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
@ PIT (Francisco Liriano), @ CIN (Alfredo Simon)
Alfredo Simon CIN
@ STL (John Lackey), vs. ATL (Aaron Harang)
Allen Webster BOS
vs. LAA (Jered Weaver), vs. SEA (Roenis Elias)
Bartolo Colon NYM
vs. CHC (Kyle Hendricks), @ LAD (Kevin Correia)
Brandon Workman BOS
vs. LAA (C.J. Wilson), vs. SEA (Chris Young)
Brett Oberholtzer HOU
@ NYY (Chris Capuano), @ CLE (Trevor Bauer)
Bud Norris BAL
@ CWS (Chris Sale), @ CHC (Tsuyoshi Wada)
Chase Anderson ARZ
@ WAS (Stephen Strasburg), vs. SD (Ian Kennedy)
Chris Archer TB
vs. DET (Max Scherzer), @ TOR (Drew Hutchison)
Chris Capuano NYY
vs. HOU (Brett Oberholtzer), vs. CWS (Chris Sale)
Chris Sale CWS
vs. BAL (Bud Norris), @ NYY (Chris Capuano)
C.J. Wilson LAA
@ BOS (Brandon Workman), @ OAK (Sonny Gray)
Ervin Santana ATL
@ PIT (Vance Worley), @ CIN (Mike Leake)
Ian Kennedy SD
@ LAD (Kevin Correia), @ ARZ (Chase Anderson)
Jason Vargas KC
@ MIN (Trevor May), @ TEX (Nick Tepesch)
Jered Weaver LAA
@ BOS (Allen Webster), @ OAK (Jon Lester)
Jerome Williams PHI
vs. SEA (Roenis Elias), vs. STL (Justin Masterson)
Jordan Zimmermann WAS
vs. ARZ (Vidal Nuno), vs. SF (Tim Lincecum)
Justin Masterson STL
vs. CIN (Mike Leake), @ PHI (Jerome Williams)
Kevin Correia LAD
vs. SD (Ian Kennedy), vs. NYM (Bartolo Colon)
Kyle Gibson MIN
vs. CLE (Trevor Bauer), vs. DET (Max Scherzer)
Kyle Hendricks CHC
@ NYM (Bartolo Colon), vs. BAL (Kevin Gausman)
Max Scherzer DET
@ TB (Chris Archer), @ MIN (Kyle Gibson)
Mike Fiers MIL
vs. TOR (J.A. Happ), vs. PIT (Vance Worley)
Mike Leake CIN
@ STL (Justin Masterson), vs. ATL (Ervin Santana)
Roenis Elias SEA
@ PHI (Jerome Williams), @ BOS (Allen Webster)
Ryan Vogelsong SF
@ CHCÂ (Tsuyoshi Wada), @ WAS (Stephen Strasburg)
Stephen Strasburg WAS
vs. ARZ (Chase Anderson), vs. SF (Ryan Vogelsong)
Trevor Bauer CLE
@ MIN (Kyle Gibson), vs. HOU (Brett Oberholtzer)
Trevor May MIN
vs. KC (Jason Vargas), vs. DET (TBA)
Tsuyoshi Wada CHC
vs. SF (Ryan Vogelsong), vs. BAL (Bud Norris)
Vance Worley PIT
vs. ATL (Ervin Santana), @ MIL (Mike Fiers)
Vidal Nuno ARZ
@ WAS (Jordan Zimmermann), vs. SD (Odrisamer Despaigne)
Good Starts
Shelby Miller STL
@ PHI
Danny Salazar CLE
vs. HOU
Justin Masterson STL
@ PHI
Chase Anderson ARZ
vs. SD
Kevin Gausman BAL
@ CHC
Bad Starts
Bartolo Colon NYM
@ LAD
Phil Hughes MIN
vs. CLE
Ian Kennedy SD
@ LAD
Tom Koehler MIA
@ COL
Scott Feldman HOU
vs. OAK
Streamers
Justin Masterson STL
@ PHI
Kevin Gausman BAL
@ CHC
Carlos Carrasco CLE
vs. HOU
Chase Anderson ARZ
vs. SD
Jimmy Nelson MIL
@ SD
Stay tuned for next week’s edition of the starting pitcher forecast
