Week 14 Start/Sit Matchups: MLB Starting Pitchers (SP)

7 years ago by Bill Dubiel

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Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 14, 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

PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/3/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BAL@MIL	Wade Miley SP \| BAL	SIT	Brent Suter RP \| MIL	SIT
BOS@TEX	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	SIT	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT
CHW@OAK	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	SIT	Jharel Cotton SP \| OAK	START
CIN@COL	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT	Jeff Hoffman SP \| COL	SIT
KC@SEA	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	START	Andrew Moore SP \| SEA	SIT
LAA@MIN	Alex Meyer SP \| LAA	START	Adalberto Mejia RP \| MIN	SIT
MIA@STL	Jeff Locke SP \| MIA	SIT	Adam Wainwright SP \| STL	START
NYM@WAS	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	START	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START
PIT@PHI	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
TOR@NYY	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/4/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@LAD	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	SIT	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START
BAL@MIL	Ubaldo Jimenez SP \| BAL	SIT	Jimmy Nelson SP \| MIL	START
BOS@TEX	David Price SP \| BOS	START	Yu Darvish SP \| TEX	START
CHW@OAK	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT	Daniel Gossett SP \| OAK	START
CIN@COL	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	SIT	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	SIT
HOU@ATL	Brad Peacock SP \| HOU	START	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	SIT
KC@SEA	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	SIT	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	START
LAA@MIN	JC Ramirez RP \| LAA	SIT	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	START
MIA@STL	Jose Urena RP \| MIA	SIT	Lance Lynn SP \| STL	START
NYM@WAS	Seth Lugo SP \| NYM	START	Joe Ross SP \| WAS	START
PIT@PHI	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Mark Leiter RP \| PHI	SIT
SD@CLE	Trevor Cahill RP \| SD	SIT	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START
SF@DET	Matt Cain SP \| SF	SIT	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START
TB@CHC	Chris Archer SP \| TB	START	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START
TOR@NYY	J.A. Happ SP \| TOR	START	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/5/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@LAD	Zack Godley RP \| ARI	START	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	SIT
BAL@MIL	Chris Tillman SP \| BAL	SIT	Matt Garza SP \| MIL	SIT
BOS@TEX	Doug Fister SP \| BOS	SIT	Andrew Cashner SP \| TEX	SIT
CHW@OAK	Mike Pelfrey SP \| CHW	SIT	Sonny Gray SP \| OAK	START
CIN@COL	Scott Feldman RP \| CIN	SIT	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START
HOU@ATL	TBA	TBD	Jaime Garcia SP \| ATL	SIT
KC@SEA	Jason Vargas SP \| KC	START	Ariel Miranda SP \| SEA	START
LAA@MIN	Parker Bridwell RP \| LAA	SIT	Ervin Santana SP \| MIN	START
MIA@STL	Edinson Volquez SP \| MIA	START	Mike Leake SP \| STL	START
NYM@WAS	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	SIT
PIT@PHI	Gerrit Cole SP \| PIT	START	Ben Lively SP \| PHI	SIT
SD@CLE	Luis Perdomo SP \| SD	SIT	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START
SF@DET	Ty Blach SP \| SF	START	Daniel Norris SP \| DET	SIT
TB@CHC	Blake Snell SP \| TB	SIT	John Lackey SP \| CHC	START
TOR@NYY	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	START	Michael Pineda SP \| NYY	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/6/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@LAD	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START	Alex Wood SP \| LAD	START
ATL@WAS	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START
BAL@MIN	Dylan Bundy RP \| BAL	SIT	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START
BOS@TB	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START	Jacob Faria SP \| TB	START
CIN@COL	TBA	TBD	Tyler Chatwood SP \| COL	SIT
HOU@TOR	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	START	Francisco Liriano SP \| TOR	SIT
MIA@STL	Tom Koehler SP \| MIA	SIT	Michael Wacha SP \| STL	START
MIL@CHC	Zach Davies SP \| MIL	SIT	Mike Montgomery RP \| CHC	START
OAK@SEA	Paul Blackburn SP \| OAK	START	Sam Gaviglio RP \| SEA	SIT
PIT@PHI	Chad Kuhl SP \| PIT	SIT	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| PHI	START
SD@CLE	Dinelson Lamet SP \| SD	START	Josh Tomlin SP \| CLE	SIT
SF@DET	Johnny Cueto SP \| SF	START	Anibal Sanchez SP \| DET	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/7/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@WAS	R.A. Dickey SP \| ATL	SIT	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START
BAL@MIN	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	START	Hector Santiago SP \| MIN	SIT
BOS@TB	Drew Pomeranz SP \| BOS	START	Jake Odorizzi SP \| TB	SIT
CHW@COL	Derek Holland SP \| CHW	SIT	German Marquez SP \| COL	SIT
CIN@ARI	Tim Adleman SP \| CIN	SIT	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START
DET@CLE	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
HOU@TOR	Francis Martes SP \| HOU	START	Joe Biagini RP \| TOR	SIT
KC@LAD	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	SIT	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START
LAA@TEX	Ricky Nolasco SP \| LAA	SIT	Cole Hamels SP \| TEX	START
MIA@SF	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	START	Matt Moore SP \| SF	SIT
MIL@NYY	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	SIT	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY	START
NYM@STL	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	SIT	Carlos Martinez SP \| STL	START
OAK@SEA	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	START	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START
PIT@CHC	Trevor Williams RP \| PIT	SIT	Eddie Butler SP \| CHC	SIT
SD@PHI	Clayton Richard RP \| SD	SIT	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/8/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@WAS	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	SIT	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START
BAL@MIN	Wade Miley SP \| BAL	SIT	Adalberto Mejia RP \| MIN	SIT
BOS@TB	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	SIT	Alex Cobb SP \| TB	START
CHW@COL	Jose Quintana SP \| CHW	START	Jeff Hoffman SP \| COL	START
CIN@ARI	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT	Taijuan Walker SP \| ARI	SIT
DET@CLE	Justin Verlander SP \| DET	SIT	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START
HOU@TOR	Mike Fiers SP \| HOU	START	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START
KC@LAD	Travis Wood RP \| KC	SIT	Kenta Maeda SP \| LAD	SIT
LAA@TEX	Jesse Chavez RP \| LAA	SIT	Tyson Ross SP \| TEX	START
MIA@SF	Jeff Locke SP \| MIA	SIT	Jeff Samardzija SP \| SF	START
MIL@NYY	Brent Suter RP \| MIL	SIT	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START
NYM@STL	Rafael Montero RP \| NYM	SIT	Adam Wainwright SP \| STL	START
OAK@SEA	Jharel Cotton SP \| OAK	SIT	TBA	TBD
PIT@CHC	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START	Jake Arrieta SP \| CHC	START
SD@PHI	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| SD	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/9/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@WAS	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	SIT	Joe Ross SP \| WAS	START
BAL@MIN	Ubaldo Jimenez SP \| BAL	SIT	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	SIT
BOS@TB	David Price SP \| BOS	START	Chris Archer SP \| TB	START
CHW@COL	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	SIT	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START
CIN@ARI	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	SIT	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START
DET@CLE	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START
HOU@TOR	Brad Peacock SP \| HOU	START	J.A. Happ SP \| TOR	START
KC@LAD	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	SIT	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START
LAA@TEX	Alex Meyer SP \| LAA	SIT	Yu Darvish SP \| TEX	START
MIA@SF	Jose Urena RP \| MIA	START	Matt Cain SP \| SF	SIT
MIL@NYY	Jimmy Nelson SP \| MIL	START	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
NYM@STL	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	START	Lance Lynn SP \| STL	START
OAK@SEA	Daniel Gossett SP \| OAK	SIT	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	START
PIT@CHC	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START
SD@PHI	Trevor Cahill RP \| SD	START	Mark Leiter RP \| PHI	SIT