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What’s up RotoBallers. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 21, 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 are a bunch of solid two-start pitchers including deGrom, Arrieta, Strasburg, Lester, Lynn, Kluber, Iwakuma, Syndergaard, Quintana and Shields. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Iglesias, Rodon, Severino, Smyly, Leake, Estrada, Corbin, Medlen, Chavez, Eovaldi, Ramirez), 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.
Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations at the beginning of the week, so I’ll try my best to continue updating the matchups throughout the week:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (8/24/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@KC | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Sit | Kris Medlen SP | KC | Start |
| BOS@CHW | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Start | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Sit |
| CLE@CHC | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| COL@ATL | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Start | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start |
| DET@CIN | Buck Farmer SP | DET | Sit | Keyvius Sampson SP | CIN | Sit |
| HOU@NYY | Scott Feldman SP | HOU | Sit | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Start |
| NYM@PHI | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start | Adam Morgan SP | PHI | Sit |
| OAK@SEA | Felix Doubront SP | OAK | Start | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start |
| PIT@MIA | J.A. Happ SP | PIT | Sit | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit |
| STL@ARI | Lance Lynn SP | STL | Start | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (8/25/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@KC | Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL | Sit | Danny Duffy SP | KC | Sit |
| BOS@CHW | Wade Miley SP | BOS | Start | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start |
| CHC@SF | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start | Matt Cain SP | SF | Sit |
| COL@ATL | Chad Bettis SP | COL | Sit | Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL | Sit |
| HOU@NYY | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | Start |
| LAA@DET | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Start | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Sit |
| LAD@CIN | Alex Wood SP | LAD | Sit | John Lamb SP | CIN | Sit |
| MIL@CLE | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Sit | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | Sit |
| MIN@TB | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | Sit | Nathan Karns SP | TB | Start |
| NYM@PHI | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start | Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit |
| OAK@SEA | Jesse Chavez SP | OAK | Start | Mike Montgomery SP | SEA | Sit |
| PIT@MIA | Charlie Morton SP | PIT | Start | Brad Hand RP | MIA | Sit |
| SD@WAS | James Shields SP | SD | Start | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start |
| STL@ARI | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | Start | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Start |
| TOR@TEX | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Start | Derek Holland SP | TEX | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (8/26/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@KC | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Start | Johnny Cueto SP | KC | Start |
| BOS@CHW | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Sit | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start |
| CHC@SF | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start | Jake Peavy SP | SF | Sit |
| COL@ATL | Yohan Flande SP | COL | Sit | Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start |
| HOU@NYY | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Start |
| LAA@DET | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Start |
| LAD@CIN | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Sit | David Holmberg SP | CIN | Sit |
| MIL@CLE | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Start | Cody Anderson RP | CLE | Sit |
| MIN@TB | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | Sit | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start |
| NYM@PHI | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Sit | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | Start |
| OAK@SEA | Chris Bassitt SP | OAK | Start | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start |
| PIT@MIA | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit | Chris Narverson SP | MIA | Sit |
| SD@WAS | Tyson Ross SP | SD | Start | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start |
| STL@ARI | John Lackey SP | STL | Start | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Start |
| TOR@TEX | David Price SP | TOR | Start | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (8/27/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@KC | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Sit | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start |
| CHC@SF | Dan Haren SP | CHC | Start | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start |
| LAA@DET | TBD | LAA | TBD | Randy Wolf SP | DET | Sit |
| LAD@CIN | Zack Greinke SP | LAD | Start | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Sit |
| MIN@TB | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | Sit | Drew Smyly SP | TB | Start |
| NYM@PHI | Jonathon Niese SP | NYM | Start | Aaron Harang SP | PHI | Sit |
| PIT@MIA | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | Sit |
| SD@WAS | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Sit | Joe Ross SP | WAS | Start |
| SEA@CHW | Vidal Nuno SP | SEA | Sit | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start |
| STL@ARI | Carlos Martinez RP | STL | Start | Ruby De La Rosa RP | ARI | Start |
| TOR@TEX | Marco Estrada RP | TOR | Start | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (8/28/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@TEX | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | Start | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | Start |
| BOS@NYM | Henry Owens RP | BOS | Start | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start |
| CHC@LAD | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start |
| CIN@MIL | Raisel Iglesias RP | CIN | Start | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Start |
| COL@PIT | Jon Gray RP | COL | Sit | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start |
| DET@TOR | Matt Boyd SP | DET | Sit | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Start |
| HOU@MIN | Scott Kazmir SP | HOU | Start | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| KC@TB | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start | Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB | Start |
| LAA@CLE | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | Start | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start |
| MIA@WAS | Adam Conley SP | MIA | Sit | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start |
| NYY@ATL | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start | Williams Perez SP | ATL | Sit |
| OAK@ARI | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start | Randall Delgado SP | ARI | Sit |
| SD@PHI | Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Start | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | Start |
| SEA@CHW | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit |
| STL@SF | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start | Mike Leake SP | SF | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (8/29/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@TEX | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Sit | Martin Perez SP | TEX | Sit |
| BOS@NYM | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | Start | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start |
| CHC@LAD | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start | Mat Latos SP | LAD | Sit |
| CIN@MIL | Keyvius Sampson SP | CIN | Sit | Matt Garza SP | MIL | Start |
| COL@PIT | Chris Rusin RP | COL | Sit | J.A. Happ SP | PIT | Sit |
| DET@TOR | Buck Farmer SP | DET | Sit | TBD | TBD |
| HOU@MIN | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | Start | Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Sit |
| KC@TB | Kris Medlen SP | KC | Start | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Start |
| LAA@CLE | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Sit |
| MIA@WAS | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit | Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS | Start |
| NYY@ATL | Luis Severino SP | NYY | Start | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit |
| OAK@ARI | Felix Doubront SP | OAK | Start | Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Sit |
| SD@PHI | Colin Rea RP | SD | Sit | Adam Morgan SP | PHI | Sit |
| SEA@CHW | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Start |
| STL@SF | Lance Lynn SP | STL | Start | Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (8/30/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@TEX | Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL | Sit | Derek Holland SP | TEX | Start |
| BOS@NYM | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Start | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start |
| CHC@LAD | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start | Alex Wood SP | LAD | Start |
| CIN@MIL | John Lamb SP | CIN | Sit | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Sit |
| COL@PIT | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Sit | Charlie Morton SP | PIT | Start |
| DET@TOR | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Sit | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Start |
| HOU@MIN | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | Start | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | Sit |
| KC@TB | Danny Duffy SP | KC | Start | Nathan Karns SP | TB | Sit |
| LAA@CLE | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Start | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| MIA@WAS | Brad Hand RP | MIA | Sit | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start |
| NYY@ATL | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Start | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start |
| OAK@ARI | Jesse Chavez SP | OAK | Start | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit |
| SD@PHI | James Shields SP | SD | Start | Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit |
| SEA@CHW | Mike Montgomery SP | SEA | Sit | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start |
| STL@SF | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | Start | Matt Cain SP | SF | Sit |
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