Week 22 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 22! 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 22, 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 (8/27/18) - MONDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SF	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START	Chris Stratton SP \| SF	SIT
CHW@NYY	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	START	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
COL@LAA	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START	Odrisamer Despaigne RP \| LAA	SIT
NYM@CHC	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START
OAK@HOU	Brett Anderson SP \| OAK	SIT	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START
TOR@BAL	Sam Gaviglio SP \| TOR	START	David Hess P \| BAL	START
WAS@PHI	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/28/18) - TUESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SF	Clay Buchholz SP \| ARI	START	Madison Bumgarner SP \| SF	START
CHW@NYY	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT	Lance Lynn SP \| NYY	START
COL@LAA	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START	Noe Ramirez SP \| LAA	SIT
DET@KC	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	START	Jake Junis SP \| KC	SIT
LAD@TEX	Walker Buehler RP \| LAD	START	Ariel Jurado SP \| TEX	SIT
MIA@BOS	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	SIT	Brian Johnson SP \| BOS	SIT
MIL@CIN	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	SIT	Anthony DeSclafani SP \| CIN	START
MIN@CLE	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	SIT	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
NYM@CHC	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START	Cole Hamels SP \| CHC	START
OAK@HOU	Edwin Jackson SP \| OAK	SIT	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START
PIT@STL	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START	Jack Flaherty SP \| STL	START
SEA@SD	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	SIT	Jacob Nix SP \| SD	SIT
TB@ATL	Ryne Stanek RP \| TB	SIT	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	START
TOR@BAL	Thomas Pannone P \| TOR	SIT	Josh Rogers SP \| BAL	SIT
WAS@PHI	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/29/18) - WEDNESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SF	Zack Godley SP \| ARI	START	Dereck Rodriguez SP \| SF	START
CHW@NYY	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	SIT	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	START
DET@KC	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	START
LAD@TEX	Alex Wood SP \| LAD	START	Mike Minor RP \| TEX	SIT
MIA@BOS	Trevor Richards SP \| MIA	SIT	David Price SP \| BOS	START
MIL@CIN	Freddy Peralta SP \| MIL	START	Matt Harvey SP \| CIN	START
MIN@CLE	Kohl Stewart SP \| MIN	SIT	Adam Plutko SP \| CLE	SIT
NYM@CHC	Jason Vargas SP \| NYM	SIT	Alec Mills SP \| CHC	SIT
OAK@HOU	Trevor Cahill SP \| OAK	START	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START
PIT@STL	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	START	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL	START
SEA@SD	Erasmo Ramirez SP \| SEA	SIT	Joey Lucchesi SP \| SD	START
TB@ATL	Diego Castillo RP \| TB	SIT	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START
TOR@BAL	Ryan Borucki RP \| TOR	START	Alex Cobb SP \| BAL	START
WAS@PHI	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	SIT	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/30/18) - THURSDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@LAD	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	SIT	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START
BOS@CHW	Hector Velazquez RP \| BOS	SIT	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	SIT
CHC@ATL	Mike Montgomery RP \| CHC	SIT	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START
COL@SD	German Marquez SP \| COL	START	Clayton Richard SP \| SD	SIT
DET@NYY	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	SIT	J.A. Happ SP \| NYY	START
LAA@HOU	Andrew Heaney SP \| LAA	SIT	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START
MIL@CIN	Wade Miley SP \| MIL	SIT	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT
MIN@CLE	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN	START	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START
PIT@STL	Joe Musgrove RP \| PIT	START	John Gant RP \| STL	START
SEA@OAK	Erasmo Ramirez SP \| SEA	SIT	TBA	TBD
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/31/18) - FRIDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@LAD	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	SIT
BAL@KC	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	SIT	Brad Keller SP \| KC	START
BOS@CHW	Nathan Eovaldi SP \| BOS	SIT	Michael Kopech SP \| CHW	SIT
CHC@PHI	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	SIT	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	SIT
CIN@STL	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	SIT	Austin Gomber SP \| STL	START
COL@SD	Antonio Senzatela SP \| COL	START	Brett Kennedy SP \| SD	SIT
DET@NYY	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START
LAA@HOU	Jaime Barria SP \| LAA	SIT	Framber Valdez RP \| HOU	START
MIL@WAS	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	START	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	START
MIN@TEX	Stephen Gonsalves SP \| MIN	SIT	Drew Hutchison RP \| TEX	SIT
NYM@SF	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	START	Andrew Suarez SP \| SF	START
PIT@ATL	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Anibal Sanchez SP \| ATL	SIT
SEA@OAK	Mike Leake SP \| SEA	SIT	Mike Fiers SP \| OAK	START
TB@CLE	Tyler Glasnow SP \| TB	SIT	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START
TOR@MIA	Aaron Sanchez SP \| TOR	SIT	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/1/18) - SATURDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@LAD	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START
BAL@KC	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL	START	Heath Fillmyer SP \| KC	SIT
BOS@CHW	Eduardo Rodriguez SP \| BOS	START	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	START
CHC@PHI	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	SIT
CIN@STL	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT	Daniel Poncedeleon SP \| STL	START
COL@SD	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START	Robbie Erlin SP \| SD	SIT
DET@NYY	Daniel Norris SP \| DET	SIT	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
LAA@HOU	Felix Pena RP \| LAA	SIT	Josh James SP \| HOU	SIT
MIL@WAS	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	SIT	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START
MIN@TEX	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START	Yovani Gallardo SP \| TEX	SIT
NYM@SF	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	START	Derek Holland SP \| SF	START
PIT@ATL	Chris Archer SP \| PIT	SIT	Kevin Gausman SP \| ATL	START
SEA@OAK	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START	Daniel Mengden SP \| OAK	SIT
TB@CLE	Blake Snell SP \| TB	START	Shane Bieber SP \| CLE	START
TOR@MIA	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	SIT	Wei-Yin Chen SP \| MIA	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/2/18) - SUNDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@LAD	Clay Buchholz SP \| ARI	START	Walker Buehler RP \| LAD	START
BAL@KC	David Hess P \| BAL	START	Jorge Lopez RP \| KC	SIT
BOS@CHW	Brian Johnson SP \| BOS	SIT	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT
CHC@PHI	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
CIN@STL	Anthony DeSclafani SP \| CIN	START	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	SIT
COL@SD	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START	Jacob Nix SP \| SD	SIT
DET@NYY	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	SIT	Lance Lynn SP \| NYY	START
LAA@HOU	Shohei Ohtani RP \| LAA	START	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START
MIL@WAS	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	START	Jefry Rodriguez SP \| WAS	SIT
MIN@TEX	Gabriel Moya SP \| MIN	SIT	Yovani Gallardo SP \| TEX	SIT
NYM@SF	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START	Yohander Mendez SP \| SF	SIT
PIT@ATL	Nick Kingham SP \| PIT	SIT	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	START
SEA@OAK	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	SIT	Edwin Jackson SP \| OAK	SIT
TB@CLE	Diego Castillo RP \| TB	SIT	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
TOR@MIA	Sean Reid-Foley SP \| TOR	SIT	Jeff Brigham P \| MIA	SIT