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We're back Rotoballers! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 1, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against a fierce offense, this is the weekly piece for you.
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.
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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
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 4/2/17 | |||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@STL | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| SF@ARI | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | SIT |
| NYY@TB | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS | - Monday 4/3/17 | |||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CLE@TEX | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START |
| DET@CHW | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START |
| SEA@HOU | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| KC@MIN | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | SIT |
| PIT@BOS | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | SIT | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| ATL@NYM | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START |
| TOR@BAL | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| COL@MIL | Jon Gray SP | COL | START | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | SIT |
| PHI@CIN | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | SIT | Scott Feldman RP | CIN | START |
| MIA@WAS | Edinson Volquez SP | MIA | SIT | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| LAA@OAK | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | START |
| SD@LAD | Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD | SIT | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS | - Tuesday 4/4/17 | |||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@ARI | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT |
| CHC@STL | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | SIT |
| CLE@TEX | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT |
| LAA@OAK | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
| SEA@HOU | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | SIT | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| COL@MIL | TBA | TBD | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT |
| NYY@TB | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | START |
| SD@LAD | Clayton Richard RP | SD | SIT | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS | - Wednesday 4/5/17 | |||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CLE@TEX | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
| TOR@BAL | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | SIT |
| SEA@HOU | James Paxton SP | SEA | START | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | SIT |
| CHC@STL | John Lackey SP | CHC | START | Michael Wacha SP | STL | SIT |
| SF@ARI | Matt Moore SP | SF | SIT | Taijuan Walker SP | ARI | START |
| LAA@OAK | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | START | Jharel Cotton SP | OAK | START |
| NYY@TB | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | SIT | Alex Cobb SP | TB | START |
| PIT@BOS | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | SIT | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| KC@MIN | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START | Hector Santiago SP | MIN | SIT |
| PHI@CIN | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START | Brandon Finnegan SP | CIN | SIT |
| MIA@WAS | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
| ATL@NYM | Bartolo Colon SP | ATL | SIT | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| SD@LAD | Trevor Cahill SP | SD | SIT | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
| COL@MIL | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS | - Thursday 4/6/17 | |||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| TOR@TB | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
| SF@ARI | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
| KC@MIN | Jason Hammel SP | KC | START | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT |
| ATL@NYM | Jaime Garcia SP | ATL | START | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | START |
| LAA@OAK | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Andrew Triggs SP | OAK | SIT |
| PHI@CIN | Clay Buchholz SP | PHI | START | Rookie Davis SP | CIN | SIT |
| PIT@BOS | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | SIT | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | SIT |
| DET@CHW | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | SIT | James Shields SP | CHW | START |
| MIA@WAS | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| SD@LAD | Jered Weaver SP | SD | SIT | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | START |
| SEA@HOU | Ariel Miranda SP | SEA | SIT | Joe Musgrove SP | HOU | START |
| COL@MIL | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | Sit | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS | - Friday 4/7/17 | |||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| TOR@TB | Francisco Liriano SP | TOR | START | Matt Andriese SP | TB | START |
| BOS@DET | Steven Wright SP | BOS | SIT | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
| CLE@ARI | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT |
| NYY@BAL | Luis Severino SP | NYY | SIT | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT |
| LAD@COL | Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD | SIT | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | SIT |
| MIA@NYM | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | START | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START |
| CHC@MIL | Brett Anderson SP | CHC | START | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | SIT |
| ATL@PIT | R.A. Dickey SP | ATL | SIT | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START |
| CIN@STL | Amir Garrett SP | CIN | SIT | Mike Leake SP | STL | START |
| MIN@CHW | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | TBD | Derek Holland SP | CHW | START |
| KC@HOU | Jason Vargas SP | KC | SIT | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | SIT |
| SEA@LAA | Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA | START | Jesse Chavez RP | LAA | SIT |
| SF@SD | Matt Cain SP | SF | START | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| OAK@TEX | Raul Alcantara SP | OAK | SIT | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS | - Saturday 4/8/17 | |||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@SD | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD | SIT |
| BOS@DET | TBA TBD | Jordan Zimmerman SP | DET | SIT | |
| LAD@COL | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| MIA@NYM | Adam Conley SP | MIA | TBD | Robert Gsellman SP | NYM | START |
| NYY@BAL | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| SEA@LAA | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT |
| KC@HOU | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | SIT |
| CHC@MIL | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | SIT |
| TOR@TB | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| OAK@TEX | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | SIT | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START |
| CLE@ARI | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | SIT | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| ATL@PIT | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| CIN@STL | Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN | SIT | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS | - Sunday 4/9/17 | |||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@MIL | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT |
| CLE@ARI | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT |
| SF@SD | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | Clayton Richard RP | SD | SIT |
| WAS@PHI | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | SIT |
| ATL@PIT | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START |
| LAD@COL | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START |
| TOR@TB | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | SIT |
| OAK@TEX | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT |
| SEA@LAA | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START |
| MIN@CHW | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START |
| NYY@BAL | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| BOS@DET | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| MIA@NYM | Edinson Volquez SP | MIA | START | Robert Gsellman SP | NYM | START |
| CIN@STL | Scott Feldman RP | CIN | SIT | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| KC@HOU | Nathan Karns SP | KC | SIT | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
