Week 17 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

6 years ago by Bill Dubiel

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You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 17! 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 17, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher. 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 (7/23/18) - MONDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@CHC	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START	Luke Farrell RP \| CHC	SIT
ATL@MIA	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	SIT
BOS@BAL	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	SIT
CHW@LAA	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	SIT	Jaime Barria SP \| LAA	START
DET@KC	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	SIT	Heath Fillmyer SP \| KC	SIT
LAD@PHI	Ross Stripling RP \| LAD	START	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	SIT
MIN@TOR	Adalberto Mejia SP \| MIN	SIT	Luis Santos RP \| TOR	SIT
NYY@TB	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START	Hunter Wood RP \| TB	SIT
OAK@TEX	Brett Anderson SP \| OAK	SIT	Cole Hamels SP \| TEX	START
PIT@CLE	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	SIT	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START
SD@NYM	Eric Lauer SP \| SD	START	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	START
STL@CIN	Daniel Poncedeleon SP \| STL	SIT	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT
WAS@MIL	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	SIT	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/24/18) - TUESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@CHC	TBA	TBD	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	SIT
ATL@MIA	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	START	Wei-Yin Chen SP \| MIA	SIT
BOS@BAL	Drew Pomeranz SP \| BOS	SIT	Yefry Ramirez RP \| BAL	SIT
CHW@LAA	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	START	Felix Pena RP \| LAA	SIT
DET@KC	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	START	Burch Smith SP \| KC	SIT
HOU@COL	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START	Tyler Anderson SP \| COL	SIT
LAD@PHI	Kenta Maeda SP \| LAD	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
MIN@TOR	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START	Ryan Borucki RP \| TOR	SIT
NYY@TB	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	START	Blake Snell SP \| TB	START
OAK@TEX	TBA	TBD	Mike Minor RP \| TEX	SIT
PIT@CLE	Joe Musgrove RP \| PIT	SIT	Shane Bieber SP \| CLE	START
SD@NYM	Joey Lucchesi SP \| SD	START	Jason Vargas SP \| NYM	SIT
SF@SEA	Andrew Suarez SP \| SF	START	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START
STL@CIN	Austin Gomber SP \| STL	SIT	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	SIT
WAS@MIL	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| WAS	START	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/25/18) - WEDNESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@CHC	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START
BOS@BAL	David Price SP \| BOS	START	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL	SIT
CHW@LAA	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT	Tyler Skaggs SP \| LAA	START
DET@KC	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	SIT	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	START
HOU@COL	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START	Jon Gray SP \| COL	SIT
LAD@PHI	Walker Buehler SP \| LAD	START	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI	START
MIN@TOR	Ervin Santana SP \| MIN	START	Sam Gaviglio SP \| TOR	SIT
NYY@TB	Luis Cessa SP \| NYY	SIT	Ryne Stanek SP \| TB	SIT
OAK@TEX	Edwin Jackson SP \| OAK	START	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT
PIT@CLE	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START
SD@NYM	Clayton Richard SP \| SD	START	Corey Oswalt P \| NYM	SIT
SF@SEA	Derek Holland SP \| SF	SIT	Mike Leake SP \| SEA	START
STL@CIN	Jack Flaherty SP \| STL	START	Sal Romano SP \| CIN	SIT
WAS@MIL	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	SIT	Freddy Peralta SP \| MIL	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/26/18) - THURSDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@CHC	Zack Godley SP \| ARI	START	Tyler Chatwood SP \| CHC	SIT
CHW@LAA	Dylan Covey SP \| CHW	START	Nick Tropeano SP \| LAA	SIT
KC@NYY	Jake Junis SP \| KC	SIT	Sonny Gray SP \| NYY	START
LAD@ATL	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Anibal Sanchez SP \| ATL	START
MIL@SF	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	SIT	Dereck Rodriguez SP \| SF	START
MIN@BOS	Lance Lynn SP \| MIN	SIT	Brian Johnson SP \| BOS	SIT
NYM@PIT	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	START	Nick Kingham SP \| PIT	START
OAK@TEX	Trevor Cahill SP \| OAK	START	Bartolo Colon SP \| TEX	SIT
PHI@CIN	TBA	TBD	Anthony DeSclafani SP \| CIN	START
TB@BAL	TBA	TBD	Alex Cobb SP \| BAL	SIT
WAS@MIA	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/27/18) - FRIDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START	Luis Perdomo SP \| SD	SIT
CHC@STL	Mike Montgomery RP \| CHC	SIT	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	SIT
CLE@DET	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START	Mike Fiers SP \| DET	SIT
KC@NYY	Brad Keller SP \| KC	SIT	C.C. Sabathia SP \| NYY	START
LAD@ATL	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START
MIL@SF	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	SIT	Madison Bumgarner SP \| SF	START
MIN@BOS	Lance Lynn SP \| MIN	SIT	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START
NYM@PIT	Jason Vargas SP \| NYM	START	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START
OAK@COL	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	START	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START
PHI@CIN	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	START	Anthony Desclafani SP \| CIN	SIT
SEA@LAA	Wade LeBlanc RP \| SEA	START	Andrew Heaney SP \| LAA	START
TB@BAL	Chris Archer SP \| TB	START	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	SIT
TEX@HOU	Yovani Gallardo SP \| TEX	SIT	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START
TOR@CHW	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	SIT
WAS@MIA	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START	Pablo Lopez P \| MIA	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/28/18) - SATURDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START	Tyson Ross SP \| SD	SIT
CHC@STL	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START	Miles Mikolas RP \| STL	START
CLE@DET	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	SIT
KC@NYY	Heath Fillmyer SP \| KC	SIT	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START
LAD@ATL	Alex Wood RP \| LAD	START	Max Fried SP \| ATL	SIT
MIL@SF	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	SIT	Johnny Cueto SP \| SF	START
MIN@BOS	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN	SIT	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START
NYM@PIT	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	SIT
OAK@COL	Brett Anderson SP \| OAK	SIT	Antonio Senzatela SP \| COL	SIT
PHI@CIN	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	START	Matt Harvey SP \| CIN	SIT
SEA@LAA	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	SIT	Jaime Barria SP \| LAA	START
TB@BAL	TBA	TBD	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	START
TEX@HOU	TBA	TBD	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START
TOR@CHW	TBA	TBD	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	SIT
WAS@MIA	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START	Trevor Richards SP \| MIA	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/29/18) - SUNDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Clay Buchholz SP \| ARI	SIT	Joey Lucchesi SP \| SD	SIT
CHC@STL	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START	John Gant SP \| STL	SIT
CLE@DET	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Jordan Zimmerman SP \| DET	SIT
KC@NYY	Burch Smith SP \| KC	SIT	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
LAD@ATL	Ross Stripling SP \| LAD	START	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START
MIL@SF	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	START	Andrew Suarez SP \| SF	START
MIN@BOS	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START	Nathan Eovaldi SP \| BOS	START
NYM@PIT	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	START	Joe Musgrove RP \| PIT	SIT
OAK@COL	Frankie Montas SP \| OAK	SIT	German Marquez SP \| COL	SIT
PHI@CIN	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	START	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT
SEA@LAA	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA	START	Felix Pena RP \| LAA	SIT
TB@BAL	TBA	TBD	Dylan Bundy RP \| BAL	START
TEX@HOU	Mike Minor RP \| TEX	SIT	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	START
TOR@CHW	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	SIT	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	START
WAS@MIA	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| WAS	START	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	SIT