Must-starts

• Madison Bumgarner – vs. PHI, ATL
• Clay Buchholz – vs. MIN, TOR
• Cliff Lee – at SF, ARI
• Jake Peavy – at KC, vs. LAA
• Hiroki Kuroda – at COL, KC
• James Shields – vs. CWS, NYY
• Kris Medlen – at CIN, SF
• Trevor Cahill – at LAD, vs. PHI
• Tommy Milone – at CLE, SEA
• Paul Maholm – at CIN, SF
• Ryan Dempster – vs. MIN, TOR

Good options

• Jeremy Hellickson – vs. TOR, SD
• Josh Beckett – vs. ARI, MIA
• Wei-Yin Chen – vs. KC, at MIN
• C.J. Wilson – at HOU, CWS
• Ervin Santana – at BAL, vs. NYY
• Andrew Cashner – vs. MIA, at TB
• Kyle Kendrick – at SF, ARI

AL-/NL-only league plays

• Brandon McCarthy – at LAD, PHI
• James McDonald – vs. SEA, at NYM
• Tim Lincecum – vs. PHI, ATL
• Jarrod Parker – at CLE, SEA
• Bronson Arroyo – vs. ATL, MIL
• Nick Tepesch – at CHC, HOU
• Roberto Hernandez – vs. TOR, SD
• J.A. Happ – at TB, BOS

Bench ’em

• Vance Worley – at BOS, vs. BAL
• Mark Buehrle – at TB, BOS
• Ubaldo Jimenez – vs. OAK, at DET
• Jorge De La Rosa – vs. NYY, at STL
• Erik Bedard – vs. LAA, TEX
• Zach McAllister – vs. OAK, at DET
• Wade LeBlanc – at SD, LAD
• Scott Feldman – vs. TEX, at WSH
• Scott Diamond – at BOS, vs. BAL
• Jeremy Hefner – vs. CWS, PIT

Top streaming options available in over 50 percent of ESPN leagues

Felix Doubront – Wednesday vs. Minnesota – Doubront was roughed up in his last outing, but that was his first bad start of the year. He won’t help you with your WHIP, but his Ks and a good chance for a W make up for that.

Travis Wood – Tuesday vs. St. Louis – Wood has a quality start in each game this season, and his WHIP is a nice 0.91. The Cardinals always struggle against soft-tossing and/or unknown lefties, and their 74 wRC+ against lefties is 25 points lower than their wRC+ against righties.

Jason Hammel – Saturday at Minnesota – The Twins have a below-average offense, and are worse against righties than lefties.

Tommy Hanson – Friday at Chicago White Sox – The White Sox are near the bottom in basically every offensive category, and only Alex Rios is really playing well. Hanson hasn’t been great in his last three starts, but he’s been, um, effective at least.

Week 5 streaming stats (Kendrick, Gee, Corbin, Cashner): 23 IP, 4.30 ERA, 1.65 WHIP, 14 K, 11 BB, 3 W, 2 QS.