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Did you survive the first week of games? Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 2, 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 (4/10/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Taijuan Walker SP | ARI | START | Matt Moore SP | SF | SIT |
| BOS@DET | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| CIN@PIT | Brandon Finnegan SP | CIN | SIT | Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT | START |
| HOU@SEA | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | SIT | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| LAD@CHC | Alex Wood SP | LAD | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| NYM@PHI | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START |
| OAK@KC | Jharel Cotton SP | OAK | START | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | SIT |
| SD@COL | Zach Lee SP | SD | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START |
| STL@WAS | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | SIT |
| TB@NYY | Alex Cobb SP | TB | START | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/11/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | SIT | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START |
| ATL@MIA | Bartolo Colon SP | ATL | START | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT |
| BAL@BOS | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | START | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT |
| CHW@CLE | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
| CIN@PIT | Rookie Davis SP | CIN | START | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| HOU@SEA | Joe Musgrove SP | HOU | SIT | Ariel Miranda SP | SEA | START |
| MIL@TOR | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
| MIN@DET | Hector Santiago SP | MIN | SIT | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
| NYM@PHI | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | START | Clay Buchholz SP | PHI | SIT |
| SD@COL | Jered Weaver SP | SD | SIT | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | START |
| STL@WAS | Lance Lynn SP | STL | START | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| TEX@LAA | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/12/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT | Matt Cain SP | SF | SIT |
| ATL@MIA | Jaime Garcia SP | ATL | SIT | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | START |
| BAL@BOS | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT | Steven Wright SP | BOS | SIT |
| CHW@CLE | Derek Holland SP | CHW | SIT | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START |
| CIN@PIT | Amir Garrett SP | CIN | START | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START |
| HOU@SEA | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | SIT | Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA | SIT |
| LAD@CHC | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | START | John Lackey SP | CHC | SIT |
| MIL@TOR | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
| MIN@DET | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
| NYM@PHI | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | SIT | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START |
| OAK@KC | Andrew Triggs RP | OAK | START | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT |
| SD@COL | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
| STL@WAS | Mike Leake SP | STL | START | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| TB@NYY | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Luis Severino SP | NYY | SIT |
| TEX@LAA | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | START | Jesse Chavez RP | LAA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/13/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@TOR | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START | Francisco Liriano SP | TOR | SIT |
| CHW@CLE | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START |
| COL@SF | Jon Gray SP | COL | START | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START |
| LAD@CHC | Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD | SIT | Brett Anderson SP | CHC | SIT |
| MIL@CIN | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | START | Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN | SIT |
| MIN@DET | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | SIT | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START |
| NYM@MIA | Robert Gsellman SP | NYM | SIT | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | START |
| OAK@KC | Raul Alcantara SP | OAK | START | Jason Vargas SP | KC | SIT |
| PIT@BOS | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | SIT | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | SIT |
| TB@NYY | Matt Andriese SP | TB | SIT | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| TEX@LAA | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/14/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| BAL@TOR | Wade Miley SP | BAL | SIT | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | START |
| CHW@MIN | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START | Adalberto Mejia RP | MIN | SIT |
| COL@SF | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START |
| DET@CLE | Daniel Norris SP | DET | START | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | SIT |
| HOU@OAK | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | START |
| LAA@KC | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| MIL@CIN | Tommy Milone SP | MIL | SIT | Scott Feldman RP | CIN | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Adam Conley SP | MIA | SIT |
| PHI@WAS | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | TBA | TBD |
| PIT@CHC | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| SD@ATL | Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD | SIT | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| STL@NYY | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT |
| TB@BOS | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| TEX@SEA | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/15/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START |
| BAL@TOR | TBA | TBD | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START |
| CHW@MIN | TBA | TBD | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START |
| COL@SF | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START | Matt Moore SP | SF | SIT |
| DET@CLE | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| HOU@OAK | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
| LAA@KC | TBA | TBD | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | SIT |
| MIL@CIN | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT | Brandon Finnegan SP | CIN | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Edinson Volquez SP | MIA | SIT |
| PHI@WAS | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | SIT | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| PIT@CHC | Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT | START | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START |
| SD@ATL | Clayton Richard RP | SD | SIT | R.A. Dickey SP | ATL | SIT |
| STL@NYY | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | SIT |
| TB@BOS | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | SIT | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| TEX@SEA | TBA | TBD | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/16/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Taijuan Walker SP | ARI | SIT | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
| BAL@TOR | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | START | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | SIT |
| CHW@MIN | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Hector Santiago SP | MIN | SIT |
| COL@SF | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | SIT | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START |
| DET@CLE | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
| HOU@OAK | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | SIT | Jharel Cotton SP | OAK | SIT |
| LAA@KC | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Nathan Karns SP | KC | START |
| MIL@CIN | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT | Rookie Davis SP | CIN | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | START | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT |
| PHI@WAS | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
| PIT@CHC | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| SD@ATL | Zach Lee SP | SD | SIT | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START |
| STL@NYY | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START | Luis Severino SP | NYY | SIT |
| TB@BOS | Alex Cobb SP | TB | START | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT |
| TEX@SEA | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | SIT |
