justin Verlander), @ WAS (Gio Gonzalez)
vs. OAK (Jon Lester), @ MIN (Kevin Correia)
Jeremy Hellickson TB
@ TEX (Nick Tepesch), vs. NYY (Chris Capuano)
Jesse Hahn SD
vs. COL (Jordan Lyles), @ STL (Shelby Miller)
Joe Kelly BOS
@ CIN (Mat Latos), vs. HOU (Collin McHugh)
Jon Lester OAK
@ KC (Jeremy Guthrie), @ ATL (Mike Minor)
Jonathon Niese NYM
@ PHI (David Buchanan), vs. CHC (Jake Arrieta)
Jordan Lyles COL
@ SD (Jesse Hahn), vs. CIN (Johnny Cueto)
Josh Collmenter ARZ
@ CLE (Danny Salazar), @ MIA (Jarred Cosart)
Julio Teheran ATL
vs. LAD (Dan Haren), vs. OAK (Sonny Gray)
Justin Verlander DET
@ PIT (Jeff Locke), vs. SEA (Felix Hernandez)
Kevin Correia MIN
@ HOU (Brad Peacock), vs. KC (Jeremy Guthrie)
Kyle Hendricks CHC
vs. MIL (Wily Peralta), @ NYM (Jacob deGrom)
Mat Latos CIN
vs. BOS (Joe Kelly), @ COL (Franklin Morales)
Mike Minor ATL
vs. LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu), vs. OAK (Jon Lester)
Nick Tepesch TEX
vs. TB (Jeremy Hellickson), vs. LAA (Hector Santiago)
Odrisamer Despaigne SD
vs. COL (Franklin Morales), @ STL (Adam Wainwright)
Rick Porcello DET
@ PIT (Edinson Volquez), vs. SEA (Chris Young)
Shelby Miller STL
@ MIA (Tom Koehler), vs. SD (Jesse Hahn)
Sonny Gray OAK
@ KC (Yordano Ventura), @ ATL (Julio Teheran)
Tom Koehler MIA
vs. STL (Shelby Miller), vs. ARZ (Wade Miley)
Wei-Yin Chen BAL
vs. NYY (Chris Capuano), @ CLE (Josh Tomlin)
Wily Peralta MIL
@ CHC (Kyle Hendricks), @ LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu)
Yordano Ventura KC
vs. OAK (Sonny Gray), @ MIN (Phil Hughes)
Yovani Gallardo MIL
@ CHC (Jake Arrieta), @ LAD (Dan Haren)
Good Starts
Kyle Lohse MIL
@ CHC
Jered Weaver LAA
vs. PHI
John Lackey STL
vs. SD
Danny Duffy KC
@ MIN
Jordan Lyles COL
@ SD
Bad Starts
Johnny Cueto CIN
@ COL
Julio Teheran ATL
vs. OAK
Mike Leake CIN
@ COL
Aaron Harang ATL
vs. LAD
Kyle Kendrick PHI
@ SF
Streamers
Jordan Lyles COL
@ SD
Bartolo Colon NYM
vs. CHC
@ TEX
@ ARZ
Collin McHugh HOU
vs. MIN, @ BOS
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
