Fantasy Baseball: Starting Pitcher Weekly Positional Forecast

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

Francisco Liriano PIT

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

Josh Collacchi

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