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)

Adam Wainwright STL

@ MIA (Jarred Cosart), vs. SD (Odrisamer Despaigne)

Brad Peacock HOU

vs. MIN (Kevin Correia), @ BOS (Rubby de la Rosa)

Chris Capuano NYY

@ BAL (Wei-Yin Chen), @ TB (Jeremy Hellickson)

Chris Young SEA

vs. TOR (Drew Hutchison), @ DET (Rick Porcello)

Colby Lewis TEX

vs. TB (Drew Smyly), vs. LAA (Garrett Richards)

Collin McHugh HOU

vs. MIN (Logan Darnell), @ BOS (Joe Kelly)

Dan Haren LAD

@ ATL (Julio Teheran), vs. MIL (Yovani Gallardo)

David Buchanan PHI

vs. NYM (Jon Niese), @ SF (Tim Lincecum)

Doug Fister WAS

@ NYM (Jacob deGrom), vs. PIT (Edinson Volquez)

Drew Hutchison TOR

@ SEA (Chris Young), @ CWS (John Danks)

Drew Smyly TB

@ TEX (Colby Lewis), vs. NYY (Hiroki Kuroda)

Edinson Volquez PIT

vs. DET (Rick Porcello), @ WAS (Doug Fister)

Franklin Morales COL

@ SD (Odrisamer Despaigne), vs. CIN (Mat Latos)

Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD

@ ATL (Mike Minor), vs. MIL (Wily Peralta)

Jacob deGrom NYM

vs. WAS (Doug Fister), vs. CHC (Kyle Hendricks)

Jake Arrieta CHC

vs. MIL (Yovani Gallardo), @ NYM (Jon Niese)

Jarred Cosart MIA

vs. STL (Adam Wainwright), vs. ARZ (Josh Collmenter)

Jeff Locke PIT

vs. DET (Justin Verlander), @ WAS (Gio Gonzalez)

Jeremy Guthrie KC

vs. OAK (Jon Lester), @ MIN (Kevin Correia)

Jeremy Hellickson TB

@ TEX (Nick Tepesch), vs. NYY (Chris Capuano)

Jesse Hahn SD

vs. COL (Jordan Lyles), @ STL (Shelby Miller)

Joe Kelly BOS

@ CIN (Mat Latos), vs. HOU (Collin McHugh)

Jon Lester OAK

@ KC (Jeremy Guthrie), @ ATL (Mike Minor)

Jonathon Niese NYM

@ PHI (David Buchanan), vs. CHC (Jake Arrieta)

Jordan Lyles COL

@ SD (Jesse Hahn), vs. CIN (Johnny Cueto)

Josh Collmenter ARZ

@ CLE (Danny Salazar), @ MIA (Jarred Cosart)

Julio Teheran ATL

vs. LAD (Dan Haren), vs. OAK (Sonny Gray)

Justin Verlander DET

@ PIT (Jeff Locke), vs. SEA (Felix Hernandez)

Kevin Correia MIN

@ HOU (Brad Peacock), vs. KC (Jeremy Guthrie)

Kyle Hendricks CHC

vs. MIL (Wily Peralta), @ NYM (Jacob deGrom)

Mat Latos CIN

vs. BOS (Joe Kelly), @ COL (Franklin Morales)

Mike Minor ATL

vs. LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu), vs. OAK (Jon Lester)

Nick Tepesch TEX

vs. TB (Jeremy Hellickson), vs. LAA (Hector Santiago)

Odrisamer Despaigne SD

vs. COL (Franklin Morales), @ STL (Adam Wainwright)

Rick Porcello DET

@ PIT (Edinson Volquez), vs. SEA (Chris Young)

Shelby Miller STL

@ MIA (Tom Koehler), vs. SD (Jesse Hahn)

Sonny Gray OAK

@ KC (Yordano Ventura), @ ATL (Julio Teheran)

Tom Koehler MIA

vs. STL (Shelby Miller), vs. ARZ (Wade Miley)

Wei-Yin Chen BAL

vs. NYY (Chris Capuano), @ CLE (Josh Tomlin)

Wily Peralta MIL

@ CHC (Kyle Hendricks), @ LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu)

Yordano Ventura KC

vs. OAK (Sonny Gray), @ MIN (Phil Hughes)

Yovani Gallardo MIL

@ CHC (Jake Arrieta), @ LAD (Dan Haren)

Good Starts

Kyle Lohse MIL

@ CHC

Jered Weaver LAA

vs. PHI

John Lackey STL

vs. SD

Danny Duffy KC

@ MIN

Jordan Lyles COL

@ SD

Bad Starts

Johnny Cueto CIN

@ COL

Julio Teheran ATL

vs. OAK

Mike Leake CIN

@ COL

Aaron Harang ATL

vs. LAD

Kyle Kendrick PHI

@ SF

Streamers

Jordan Lyles COL

@ SD

Bartolo Colon NYM

vs. CHC

Jake Odorizzi TB

@ TEX

Henderson Alvarez MIA

@ ARZ

Collin McHugh HOU

vs. MIN, @ BOS

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

Josh Collacchi

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