The Week Ahead: April 7 - 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.

Jon A

Apr 06, 2025

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Some widely available two-start streamers:

Shane Baz (LAA & ATL)
Shane Smith (CLE & BOS)
Richard Fitts (TOR & CWS)
Casey Mize (NYY & MIN)
Luis Severino (SD & NYM)

It’s hard to feel confident about any of those names. But Shane Smith and Richard Fitts both have some interesting things going on in the profile. They’ll be interesting to watch this week if nothing else. Here’s the rest of the report, good luck in week three!

Two-Start SPs

Garrett Crochet (vs TOR, @CWS): 171.7 IP, 26.1 K-BB%, 3.41 ERA, 1.12 WHIP

Chris Sale (vs PHI, @TB): 290.3 IP, 25.0 K-BB%, 3.16 ERA, 1.05 WHIP

Zack Wheeler (@ATL, @STL): 405.0 IP, 22.4 K-BB%, 3.0 ERA, 1.0 WHIP

Logan Gilbert (vs HOU, vs TEX): 411.4 IP, 21.8 K-BB%, 3.46 ERA, 0.97 WHIP

Pablo Lopez (@KC, vs DET): 391.4 IP, 21.5 K-BB%, 3.84 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

Freddy Peralta (@COL, @ARI): 352.3 IP, 20.9 K-BB%, 3.7 ERA, 1.14 WHIP

Michael King (@OAK, vs COL): 286.0 IP, 20.3 K-BB%, 2.83 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

Hunter Greene (@SF, vs PIT): 274.3 IP, 19.9 K-BB%, 3.58 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

Cole Ragans (vs MIN, @CLE): 292.4 IP, 19.8 K-BB%, 3.32 ERA, 1.16 WHIP

Zach Eflin (@ARI, vs TOR): 355.0 IP, 19.4 K-BB%, 3.55 ERA, 1.08 WHIP

Zac Gallen (vs BAL, vs MIL): 368.7 IP, 19.1 K-BB%, 3.54 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

Kodai Senga (vs MIA, @OAK): 176.7 IP, 19.0 K-BB%, 3.01 ERA, 1.19 WHIP

Justin Steele (vs TEX, @LAD): 323.7 IP, 18.5 K-BB%, 3.5 ERA, 1.15 WHIP

Nathan Eovaldi (@CHC, @SEA): 329.7 IP, 17.1 K-BB%, 3.6 ERA, 1.09 WHIP

Carlos Rodon (@DET, vs SF): 250.6 IP, 16.9 K-BB%, 4.67 ERA, 1.28 WHIP

Logan Webb (vs CIN, @NYY): 432.7 IP, 16.9 K-BB%, 3.41 ERA, 1.15 WHIP

MacKenzie Gore (vs LAD, @MIA): 313.7 IP, 16.7 K-BB%, 4.16 ERA, 1.4 WHIP

Shane Baz (vs LAA, vs ATL): 85.3 IP, 15.2 K-BB%, 2.85 ERA, 1.07 WHIP

Jose Berrios (@BOS, @BAL): 392.7 IP, 14.8 K-BB%, 3.71 ERA, 1.18 WHIP

Hayden Wesneski (@SEA, vs LAA): 162.0 IP, 14.6 K-BB%, 4.17 ERA, 1.2 WHIP

Tyler Phillips (@NYM, vs WSH): 41.7 IP, 12.4 K-BB%, 6.05 ERA, 1.37 WHIP

Simeon Woods Richardson (@KC, vs DET): 142.3 IP, 12.3 K-BB%, 4.36 ERA, 1.32 WHIP

Luis Severino (vs SD, vs NYM): 283.4 IP, 12.3 K-BB%, 4.86 ERA, 1.38 WHIP

Carmen Mlodzinski (vs STL, @CIN): 90.4 IP, 11.8 K-BB%, 3.19 ERA, 1.27 WHIP

Matthew Liberatore (@PIT, vs PHI): 153.7 IP, 11.1 K-BB%, 4.74 ERA, 1.34 WHIP

Casey Mize (vs NYY, @MIN): 108.0 IP, 11.0 K-BB%, 4.33 ERA, 1.44 WHIP

Kyle Freeland (vs MIL, @SD): 281.7 IP, 9.9 K-BB%, 4.92 ERA, 1.41 WHIP

Kyle Hendricks (@TB, @HOU): 273.7 IP, 9.7 K-BB%, 4.83 ERA, 1.33 WHIP

Michael Lorenzen (vs MIN, @CLE): 288.7 IP, 8.9 K-BB%, 3.8 ERA, 1.23 WHIP

Richard Fitts (vs TOR, @CWS): 26.7 IP, 5.5 K-BB%, 2.36 ERA, 1.2 WHIP

Easton Lucas (@BOS, @BAL): 23.3 IP, 4.3 K-BB%, 7.72 ERA, 1.84 WHIP

Shane Smith (@CLE, vs BOS): 5.7 IP, -4.6 K-BB%, 3.17 ERA, 1.06 WHIP

Logan Taylor Allen (vs CWS, vs KC)

Games Scheduled

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

KC: 7 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

CWS: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

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

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

HOU: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TB: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

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

SEA: 5 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

Softest Hitter Schedules

LAD: Trevor Williams, MacKenzie Gore, Jake Irvin, Matthew Boyd, Ben Brown, Justin Steele

PHI: Chris Sale, Bryce Elder, Spencer Schwellenbach, Andre Pallante, Miles Mikolas, Matthew Liberatore

MIA: Kodai Senga, Clay Holmes, Tylor Megill, Mitchell Parker, Shinnosuke Ogasawara, Trevor Williams

Toughest Hitter Schedules

ATL: Zack Wheeler, Taijuan Walker, Jesus Luzardo, Taj Bradley, Drew Rasmussen, Shane Baz

STL: Carmen Mlodzinski, Paul Skenes, Mitch Keller, Aaron Nola, Cristopher Sanchez, Zack Wheeler

CHC: Patrick Corbin, Nathan Eovaldi, Tyler Mahle, Roki Sasaki, Tyler Glasnow, Dustin May

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