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
vs. WAS (Tanner Roark), @ NYM (Dillon Gee)
Alex Cobb TB
@ BAL (Wei-Yin Chen), vs. BOS (Clay Buchholz)
Alex Wood ATL
@ NYM (Dillon Gee), vs. MIA (Jarred Cosart)
Brandon McCarthy NYY
@ DET (Rick Porcello), @ TOR (JA Happ)
Chris Tillman BAL
vs. TB (Jake Odorizzi), vs. MIN (Kyle Gibson)
Clay Buchholz BOS
@ TOR (J.A. Happ), @ TB (Alex Cobb)
Dallas Keuchel HOU
vs. OAK (Jason Hammel), vs. TEX (Nick Martinez)
Danny Duffy KC
vs. MIN (Ricky Nolasco), vs. CLE (T.J. House)
Dillon Gee NYM
vs. ATL (Alex Wood), vs. PHI (A.J. Burnett)
Eric Stults SD
vs. MIL (Kyle Lohse), vs. LAD (Kevin Correia)
vs. STL (John Lackey), vs. CIN (Johnny Cueto)
J.A. Happ TOR
vs. BOS (Clay Buchholz), vs. NYY (Brandon McCarthy)
Jake Odorizzi TB
@ BAL (Chris Tillman), vs. BOS (Allen Webster)
Jake Peavy SF
vs. COL (Tyler Matzek), vs. MIL (Mike Fiers)
vs. NYY (Michael Pineda), vs. CLE (Trevor Bauer)
Jarred Cosart MIA
@LAA (Wade LeBlanc), @ ATL (Alex Wood)
Jason Hammel OAK
@ HOU (Dallas Keuchel), @ LAA (Matt Shoemaker)
Jeff Samardzija OAK
@ HOU (Scott Feldman), @ LAA (Wade LeBlanc)
John Lackey STL
@ PIT (Francisco Liriano), vs. CHC (Travis Wood)
Johnny Cueto CIN
vs. CHC (Travis Wood), @ PIT (Francisco Liriano)
Jorge De La Rosa COL
@ SF (Madison Bumgarner), @ ARZ (Chase Anderson)
Jose Quintana CWS
vs. CLE (T.J. House), vs. DET (Rick Porcello)
Kyle Lohse MIL
@ SD (Eric Stults), @ SF (Madison Bumgarner)
Madison Bumgarner SF
vs. COL (Jorge De La Rosa), vs. MIL (Kyle Lohse)
Matt Shoemaker LAA
vs. MIA (Nate Eovaldi), vs. OAK (Jason Hammel)
Michael Pineda NYY
@ KC (James Shields), @ TOR (Drew Hutchison)
Miles Mikolas TEX
@ SEA (Roenis Elias), @ HOU (Scott Feldman)
Nick Martinez TEX
@ SEA (James Paxton), @ HOU (Dallas Keuchel)
Rick Porcello DET
vs. NYY (Brandon McCarthy), @ CWS (Jose Quintana)
Ricky Nolasco MIN
@ KC (Danny Duffy), @ BAL (Wei-Yin Chen)
Roenis Elias SEA
vs. TEX (Miles Mikolas), vs. WAS (Tanner Roark)
Scott Feldman HOU
vs. OAK (Jeff Samardzija), vs. TEX (Yu Darvish)
Tanner Roark WAS
@ PHI (A.J. Burnett), @ SEA (Roenis Elias)
T.J. House CLE
@ CWS (Jose Quintana), @ KC (Danny Duffy)
Travis Wood CHC
@ CIN (Johnny Cueto), @ STL (John Lackey)
Tyler Matzek COL
@ SF (Jake Peavy), @ ARZ (Vidal Nuno)
Wade LeBlanc LAA
vs. MIA (Jarred Cosart), vs. OAK (Jeff Samardzija)
Wei-Yin Chen BAL
vs. TB (Alex Cobb), vs. MIN (Ricky Nolasco)
Good Starts
Mike Leake CIN
vs. CHC
Max Scherzer DET
@ CWS
Sonny Gray OAK
@ HOU
Zack Greinke LAD
@ SD
Chris Archer TB
vs. BOS
Bad Starts
@ SEA
Hiroki Kuroda NYY
@ DET
Tim Hudson SF
@ COL
Jose Quintana CWS
vs. DET
C.J. Wilson LAA
vs. OAK
Streamers
Matt Shoemaker LAA
vs. MIA
Tsuyoshi Wada CHC
@ STL
Jacob DeGrom NYM
vs. PHI
James Paxton SEA
vs. TEX
Kevin Correia LAD
@ SD
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
