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Week 16 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

By mjl816 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsWhat's up RotoBallers... welcome to the All-Star break. Hopefully the first half of the MLB and fantasy baseball season has treated you well. For some of us, these few days off are coming just at the right time - we have a few days to regroup, take a deep breath, and get ready for the 2nd half's home stretch. For others, our fantasy teams are roaring right now and taking a few days off just seems silly. Regardless, we are here to hopefully to bring you an edge for your fantasy leagues, and give you what it takes to make that 2nd half run and win your leagues.

With the All-Star game festivities taking place from Monday through Thursday, we will see a shortened Week 16 of fantasy baseball action. As of now, not all of the teams have decided on their starting pitching rotations coming out of the break, but below are all of the starting pitching matchups for Week 16 that we are currently aware of. 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, and we will be updating this piece throughout the week as further updates from the MLB teams are released.

This weekly piece considers all of the pitching performances thus far this season, 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. As always, there will be some viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire, depending on your league size and format including AL-Only and NL-Only leagues. 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.

Good luck this week RotoBallers. Enjoy the All-Star break, take a few days off to read up and regroup for the 2nd half, and then let's win some leagues!

Editor’s Note: RotoBaller's fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups list is updated every single day. Our awesome writers bring you analysis on hot or emerging starting pitchers, and also all other fantasy positions. You can also download our waiver wire iPhone app for free, and easily stay updated.

 

SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

Projected starters and matchups last updated Friday 7/18:

Monday (7/14/14) - Thursday (7/17/14)

Scheduled
Game
Visiting
Starter
Start / Sit Home
Starter
Start / Sit
All-Star Break

Probable Pitchers - Friday (7/18/14)

Scheduled
Game
Visiting
Starter
Start / Sit Home
Starter
Start / Sit
BAL@OAK Tillman, Chris SP | BAL Sit Samardzija, Jeff SP | OAK Start
CHC@ARI Jackson, Edwin SP | CHC Sit Cahill, Trevor SP | ARI Sit
CIN@NYY Leake, Mike SP | CIN Start Phelps, David SP | NYY Sit
CLE@DET Bauer, Trevor SP | CLE Sit Sanchez, Anibal SP | DET Start
COL@PIT De La Rosa, Jorge SP | COL Sit Liriano, Francisco SP | PIT Sit
HOU@CHW Feldman, Scott SP | HOU Sit Quintana, Jose SP | CHW Start
KC@BOS Shields, James SP | KC Start Buchholz, Clay SP | BOS Start
LAD@STL Haren, Dan SP | LAD Sit Lynn, Lance SP | STL Start
MIL@WAS Lohse, Kyle SP | MIL Start Strasburg, Stephen SP | WAS Start
NYM@SD Colon, Bartolo SP | NYM Start Kennedy, Ian SP | SD Start
PHI@ATL Burnett, A.J. SP | PHI Start Santana, Ervin SP | ATL Start
SEA@LAA Iwakuma, Hisashi SP | SEA Start Weaver, Jered SP | LAA Start
SF@MIA Bumgarner, Madison SP | SF Start Eovaldi, Nathan SP | MIA Start
TB@MIN Cobb, Alex SP | TB Start Gibson, Kyle SP | MIN Sit
TEX@TOR Darvish, Yu SP | TEX Start Dickey, R.A. SP | TOR Sit

Probable Pitchers - Saturday (7/19/14)

Scheduled
Game
Visiting
Starter
Start / Sit Home
Starter
Start / Sit
BAL@OAK Chen, Wei-Yin SP | BAL Sit Hammel, Jason SP | OAK Start
CHC@ARI Wood, Travis SP | CHC Sit Miley, Wade SP | ARI Start
CIN@NYY Simon, Alfredo RP | CIN Start McCarthy, Brandon SP | NYY Sit
CLE@DET Kluber, Corey SP | CLE Start VerHagen, Drew SP | DET Sit
COL@PIT Anderson, Brett RP | COL Sit Morton, Charlie SP | PIT Start
HOU@CHW Keuchel, Dallas SP | HOU Sit Noesi, Hector RP | CHW Sit
KC@BOS Duffy, Danny SP | KC Start De La Rosa, Rubby RP | BOS Start
LAD@STL Greinke, Zack SP | LAD Start Kelly, Joe RP | STL Sit
MIL@WAS Garza, Matt SP | MIL Start Roark, Tanner SP | WAS Start
NYM@SD Gee, Dillon SP | NYM Start Ross, Tyson RP | SD Start
PHI@ATL Hamels, Cole SP | PHI Start Harang, Aaron SP | ATL Start
SEA@LAA Hernandez, Felix SP | SEA Start Richards, Garrett RP | LAA Start
SF@MIA Hudson, Tim SP | SF Start Alvarez, Henderson SP | MIA Start
TB@MIN Price, David SP | TB Start Hughes, Phil SP | MIN Start
TEX@TOR Lewis, Colby SP | TEX Sit Stroman, Marcus SP | TOR Start

Probable Pitchers - Sunday (7/20/14)

Scheduled
Game
Visiting
Starter
Start / Sit Home
Starter
Start / Sit
BAL@OAK Gausman, Kevin RP | BAL Sit Gray, Sonny SP | OAK Start
CHC@ARI Arrieta, Jake SP | CHC Start Collmenter, Josh RP | ARI Sit
CIN@NYY Cueto, Johnny SP | CIN Start Kuroda, Hiroki SP | NYY Sit
CLE@DET Tomlin, Josh RP | CLE Sit Smyly, Drew RP | DET Sit
COL@PIT Matzek, Tyler SP | COL Sit Locke, Jeff SP | PIT Start
HOU@CHW Cosart, Jarred SP | HOU Sit Danks, John SP | CHW Start
KC@BOS Ventura, Yordano SP | KC Start Lester, Jon SP | BOS Start
LAD@STL Kershaw, Clayton SP | LAD Start Martinez, Carlos RP | STL Sit
MIL@WAS Gallardo, Yovani SP | MIL Start Gonzalez, Gio SP | WAS Start
NYM@SD Wheeler, Zack SP | NYM Start Despaigne, Odrisamer SP | SD Start
PHI@ATL Kendrick, Kyle SP | PHI Sit Wood, Alex RP | ATL Start
SEA@LAA Young, Chris SP | SEA Sit Skaggs, Tyler SP | LAA Start
SF@MIA Lincecum, Tim SP | SF Start Hand, Brad RP | MIA Sit
TB@MIN Archer, Chris SP | TB Start Correia, Kevin SP | MIN Start
TEX@TOR Tepesch, Nick SP | TEX Sit Buehrle, Mark SP | TOR Start

 

 




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