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Week 16 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

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What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues.Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 16, 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

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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 - MONDAY (7/18/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@SEA Chris Sale SP | CHW START Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA SIT
CLE@KC Corey Kluber SP | CLE START Edinson Volquez SP | KC SIT
MIA@PHI Jose Fernandez SP | MIA START Aaron Nola SP | PHI START
NYM@CHC Steven Matz SP | NYM START Jon Lester SP | CHC START
TEX@LAA A.J. Griffin SP | TEX SIT Nick Tropeano SP | LAA SIT
TB@COL Drew Smyly SP | TB SIT Tyler Anderson SP | COL START
HOU@OAK Mike Fiers SP | HOU START Kendall Graveman SP | OAK SIT
ATL@CIN Matt Wisler SP | ATL START Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN START
BAL@NYY Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT Ivan Nova SP | NYY SIT
SD@STL Christian Friedrich RP | SD SIT Mike Leake SP | STL START
MIN@DET Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN SIT Matt Boyd SP | DET SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (7/19/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@SEA Jose Quintana SP | CHW START Wade Miley SP | SEA SIT
HOU@OAK Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START TBA TBD
TOR@ARI Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR START Zack Godley SP | ARI SIT
MIA@PHI TBA TBD Vince Velasquez RP | PHI START
CLE@KC Danny Salazar SP | CLE START TBA TBD
NYM@CHC Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START
LAD@WAS Scott Kazmir SP | LAD SIT Reynaldo Lopez SP | WAS SIT
TB@COL Blake Snell SP | TB SIT Tyler Chatwood SP | COL START
BAL@NYY Vance Worley SP | BAL SIT Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY SIT
SF@BOS Jake Peavy SP | SF SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
TEX@LAA Kyle Lohse SP | TEX SIT Tim Lincecum SP | LAA SIT
SD@STL Colin Rea SP | SD SIT Carlos Martinez SP | STL START
MIL@PIT Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT Jameson Taillon SP | PIT SIT
ATL@CIN Tyrell Jenkins SP | ATL SIT Cody Reed SP | CIN SIT
MIN@DET Tommy Milone SP | MIN SIT Anibal Sanchez SP | DET SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (7/20/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CLE@KC Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Ian Kennedy SP | KC START
TB@COL Chris Archer SP | TB SIT Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL SIT
TOR@ARI Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START Patrick Corbin SP | ARI SIT
HOU@OAK Doug Fister SP | HOU START Daniel Mengden P | OAK SIT
MIL@PIT Junior Guerra RP | MIL START Jeff Locke SP | PIT START
NYM@CHC Bartolo Colon SP | NYM START Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START
MIA@PHI Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA START Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI START
MIN@DET Ervin Santana SP | MIN SIT Justin Verlander SP | DET START
BAL@NYY Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL SIT Michael Pineda SP | NYY START
TEX@LAA Martin Perez SP | TEX START Hector Santiago SP | LAA START
LAD@WAS Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD SIT Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS SIT
SD@STL Andrew Cashner SP | SD SIT Jaime Garcia SP | STL START
ATL@CIN Lucas Harrell SP | ATL SIT Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN START
CHW@SEA Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW START James Paxton SP | SEA SIT
SF@BOS Matt Cain SP | SF SIT Drew Pomeranz RP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (7/21/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@NYY Chris Tillman SP | BAL START CC Sabathia SP | NYY SIT
TB@OAK Matt Moore SP | TB SIT Sonny Gray SP | OAK START
LAD@WAS Bud Norris RP | LAD START Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START
ATL@COL Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START Chad Bettis SP | COL START
MIN@BOS Tyler Duffey SP | MIN SIT Steven Wright SP | BOS START
MIA@PHI Tom Koehler SP | MIA START Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START
MIL@PIT Matt Garza SP | MIL SIT Francisco Liriano SP | PIT SIT
SD@STL Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Adam Wainwright SP | STL START
DET@CHW Mike Pelfrey SP | DET SIT James Shields SP | CHW START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (7/22/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
SF@NYY Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START
DET@CHW Michael Fulmer SP | DET START TBA TBD
ATL@COL Julio Teheran SP | ATL START Jon Gray SP | COL START
CLE@BAL Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START Dylan Bundy RP | BAL SIT
SEA@TOR Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA START R.A. Dickey SP | TOR SIT
LAA@HOU Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START Lance McCullers SP | HOU START
CHC@MIL Jason Hammel SP | CHC START Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL START
TB@OAK Jake Odorizzi SP | TB SIT Rich Hill SP | OAK START
TEX@KC Yu Darvish SP | TEX SIT Danny Duffy SP | KC START
LAD@STL Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD START Michael Wacha SP | STL START
PHI@PIT Zach Eflin RP | PHI SIT Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START
MIN@BOS Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS SIT
NYM@MIA Logan Verrett RP | NYM SIT Adam Conley SP | MIA SIT
ARI@CIN TBA TBD John Lamb SP | CIN SIT
SD@WAS Edwin Jackson RP | SD SIT Tanner Roark RP | WAS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (7/23/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYM@MIA Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Jose Fernandez SP | MIA START
TEX@KC Cole Hamels SP | TEX START Yordano Ventura SP | KC SIT
LAD@STL Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START Mike Leake SP | STL START
CHC@MIL John Lackey SP | CHC SIT Zach Davies SP | MIL START
DET@CHW TBA TBD Chris Sale SP | CHW START
SF@NYY Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START Ivan Nova SP | NYY SIT
CLE@BAL Josh Tomlin SP | CLE START TBA TBD
PHI@PIT Aaron Nola SP | PHI START Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT
TB@OAK Drew Smyly SP | TB SIT Kendall Graveman SP | OAK SIT
ARI@CIN Archie Bradley SP | ARI SIT Dan Straily SP | CIN START
ATL@COL Matt Wisler SP | ATL SIT Tyler Anderson SP | COL START
LAA@HOU Jered Weaver SP | LAA SIT Collin McHugh SP | HOU START
SD@WAS Christian Friedrich RP | SD SIT Max Scherzer SP | WAS START
SEA@TOR Mike Montgomery SP | SEA SIT J.A. Happ SP | TOR START
MIN@BOS Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN SIT David Price SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (7/24/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
SF@NYY Johnny Cueto SP | SF START Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY SIT
CLE@BAL Corey Kluber SP | CLE START TBA TBD
CHC@MIL Jon Lester SP | CHC START Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT
NYM@MIA Steven Matz SP | NYM START TBA TBD
DET@CHW TBA TBD Jose Quintana SP | CHW START
PHI@PIT Vince Velasquez RP | PHI START Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START
LAD@STL Scott Kazmir SP | LAD SIT Carlos Martinez SP | STL START
TEX@KC A.J. Griffin SP | TEX START Edinson Volquez SP | KC SIT
TB@OAK Blake Snell SP | TB SIT Sean Manaea SP | OAK SIT
LAA@HOU Nick Tropeano SP | LAA SIT Mike Fiers SP | HOU START
ARI@CIN Robbie Ray SP | ARI START Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN SIT
SD@WAS Colin Rea SP | SD SIT Joe Ross SP | WAS START
SEA@TOR Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA SIT Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR START
ATL@COL Tyrell Jenkins SP | ATL SIT Tyler Chatwood SP | COL START
MIN@BOS Tommy Milone SP | MIN SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS START

 

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