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. SD (Ian Kennedy), vs. CHC (Travis Wood)
Brad Peacock HOU
@ ARZ (Bronson Arroyo), vs. TB (David Price)
Brandon Workman BOS
@ BAL (Chris Tillman), vs. CLE (Corey Kluber)
Bronson Arroyo ARZ
vs. HOU (Brad Peacock), @ LAD (Josh Beckett)
Bud Norris BAL
vs. BOS (Jake Peavy), vs. TOR (R.A. Dickey)
Chris Tillman BAL
vs. BOS (Brandon Workman), vs. TOR (J.A. Happ)
Corey Kluber CLE
@ KC (Yordano Ventura), @ BOS (Brandon Workman)
vs. MIL (Marco Estrada), vs. SD (Ian Kennedy)
Dan Haren LAD
@ CIN (Tony Cingrani), vs. ARZ (Josh Collmenter)
David Price TB
vs. SEA (Erasmo Ramirez), @ HOU (Brad Peacock)
Doug Fister WAS
@ SF (Madison Bumgarner), @ STL (Jaime Garcia)
Edwin Jackson CHC
@ PIT (Gerrit Cole), @ PHI (David Buchanan)
Erasmo Ramirez SEA
@ TB (David Price), vs. TEX (Joe Saunders)
vs. CHC (Travis Wood), @ MIA (Henderson Alvarez)
Franklin Morales COL
vs. ATL (Gavin Floyd), @ SF (Ryan Vogelsong)
Garrett Richards LAA
vs. OAK (Jesse Chavez), @ ATL (Mike Minor)
Gavin Floyd ATL
@ COL (Franklin Morales?), vs. LAA (C.J. Wilson)
Gerrit Cole PIT
vs. CHC (Edwin Jackson), @ MIA (Randy Wolf)
Hector Noesi CWS
vs. DET (Rick Porcello), vs. KC (James Shields)
Hisashi Iwakuma SEA
vs. NYY (Masahiro Tanaka), vs. TEX (Nick Martinez)
Ian Kennedy SD
@ PHI (A.J. Burnett), @ NYM (Daisuke Matsuzaka)
J.A. Happ TOR
vs. MIN (Kevin Correia), @ BAL (Chris Tillman)
Jake Peavy BOS
@ BAL (Bud Norris), vs. CLE (T.J. House)
Jarred Cosart HOU
@ ARZ (Josh Collmenter), vs. TB (Chris Archer)
Jason Vargas KC
vs. NYY (Vidal Nuno), @ CWS (John Danks)
Jesse Chavez OAK
@ LAA (Garrett Richards), vs. NYY (Masahiro Tanaka)
John Danks CWS
vs. DET (Justin Verlander), vs. KC (Jason Vargas)
Josh Beckett LAD
@ CIN (Mike Leake), vs. ARZ (Bronson Arroyo)
Josh Collmenter ARZ
vs. HOU (Jarred Cosart), @ LAD (Dan Haren)
Juan Nicasio COL
vs. ATL (Mike Minor), @ SF (Madison Bumgarner)
Justin Verlander DET
@ CWS (John Danks), vs. MIN (Ricky Nolasco)
Madison Bumgarner SF
vs. WAS (Doug Fister), vs. COL (Juan Nicasio)
Marco Estrada MIL
@ NYM (Daisuke Matsuzaka), vs. CIN (Mike Leake)
Masahiro Tanaka NYY
@ SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma), @ OAK (Jesse Chavez)
Mike Leake CIN
vs. LAD (Josh Beckett), @ MIL (Marco Estrada)
Mike Minor ATL
@ COL (Juan Nicasio), vs. LAA (Garrett Richards)
Nick Martinez TEX
vs. CLE (T.J. House), @ SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma)
R.A. Dickey TOR
vs. MIN (Ricky Nolasco), @ BAL (Bud Norris)
Rick Porcello DET
@ CWS (Hector Noesi), vs. MIN (Samuel Deduno)
Ricky Nolasco MIN
@ TOR (RA Dickey), @ DET (Justin Verlander)
Ryan Vogelsong SF
vs. WAS (Stephen Strasburg), vs. COL (Franklin Morales)
Stephen Strasburg WAS
@ SF (Ryan Vogelsong), @ STL (Shelby Miller)
T.J. House CLE
@ TEX (Nick Martinez), @ BOS (Jake Peavy)
Tony Cingrani CIN
vs. LAD (Dan Haren), @ MIL (Yovani Gallardo)
Travis Wood CHC
@ PIT (Francisco Liriano), @ PHI (A.J. Burnett)
Vidal Nuno NYY
@ KC (Jason Vargas), @ OAK (Scott Kazmir)
Good Starts
Kyle Lohse MIL
@ NYM
Cole Hamels PHI
vs. SD
Alex Cobb TB
@ HOU
@ PHI
Tyson Ross SD
@ PHI
Bad Starts
Mike Minor ATL
@ COL
Ervin Santana ATL
@ COL
Alfredo Simon CIN
vs. LAD
Hiroki Kuroda NYY
@ OAK
Drew Smyly DET
@ CWS
Streamers
Bartolo Colon NYM
vs. SD
Wade Miley ARZ
@ HOU
Travis Wood CHC
vs. PIT, @ PHI
Jake Arrieta CHC
@ PHI
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
