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)
Alex Cobb TB
@ OAK (Jeff Samardzija), @ CHC (Travis Wood)
Alex Wood ATL
@ SEA (Felix Hernandez), vs. WAS (Gio Gonzalez)
Alfredo Simon CIN
@ CLE (Corey Kluber), vs. MIA (Jacob Turner)
Brad Hand MIA
@ PIT (Charlie Morton), @ CIN (Johnny Cueto)
Brandon McCarthy NYY
vs. DET (Max Scherzer), vs. CLE (Corey Kluber)
Brett Anderson COL
vs. CHC (Travis Wood), @ ARZ (Wade Miley)
Bud Norris BAL
@ TOR (Mark Buehrle), vs. STL (Lance Lynn)
Charlie Morton PIT
vs. MIA (Brad Hand), vs. SD (Tyson Ross)
Clayton Kershaw LAD
vs. LAA (Tyler Skaggs), @ MIL (Jimmy Nelson)
Corey Kluber CLE
vs. CIN (Alfredo Simon), @ NYY (Brandon McCarthy)
Dallas Keuchel HOU
@ PHI (Kyle Kendrick), vs. TEX (Nick Martinez)
Danny Duffy KC
@ ARZ (Wade Miley), vs. SF (Tim Lincecum)
David Price DET
@ NYY (Hiroki Kuroda), @ TOR (Mark Buehrle)
Dillon Gee NYM
vs. SF (Tim Hudson), @ PHI (Cole Hamels)
Felix Hernandez SEA
vs. ATL (Alex Wood), vs. CWS (John Danks)
Garrett Richards LAA
@ LAD (Zack Greinke), vs. BOS (Clay Buchholz)
Gio Gonzalez WAS
vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler), @ ATL (Alex Wood)
Hector Noesi CWS
vs. TEX (Nick Martinez), @ SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma)
Hector Santiago LAA
@ LAD (Clayton Kershaw), vs. BOS (Rubby De La Rosa)
Hiroki Kuroda NYY
vs. DET (David Price), vs. CLE (Josh Tomlin)
Jason Hammel OAK
vs. TB (Drew Smyly), vs. MIN (Phil Hughes)
Jeff Samardzija OAK
vs. TB (Alex Cobb), vs. MIN (Kyle Gibson)
Jimmy Nelson MIL
vs. SF (Tim Lincecum), vs. LAD (Clayton Kershaw)
John Danks CWS
vs. TEX (Colby Lewis), @ SEA (Felix Hernandez)
Johnny Cueto CIN
@ CLE (Josh Tomlin), vs. MIA (Brad Hand)
Josh Tomlin CLE
vs. CIN (Johnny Cueto), @ NYY (Hiroki Kuroda)
Kevin Gausman BAL
@ WAS (Tanner Roark), vs. STL (John Lackey)
Kyle Kendrick PHI
vs. HOU (Dallas Keuchel), vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler)
Lance Lynn STL
vs. BOS (Rubby De La Rosa), @ BAL (Bud Norris)
Mark Buehrle TOR
vs. BAL (Bud Norris), vs. DET (David Price)
Max Scherzer DET
@ NYY (Brandon McCarthy), @ TOR (Marcus Stroman)
Nick Martinez TEX
@ CWS (Hector Noesi), @ HOU (Dallas Keuchel)
Phil Hughes MIN
vs. SD (Jesse Hahn), @ OAK (Jason Hammel)
Rubby De La Rosa BOS
@ STL (Lance Lynn), @ LAA (Hector Santiago)
Tanner Roark WAS
vs. BAL (Kevin Gausman), @ ATL (Aaron Harang)
Tim Hudson SF
@ NYM (Dillon Gee), @ KC (James Shields)
Tim Lincecum SF
@ MIL (Jimmy Nelson), @ KC (Danny Duffy)
Travis Wood CHC
@ COL (Brett Anderson), vs. TB (Alex Cobb)
Wade Miley ARZ
vs. KC (Danny Duffy), vs. COL (Brett Anderson)
Zack Greinke LAD
vs. LAA (Garrett Richards), @ MIL (Matt Garza)
Zack Wheeler NYM
@ WAS (Gio Gonzalez), @ PHI (Kyle Kendrick)
Good Starts
vs. SD
Dallas Keuchel HOU
@ PHI, vs. TEX
Zack Wheeler NYM
@ PHI
Jesse Hahn SD
@ MIN
Tim Hudson SF
@ KC
Bad Starts
Jesse Hahn SD
vs. COL
Matt Shoemaker LAA
vs. LAD
R.A. Dickey TOR
vs. DET
Kyle Gibson MIN
@ OAK
Trevor Cahill ARZ
vs. COL
Streamers
Vance Worley PIT
vs. SD
James Paxton SEA
vs. CWS
Jonathon Niese NYM
@ PHI
Charlie Morton PIT
vs. SD
Jacob Turner MIA
@ CIN
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
