Our weekly guide to the Fantasy matchups posts every Sunday of the season and will help forecast the best hitters to use, the ones to sit and outline those all-important two-start pitchers.

This week's schedule
AL early NL early AL late NL late
BOS@TB SF@WAS BOS@BAL HOU@CHC
BAL@NYY HOU@PIT TOR@NYY NYM@WAS
SEA@TOR FLA@NYM SEA@DET PHI@CIN
CLE@CHW STL@CIN MIN@CHW FLA@ATL
DET@KC PHI@ATL CLE@KC STL@MIL
MIN@OAK CHC@MIL TB@LAA SF@COL
TEX@LAA SD@COL TEX@OAK SD@ARI
LAD@ARI PIT@LAD
Bold denotes a four-game series.

Note: The Orioles, Yankees, Mariners, Indians, White Sox, Blue Jays, Twins, Padres, Rockies, Astros and Pirates all play seven games this week.

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Five best hitters schedules

  1. Los Angeles Angels -- 3 vs. TEX, 3 vs. TB
  • .Rangers and Devil Rays at home.
  • Boston Red Sox -- 3 at TB, 3 at BAL
    • Two bad staffs, two small parks
  • Houston Astros -- 3 at PIT, 3 at CHC
    • Six games vs. struggling staffs
  • Detroit Tigers -- 3 at KC, 3 vs. SEA
    • Tigers continue to be feisty.
  • New York Yankees -- 4 vs. BAL, 3 vs. TOR
    • Seven home games against bad staffs.

    Five worst hitters schedules

    1. Minnesota Twins -- 3 at OAK, 4 at CHW
    • Pathetic offense faces two goos staffs.
  • Florida Marlins -- 3 at NYM, 3 at ATL
    • Three at Shea, three vs. Braves.
  • Baltimore Orioles -- 4 at NYY, 3 vs. BOS
    • Seven games vs. playoff chasing rivals.
  • Tampa Bay Devil Rays -- 3 vs. BOS, 3 at LAA
    • Six games vs. hungry playoff contenders
  • Pittsburgh Pirates -- 4 vs. HOU, 3 at LAD
    • Four vs. Astros staff, three at L.A.

    Two-start pitchers

    Must-start options
    Pitcher Start No. 1 Start No. 2
    David Wells at TB (Hendrickson) at BAL (Bedard)
    Kevin Millwood at CHW (Garcia) at KC (Greinke)
    Freddy Garcia vs. CLE (Millwood) vs. MIN (Radke)
    Brad Radke at OAK (Zito) at CHW (Garcia)
    Barry Zito vs. MIN (Radke) vs. TEX (Dominguez)
    Roger Clemens at PIT (Snell) at CHC (Zambrano)
    Jake Westbrook at CHW (Buehrle) at KC (Gobble)
    Bartolo Colon vs. TEX (Dominguez) vs. TB (Hendrickson)
    A.J. Burnett at NYM (Benson) at ATL (Ramirez)
    Andy Pettitte at PIT (Duke) at CHC (Williams)
    Livan Hernandez vs. SF (Cain) vs. NYM (Benson)
    Advisable options
    Pitcher Start No. 1 Start No. 2
    Doug Davis vs. CHC (Williams) vs. STL (Suppan)
    Chien-Ming Wang vs. BAL (Maine) vs. TOR (Downs)
    Josh Towers vs. SEA (Harris) at NYY (Small)
    Mark Buehrle vs. CLE (Westbrook) vs. MIN (Liriano)
    Jeff Suppan at CIN (Keisler) at MIL (Davis)
    Aaron Small vs. BAL (Bedard) vs. TOR (Towers)
    Derek Lowe at ARI (Vazquez) vs. PIT (Duke)
    Francisco Liriano at OAK (Blanton) at CHW (Buehrle)
    Horacio Ramirez vs. PHI (Lidle) vs. FLA (Burnett)
    Questionable options
    Pitcher Start No. 1 Start No. 2
    Kris Benson vs. FLA (Burnett) at WAS (Hernandez)
    Zach Duke vs. HOU (Pettitte) at LAD (Lowe)
    Matt Cain at WAS (Hernandez) at COL (Kim)
    Mike Maroth at KC (Greinke) vs. SEA (Harris)
    Woody Williams at COL (B. Kim) at ARI (Webb)
    Brian Lawrence at COL (S. Kim) at ARI (Vazquez)
    High-risk options
    Pitcher Start No. 1 Start No. 2
    Mark Hendrickson vs. BOS (Wells) at LAA (Colon)
    Erik Bedard at NYY (Small) vs. BOS (Wells)
    Jamie Moyer at TOR (Downs) at DET (Douglass)
    Scott Downs vs. SEA (Moyer) at NYY (Wang)
    Juan Dominguez at LAA (Colon) at OAK (Zito)

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