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)
Aaron Harang ATL
@ LAD (Josh Beckett), @ SD (Tyson Ross)
A.J. Burnett PHI
@ NYMÂ (Bartolo Colon), @ WAS (Jordan Zimmermann)
Anibal Sanchez DET
vs. CWS (Jose Quintana), vs. COL (Jorge de la Rosa)
Bartolo Colon NYM
vs. PHI (AJ Burnett), vs. SF (Madison Bumgarner)
Brad Peacock HOU
vs. OAK (Jesse Chavez), vs. TOR (R.A. Dickey)
Chase Anderson ARZ
@ CIN (Homer Bailey), vs. PIT (Vance Worley)
Chris Tillman BAL
vs. LAA (Jered Weaver), vs. SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma)
Clay Buchholz BOS
vs. TOR (R.A. Dickey), vs. NYY (David Phelps)
Cole Hamels PHI
@ NYMÂ (Dillon Gee), @ WAS (Stephen Strasburg)
David Phelps NYY
@ TEX (Yu Darvish), @ BOS (Clay Buchholz)
Edwin Jackson CHC
vs. COL (Jorge de la Rosa), @ LAD (Josh Beckett)
Ervin Santana ATL
vs. SD (Jason Lane), @ SD (Ian Kennedy)
Francisco Liriano PIT
@ SF (Tim Hudson), @ ARZ (Trevor Cahill)
Henderson Alvarez MIA
vs. WAS (Stephen Strasburg), vs. CIN (Mike Leake)
Hisashi Iwakuma SEA
@ CLE (Trevor Bauer), @ BAL (Chris Tillman)
Homer Bailey CIN
vs. ARZ (Chase Anderson), @ MIA (Nate Eovaldi)
Jake Odorizzi TB
vs. MIL (Kyle Lohse), vs. LAA (Jered Weaver)
James Shields KC
vs. MIN (Kyle Gibson), @ OAK (Jesse Chavez)
Jered Weaver LAA
@ BAL (Chris Tillman), @ TB (Jake Odorizzi)
Jesse Chavez OAK
@ HOU (Brad Peacock), vs. KC (James Shields)
Jordan Zimmermann WAS
@ MIAÂ (Nate Eovaldi), vs. PHI (A.J. Burnett)
Jorge de la Rosa COL
@ CHCÂ (Edwin Jackson), @ DET (Anibal Sanchez)
Jose Quintana CWS
@ DET (Anibal Sanchez), vs. MIN (Kyle Gibson)
Josh Beckett LAD
vs. ATL (Aaron Harang), vs. CHC (Edwin Jackson)
Kyle Gibson MIN
@ KC (James Shields), @ CWS (Jose Quintana)
Kyle Lohse MIL
@ TB (Jake Odorizzi), @ STL (Lance Lynn)
Lance Lynn STL
@ SD (Tyson Ross), vs. MIL (Kyle Lohse)
Madison Bumgarner SF
vs. PIT (Vance Worley), @ NYM (Bartolo Colon)
Marcus Stroman TOR
@ BOS (Rubby de la Rosa), @ HOU (Scott Feldman)
Mike Leake CIN
vs. ARZ (Trevor Cahill), @ MIA (Henderson Alvarez)
Nate Eovaldi MIA
vs. WAS (Jordan Zimmermann), vs. CIN (Homer Bailey)
R.A. Dickey TOR
@ BOS (Clay Buchholz), @ HOU (Brad Peacock)
Scott Feldman HOU
vs. OAK (Jeff Samardzija), vs. TOR (Marcus Stroman)
Stephen Strasburg WAS
@ MIAÂ (Henderson Alvarez), vs. PHI (Cole Hamels)
Trevor Bauer CLE
vs. SEA (Hisashi Iwakuma), vs. TEX (Yu Darvish)
Trevor Cahill ARZ
@ CIN (Mike Leake), vs. PIT (Francisco Liriano)
Tsuyoshi Wada CHC
vs. COL (Yohan Flande), @ LAD (Dan Haren)
Tyson Ross SD
vs. STL (Lance Lynn), vs. ATL (Aaron Harang)
Vance Worley PIT
@ SF (Madison Bumgarner), @ ARZ (Chase Anderson)
Yohan Flande COL
@ CHCÂ (Tsuyoshi Wada), @ DET (Rick Porcello)
Yu Darvish TEX
vs. NYY (David Phelps), @ CLE (Trevor Bauer)
Good Starts
Jeff Samardzija OAK
@ HOU
Lance Lynn STL
@ SD
Ervin Santana ATL
vs. SD (Twice)
Zack Wheeler NYM
vs. PHI
Bad Starts
James Shields KC
@ OAK
Justin Verlander DET
vs. COL
@ OAK
Brandon McCarthy NYY
vs. DET
Dallas Keuchel HOU
vs. OAK
Streamers
Marcus Stroman TOR
@ BOS, @ HOU
Danny Duffy DET
vs. MIN
Joe Kelly STL
@ SD
Drew Hutchison TOR
@ HOU
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
