Fantasy Baseball: Starting Pitcher Weekly Positional Forecast

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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

vs. PIT (Jeff Locke), @ MIL (Yovani Gallardo)

Bud Norris BAL

vs. CIN (Mat Latos), @ TB (Jeremy Hellickson)

Carlos Carrasco CLE

vs. DET (TBD), vs. CWS (Jose Quintana)

Chris Young SEA

@ OAK (Jason Hammel), @ TEX (Colby Lewis)

Colby Lewis TEX

@ KC (Yordano Ventura), vs. SEA (Chris Young)

Cole Hamels PHI

@ ATL (Julio Teheran), @ WAS (Gio Gonzalez)

Corey Kluber CLE

vs. DET (David Price), vs. CWS (Chris Sale)

David Price DET

@ CLE (Corey Kluber), vs. SF (Madison Bumgarner)

Derek Holland TEX

@ KC (Jeremy Guthrie), vs. SEA (James Paxton)

Drew Smyly TB

vs. BOS (Rubby De La Rosa), vs. BAL (Kevin Gausman)

Franklin Morales COL

vs. SF (Tim Hudson), @ SD (Odrisamer Despaigne)

Gerrit Cole PIT

@ STL (Lance Lynn), @ CHC (Jacob Turner)

Gio Gonzalez WAS

@ LAD (Roberto Hernandez), vs. PHI (Cole Hamels)

Hector Santiago LAA

@ HOU (Brad Peacock), @ MIN (Tommy Milone)

Henderson Alvarez MIA

vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler), vs. ATL (Julio Teheran)

Jacob Turner CHC

vs. MIL (Jimmy Nelson), vs. PIT (Gerrit Cole)

James Paxton SEA

@ OAK (Sonny Gray), @ TEX (Derek Holland)

Jason Hammel OAK

vs. SEA (Chris Young), vs. HOU (Dallas Keuchel)

Jeremy Hellickson TB

vs. TOR (R.A. Dickey), vs. BAL (Bud Norris)

Jimmy Nelson MIL

@ CHC (Jacob Turner), vs. STL (Lance Lynn)

Joe Kelly BOS

@ NYY (Shane Greene), vs. TOR (R.A. Dickey)

Julio Teheran ATL

vs. PHI (Cole Hamels), @ MIA (Henderson Alvarez)

Kevin Gausman BAL

vs. MIN (Phil Hughes), @ TB (Drew Smyly)

Lance Lynn STL

vs. PIT (Gerrit Cole), @ MIL (Jimmy Nelson)

Mat Latos CIN

@ BAL (Bud Norris), vs. NYM (Zack Wheeler)

Odrisamer Despaigne SD

vs. ARZ (Wade Miley), @ COL (Franklin Morales)

Phil Hughes MIN

@ BAL (Kevin Gausman), vs. LAA (Matt Shoemaker)

R.A. Dickey TOR

@ TB (Jeremy Hellickson), @ BOS (Joe Kelly)

Roberto Hernandez LAD

vs. WAS (Gio Gonzalez), vs. ARZ (Wade Miley)

Rubby De La Rosa BOS

@ TB (Drew Smyly), vs. TOR (J.A. Happ)

Shane Greene NYY

vs. BOS (Joe Kelly), vs. KC (Yordano Ventura)

Tim Hudson SF

@ COL (Franklin Morales), @ DET (TBD)

Tommy Milone MIN

vs. CWS (Hector Noesi), vs. LAA (Hector Santiago)

Trevor Cahill ARZ

@ SD (Tyson Ross), @ LAD (Hyun-Jin Ryu)

Tyson Ross SD

vs. ARZ (Trevor Cahill), @ COL (Jorge De La Rosa)

Wade Miley ARZ

@ SD (Odrisamer Despaigne), @ LAD (Roberto Hernandez)

Yordano Ventura KC

vs. TEX (Colby Lewis), @ NYY (Shane Greene)

Yovani Gallardo MIL

@ CHC (Jake Arrieta), vs. STL (Adam Wainwright)

Zack Wheeler NYM

@ MIA (Henderson Alvarez), @ CIN (Mat Latos)

Good Starts

Mike Minor ATL

vs. PHI

Yovani Gallardo MIL

@ CHC

Jorge De La Rosa COL

vs. SD

Marcus Stroman TOR

vs. CHC

Wade Miley ARZ

@ SD

Bad Starts

Wily Peralta MIL

vs. STL

Gio Gonzalez WSH

@ LAD

Chris Young SEA

vs. OAK

Madison Bumgarner SF

@ DET

Lance Lynn STL

@ MIL

Streamers

Wade Miley ARZ

@ SD

Jorge De La Rosa COL

vs. SD

Marcus Stroman TOR

vs. CHC

Roberto Hernandez LAD

vs. SD

Hector Santiago LAA

@ MIN

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

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