1. Clayton Kershaw at MIL, vs. STL

   

2. Shelby Miller at SD, LAD
3. Max Scherzer at CLE, vs. MIN
4. Cole Hamels at MIA, WSH
5. Jon Lester at CWS, vs. CLE
6. Hisashi Iwakuma at CLE, vs. TEX
7. Wandy Rodriguez vs. CHC, at MIL
8. Patrick Corbin at COL, vs. SD
9. Johnny Cueto at NYM, vs. CHC
10. Yovani Gallardo vs. LAD, PIT
11. Matt Garza at PIT, CIN
12. Julio Teheran vs. MIN, at NYM
13. Jerome Williams vs. SEA, at KC
14. Bartolo Colon at TEX, HOU
15. Jeremy Guthrie at HOU, vs. LAA
16. Dylan Axelrod vs. BOS, MIA

Other two-start pitchers I’d not recommend starting:

• Scott Kazmir vs. SEA, at BOS
• Felix Doubront at CWS, vs. CLE
• Freddy Garcia vs. NYY, at TOR
• Miguel Gonzalez vs. NYY, at TOR
• Corey Kluber vs. DET, at BOS
• Lucas Harrell vs. KC, OAK
• Wade Davis at HOU, vs. LAA
• Kevin Correia at ATL, DET
• Mike Pelfrey at ATL, DET
• Phil Hughes at BAL, TB
• Josh Lindblom vs. OAK, at SEA
• Ramon Ortiz vs. TB, BAL
• Chad Jenkins vs. TB, BAL
• Jon Garland vs. ARZ, at SF
• Alex Sanabia vs. PHI, at CWS
• Shaun Marcum vs. CIN, ATL
• Jason Marquis vs. STL, at ARZ
• Ryan Vogelsong vs. WSH, COL

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A.J. Griffin – Saturday at Houston – Griffin’s had three straight good starts, allowing only four earned runs in 20.2 innings against the Yankees, Indians and Rangers. He’s already pitched well against the Astros earlier this year, and when you’re streaming starters picking one who’s pitching against Houston is always a wise idea.

Hector Santiago – Friday vs. Miami – The same that’s said for Houston is also applicable for Miami. The Marlins are the worst hitting team in the league by far. They’ve only scored more than four runs twice from May 2nd to the 18th. Before getting roughed up Saturday in Los Angeles, Santiago had three straight nice starts with at least six strikeouts in each of them. Santiago’s strikeout and walk rates are still good, too.

Francisco Liriano – Wednesday vs. Chicago Cubs – Despite not making it out of the sixth inning in either of his first two starts of 2013, Liriano’s struck out nine and seven batters, respectively, while only allowing one earned run in both starts. The Cubs hit lefties OK, but the Brewers crush lefties and Liriano pitched well against them last week. As long as Liriano doesn’t get destroyed in 1.1 innings this week, he should put up another similar line to his first two starts.

Jose Fernandez – Tuesday vs. Philadelphia – I’m cheating a bit here since Fernandez is owned in 56 percent of leagues, but he should be owned in quite a few more. The youngster’s had three straight quality starts (2.25 ERA) with an average of seven strikeouts and two walks a start. He’s holding lefties to a .587 OPS, and he’s only walked one right-handed batter in 63 plate appearances. The Phillies rank in the bottom seven against righties in OBP, slugging, wOBA and wRC+.