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What’s up RotoBallers. As I mentioned last week, the next few weeks of fantasy baseball can really separate the men from the boys. These are weeks where savvy fantasy owners can make moves to shore up their teams, climb up the standings, and put themselves in a position to win leagues. Hit that waiver wire hard, and don't be afraid to cut dead weight from your team. These next few weeks are also a good time to avoid extra risk and potential pitcher blow-ups, while being a bit more careful with your starts/sits.
With that being said, below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 11, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. Next to each matchup below, we also have a link to our Premium Starting Pitcher Daily Matchups, Streamers & DFS Tool. For those who aren't aware, our in-house tool analyzes SP matchups based on a variety of stats/metrics, and recommends whether start, sit, or stream any pitcher for seasonal and DFS leagues. It's pretty cool.
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. This week there aren't as many great two-start pitchers, but some of them include Tanaka, Liriano, Arrieta, Keuchel, Ross, Rodon and Walker to name a few. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Garcia, McCullers, Rodriguez, Walker, Hahn, Quintana, Santiago, Hendricks, May, Chen), 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. 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.
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
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.
Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations at the beginning of the week, so I’ll try my best to update the matchups throughout the day:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (6/15/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAA | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Sit |
| ATL@BOS | Williams Perez SP | ATL | Start | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Sit |
| CHW@PIT | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start |
| CIN@DET | Jon Moscot SP | CIN | Sit | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Start |
| CLE@CHC | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Start | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
| COL@HOU | Chad Bettis RP | COL | Start | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start |
| KC@MIL | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start | Kyle Lohse SP | MIL | Sit |
| LAD@TEX | Carlos Frias RP | LAD | Sit | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Start |
| MIN@STL | Trevor May SP | MIN | Start | John Lackey SP | STL | Sit |
| NYY@MIA | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit |
| OAK@SD | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | Start | Tyson Ross SP | SD | Start |
| PHI@BAL | Aaron Harang SP | PHI | Sit | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Start |
| SEA@SF | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start | Tim Hudson SP | SF | Sit |
| TOR@NYM | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Sit | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Sit |
| WAS@TB | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start | Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (6/16/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAA | Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI | Sit | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start |
| ATL@BOS | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Sit | Wade Miley SP | BOS | Sit |
| CHW@PIT | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start | Charlie Morton SP | PIT | Start |
| CIN@DET | Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN | Sit | Kyle Ryan RP | DET | Sit |
| CLE@CHC | Shaun Marcum SP | CLE | Start | Tsuyoshi Wada SP | CHC | Sit |
| COL@HOU | Chris Rusin RP | COL | Sit | Vincent Velasquez SP | HOU | Start |
| KC@MIL | Chris Young SP | KC | Start | Matt Garza SP | MIL | Sit |
| LAD@TEX | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Sit | Chi Chi Gonzalez SP | TEX | Start |
| MIN@STL | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start |
| NYY@MIA | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit | David Phelps SP | MIA | Sit |
| OAK@SD | Scott Kazmir SP | OAK | Start | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Start |
| PHI@BAL | Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Sit |
| SEA@SF | J.A. Happ SP | SEA | Sit | Tim Lincecum SP | SF | Sit |
| TOR@NYM | Scott Copeland SP | TOR | Sit | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Sit |
| WAS@TB | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | Start | Alex Colome SP | TB | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (6/17/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@PHI | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Start | Kevin Correia SP | PHI | Sit |
| BOS@ATL | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit | Alex Wood SP | ATL | Start |
| CHC@CLE | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start |
| DET@CIN | David Price SP | DET | Start | Johnny Cueto SP | CIN | Start |
| HOU@COL | Brett Oberholtzer SP | HOU | Sit | Kyle Kendrick SP | COL | Sit |
| LAA@ARI | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start | Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Start |
| MIA@NYY | Jose Urena SP | MIA | Sit | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Start |
| MIL@KC | Mike Fiers SP | MIL | Sit | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start |
| NYM@TOR | Jonathon Niese SP | NYM | Sit | Drew Hutchison SP | TOR | Start |
| PIT@CHW | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit |
| SD@OAK | Odrisamer Despaigne SP | SD | Start | Jesse Chavez SP | OAK | Start |
| SF@SEA | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start |
| STL@MIN | Carlos Martinez RP | STL | Start | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | Sit |
| TB@WAS | Matt Andriese SP | TB | Sit | Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS | Start |
| TEX@LAD | Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX | Start | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (6/18/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@PHI | Bud Norris SP | BAL | Sit | Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI | Sit |
| BOS@ATL | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | Sit | Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start |
| CHC@CLE | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start | Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE | Start |
| DET@CIN | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Start | Mike Leake SP | CIN | Sit |
| HOU@COL | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Sit | David Hale RP | COL | Sit |
| LAA@ARI | C.J. Wilson SP | LAA | Sit | Allen Webster SP | ARI | Sit |
| MIA@NYY | Mat Latos SP | MIA | Start | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit |
| MIL@KC | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Sit | Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC | Sit |
| NYM@TOR | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Sit | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Sit |
| PIT@CHW | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Sit |
| SD@OAK | Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Start | Kendall Graveman RP | OAK | Start |
| SF@SEA | Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF | Sit | Mike Montgomery SP | SEA | Sit |
| STL@MIN | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | Start | Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Sit |
| TB@WAS | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start | Joe Ross SP | WAS | Sit |
| TEX@LAD | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Start | Zack Greinke SP | LAD | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (6/19/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@TOR | Mike Wright SP | BAL | Sit | Marco Estrada RP | TOR | Sit |
| BOS@KC | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | Start | TBD | TBD |
| CHC@MIN | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Sit |
| DET@NYY | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Sit | Adam Warren RP | NYY | Sit |
| HOU@SEA | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | Start | Roenis Elias SP | SEA | Start |
| LAA@OAK | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Start | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start |
| MIA@CIN | Dan Haren SP | MIA | Start | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Start |
| MIL@COL | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Sit | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Sit |
| NYM@ATL | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start | Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL | Sit |
| PIT@WAS | A.J. Burnett SP | PIT | Start | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start |
| SD@ARI | James Shields SP | SD | Start | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Start |
| SF@LAD | Chris Heston RP | SF | Start | Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD | Start |
| STL@PHI | Tyler Lyons RP | STL | Start | Cole Hamels SP | PHI | Start |
| TB@CLE | Nathan Karns SP | TB | Start | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| TEX@CHW | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | Start | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (6/20/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@TOR | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Sit | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Sit |
| BOS@KC | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Sit | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start |
| CHC@MIN | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start | Trevor May SP | MIN | Start |
| DET@NYY | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Sit | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start |
| HOU@SEA | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start |
| LAA@OAK | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Sit | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | Start |
| MIA@CIN | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit | Jon Moscot SP | CIN | Sit |
| MIL@COL | Kyle Lohse SP | MIL | Sit | Chad Bettis RP | COL | Sit |
| NYM@ATL | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start | Williams Perez SP | ATL | Start |
| PIT@WAS | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start |
| SD@ARI | Tyson Ross SP | SD | Start | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit |
| SF@LAD | Tim Hudson SP | SF | Sit | Carlos Frias RP | LAD | Sit |
| STL@PHI | John Lackey SP | STL | Sit | Aaron Harang SP | PHI | Sit |
| TB@CLE | Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB | Start | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Start |
| TEX@CHW | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Start | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (6/21/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@TOR | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Sit | Scott Copeland SP | TOR | Sit |
| BOS@KC | Wade Miley SP | BOS | Sit | Chris Young SP | KC | Start |
| CHC@MIN | Tsuyoshi Wada SP | CHC | Sit | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| DET@NYY | Kyle Ryan RP | DET | Sit | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit |
| HOU@SEA | Vincent Velasquez SP | HOU | Start | J.A. Happ SP | SEA | Sit |
| LAA@OAK | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start | Scott Kazmir SP | OAK | Start |
| MIA@CIN | David Phelps SP | MIA | Sit | Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN | Sit |
| MIL@COL | Matt Garza SP | MIL | Sit | Chris Rusin RP | COL | Sit |
| NYM@ATL | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start |
| PIT@WAS | Charlie Morton SP | PIT | Start | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | Start |
| SD@ARI | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Start | Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI | Sit |
| SF@LAD | Tim Lincecum SP | SF | Sit | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Start |
| STL@PHI | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start | Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit |
| TB@CLE | Alex Colome SP | TB | Start | Shaun Marcum SP | CLE | Start |
| TEX@CHW | Chi Chi Gonzalez SP | TEX | Start | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start |
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