You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 16! 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 16, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher. While this is just for the weekend, we will have an updated list on Sunday. 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 (7/20/18) | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ATL@WAS | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | START | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
BAL@TOR | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT |
BOS@DET | David Price SP | BOS | START | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | SIT |
CHW@SEA | James Shields SP | CHW | START | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT |
CLE@TEX | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT |
COL@ARI | German Marquez SP | COL | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
HOU@LAA | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START |
LAD@MIL | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START | Wade Miley SP | MIL | SIT |
MIA@TB | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Nathan Eovaldi SP | TB | START |
MIN@KC | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | START | Danny Duffy SP | KC | SIT |
NYM@NYY | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Domingo German RP | NYY | SIT |
PIT@CIN | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START | Tyler Mahle SP | CIN | SIT |
SD@PHI | Clayton Richard SP | SD | SIT | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START |
SF@OAK | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START | Edwin Jackson SP | OAK | SIT |
STL@CHC | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/21/18) | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ATL@WAS | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | SIT |
BAL@TOR | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
BOS@DET | Brian Johnson SP | BOS | SIT | Mike Fiers SP | DET | SIT |
CHW@SEA | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT |
CLE@TEX | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT |
COL@ARI | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START |
HOU@LAA | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | SIT |
LAD@MIL | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT |
MIA@TB | Pablo Lopez P | MIA | SIT | Ryne Stanek SP | DET | SIT |
MIN@KC | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | START | Jake Junis SP | KC | SIT |
NYM@NYY | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | START |
PIT@CIN | Nick Kingham SP | PIT | START | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START |
SD@PHI | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START |
SF@OAK | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START |
STL@CHC | Luke Weaver SP | STL | START | Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC | SIT |
STL@CHC | Jon Gant SP | STL | SIT | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/22/18) | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
ATL@WAS | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
BAL@TOR | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
BOS@DET | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Blaine Hardy SP | DET | SIT |
CHW@SEA | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | SIT | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | START |
CLE@TEX | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | SIT |
COL@ARI | Antionio Senzatela SP | COL | SIT | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
HOU@LAA | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START |
LAD@MIL | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START | Brent Suter SP | MIL | SIT |
MIA@TB | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
MIN@KC | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | START | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT |
NYM@NYY | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
PIT@CIN | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | SIT | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | START |
SD@PHI | Tyson Ross SP | SD | START | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START |
SF@OAK | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
STL@CHC | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START |