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 (Jeff Locke), @ MIL (Yovani Gallardo)
Bud Norris BAL
vs. CIN (Mat Latos), @ TB (Jeremy Hellickson)
Carlos Carrasco CLE
vs. DET (TBD), vs. CWS (Jose Quintana)
Chris Young SEA
@ OAK (Jason Hammel), @ TEX (Colby Lewis)
Colby Lewis TEX
@ KC (Yordano Ventura), vs. SEA (Chris Young)
Cole Hamels PHI
@ ATL (Julio Teheran), @ WAS (Gio Gonzalez)
Corey Kluber CLE
vs. DET (David Price), vs. CWS (Chris Sale)
David Price DET
@ CLE (Corey Kluber), vs. SF (Madison Bumgarner)
Derek Holland TEX
@ KC (Jeremy Guthrie), vs. SEA (James Paxton)
Drew Smyly TB
vs. BOS (Rubby De La Rosa), vs. BAL (Kevin Gausman)
Franklin Morales COL
vs. SF (Tim Hudson), @ SD (Odrisamer Despaigne)
Gerrit Cole PIT
@ STL (Lance Lynn), @ CHC (Jacob Turner)
Gio Gonzalez WAS
@ LAD (Roberto Hernandez), vs. PHI (Cole Hamels)
Hector Santiago LAA
@ HOU (Brad Peacock), @ MIN (Tommy Milone)
vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler), vs. ATL (Julio Teheran)
Jacob Turner CHC
vs. MIL (Jimmy Nelson), vs. PIT (Gerrit Cole)
James Paxton SEA
@ OAK (Sonny Gray), @ TEX (Derek Holland)
Jason Hammel OAK
vs. SEA (Chris Young), vs. HOU (Dallas Keuchel)
Jeremy Hellickson TB
vs. TOR (R.A. Dickey), vs. BAL (Bud Norris)
Jimmy Nelson MIL
@ CHC (Jacob Turner), vs. STL (Lance Lynn)
Joe Kelly BOS
@ NYY (Shane Greene), vs. TOR (R.A. Dickey)
Julio Teheran ATL
vs. PHI (Cole Hamels), @ MIA (Henderson Alvarez)
Kevin Gausman BAL
vs. MIN (Phil Hughes), @ TB (Drew Smyly)
Lance Lynn STL
vs. PIT (Gerrit Cole), @ MIL (Jimmy Nelson)
Mat Latos CIN
@ BAL (Bud Norris), vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler)
Odrisamer Despaigne SD
vs. ARZ (Wade Miley), @ COL (Franklin Morales)
Phil Hughes MIN
@ BAL (Kevin Gausman), vs. LAA (Matt Shoemaker)
R.A. Dickey TOR
@ TB (Jeremy Hellickson), @ BOS (Joe Kelly)
Roberto Hernandez LAD
vs. WAS (Gio Gonzalez), vs. ARZ (Wade Miley)
Rubby De La Rosa BOS
@ TB (Drew Smyly), vs. TOR (J.A. Happ)
Shane Greene NYY
vs. BOS (Joe Kelly), vs. KC (Yordano Ventura)
Tim Hudson SF
@ COL (Franklin Morales), @ DET (TBD)
Tommy Milone MIN
vs. CWS (Hector Noesi), vs. LAA (Hector Santiago)
Trevor Cahill ARZ
@ SD (Tyson Ross), @ LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu)
Tyson Ross SD
vs. ARZ (Trevor Cahill), @ COL (Jorge De La Rosa)
Wade Miley ARZ
@ SD (Odrisamer Despaigne), @ LAD (Roberto Hernandez)
Yordano Ventura KC
vs. TEX (Colby Lewis), @ NYY (Shane Greene)
Yovani Gallardo MIL
@ CHC (Jake Arrieta), vs. STL (Adam Wainwright)
Zack Wheeler NYM
@ MIA (Henderson Alvarez), @ CIN (Mat Latos)
Good Starts
Mike Minor ATL
vs. PHI
Yovani Gallardo MIL
@ CHC
Jorge De La Rosa COL
vs. SD
Marcus Stroman TOR
vs. CHC
Wade Miley ARZ
@ SD
Bad Starts
Wily Peralta MIL
vs. STL
Gio Gonzalez WSH
@ LAD
Chris Young SEA
vs. OAK
Madison Bumgarner SF
@ DET
Lance Lynn STL
@ MIL
Streamers
Wade Miley ARZ
@ SD
Jorge De La Rosa COL
vs. SD
Marcus Stroman TOR
vs. CHC
Roberto Hernandez LAD
vs. SD
Hector Santiago LAA
@ MIN
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
