Each and every week, we will break down the pitching forecast for the upcoming week. Here, you’ll find relief pitchers with no off days (more opportunities), good matchups, and bad matchups. In addition, you will find all relievers who will start a game this week. Keep those guys in mind when your closers have bad matchups, or if you do not have any closers rostered.
Without further ado, this week’s Relief Pitcher Positional Forecast:
Closers with No Off-Days
Francisco Rodriguez, MIL
Sergio Romo, SF
Kenley Jansen, LAD
Trevor Rosenthal, STL
Jonathan Papelbon, PHI
Steve Cishek, MIA
LaTroy Hawkins, COL
Casey Janssen, TOR
Aroldis Chapman, CIN
Mark Melancon, PIT
Ronald Belisario, CWS
Good Matchups
[Player, Team, (Opponent)]
Sergio Romo, San Francisco Giants (Padres and Reds)
Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves (Astros and Phillies)
Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds (Cubs and Giants)
Bad Matchups
[Player, Team, (Opponent)]
Francisco Rodriguez, Milwaukee Brewers (Nationals and Rockies)
Trevor Rosenthal, St. Louis Cardinals (Rockies and Dodgers)
David Robertson, New York Yankees (Blue Jays and Red Sox)
Relief Pitcher Probable Starts
[Player, Team, (Opponent, Date)]
Hector Santiago, Los Angeles Angels (Twins, June 26)
Drew Smyly, Detroit Tigers (Rangers, June 24 and Astros, June 29)
Garrett Richards, Los Angeles Angels (Twins, June 25)
Tyson Ross, San Diego Padres (Diamondbacks, June 27)
Roberto Hernandez, Philadelphia Phillies (Marlins, June 23 and Braves, June 28)
Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros (Tigers, June 28)
Alex Wood, Atlanta Braves (Astros, June 25)
Kevin Gausman, Baltimore Orioles (Rays, June 27)
David Phelps, New York Yankees (Blue Jays, June 24)
Jesse Chavez, Oakland Athletics (Marlins, June 28)
Josh Collmenter, Arizona Diamondbacks (Padres, June 27)
Tanner Roark, Washington Nationals (Cubs, June 27)
Alfredo Simon, Cincinnati Reds (Cubs, June 23 and Giants, June 28)
Danny Duffy, Kansas City Royals (Dodgers, June 24)
Hector Noesi, Chicago White Sox (Orioles, June 25)
Daisuke Matsuzaka, New York Mets (Pirates, June 26)
Marcus Stroman, Toronto Blue Jays (Yankees, June 23, and White Sox, June 28)
Josh Tomlin, Cleveland Indians (Mariners, June 28)
Rubby De La Rosa, Boston Red Sox (Yankees, June 27)
Nick Martinez, Texas Rangers (Twins, June 27)
Matt Shoemaker, Los Angles Angels (Royals, June 28)
Chase Whitley, New York Yankees (Blue Jays, June 23 and Red Sox, June 29)
Yohan Pino, Minnesota Twins (Angels, June 23)
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of our pitching forecasts.
