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Week 5 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

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What’s up RotoBallers. Below are all of the starting pitching matchups for Week 5, and this week we also have a very special treat for you. Next to each matchup below, we have a link to our Premium Starting Pitcher Daily Matchups, Streamers & DFS Tool. Just click the link next to the player name, and check it out. This is usually a Premium tool only, but enjoy it this week on the house. For those who aren't aware, our in-house tool analyzes SP matchups based on a variety of stats/metrics, and recommends whether start, sit, or stream any pitcher for seasonal and DFS leagues. Note that the tool's recommendations may not be a perfect match with my start/sit recommendations below -- but I'm a human and the tool isn't. So consider this to be two different analysts, possibly having different opinions. Who will prevail in the epic battle of man vs. machine? Only time will tell...

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 once again there are a bunch of nice two-start pitchers including Kershaw, Bumgarner, Greinke, Felix, Odorizzi, Keuchel, Wood, Smyly, Cashner and Salazar to name a few. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Morrow, Jimenez, Duffy, Anderson, Wood, Chavez, Leake, Heston, Hendricks), 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. You can also download our waiver wire iPhone app for free, and easily stay updated.

As always, projected starters and matchups may change throughout the week:

PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (5/4/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Josh Collmenter SP | ARI Sit Tyler Matzek SP | COL Sit
CHC@STL Travis Wood SP | CHC Start Carlos Martinez RP | STL Start
LAD@MIL Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start Kyle Lohse SP | MIL Sit
MIA@WAS David Phelps SP | MIA Sit Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start
NYY@TOR Chase Whitley RP | NYY Sit R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Sit
OAK@MIN Jesse Hahn SP | OAK Start Phil Hughes SP | MIN Sit
PHI@ATL Aaron Harang SP | PHI Start Alex Wood SP | ATL Start
SD@SF Tyson Ross SP | SD Start Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start
SEA@LAA Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA Sit
TB@BOS Jake Odorizzi SP | TB Start Clay Buchholz SP | BOS Start
TEX@HOU Ross Detwiler RP | TEX Sit Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (5/5/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Robbie Ray SP | ARI Sit Jordan Lyles SP | COL Sit
BAL@NYM Bud Norris SP | BAL Sit Bartolo Colon SP | NYM Sit
CHC@STL Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Sit Tyler Lyons RP | STL Sit
CIN@PIT Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN Sit Jeff Locke SP | PIT Sit
CLE@KC Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start Jason Vargas SP | KC Sit
DET@CHW Shane Greene SP | DET Sit Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Sit
LAD@MIL Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start Matt Garza SP | MIL Sit
MIA@WAS Mat Latos SP | MIA Start Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS Start
NYY@TOR Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start Marco Estrada RP | TOR Sit
OAK@MIN Jesse Chavez SP | OAK Start Trevor May SP | MIN Sit
PHI@ATL Chad Billingsley SP | PHI Sit Shelby Miller SP | ATL Start
SD@SF Andrew Cashner SP | SD Start Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF Sit
SEA@LAA James Paxton SP | SEA Sit Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start
TB@BOS Drew Smyly SP | TB Start Rick Porcello SP | BOS Start
TEX@HOU Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX Sit Scott Feldman SP | HOU Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (5/6/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI Sit Eddie Butler SP | COL Sit
BAL@NYM Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Start Jacob deGrom SP | NYM Start
CHC@STL Jon Lester SP | CHC Start Lance Lynn SP | STL Start
CIN@PIT Mike Leake SP | CIN Start Gerrit Cole SP | PIT Start
CLE@KC Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE Start Danny Duffy SP | KC Start
DET@CHW Alfredo Simon SP | DET Sit Chris Sale SP | CHW Start
LAD@MIL Carlos Frias RP | LAD Sit Wily Peralta SP | MIL Sit
MIA@WAS Tom Koehler SP | MIA Sit Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start
NYY@TOR CC Sabathia SP | NYY Sit Mark Buehrle SP | TOR Sit
OAK@MIN Scott Kazmir SP | OAK Start Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit
PHI@ATL Jerome Williams RP | PHI Sit Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL Sit
SD@SF Ian Kennedy SP | SD Start Chris Heston RP | SF Start
SEA@LAA Roenis Elias SP | SEA Sit C.J. Wilson SP | LAA Start
TB@BOS Alex Colome SP | TB Sit Justin Masterson SP | BOS Sit
TEX@HOU Colby Lewis SP | TEX Sit Samuel Deduno RP | HOU Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (5/7/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@NYY Chris Tillman SP | BAL Sit Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY Sit
CHC@STL Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start John Lackey SP | STL Sit
CIN@PIT Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN Start A.J. Burnett SP | PIT Start
CLE@KC Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start
DET@CHW Kyle Lobstein SP | DET Sit Jose Quintana SP | CHW Sit
HOU@LAA Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start Hector Santiago SP | LAA Sit
LAD@MIL Scott Baker RP | LAD Sit Mike Fiers SP | MIL Sit
MIA@SF Dan Haren SP | MIA Start Tim Hudson SP | SF Start
OAK@MIN Drew Pomeranz SP | OAK Sit Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN Sit
SD@ARI Brandon Morrow SP | SD Start Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI Sit
TEX@TB Nick Martinez SP | TEX Start Chris Archer SP | TB Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (5/8/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@WAS Eric Stults SP | ATL Sit Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS Start
BAL@NYY Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL Sit Adam Warren RP | NYY Sit
BOS@TOR Wade Miley SP | BOS Sit Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR Sit
CHC@MIL Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL Start
CIN@CHW Jason Marquis SP | CIN Sit Hector Noesi SP | CHW Sit
HOU@LAA Roberto Hernandez SP | HOU Sit Jered Weaver SP | LAA Sit
KC@DET Yordano Ventura SP | KC Start David Price SP | DET Start
LAD@COL Brett Anderson SP | LAD Sit Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Sit
MIA@SF Jarred Cosart SP | MIA Start Tim Lincecum SP | SF Start
MIN@CLE Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN Sit Trevor Bauer SP | CLE Start
NYM@PHI Matt Harvey SP | NYM Start Cole Hamels SP | PHI Start
OAK@SEA Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start Taijuan Walker SP | SEA Sit
SD@ARI James Shields SP | SD Start Chase Anderson SP | ARI Start
STL@PIT Michael Wacha SP | STL Start Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start
TEX@TB Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX Sit Nathan Karns SP | TB Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (5/9/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@WAS Julio Teheran SP | ATL Start Doug Fister SP | WAS Start
BAL@NYY Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL Sit Chase Whitley RP | NYY Sit
BOS@TOR Joe Kelly SP | BOS Sit Drew Hutchison SP | TOR Sit
CHC@MIL Travis Wood SP | CHC Start Kyle Lohse SP | MIL Sit
CIN@CHW Johnny Cueto SP | CIN Start John Danks SP | CHW Sit
HOU@LAA Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA Sit
KC@DET Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC Sit Anibal Sanchez SP | DET Start
LAD@COL Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start Kyle Kendrick SP | COL Sit
MIA@SF David Phelps SP | MIA Sit Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start
MIN@CLE Phil Hughes SP | MIN Start TBD TBD
NYM@PHI Jonathon Niese SP | NYM Start Severino Gonzalez SP | PHI Sit
OAK@SEA Jesse Hahn SP | OAK Start J.A. Happ SP | SEA Sit
SD@ARI Tyson Ross SP | SD Start Josh Collmenter SP | ARI Sit
STL@PIT Carlos Martinez RP | STL Start Vance Worley SP | PIT Start
TEX@TB Ross Detwiler RP | TEX Sit Jake Odorizzi SP | TB Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (5/10/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@WAS Alex Wood SP | ATL Start Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start
BAL@NYY Bud Norris SP | BAL Sit Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start
BOS@TOR Clay Buchholz SP | BOS Sit R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Sit
CHC@MIL Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Start Matt Garza SP | MIL Sit
CIN@CHW TBD TBD Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Sit
HOU@LAA Scott Feldman SP | HOU Sit Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start
KC@DET Jason Vargas SP | KC Sit Shane Greene SP | DET Sit
LAD@COL Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start Tyler Matzek SP | COL Sit
MIA@SF Mat Latos SP | MIA Start Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF Sit
MIN@CLE Trevor May SP | MIN Sit Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start
NYM@PHI Dillon Gee SP | NYM Start Aaron Harang SP | PHI Start
OAK@SEA Jesse Chavez SP | OAK Start Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start
SD@ARI Andrew Cashner SP | SD Start Robbie Ray SP | ARI Sit
STL@PIT TBD TBD Jeff Locke SP | PIT Sit
TEX@TB Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX Sit Drew Smyly SP | TB Start

 




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