Week 8 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher Matchups

8 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 8, 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 (5/22/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
CHW@ARI	Miguel Gonzalez SP \| CHW	SIT	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START
CLE@CIN	Josh Tomlin SP \| CLE	SIT	Scott Feldman RP \| CIN	SIT
COL@PHI	Jeff Hoffman SP \| COL	START	Jerad Eickhoff SP \| PHI	SIT
DET@HOU	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START	Brad Peacock SP \| HOU	SIT
KC@NYY	Jason Vargas SP \| KC	START	Michael Pineda SP \| NYY	START
LAA@TB	JC Ramirez RP \| LAA	START	Jake Odorizzi SP \| TB	START
MIN@BAL	TBA	TBD	Ubaldo Jimenez SP \| BAL	SIT
PIT@ATL	Gerrit Cole SP \| PIT	START	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START
SF@CHC	Ty Blach SP \| SF	SIT	John Lackey SP \| CHC	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/23/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
CHW@ARI	Dylan Covey SP \| CHW	SIT	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START
CLE@CIN	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START	Amir Garrett SP \| CIN	SIT
COL@PHI	German Marquez SP \| COL	START	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	SIT
DET@HOU	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	START
KC@NYY	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	START	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY	START
LAA@TB	Matt Shoemaker SP \| LAA	START	Alex Cobb SP \| TB	START
MIA@OAK	Jose Urena RP \| MIA	SIT	Jesse Hahn SP \| OAK	START
MIN@BAL	Ervin Santana SP \| MIN	SIT	Dylan Bundy RP \| BAL	START
PIT@ATL	Tyler Glasnow SP \| PIT	START	R.A. Dickey SP \| ATL	SIT
SD@NYM	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| SD	SIT	Matt Harvey SP \| NYM	START
SEA@WAS	Christian Bergman RP \| SEA	START	Jacob Turner RP \| WAS	SIT
SF@CHC	Johnny Cueto SP \| SF	START	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START
STL@LAD	Lance Lynn SP \| STL	START	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START
TEX@BOS	Andrew Cashner SP \| TEX	SIT	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START
TOR@MIL	Joe Biagini RP \| TOR	SIT	Jimmy Nelson SP \| MIL	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/24/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
CHW@ARI	Jose Quintana SP \| CHW	START	TBA	TBD
CIN@CLE	Lisalverto Bonilla SP \| CIN	SIT	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START
COL@PHI	Tyler Chatwood SP \| COL	SIT	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| PHI	START
DET@HOU	Daniel Norris SP \| DET	SIT	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START
KC@NYY	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	SIT	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START
LAA@TB	Ricky Nolasco SP \| LAA	SIT	Erasmo Ramirez RP \| TB	START
MIA@OAK	Edinson Volquez SP \| MIA	SIT	Sonny Gray SP \| OAK	START
MIN@BAL	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START	Chris Tillman SP \| BAL	START
PIT@ATL	Trevor Williams RP \| PIT	SIT	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	START
SD@NYM	Jarred Cosart SP \| SD	SIT	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START
SEA@WAS	Sam Gaviglio RP \| SEA	SIT	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	START
SF@CHC	Matt Moore SP \| SF	SIT	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START
STL@LAD	Mike Leake SP \| STL	START	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START
TEX@BOS	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START
TOR@MIL	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START	Matt Garza SP \| MIL	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/25/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@MIL	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START	Zach Davies SP \| MIL	SIT
CIN@CLE	Tim Adleman SP \| CIN	SIT	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START
COL@PHI	Tyler Anderson SP \| COL	START	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	SIT
DET@HOU	Justin Verlander SP \| DET	START	Mike Fiers SP \| HOU	SIT
KC@NYY	Nate Karns SP \| KC	START	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
LAA@TB	Alex Meyer SP \| LAA	SIT	Matt Andriese SP \| TB	START
PIT@ATL	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START	Bartolo Colon SP \| ATL	SIT
SD@NYM	TBA	TBD	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	START
SEA@WAS	Ariel Miranda SP \| SEA	START	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START
SF@CHC	Jeff Samardzija SP \| SF	START	Eddie Butler SP \| CHC	SIT
STL@LAD	Michael Wacha SP \| STL	START	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	SIT
TEX@BOS	Nick Martinez SP \| TEX	SIT	Drew Pomeranz SP \| BOS	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/26/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@MIL	Zack Godley RP \| ARI	START	TBD	TBA
ATL@SF	Jaime Garcia SP \| ATL	START	Matt Cain SP \| SF	SIT
BAL@HOU	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	SIT	Joe Musgrove SP \| HOU	SIT
CHC@LAD	Jake Arrieta SP \| CHC	START	Alex Wood SP \| LAD	START
CIN@PHI	Bronson Arroyo SP \| CIN	SIT	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
DET@CHW	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	START	Mike Pelfrey SP \| CHW	SIT
KC@CLE	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	START	Danny Salazar SP \| CLE	START
LAA@MIA	Jesse Chavez RP \| LAA	START	Justin Nicolino SP \| MIA	SIT
NYM@PIT	Tommy Milone SP \| NYM	SIT	Chad Kuhl SP \| PIT	SIT
OAK@NYY	Kendall Graveman SP \| OAK	SIT	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	START
SD@WAS	Luis Perdomo SP \| SD	SIT	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START
SEA@BOS	Yovani Gallardo SP \| SEA	SIT	Eduardo Rodriguez SP \| BOS	START
STL@COL	Carlos Martinez SP \| STL	START	Antonio Senzatela SP \| COL	START
TB@MIN	Chris Archer SP \| TB	START	Hector Santiago SP \| MIN	SIT
TEX@TOR	A.J. Griffin SP \| TEX	START	Mike Bolsinger SP \| TOR	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/27/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@MIL	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	SIT
ATL@SF	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START	Ty Blach SP \| SF	SIT
BAL@HOU	Wade Miley SP \| BAL	START	Brad Peacock SP \| HOU	SIT
CHC@LAD	John Lackey SP \| CHC	START	Brandon McCarthy SP \| LAD	START
CIN@PHI	Scott Feldman RP \| CIN	START	Jerad Eickhoff SP \| PHI	START
DET@CHW	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START	Miguel Gonzalez SP \| CHW	SIT
KC@CLE	Jason Vargas SP \| KC	START	Josh Tomlin SP \| CLE	SIT
LAA@MIA	JC Ramirez RP \| LAA	START	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	SIT
NYM@PIT	Robert Gsellman SP \| NYM	SIT	Gerrit Cole SP \| PIT	START
OAK@NYY	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	SIT	Michael Pineda SP \| NYY	START
SD@WAS	Clayton Richard RP \| SD	SIT	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START
SEA@BOS	TBA	TBD	TBA	TBD
STL@COL	Adam Wainwright SP \| STL	SIT	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START
TB@MIN	Jake Odorizzi SP \| TB	START	Phil Hughes SP \| MIN	SIT
TEX@TOR	Yu Darvish SP \| TEX	START	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/28/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@MIL	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START	Jimmy Nelson SP \| MIL	SIT
ATL@SF	R.A. Dickey SP \| ATL	SIT	Johnny Cueto SP \| SF	START
BAL@HOU	Ubaldo Jimenez SP \| BAL	SIT	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	START
CHC@LAD	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START
CIN@PHI	Amir Garrett SP \| CIN	START	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	SIT
DET@CHW	Daniel Norris SP \| DET	SIT	Dylan Covey SP \| CHW	SIT
KC@CLE	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	START	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
LAA@MIA	Matt Shoemaker SP \| LAA	START	Jose Urena RP \| MIA	SIT
NYM@PIT	Matt Harvey SP \| NYM	SIT	Tyler Glasnow SP \| PIT	START
OAK@NYY	Andrew Triggs RP \| OAK	START	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY	SIT
SD@WAS	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| SD	SIT	Jacob Turner RP \| WAS	SIT
SEA@BOS	Christian Bergman RP \| SEA	SIT	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START
STL@COL	Lance Lynn SP \| STL	START	German Marquez SP \| COL	START
TB@MIN	Alex Cobb SP \| TB	START	TBA	TBD
TEX@TOR	Andrew Cashner SP \| TEX	SIT	Joe Biagini RP \| TOR	SIT