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Week 26 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

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What’s up RotoBallers. Welcome to the final week of this column, as we approach the home stretch of the fantasy baseball season. Thank you all for RotoBalling with us all season long, and I hope that this column (along with the rest of our MLB content) has helped you win some leagues. Now let's get 'er done and bring home the bacon!

Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 26, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. For every week of the fantasy baseball season, we look to analyze all of the projected starting pitcher matchups and put together our optimal lineups. This week there a bunch of nice two-start pitcher options including Madison Bumgarner, Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber, Zack Greinke, Yordano Ventura, Lance Lynn, Marcus Stroman and Cole Hamels. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Verrett, Elias, Happ, Porcello, Hill, Moore, Stroman, Cashner), depending on your league size and format including AL-Only and NL-Only leagues.

Here at RotoBaller, we believe that it’s key to analyze every SP matchup, each and every week, to help determine which SPs to start/sit and to hopefully find some hidden gems to bolster your teams. This weekly piece considers all of the pitching performances thus far this season, the pitcher’s opponents, their career stats against the opponent, some ballpark factors and historical splits. With all of this information, we then provide our start/sit recommendations for each starting pitcher matchup for the approaching week of fantasy baseball.

 

SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

Editor’s Note: RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups list is updated every single day. Our awesome writers bring you analysis on hot or emerging starting pitchers, and also all other fantasy positions.

Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations at the beginning of the week, so I’ll try my best to continue updating the matchups throughout the week:

PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (9/28/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@NYY Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS Start Ivan Nova SP | NYY Sit
CIN@WAS Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN Sit Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start
DET@TEX Justin Verlander SP | DET Start Colby Lewis SP | TEX Start
HOU@SEA Lance McCullers SP | HOU Start Roenis Elias SP | SEA Start
KC@CHC Yordano Ventura SP | KC Start Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Start
LAD@SF Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start Jake Peavy SP | SF Start
MIN@CLE Phil Hughes SP | MIN Start Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start
OAK@LAA Felix Doubront SP | OAK Sit Hector Santiago SP | LAA Start
STL@PIT Lance Lynn SP | STL Start J.A. Happ SP | PIT Start
TOR@BAL Marco Estrada RP | TOR Start Chris Tillman SP | BAL Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TEUSDAY (9/29/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@NYY Rick Porcello SP | BOS Start Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start
CHC@CIN Dan Haren SP | CHC Start Josh Smith P | CIN Sit
COL@ARI Christian Bergman SP | COL Sit Robbie Ray SP | ARI Start
DET@TEX Daniel Norris RP | DET Sit Cole Hamels SP | TEX Start
HOU@SEA Mike Fiers SP | HOU Sit Vidal Nuno SP | SEA Sit
KC@CHW Johnny Cueto SP | KC Start Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Sit
LAD@SF Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start
MIA@TB Brad Hand RP | MIA Sit Matt Moore SP | TB Start
MIL@SD Jorge Lopez P | MIL Sit Tyson Ross SP | SD Start
MIN@CLE Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit Cody Anderson SP | CLE Start
NYM@PHI Bartolo Colon SP | NYM Start David Buchanan SP | PHI Sit
OAK@LAA Chris Bassitt SP | OAK Sit Nick Tropeano SP | LAA Sit
STL@PIT Michael Wacha SP | STL Start Charlie Morton SP | PIT Sit
TOR@BAL Marcus Stroman SP | TOR Start Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL Sit
WAS@ATL Tanner Roark SP | WAS Sit Matt Wisler SP | ATL Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (9/30/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@NYY Wade Miley SP | BOS Sit CC Sabathia SP | NYY Sit
CHC@CIN Jon Lester SP | CHC Start Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN Sit
COL@ARI Chad Bettis RP | COL Start Chase Anderson SP | ARI Sit
DET@TEX Matt Boyd SP | DET Start Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX Start
HOU@SEA Scott Kazmir SP | HOU Start TBD TBD
KC@CHW Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start Jose Quintana SP | CHW Start
LAD@SF Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD Sit Mike Leake SP | SF Start
MIA@TB Adam Conley SP | MIA Start Drew Smyly SP | TB Start
MIL@SD Zach Davies P | MIL Sit Andrew Cashner SP | SD Start
MIN@CLE Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN Sit Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE Start
NYM@PHI Steven Matz SP | NYM Start Alec Asher SP | PHI Sit
OAK@LAA Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start
STL@PIT TBD TBD Gerrit Cole SP | PIT Start
TOR@BAL R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Start Kevin Gausman SP | BAL Sit
WAS@ATL Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start Williams Perez SP | ATL Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (10/1/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@NYY Rich Hill RP | BOS Start Adam Warren RP | NYY Sit
CHC@CIN Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start John Lamb SP | CIN Sit
COL@ARI David Hale RP | COL Sit Patrick Corbin SP | ARI Start
KC@CHW Kris Medlen SP | KC Start John Danks SP | CHW Sit
LAA@TEX Andrew Heaney SP | LAA Start TBD TBD
LAD@SF Brett Anderson SP | LAD Sit Tim Hudson SP | SF Start
MIA@TB Jarred Cosart SP | MIA Start Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB Start
MIL@SD Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL Start Ian Kennedy SP | SD Sit
MIN@CLE Tyler Duffey SP | MIN Start Josh Tomlin SP | CLE Sit
NYM@PHI Logan Verrett SP | NYM Start Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI Start
TOR@BAL David Price SP | TOR Start Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL Sit
WAS@ATL Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS Start Ryan Weber P | ATL Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (10/2/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@CLE Henry Owens SP | BOS Sit Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start
CHC@MIL Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start Ariel Pena SP | MIL Start
CIN@PIT Keyvius Sampson SP | CIN Sit Jeff Locke SP | PIT Sit
COL@SF Yohan Flande SP | COL Sit Chris Heston RP | SF Start
DET@CHW Alfredo Simon SP | DET Sit Chris Sale SP | CHW Start
HOU@ARI Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI Start
KC@MIN Chris Young SP | KC Start Ervin Santana SP | MIN Start
LAA@TEX Jered Weaver SP | LAA Sit Martin Perez SP | TEX Start
MIA@PHI Jose Fernandez SP | MIA Start TBD TBD
NYY@BAL Luis Severino SP | NYY Start Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Start
OAK@SEA Barry Zito SP | OAK Sit Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start
SD@LAD Robbie Erlin SP | SD Sit Alex Wood SP | LAD Start
STL@ATL Jaime Garcia SP | STL Start Julio Teheran SP | ATL Start
TOR@TB Mark Buehrle SP | TOR Sit Jake Odorizzi SP | TB Sit
WAS@NYM Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS Start Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (10/3/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@CLE Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS Start Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start
CHC@MIL Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Start Tyler Wagner P | MIL Sit
CIN@PIT Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN Sit Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start
COL@SF Kyle Kendrick SP | COL Sit Jake Peavy SP | SF Start
DET@CHW Randy Wolf SP | DET Sit Erik Johnson SP | CHW Start
HOU@ARI Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI Start
KC@MIN Yordano Ventura SP | KC Start Phil Hughes SP | MIN Sit
LAA@TEX Hector Santiago SP | LAA Start Colby Lewis SP | TEX Start
MIA@PHI Justin Nicolino SP | MIA Sit Aaron Harang SP | PHI Start
NYY@BAL TBD SP | NYY TBD Chris Tillman SP | BAL Start
OAK@SEA Sean Nolin RP | OAK Sit Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA Start
SD@LAD James Shields SP | SD Sit Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start
STL@ATL John Lackey SP | STL Start Shelby Miller SP | ATL Start
TOR@TB Marco Estrada RP | TOR Start Chris Archer SP | TB Sit
WAS@NYM Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start Matt Harvey SP | NYM Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (10/4/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@CLE Rick Porcello SP | BOS Start Cody Anderson SP | CLE Start
CHC@MIL Dan Haren SP | CHC Start Tyler Cravy P | MIL Sit
CIN@PIT Josh Smith P | CIN Sit A.J. Burnett SP | PIT Start
COL@SF Chris Rusin RP | COL Sit Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start
DET@CHW Justin Verlander SP | DET Start Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Sit
HOU@ARI Lance McCullers SP | HOU Start Zack Godley SP | ARI Sit
KC@MIN Johnny Cueto SP | KC Start Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit
LAA@TEX Nick Tropeano SP | LAA Start Cole Hamels SP | TEX Start
MIA@PHI Tom Koehler SP | MIA Sit David Buchanan SP | PHI Sit
NYY@BAL Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL Sit
OAK@SEA Felix Doubront SP | OAK Sit Roenis Elias SP | SEA Start
SD@LAD Tyson Ross SP | SD Start Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start
STL@ATL Lance Lynn SP | STL Start Matt Wisler SP | ATL Sit
TOR@TB Marcus Stroman SP | TOR Start Matt Moore SP | TB Sit
WAS@NYM Tanner Roark SP | WAS Sit Jacob deGrom SP | NYM Start

 

 

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