Every Friday I look at every projected two-start pitcher for the week ahead and detail my thoughts about rolling with them on your roster. There are four tiers: Definitely, Probably, Questionable, Bench. Definitely Start features starters that are no doubters for the week ahead followed by Probably Start with pitchers that look like good plays but may create a hesitation or two. Players labeled as Questionable are for deeper leagues or have one-of-two outings that should be skipped. Pitchers under Bench should be avoided despite their two starts in the week ahead.
Definitely Start
Max Scherzer (@BAL, PHI)
Justin Verlander (@ARI, @LAA)
Jacob deGrom (@MIL, SFG)
Masahiro Tanaka (@CIN, HOU)
Hi, I appreciate your post always! I believe Wood is a two-start pitcher against the Pirates and Rockies (@ Coors) Where would you slot him in?
Ah, meant to add him!
I would be benching. No way I’m risking a date in Coors.
Sunny Gray is projected for Sunday May 7 via http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/probable_pitchers/index.jsp?c_id=oak
Good catch, looks like that one changed and it looks like a six-man right now so no A’s arm gets the two starts. Would be Graveman if Manaea can’t pitch next week.
Hi Nicky. @ Snell…start him @ Fenway with confidence. That lineup minus Popi is merely ordinary. Mookie looks like just “another guy” in that lineup. The Sox arent scaring anyone anymore.
Hi Nick, I keep heearing that the Jays will stick with a 4 man rotation until they are done the Seattle series, with Biagini starting as the 4th man instead of Lawrence. You also got the starts wrong when you were talking about Lawrence, those were last week’s series, just pointing that out
Thanks for catching that!
Looking at the schedule myself, it seems as if they don’t have the days off to go 4-man this week, meaning Lawrence would be expected at some point this week. It’s really all up in the air.
No ariel Miranda? He is two starts tomorrow against PHI and 5/14 @ Tor. I’m starting him either way because he’s on my roster and has been pretty decent but just want to see which section he slides into for your rankings this week.
Weird, somehow it came up as Iwakuma instead of Miranda…
I really don’t like him much at all, and I think with Toronto getting Donaldson + Tulo back, that’s going to be a struggle of a start.
I can fathom him doing well against the Phillies, but it’s a roll of the dice every time he pitches, poor offenses or not.