1. Adam Wainwright – Tue vs. CHC, Sun vs. TEX

   

2. Max Scherzer – Mon vs. BAL, Sat vs. BOS
3. Yu Darvish – Tue vs. OAK, Sun at STL
4. Matt Harvey – Tue at ATL, Sun at PHI
5. Shelby Miller – Mon vs. CHC, Sat vs. TEX
6. Hyun-Jin Ryu – Tue at NYY, Sun at SD
7. Justin Verlander – Tue vs. BAL, Sun vs. BOS
8. Jeff Samardzija – Tue at STL, Sun vs. HOU
9. Mat Latos – Tue vs. PIT, Sun at ARI
10. Matt Cain – Tue vs. SD, Sun vs. MIA
11. James Shields – Mon at CLE, Sun vs. CWS
12. Patrick Corbin – Mon vs. MIA, Sun vs. CIN
13. Jarrod Parker – Tue at TEX, Sun at SEA – Seven straight quality starts (2.40 ERA, .90 WHIP in 48.2 innings.
14. Mike Leake – Mon vs. PIT, SAt at ARI
15. Francisco Liriano – Mon at CIN, Sat at LAA
16. Tim Hudson – Mon vs. NYM, Sat at MIL
17. Jason Vargas – Mon vs. SEA, Sat vs. PIT
18. Travis Wood – Mon at STL, Sat vs. HOU
19. Paul Maholm – Tue vs. NYM, Sun at MIL
20. Bud Norris – Mon vs. CWS, Sat at CHC – 2.88 ERA in 13 starts not counting the seven-earned run start against Detroit May 13. Only owned in 6.8 percent of ESPN leagues so pick him up at least for this week.
21. Andrew Cashner – Mon at SF, Sat vs. LAD
22. Dillon Gee – Mon at ATL, Sat at PHI – 3.19 ERA in last five starts (31 innings, 36 K, 4 BB.
23. Dan Straily – Mon at TEX, Sat at SEA
24. Jordan Lyles – Tue vs. MIL, Sun at CHC – Seven earned runs in last six starts.
25. Josh Johnson – Mon vs. COL, Sun vs. BAL
26. Jose Quintana – Tue at MIN, Sun at KC
27. Jorge de la Rosa – Mon at TOR, Sat at WSH
28. Dylan Axelrod – Mon at HOU, Sat at KC
29. Ross Detwiler – Tue at PHI, Sun vs. COL
30. Jacob Turner – Mon at ARI, Sat at SF
31. Barry Zito – Mon vs. SD, Sat vs. MIA
32. Aaron Harang – Mon at LAA, Sat vs. OAK

Bench ’em

Felix Doubront – Tue vs. TB, Sun at DET
Dan Haren – Mon at PHI, Sat vs. COL
Chris Archer – Tue at BOS, Sun at NYY
Carlos Carrasco – Mon vs. KC, Sun vs. MIN
Nate Eovaldi – Tue at ARI, Sun at SF
Jeff Francis – Tue at TOR, Sun at WSH
Tom Gorzelanny – Tue at HOU, Sun vs. ATL
Jason Hammel – Mon at DET, Sun at TOR
John Lannan – Mon vs. WSH, Sun vs. NYM
Charlie Morton – Tue at CIN, Sun at LAA
Mike Pelfrey – Tue vs. CWS, Sun at CLE
Nick Tepesch – Mon at OAK, Sat at STL
Edinson Volquez – Tue at SF, Sun vs. LAD
Jeremy Bonderman – Tue at LAA, Sun vs. OAK

Top streaming options available in at least 50 percent of ESPN leagues

Trevor Cahill – Wednesday vs. Miami – OK, so Cahill’s owned in 53 percent of ESPN leagues, but that number’s close enough to 50 to highlight him here. His ownership has dropped recently after a rough stretch, but every pitcher goes through one or two of those a year. All of Cahill’s stats tell us he’s the same pitcher he has been in years past, and while that’s nothing spectacular it’s at least serviceable against the worst hitting team in the league.

Corey Kluber – Saturday vs. Minnesota – Kubel’s owned in fewer than 6 percent of ESPN leagues, which is astounding. Outside of an eight earned run outing against Detroit on May 10 Kluber has 2.67 ERA, and since that start his K/BB is 45/6 in 43 innings. The Twins are about league-average against righties, but Kluber has been among the best in the game over the last month.

Kyle Kendrick – Wednesday vs. Washington – Kendrick has definitely fallen back to Earth after a nice start to the season, but before getting roughed up in his last start he had a stretch of three nice starts in a row. The Nationals’ offense ranks in the bottom five or six in a lot of categories, and it’s scored the second fewest runs in the majors on the season.

Bronson Arroyo – Wednesday vs. Pittsburgh – Arroyo’s still getting the job done somehow, someway. He has a quality start in six of his last seven starts with a 25/7 K/BB in those six starts. Pittsburgh is a lower-third team in a lot of statistical categories against righties.