The Week Ahead: August 7 - August 13

Every Sunday an automated report gives you a look at two-start SPs, hitter strength of schedules, and other fantasy-relevant information for the week ahead.

Aug 06, 2023

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Busy day today so I’m late getting this out - but I would say “Sunday night” qualifies as “in time”. Here we go, a quick look at some important things for the next seven days in fantasy baseball!

Two-Start Streamers to Consider

Eury Perez (must add if available)
Grayson Rodriguez
Brayan Bello
Seth Lugo
Kutter Crawford
Cole Ragans
Tanner Bibee
Dane Dunning

Desperation Options:

Brandon Pfaadt
Jameson Taillon
Gavin Williams

Full List - Two-Start SPs

Spencer Strider (@PIT, @NYM): 129.7 IP, 32.1 K-BB%, 3.61 ERA, 1.09 WHIP

Pablo Lopez (@DET, @PHI): 134.7 IP, 23.4 K-BB%, 4.01 ERA, 1.12 WHIP

Zach Eflin (vs STL, vs CLE): 122.3 IP, 21.7 K-BB%, 3.46 ERA, 1.0 WHIP

Gerrit Cole (@CWS, @MIA): 143.3 IP, 20.8 K-BB%, 2.64 ERA, 1.04 WHIP

Eury Perez (@CIN, vs NYY): 53.3 IP, 20.5 K-BB%, 2.36 ERA, 1.09 WHIP

Framber Valdez (@BAL, vs LAA): 135.0 IP, 19.9 K-BB%, 3.07 ERA, 1.07 WHIP

Freddy Peralta (vs COL, @CWS): 115.0 IP, 19.1 K-BB%, 4.46 ERA, 1.25 WHIP

Seth Lugo (vs LAD, @ARI): 89.0 IP, 18.8 K-BB%, 3.54 ERA, 1.19 WHIP

Kutter Crawford (vs KC, vs DET): 82.0 IP, 18.8 K-BB%, 3.62 ERA, 1.07 WHIP

Mitch Keller (vs ATL, vs CIN): 138.7 IP, 18.1 K-BB%, 4.35 ERA, 1.26 WHIP

Dylan Cease (vs NYY, vs MIL): 121.0 IP, 17.2 K-BB%, 4.61 ERA, 1.41 WHIP

Julio Urias (@ARI, vs COL): 86.3 IP, 17.2 K-BB%, 4.69 ERA, 1.18 WHIP

Kodai Senga (vs CHC, vs ATL): 110.7 IP, 17.1 K-BB%, 3.25 ERA, 1.29 WHIP

Grayson Rodriguez (vs HOU, @SEA): 68.0 IP, 15.8 K-BB%, 6.09 ERA, 1.49 WHIP

Sonny Gray (@DET, @PHI): 124.3 IP, 15.2 K-BB%, 3.11 ERA, 1.23 WHIP

Tanner Bibee (vs TOR, @TB): 94.7 IP, 15.1 K-BB%, 3.14 ERA, 1.25 WHIP

Brayan Bello (vs KC, vs DET): 102.0 IP, 14.1 K-BB%, 3.79 ERA, 1.24 WHIP

Drew Smyly (@NYM, @TOR): 112.7 IP, 13.7 K-BB%, 4.95 ERA, 1.35 WHIP

Jameson Taillon (@NYM, @TOR): 94.0 IP, 12.8 K-BB%, 5.46 ERA, 1.4 WHIP

Brandon Pfaadt (vs LAD, vs SD): 44.3 IP, 12.8 K-BB%, 7.1 ERA, 1.44 WHIP

Ranger Suarez (vs WSH, vs MIN): 85.3 IP, 12.6 K-BB%, 4.01 ERA, 1.43 WHIP

Cole Ragans (@BOS, vs STL): 35.3 IP, 11.9 K-BB%, 4.33 ERA, 1.36 WHIP

Joey Wentz (vs MIN, @BOS): 76.4 IP, 11.4 K-BB%, 6.37 ERA, 1.6 WHIP

Peter Lambert (@MIL, @LAD): 49.7 IP, 11.3 K-BB%, 5.07 ERA, 1.41 WHIP

Osvaldo Bido (vs ATL, vs CIN): 33.0 IP, 10.9 K-BB%, 5.18 ERA, 1.52 WHIP

Dane Dunning (@OAK, @SF): 114.7 IP, 10.3 K-BB%, 3.22 ERA, 1.14 WHIP

Tony Gonsolin (@SD, vs COL): 87.7 IP, 9.8 K-BB%, 4.11 ERA, 1.15 WHIP

Josiah Gray (@PHI, vs OAK): 122.0 IP, 9.1 K-BB%, 3.54 ERA, 1.43 WHIP

Brandon Williamson (vs MIA, @PIT): 68.7 IP, 9.0 K-BB%, 4.85 ERA, 1.34 WHIP

Gavin Williams (vs TOR, @TB): 42.7 IP, 9.0 K-BB%, 3.37 ERA, 1.34 WHIP

Trevor Williams (@PHI, vs OAK): 108.7 IP, 8.7 K-BB%, 4.72 ERA, 1.49 WHIP

Ken Waldichuk (vs TEX, @WSH): 88.3 IP, 8.4 K-BB%, 6.52 ERA, 1.74 WHIP

Kyle Freeland (@MIL, @LAD): 113.0 IP, 7.5 K-BB%, 4.86 ERA, 1.47 WHIP

Alex Wood (@LAA, vs TEX): 63.3 IP, 7.5 K-BB%, 4.83 ERA, 1.47 WHIP

Yonny Chirinos (@PIT, @NYM): 71.4 IP, 5.7 K-BB%, 4.41 ERA, 1.29 WHIP

Carlos Carrasco (vs CHC, vs ATL): 76.3 IP, 5.4 K-BB%, 6.6 ERA, 1.64 WHIP

Games Scheduled

ATL: 8 games (6 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

WSH: 7 games (5 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

COL: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

MIN: 7 games (3 vs. RHP, 4 vs. LHP)

LAD: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

PHI: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

PIT: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

DET: 7 games (6 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

CLE: 7 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

BOS: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

NYM: 7 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

SF: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

NYY: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

SD: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)

TB: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

TEX: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

OAK: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

TOR: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

MIL: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

MIA: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

LAA: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

KC: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

HOU: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

CWS: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)

CIN: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

CHC: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

BAL: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

SEA: 5 games (5 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)

STL: 5 games (4 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

ARI: 5 games (2 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

Softest Hitter Schedules

TB: Miles Mikolas, Dakota Hudson, Matthew Liberatore, Xzavion Curry, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee

LAD: Seth Lugo, Brandon Pfaadt, Merrill Kelly, Ty Blach, Austin Gomber, Peter Lambert, Kyle Freeland

MIL: Peter Lambert, Kyle Freeland, Chris Flexen, Michael Kopech, Dylan Cease, Jesse Scholtens

Toughest Hitter Schedules

CWS: Gerrit Cole, Clarke Schmidt, Luis Severino, Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, Freddy Peralta

BAL: Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier, Hunter Brown, Luis Castillo, George Kirby, Bryce Miller

DET: Pablo Lopez, Sonny Gray, Bailey Ober, Kenta Maeda, Chris Sale, Brayan Bello, Kutter Crawford

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