You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 13! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.
Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 13, which will be updated as rotations are inevitably tweaked.
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. Let's set those optimal lineups!
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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
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.
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/25/18) - MONDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ARI@MIA | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT |
CHC@LAD | Duane Underwood SP | CHC | SIT | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | SIT |
CIN@ATL | Tyler Mahle SP | CIN | SIT | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
CLE@STL | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START | John Gant RP | STL | SIT |
LAA@KC | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT |
NYY@PHI | Jonathan Loaisiga SP | NYY | SIT | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START |
OAK@DET | Edwin Jackson SP | OAK | SIT | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | SIT |
PIT@NYM | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START | Seth Lugo SP | NYM | SIT |
SD@TEX | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | SIT | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
SEA@BAL | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT |
TOR@HOU | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
WAS@TB | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/26/18) - TUESDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ARI@MIA | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START | Elieser Hernandez RP | MIA | SIT |
CHC@LAD | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Ross Stripling RP | LAD | START |
CIN@ATL | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | START |
CLE@STL | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | SIT |
COL@SF | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT |
KC@MIL | Jake Junis SP | KC | START | Freddy Peralta SP | MIL | START |
LAA@BOS | John Lamb SP | LAA | SIT | David Price SP | BOS | START |
MIN@CHW | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | START | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START |
NYY@PHI | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START |
OAK@DET | Frankie Montas RP | OAK | START | Blaine Hardy RP | DET | SIT |
PIT@NYM | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | START | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START |
SD@TEX | Tyson Ross SP | SD | START | Austin Bibens-Dirkx RP | TEX | SIT |
SEA@BAL | James Paxton SP | SEA | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT |
TOR@HOU | TBA | TBD | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
WAS@TB | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Nathan Eovaldi SP | TB | SIT |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/27/18) - WEDNESDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ARI@MIA | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
CHC@LAD | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
CIN@ATL | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | SIT | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START |
CLE@STL | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | SIT | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START |
COL@SF | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START |
KC@MIL | Danny Duffy SP | KC | SIT | Brent Suter SP | MIL | START |
LAA@BOS | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
MIN@CHW | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | START | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT |
NYY@PHI | Luis Cessa SP | NYY | SIT | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | SIT |
OAK@DET | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START | Mike Fiers SP | DET | SIT |
PIT@NYM | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | SIT |
SD@TEX | Clayton Richard SP | SD | START | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT |
SEA@BAL | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | START | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT |
TOR@HOU | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/28/18) - THURSDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ARI@MIA | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | START |
CHC@LAD | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | SIT | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
COL@SF | Jon Gray SP | COL | START | Chris Stratton SP | SF | SIT |
HOU@TB | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | TBA | TBD |
LAA@BOS | Jaime Barria SP | LAA | SIT | Steven Wright SP | BOS | START |
MIL@CIN | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | SIT | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START |
MIN@CHW | TBA | TBD | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT |
OAK@DET | TBA | TBD | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
SEA@BAL | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START |
WAS@PHI | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | SIT | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/29/18) - FRIDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ATL@STL | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START |
BOS@NYY | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT |
CHW@TEX | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | SIT |
CLE@OAK | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | Paul Blackburn SP | OAK | SIT |
COL@LAD | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
DET@TOR | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
HOU@TB | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START | TBA | TBD |
KC@SEA | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | START |
LAA@BAL | Felix Pena RP | LAA | SIT | David Hess P | BAL | SIT |
MIL@CIN | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT |
MIN@CHC | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC | SIT |
NYM@MIA | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | TBA | TBD |
PIT@SD | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | SIT | TBA | TBD |
SF@ARI | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | SIT | Clay Buchholz SP | ARI | START |
WAS@PHI | Erick Fedde SP | WAS | SIT | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/30/18) - SATURDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ATL@STL | Brandon McCarthy SP | ATL | START | Luke Weaver SP | STL | SIT |
BOS@NYY | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | SIT |
CHW@TEX | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT |
CLE@OAK | Adam Plutko SP | CLE | START | Frankie Montas RP | OAK | START |
COL@LAD | German Marquez SP | COL | SIT | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | SIT |
DET@TOR | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | SIT | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT |
HOU@TB | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
KC@SEA | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START |
LAA@BAL | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT |
MIL@CIN | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | START | Tyler Mahle SP | CIN | START |
MIN@CHC | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | START |
NYM@MIA | Seth Lugo SP | NYM | START | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT |
PIT@SD | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | START | Eric Lauer SP | SD | START |
SF@ARI | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT |
WAS@PHI | Jefry Rodriguez SP | WAS | SIT | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/1/18) - SUNDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ATL@STL | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | John Gant RP | STL | SIT |
BOS@NYY | David Price SP | BOS | START | Domingo German RP | NYY | SIT |
CHW@TEX | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
CLE@OAK | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
COL@LAD | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT | Ross Stripling RP | LAD | START |
DET@TOR | Blaine Hardy RP | DET | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
HOU@TB | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START | Nathan Eovaldi SP | TB | SIT |
KC@SEA | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
LAA@BAL | John Lamb SP | LAA | SIT | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT |
MIL@CIN | Freddy Peralta SP | MIL | START | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT |
MIN@CHC | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
NYM@MIA | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Elieser Hernandez RP | MIA | SIT |
PIT@SD | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | START |
SF@ARI | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START |
WAS@PHI | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START |