The Week Ahead: August 18-24

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.

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Aug 17, 2025

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SP Streamers

opponent(s) in parenthesis.

Two starts:

Jacob Lopez (SEA & MIN)
Cade Horton (MIL & LAA)
Dustin May (BAL & NYY)
Jack Leiter (KC & CLE)
Spencer Arrighetti (DET & BAL)

One start:

Max Scherzer (at PIT)
Nolan McLean (at ATL)
Sean Manaea (at WSH)
Mike Burrows (vs COL)
Zebby Matthews (vs. CWS)
Cristian Javier (at BAL)
Eric Lauer (at MIA)
Jose Soriano (vs. CHC)
Will Warren (vs. BOS)
Shane Baz (at TB)
Luis Gil (vs. BOS)
Hurston Waldrep (vs. CWS)

Two-Start SPs

Brandon Woodruff (@CHC, vs SF): 39.3 IP, 27.9 K-BB%, 2.06 ERA, 0.74 WHIP

Logan Gilbert (@PHI, vs OAK): 89.7 IP, 27.9 K-BB%, 3.41 ERA, 0.99 WHIP

Joe Ryan (vs OAK, @CWS): 139.0 IP, 23.2 K-BB%, 2.72 ERA, 0.92 WHIP

Paul Skenes (vs TOR, vs COL): 148.0 IP, 22.4 K-BB%, 2.13 ERA, 0.96 WHIP

Hunter Brown (@DET, @BAL): 143.0 IP, 21.7 K-BB%, 2.45 ERA, 1.0 WHIP

Jacob Lopez (@MIN, @SEA): 84.7 IP, 20.5 K-BB%, 3.3 ERA, 1.19 WHIP

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (@COL, @SD): 126.7 IP, 19.7 K-BB%, 2.7 ERA, 1.08 WHIP

Jack Flaherty (vs HOU, vs KC): 124.7 IP, 19.6 K-BB%, 4.76 ERA, 1.31 WHIP

Nick Pivetta (vs SF, vs LAD): 141.3 IP, 19.4 K-BB%, 2.87 ERA, 0.95 WHIP

Carlos Rodon (@TB, vs BOS): 146.7 IP, 17.9 K-BB%, 3.25 ERA, 1.06 WHIP

Spencer Strider (vs CWS, vs NYM): 86.3 IP, 17.5 K-BB%, 4.69 ERA, 1.36 WHIP

Freddy Peralta (@CHC, vs SF): 136.7 IP, 17.3 K-BB%, 2.9 ERA, 1.12 WHIP

Trevor Rogers (@BOS, vs HOU): 69.3 IP, 17.2 K-BB%, 1.43 ERA, 0.81 WHIP

Eury Perez (vs STL, vs TOR): 60.3 IP, 16.8 K-BB%, 3.58 ERA, 0.98 WHIP

Robbie Ray (@SD, @MIL): 148.0 IP, 16.0 K-BB%, 2.98 ERA, 1.14 WHIP

Merrill Kelly (@KC, vs CLE): 144.7 IP, 15.8 K-BB%, 3.36 ERA, 1.09 WHIP

Ranger Suarez (vs SEA, vs WSH): 112.3 IP, 15.5 K-BB%, 3.12 ERA, 1.18 WHIP

Jameson Taillon (vs MIL, @LAA): 95.3 IP, 13.9 K-BB%, 4.44 ERA, 1.09 WHIP

Dustin May (vs BAL, @NYY): 113.7 IP, 12.9 K-BB%, 4.67 ERA, 1.35 WHIP

Zac Gallen (vs CLE, vs CIN): 144.0 IP, 12.7 K-BB%, 5.31 ERA, 1.35 WHIP

Matthew Liberatore (@MIA, @TB): 117.0 IP, 12.0 K-BB%, 3.92 ERA, 1.27 WHIP

David Peterson (@WSH, @ATL): 136.3 IP, 11.8 K-BB%, 3.43 ERA, 1.28 WHIP

Seth Lugo (vs TEX, @DET): 131.4 IP, 11.6 K-BB%, 3.77 ERA, 1.24 WHIP

Cade Horton (vs MIL, @LAA): 85.0 IP, 11.5 K-BB%, 3.28 ERA, 1.19 WHIP

Michael Wacha (vs TEX, @DET): 137.0 IP, 11.3 K-BB%, 3.35 ERA, 1.15 WHIP

Gavin Williams (@ARI, @TEX): 128.0 IP, 11.1 K-BB%, 3.37 ERA, 1.31 WHIP

Kyle Freeland (vs LAD, @PIT): 116.3 IP, 9.8 K-BB%, 5.18 ERA, 1.48 WHIP

Jack Leiter (@KC, vs CLE): 105.0 IP, 9.2 K-BB%, 3.94 ERA, 1.34 WHIP

Jake Irvin (vs NYM, @PHI): 140.0 IP, 7.8 K-BB%, 5.14 ERA, 1.38 WHIP

Nestor Cortes (vs SF, vs LAD): 17.3 IP, 7.6 K-BB%, 5.71 ERA, 1.56 WHIP

Austin Gomber (vs LAD, @PIT): 54.7 IP, 6.7 K-BB%, 6.75 ERA, 1.61 WHIP

Spencer Arrighetti (@DET, @BAL): 18.3 IP, 5.9 K-BB%, 6.38 ERA, 1.47 WHIP

Yoendrys Gomez (@ATL, vs MIN): 22.7 IP, 5.7 K-BB%, 5.56 ERA, 1.54 WHIP

Kai-Wei Teng (@SD, @MIL): 10.0 IP, 0.0 K-BB%, 9.9 ERA, 1.9 WHIP

Victor Mederos (vs CIN, vs CHC): 8.0 IP, 0.0 K-BB%, 5.62 ERA, 1.5 WHIP

Games Scheduled

CHC: 8 games (7 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

MIL: 8 games (5 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

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

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

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

COL: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

BAL: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PIT: 5 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

TB: 5 games (2 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

Softest Hitter Schedules

MIA: Matthew Liberatore, Michael McGreevy, Andre Pallante, Shane Bieber, Eric Lauer, Jose Berrios

LAD: Kyle Freeland, Austin Gomber, Bradley Blalock, Chase Dollander, Yu Darvish, Nestor Cortes, Nick Pivetta

PIT: Kevin Gausman, Max Scherzer, Chris Bassitt, Antonio Senzatela, Kyle Freeland, Austin Gomber

Toughest Hitter Schedules

HOU: Jack Flaherty, Tarik Skubal, Charlie Morton, Brandon Young, Cade Povich, Dean Kremer, Trevor Rogers

OAK: Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober, Jose Urena, Bryan Woo, George Kirby, Logan Gilbert

SF: Nestor Cortes, Nick Pivetta, JP Sears, Dylan Cease, Jose Quintana, Freddy Peralta, Brandon Woodruff

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The Week Ahead: August 18-24

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.

SP Streamers

Two-Start SPs

Brandon Woodruff (@CHC, vs SF): 39.3 IP, 27.9 K-BB%, 2.06 ERA, 0.74 WHIP

Logan Gilbert (@PHI, vs OAK): 89.7 IP, 27.9 K-BB%, 3.41 ERA, 0.99 WHIP

Joe Ryan (vs OAK, @CWS): 139.0 IP, 23.2 K-BB%, 2.72 ERA, 0.92 WHIP

Paul Skenes (vs TOR, vs COL): 148.0 IP, 22.4 K-BB%, 2.13 ERA, 0.96 WHIP

Hunter Brown (@DET, @BAL): 143.0 IP, 21.7 K-BB%, 2.45 ERA, 1.0 WHIP

Jacob Lopez (@MIN, @SEA): 84.7 IP, 20.5 K-BB%, 3.3 ERA, 1.19 WHIP

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (@COL, @SD): 126.7 IP, 19.7 K-BB%, 2.7 ERA, 1.08 WHIP

Jack Flaherty (vs HOU, vs KC): 124.7 IP, 19.6 K-BB%, 4.76 ERA, 1.31 WHIP

Nick Pivetta (vs SF, vs LAD): 141.3 IP, 19.4 K-BB%, 2.87 ERA, 0.95 WHIP

Carlos Rodon (@TB, vs BOS): 146.7 IP, 17.9 K-BB%, 3.25 ERA, 1.06 WHIP

Spencer Strider (vs CWS, vs NYM): 86.3 IP, 17.5 K-BB%, 4.69 ERA, 1.36 WHIP

Freddy Peralta (@CHC, vs SF): 136.7 IP, 17.3 K-BB%, 2.9 ERA, 1.12 WHIP

Trevor Rogers (@BOS, vs HOU): 69.3 IP, 17.2 K-BB%, 1.43 ERA, 0.81 WHIP

Eury Perez (vs STL, vs TOR): 60.3 IP, 16.8 K-BB%, 3.58 ERA, 0.98 WHIP

Robbie Ray (@SD, @MIL): 148.0 IP, 16.0 K-BB%, 2.98 ERA, 1.14 WHIP

Merrill Kelly (@KC, vs CLE): 144.7 IP, 15.8 K-BB%, 3.36 ERA, 1.09 WHIP

Ranger Suarez (vs SEA, vs WSH): 112.3 IP, 15.5 K-BB%, 3.12 ERA, 1.18 WHIP

Jameson Taillon (vs MIL, @LAA): 95.3 IP, 13.9 K-BB%, 4.44 ERA, 1.09 WHIP

Dustin May (vs BAL, @NYY): 113.7 IP, 12.9 K-BB%, 4.67 ERA, 1.35 WHIP

Zac Gallen (vs CLE, vs CIN): 144.0 IP, 12.7 K-BB%, 5.31 ERA, 1.35 WHIP

Matthew Liberatore (@MIA, @TB): 117.0 IP, 12.0 K-BB%, 3.92 ERA, 1.27 WHIP

David Peterson (@WSH, @ATL): 136.3 IP, 11.8 K-BB%, 3.43 ERA, 1.28 WHIP

Seth Lugo (vs TEX, @DET): 131.4 IP, 11.6 K-BB%, 3.77 ERA, 1.24 WHIP

Cade Horton (vs MIL, @LAA): 85.0 IP, 11.5 K-BB%, 3.28 ERA, 1.19 WHIP

Michael Wacha (vs TEX, @DET): 137.0 IP, 11.3 K-BB%, 3.35 ERA, 1.15 WHIP

Gavin Williams (@ARI, @TEX): 128.0 IP, 11.1 K-BB%, 3.37 ERA, 1.31 WHIP

Kyle Freeland (vs LAD, @PIT): 116.3 IP, 9.8 K-BB%, 5.18 ERA, 1.48 WHIP

Jack Leiter (@KC, vs CLE): 105.0 IP, 9.2 K-BB%, 3.94 ERA, 1.34 WHIP

Jake Irvin (vs NYM, @PHI): 140.0 IP, 7.8 K-BB%, 5.14 ERA, 1.38 WHIP

Nestor Cortes (vs SF, vs LAD): 17.3 IP, 7.6 K-BB%, 5.71 ERA, 1.56 WHIP

Austin Gomber (vs LAD, @PIT): 54.7 IP, 6.7 K-BB%, 6.75 ERA, 1.61 WHIP

Spencer Arrighetti (@DET, @BAL): 18.3 IP, 5.9 K-BB%, 6.38 ERA, 1.47 WHIP

Yoendrys Gomez (@ATL, vs MIN): 22.7 IP, 5.7 K-BB%, 5.56 ERA, 1.54 WHIP

Kai-Wei Teng (@SD, @MIL): 10.0 IP, 0.0 K-BB%, 9.9 ERA, 1.9 WHIP

Victor Mederos (vs CIN, vs CHC): 8.0 IP, 0.0 K-BB%, 5.62 ERA, 1.5 WHIP

Games Scheduled

CHC: 8 games (7 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

MIL: 8 games (5 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)

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

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

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

COL: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

BAL: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PIT: 5 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

TB: 5 games (2 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)

Softest Hitter Schedules

MIA: Matthew Liberatore, Michael McGreevy, Andre Pallante, Shane Bieber, Eric Lauer, Jose Berrios

LAD: Kyle Freeland, Austin Gomber, Bradley Blalock, Chase Dollander, Yu Darvish, Nestor Cortes, Nick Pivetta

PIT: Kevin Gausman, Max Scherzer, Chris Bassitt, Antonio Senzatela, Kyle Freeland, Austin Gomber

Toughest Hitter Schedules

HOU: Jack Flaherty, Tarik Skubal, Charlie Morton, Brandon Young, Cade Povich, Dean Kremer, Trevor Rogers

OAK: Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober, Jose Urena, Bryan Woo, George Kirby, Logan Gilbert

SF: Nestor Cortes, Nick Pivetta, JP Sears, Dylan Cease, Jose Quintana, Freddy Peralta, Brandon Woodruff

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