Fantasy Baseball: Starting Pitcher Weekly Positional Forecast

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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 (suggested starts in bold, suggested sits in strikethrough. Be sure to double-check, as some teams’ pitching schedules change)

Tyler Lyons, St. Louis Cardinals

vs. CHC

vs. ATL

Jordan Zimmermann, Washington Nationals

@ ARZ

vs. NYM

Josh Collmenter, Arizona Diamondbacks

vs. WAS

vs. LAD

Rick Porcello, Detroit Tigers

@ BAL

@ BOS

Ryan Vogelsong, San Francisco Giants

vs. ATL

vs. MIA

John Danks, Chicago White Sox

@ OAK

@ HOU

Mark Buehrle, Toronto Blue Jays

vs. LAA

@ TEX

C.J. Wilson, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

@ TOR

vs. TB

Danny Salazar, Cleveland Indians

@ TOR

vs. OAK

Jacob Turner, Miami Marlins

@ LAD

@ SF

Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners

vs. TB

@ MIN

Travis Wood, Chicago Cubs

@ STL

vs. MIL

Gerrit Cole, Pittsburgh Pirates

@ MIL

@ NYY

Felix Doubront, Boston Red Sox

@ MIN

vs. DET

Hiroki Kuroda, New York Yankees

vs. NYM

vs. PIT

Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants

vs. ATL

vs. MIA

Jesse Chavez, Oakland Athletics

vs. CWS

@ CLE

Bronson Arroyo, Arizona Diamondbacks

vs. WAS

vs. LAD

Cesar Ramos, Tampa Bay Rays

@ SEA

@ LAA

Ubaldo Jimenez, Baltimore Orioles

vs. DET

@ KC

Vidal Nuno, New York Yankees

vs. NYM

vs. PIT

Dan Haren, Los Angeles Dodgers

vs. Miami

@ Arizona

Mike Leake, Cincinnati Reds

vs. SD

@ PHI

David Price, Tampa Bay Rays

@ SEA

@ LAA

James Shields, Kansas City Royals

vs. COL

vs. BAL

Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals

vs. CHC

vs. ATL

Brad Peacock, Houston Astros

vs. TEX

vs. CWS

Jake Arrieta, Chicago Cubs

@ STL

vs. MIL

Tom Koehler, Miami Marlins

@ LAD

@ SF

Bud Norris, Baltimore Orioles

vs. DET

@ KC

Ricky Nolasco, Minnesota Twins

vs. BOS

vs. SEA

Marco Estrada, Milwaukee Brewers

vs. PIT

@ CHC

R.A. Dickey, Toronto Blue Jays

vs. CLE

@ TEX

Bartolo Colon, New York Mets

@ NYY

@ WAS

Zack Wheeler, New York Mets

@ NYY

@ WAS

Andrew Cashner, San Diego Padres

@ CIN

@ COL

Colby Lewis, Texas Rangers

@ HOU

vs. TOR

Drew Smyly, Detroit Tigers

@ BAL

@ BOS

Good Starts

Johnny Cueto, Cincinnati Reds vs. San Diego Padres

Julio Teheran, Atlanta Braves AT San Francisco

Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers AT Houston Astros

Michael Wacha, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs

Tanner Roark, Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets

Bad Starts

Phil Hughes, Minnesota Twins vs. Boston Red Sox

Jeff Samardzija, Chicago Cubs AT St. Louis Cardinals

Wei-Yin Chen, Baltimore Orioles vs. Detroit Tigers

Andre Rienzo, Chicago White Sox AT Oakland Athletics

Scott Feldman, Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers

Streamers

[Player, Team, Opponent, (Probable Start Date)]

Juan Nicasio, Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres (Sunday May 18th)

Jose Quintana, Chicago White Sox AT Houston Astros (Friday May 16th)

Tanner Roark, Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets (Friday May 16th)

Jordan Lyles, Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres (Saturday May 17th)

Kyle Gibson, Minnesota Twins vs. Seattle Mariners (Friday May 16th)

Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast.

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Josh Collacchi
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