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Week 1 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

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What’s up RotoBallers. Welcome to Opening Day. We've waited patiently, and will finally be rewarded with some sweet, sweet MLB action. Since you're a smart and savvy RotoBaller reader, and have been using all our awesome preseason tools and content, you've surely drafted some outstanding fantasy teams that are ready to dominate. And as always, we'll be here with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues.

Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 1, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. Next to each matchup below, we also have a link to our Premium Starting Pitcher Daily Matchups, Streamers & DFS Tool. 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. It's pretty cool.

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. 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 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, so I’ll be updating the matchups throughout the day and week. This is based on 10-14 team league sizes:

PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (4/3/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYM@KC Matt Harvey SP | NYM Start Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start
STL@PIT Adam Wainwright SP | STL Start Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start
TOR@TB Marcus Stroman SP | TOR Start Chris Archer SP | TB Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (4/4/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@CLE David Price SP | BOS Start Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start
CHC@LAA Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start
CHW@OAK Chris Sale SP | CHW Start Rich Hill SP | OAK Sit
COL@ARI Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Sit Zack Greinke SP | ARI Start
HOU@NYY Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY Start
LAD@SD Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start Tyson Ross SP | SD Start
MIN@BAL Ervin Santana SP | MIN Sit Chris Tillman SP | BAL Sit
PHI@CIN Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI Sit Raisel Iglesias SP | CIN Start
SEA@TEX Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start Cole Hamels SP | TEX Start
SF@MIL Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start Wily Peralta SP | MIL Sit
TOR@TB R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Sit Drew Smyly SP | TB Sit
WAS@ATL Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start Julio Teheran SP | ATL Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (4/5/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHC@LAA Jon Lester SP | CHC Start Andrew Heaney SP | LAA Start
CHW@OAK Jose Quintana SP | CHW Start Chris Bassitt SP | OAK Sit
COL@ARI Chad Bettis SP | COL Sit Shelby Miller SP | ARI Start
DET@MIA Justin Verlander SP | DET Start Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA Start
LAD@SD Scott Kazmir SP | LAD Start James Shields SP | SD Sit
NYM@KC Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM Start Chris Young SP | KC Sit
SEA@TEX Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA Start Martin Perez SP | TEX Sit
SF@MIL Johnny Cueto SP | SF Start Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL Sit
STL@PIT Michael Wacha SP | STL Start Jonathon Niese SP | PIT Sit
TOR@TB Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR Start Jake Odorizzi SP | TB Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (4/6/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@CLE Clay Buchholz SP | BOS Start Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE Start
CHW@OAK Carlos Rodon SP | CHW Start Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start
COL@ARI Tyler Chatwood SP | COL Sit Patrick Corbin SP | ARI Start
DET@MIA Anibal Sanchez SP | DET Start Jose Fernandez SP | MIA Start
HOU@NYY Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start
LAD@SD Kenta Maeda SP | LAD Start Andrew Cashner SP | SD Sit
MIN@BAL Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL Sit
PHI@CIN Aaron Nola SP | PHI Start Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN Sit
SEA@TEX Wade Miley SP | SEA Sit Colby Lewis SP | TEX Sit
SF@MIL Jeff Samardzija SP | SF Sit Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL Sit
STL@PIT Mike Leake SP | STL Start Juan Nicasio RP | PIT Start
TOR@TB J.A. Happ SP | TOR Sit Matt Moore SP | TB Sit
WAS@ATL Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS Start Bud Norris RP | ATL Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (4/7/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@CLE Joe Kelly SP | BOS Sit Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start
CHC@ARI John Lackey SP | CHC Start Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI Sit
CHW@OAK Mat Latos SP | CHW Sit Kendall Graveman SP | OAK Sit
HOU@NYY Mike Fiers SP | HOU Sit Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY Start
LAD@SF Alex Wood SP | LAD Start Jake Peavy SP | SF Sit
MIA@WAS Adam Conley SP | MIA Sit Tanner Roark Sit
MIN@BAL Phil Hughes SP | MIN Sit Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Sit
PHI@CIN Charlie Morton SP | PHI Sit Robert Stephenson SP | CIN Sit
TEX@LAA Derek Holland SP | TEX Sit Hector Santiago SP | LAA Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (4/8/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@TOR Rick Porcello SP | BOS Sit Marcus Stroman SP | TOR Start
CHC@ARI Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start Robbie Ray SP | ARI Sit
CLE@CHW Cody Anderson SP | CLE Sit John Danks SP | CHW Sit
HOU@MIL Scott Feldman SP | HOU Sit Chase Anderson SP | MIL Sit
LAD@SF Ross Stripling SP | LAD Sit Matt Cain SP | SF Sit
MIN@KC Tommy Milone SP | MIN Sit Yordano Ventura SP | KC Start
NYY@DET Luis Severino SP | NYY Start Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET Start
OAK@SEA TBD TBD Taijuan Walker SP | SEA Start
PHI@NYM Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI Sit Jacob deGrom SP | NYM Start
PIT@CIN Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start Alfredo Simon SP | CIN Sit
SD@COL Colin Rea SP | SD Sit Jordan Lyles SP | COL Sit
STL@ATL Jaime Garcia SP | STL Start Matt Wisler SP | ATL Sit
TB@BAL Chris Archer SP | TB Start Mike Wright SP | BAL Sit
TEX@LAA TBD TBD Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (4/9/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@TOR Steven Wright SP | BOS Sit R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Sit
CHC@ARI Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Start Zack Greinke SP | ARI Start
CLE@CHW Josh Tomlin SP | CLE Sit Chris Sale SP | CHW Start
HOU@MIL Doug Fister SP | HOU Sit Wily Peralta SP | MIL Sit
LAD@SF Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start
MIA@WAS Tom Koehler SP | MIA Sit Joe Ross SP | WAS Start
MIN@KC Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN Sit Ian Kennedy SP | KC Sit
NYY@DET CC Sabathia SP | NYY Sit Mike Pelfrey SP | DET Sit
OAK@SEA Rich Hill SP | OAK Sit Nathan Karns SP | SEA Start
PHI@NYM Vince Velasquez RP | PHI Start TBD TBD
PIT@CIN Gerrit Cole SP | PIT Start Raisel Iglesias SP | CIN Start
SD@COL Drew Pomeranz RP | SD Sit Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Sit
STL@ATL Carlos Martinez SP | STL Start Williams Perez SP | ATL Sit
TB@BAL Drew Smyly SP | TB Start Chris Tillman SP | BAL Sit
TEX@LAA Cole Hamels SP | TEX Start Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (4/10/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@TOR David Price SP | BOS Start Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR Sit
CHC@ARI Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start Shelby Miller SP | ARI Start
CLE@CHW Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start Jose Quintana SP | CHW Start
HOU@MIL Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL Sit
LAD@SF Scott Kazmir SP | LAD Start Johnny Cueto SP | SF Start
MIA@WAS Jarred Cosart SP | MIA Sit Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start
MIN@KC Ervin Santana SP | MIN Sit Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start
NYY@DET Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY Start Justin Verlander SP | DET Start
OAK@SEA Chris Bassitt SP | OAK Sit Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start
PHI@NYM Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI Sit TBD TBD
PIT@CIN Jeff Locke SP | PIT Sit TBD TBD
SD@COL Tyson Ross SP | SD Start Chad Bettis SP | COL Sit
STL@ATL Adam Wainwright SP | STL Start Julio Teheran SP | ATL Start
TB@BAL Jake Odorizzi SP | TB Start TBD TBD
TEX@LAA Martin Perez SP | TEX Sit TBD TBD

 

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