Before you continue on, ask yourself this: Is streaming really something I should be doing in Week 1?
You drafted the pitchers you drafted for a reason, and I would venture to say that most are too valuable to sit regardless of matchups. Where exactly that cutoff lies depends mostly on your league setup.
But maybe it's only three or four pitchers who fit that description for you. Maybe you always planned to keep a spot or two flexible for matchup plays. Maybe you've been hit hard by injury and are in desperate need of a replacement. Or maybe your league counts only the first four days of the 2024 season (March 28-31) as Week 1, as is the CBS standard, in which case not all of your pitchers will even have a turn.
All I'm saying is to use some discernment when consulting this list, which will be made available to you every week throughout the season. Just because I recommend a pitcher here doesn't mean he's better than what you already have. In fact, I'm only considering those rostered in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues.
As mentioned, the default setting in CBS Sports leagues is to count only the first four days as Week 1, but I've included some bonus recommendations for leagues that merge those first four days with the first full week for a massive 11-day scoring period.
It's hard to gauge how good the Brewers lineup will be at this early stage, but with the way Luis Severino looked this spring, it may not matter. His struggles last year may have been due to him tipping his pitches, which the Mets have said was an "easy fix."
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The Cardinals may represent the toughest matchup for any pitcher on this list, but seeing as the Korean national team was no match for Gavin Stone this spring -- he struck out eight of the 11 batters he faced in an exhibition game against them -- I like his chances.
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