There are a lot of nice starting pitcher matchups and sleepers for Week 4 of MLB action, including some great two start pitchers to consider for your fantasy baseball lineups. Sometimes picking up a pitcher with a nice upcoming matchup off the waiver wire can help you get an edge for the week.
Below are the projected starting pitchers for Week 4 of the fantasy season, and you can see our recommended starts/sits for each matchup of the upcoming week. Make sure to check your lineups and set them daily (or weekly in some formats), as starting or benching the right SP can be a game changer.
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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
Probable Pitchers - Monday (4/21/14) |
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Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
ARI@CHC | Arroyo, Bronson SP ARI | Sit | Hammel, Jason SP CHC | Start |
BAL@BOS | Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL | Sit | Buchholz, Clay SP BOS | Start |
CHW@DET | Danks, John SP CHW | Sit | Sanchez, Anibal SP DET | Start |
CIN@PIT | Leake, Mike SP CIN | Start | Liriano, Francisco SP PIT | Start |
HOU@SEA | Keuchel, Dallas SP HOU | Sit | Hernandez, Felix SP SEA | Start |
KC@CLE | Guthrie, Jeremy SP KC | Sit | McAllister, Zach SP CLE | Sit |
LAA@WAS | Richards, Garrett RP LAA | Start | Roark, Tanner SP WAS | Sit |
MIA@ATL | Koehler, Tom SP MIA | Sit | Teheran, Julio SP ATL | Start |
PHI@LAD | Lee, Cliff SP PHI | Start | Maholm, Paul SP LAD | Sit |
SD@MIL | Cashner, Andrew SP SD | Start | Peralta, Wily SP MIL | Start |
SF@COL | Vogelsong, Ryan SP SF | Sit | De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL | Sit |
STL@NYM | TBD | TBD | Mejia, Jenrry SP NYM | Sit |
TEX@OAK | Darvish, Yu SP TEX | Start | Straily, Dan SP OAK | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Tuesday (4/22/14) |
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Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
ARI@CHC | McCarthy, Brandon SP ARI | Sit | Wood, Travis SP CHC | Start |
BAL@TOR | Gonzalez, Miguel SP BAL | Sit | Dickey, R.A. SP TOR | Sit |
CHW@DET | Sale, Chris SP CHW | Start | Verlander, Justin SP DET | Start |
CIN@PIT | Cueto, Johnny SP CIN | Start | Volquez, Edinson SP PIT | Start |
HOU@SEA | Feldman, Scott SP HOU | Start | Ramirez, Erasmo SP SEA | Start |
KC@CLE | Shields, James SP KC | Start | Salazar, Danny SP CLE | Sit |
LAA@WAS | Skaggs, Tyler SP LAA | Sit | Jordan, Taylor SP WAS | Sit |
MIA@ATL | Fernandez, Jose SP MIA | Start | Wood, Alex RP ATL | Start |
MIN@TB | Gibson, Kyle SP MIN | Sit | Odorizzi, Jake SP TB | Sit |
NYY@BOS | Tanaka, Masahiro SP NYY | Start | Lester, Jon SP BOS | Start |
PHI@LAD | Burnett, A.J. SP PHI | Sit | Ryu, Hyun-Jin SP LAD | Start |
SD@MIL | Kennedy, Ian SP SD | Start | Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | Start |
SF@COL | Bumgarner, Madison SP SF | Start | Morales, Franklin RP COL | Sit |
STL@NYM | Wainwright, Adam SP STL | Start | Gee, Dillon SP NYM | Sit |
TEX@OAK | TBD | TBD | Milone, Tommy SP OAK | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Wednesday (4/23/14) |
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Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
ARI@CHC | Miley, Wade SP ARI | Start | Samardzija, Jeff SP CHC | Start |
BAL@TOR | Tillman, Chris SP BAL | Start | McGowan, Dustin RP TOR | Sit |
CHW@DET | Paulino, Felipe SP CHW | Sit | Smyly, Drew RP DET | Sit |
CIN@PIT | Simon, Alfredo RP CIN | Start | Morton, Charlie SP PIT | Sit |
HOU@SEA | Cosart, Jarred SP HOU | Sit | Young, Chris SP SEA | Sit |
KC@CLE | Vargas, Jason SP KC | Start | Masterson, Justin SP CLE | Start |
LAA@WAS | Weaver, Jered SP LAA | Start | Gonzalez, Gio SP WAS | Start |
MIA@ATL | Eovaldi, Nate SP MIA | Start | Harang, Aaron SP ATL | Start |
MIN@TB | Pelfrey, Mike SP MIN | Sit | Price, David SP TB | Start |
NYY@BOS | Pineda, Michael SP NYY | Start | Lackey, John SP BOS | Sit |
PHI@LAD | Pettibone, Jonathan SP PHI | Sit | Greinke, Zack SP LAD | Start |
SD@MIL | Ross, Tyson RP SD | Start | Lohse, Kyle SP MIL | Start |
SF@COL | Cain, Matt SP SF | Start | Chatwood, Tyler SP COL | Sit |
STL@NYM | Wacha, Michael SP STL | Start | Niese, Jonathon SP NYM | Start |
TEX@OAK | Perez, Martin SP TEX | Start | Gray, Sonny SP OAK | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Thursday (4/24/14) |
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Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
ARI@CHC | Bolsinger, Mike SP ARI | Sit | Jackson, Edwin SP CHC | Sit |
BAL@TOR | Norris, Bud SP BAL | Sit | Hutchison, Drew SP TOR | Sit |
CHW@DET | Quintana, Jose SP CHW | Sit | Scherzer, Max SP DET | Start |
CIN@PIT | Cingrani, Tony SP CIN | Start | Rodriguez, Wandy SP PIT | Sit |
KC@CLE | Chen, Bruce RP KC | Sit | Kluber, Corey SP CLE | Start |
MIN@TB | Nolasco, Ricky SP MIN | Sit | Bedard, Erik SP TB | Sit |
NYY@BOS | Sabathia, CC SP NYY | Start | Doubront, Felix SP BOS | Sit |
OAK@HOU | Kazmir, Scott SP OAK | Start | Oberholtzer, Brett SP HOU | Sit |
PHI@LAD | Kendrick, Kyle SP PHI | Sit | Haren, Dan SP LAD | Start |
SD@WAS | Stults, Eric SP SD | Sit | Zimmermann, Jordan SP WAS | Start |
STL@NYM | Lynn, Lance SP STL | Start | Colon, Bartolo SP NYM | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Friday (4/25/14) |
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Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
BOS@TOR | Peavy, Jake SP BOS | Start | Buehrle, Mark SP TOR | Sit |
CHC@MIL | Villanueva, Carlos RP CHC | Sit | Garza, Matt SP MIL | Start |
CIN@ATL | Bailey, Homer SP CIN | Sit | Santana, Ervin SP ATL | Start |
CLE@SF | Carrasco, Carlos SP CLE | Sit | Hudson, Tim SP SF | Start |
COL@LAD | Lyles, Jordan SP COL | Sit | Beckett, Josh SP LAD | Sit |
DET@MIN | Porcello, Rick SP DET | Start | Correia, Kevin SP MIN | Sit |
KC@BAL | Ventura, Yordano SP KC | Start | Jimenez, Ubaldo SP BAL | Sit |
LAA@NYY | Wilson, C.J. SP LAA | Start | Kuroda, Hiroki SP NYY | Start |
MIA@NYM | Alvarez, Henderson SP MIA | Sit | Wheeler, Zack SP NYM | Start |
OAK@HOU | Chavez, Jesse RP OAK | Start | Peacock, Brad SP HOU | Sit |
PHI@ARI | Hernandez, Roberto SP PHI | Sit | Collmenter, Josh RP ARI | Sit |
PIT@STL | Cole, Gerrit SP PIT | Start | Miller, Shelby SP STL | Start |
SD@WAS | Erlin, Robbie SP SD | Start | Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS | Start |
TB@CHW | Archer, Chris SP TB | Start | Johnson, Erik SP CHW | Sit |
TEX@SEA | Lewis, Colby SP TEX | Sit | Elias, Roenis SP SEA | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Saturday (4/26/14) |
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Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
BOS@TOR | Buchholz, Clay SP BOS | Start | Morrow, Brandon SP TOR | Sit |
CHC@MIL | Hammel, Jason SP CHC | Start | Estrada, Marco SP MIL | Start |
CIN@ATL | Leake, Mike SP CIN | Start | Hale, David SP ATL | Sit |
CLE@SF | McAllister, Zach SP CLE | Sit | Lincecum, Tim SP SF | Sit |
COL@LAD | Nicasio, Juan SP COL | Sit | Maholm, Paul SP LAD | Sit |
DET@MIN | Sanchez, Anibal SP DET | Start | Hughes, Phil SP MIN | Sit |
KC@BAL | Guthrie, Jeremy SP KC | Sit | Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL | Sit |
LAA@NYY | Santiago, Hector SP LAA | Sit | Nova, Ivan SP NYY | Sit |
MIA@NYM | Slowey, Kevin SP MIA | Sit | Mejia, Jenrry SP NYM | Start |
OAK@HOU | Straily, Dan SP OAK | Start | Keuchel, Dallas SP HOU | Sit |
PHI@ARI | Lee, Cliff SP PHI | Start | Arroyo, Bronson SP ARI | Sit |
PIT@STL | Liriano, Francisco SP PIT | Start | TBD | TBD |
SD@WAS | Cashner, Andrew SP SD | Start | Roark, Tanner SP WAS | Sit |
TB@CHW | Ramos, Cesar RP TB | Sit | Danks, John SP CHW | Sit |
TEX@SEA | Ross, Robbie RP TEX | TBD | TBD | |
Probable Pitchers - Sunday (4/27/14) |
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Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
BOS@TOR | Lester, Jon SP BOS | Start | Dickey, R.A. SP TOR | Sit |
CHC@MIL | Wood, Travis SP CHC | Start | Peralta, Wily SP MIL | Start |
CIN@ATL | Cueto, Johnny SP CIN | Start | Teheran, Julio SP ATL | Start |
CLE@SF | Salazar, Danny SP CLE | Start | Vogelsong, Ryan SP SF | Sit |
COL@LAD | De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL | Sit | Ryu, Hyun-Jin SP LAD | Start |
DET@MIN | Verlander, Justin SP DET | Start | Gibson, Kyle SP MIN | Sit |
KC@BAL | Shields, James SP KC | Start | Gonzalez, Miguel SP BAL | Sit |
LAA@NYY | Richards, Garrett RP LAA | Sit | Tanaka, Masahiro SP NYY | Start |
MIA@NYM | Koehler, Tom SP MIA | Start | Gee, Dillon SP NYM | Start |
OAK@HOU | Milone, Tommy SP OAK | Start | Feldman, Scott SP HOU | Sit |
PHI@ARI | Burnett, A.J. SP PHI | Sit | McCarthy, Brandon SP ARI | Sit |
PIT@STL | Volquez, Edinson SP PIT | Sit | Wainwright, Adam SP STL | Start |
SD@WAS | Kennedy, Ian SP SD | Start | Jordan, Taylor SP WAS | Sit |
TB@CHW | Odorizzi, Jake SP TB | Sit | Sale, Chris SP CHW | Start |
TEX@SEA | Darvish, Yu SP TEX | Start | Hernandez, Felix SP SEA | Start |