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What’s up RotoBallers. Hopefully the start of the MLB and fantasy baseball season is treating you well so far, and your teams are tearing it up. Either way, we are here to help as always. Below are all of the starting pitching matchups for Week 4. 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. For those of you who want to see the next few games a starter is scheduled for, and see the matchup recommendation, be sure to check out our Premium Pitcher Matchups Tool. It’s really cool.
This week there are a ton of great two-start pitchers. Let's just call it the week of the aces including Price, Shields, Kluber, Hamels, Cueto, Gray, Felix, Scherzer, Kershaw, Wacha and Ross to name a few. Wow. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Salazar, Morrow, Nelson, Jimenez, Simon, Anderson, DeSclafini, Chavez, Hendricks), 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.
As always, projected starters and matchups may change throughout the week:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (4/27/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@BAL | Hector Noesi SP | CHW | Sit | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Start |
| COL@ARI | Kyle Kendrick SP | COL | Sit | Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Start |
| DET@MIN | David Price SP | DET | Start | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | Sit |
| HOU@SD | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start | James Shields SP | SD | Start |
| KC@CLE | Jason Vargas SP | KC | Sit | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| MIL@CIN | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Start | Jason Marquis SP | CIN | Sit |
| NYM@MIA | Dillon Gee SP | NYM | Sit | Jarred Cosart SP | MIA | Sit |
| PHI@STL | Cole Hamels SP | PHI | Start | John Lackey SP | STL | Start |
| PIT@CHC | Vance Worley SP | PIT | Start | Travis Wood SP | CHC | Sit |
| SEA@TEX | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Sit | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Sit |
| SF@LAD | Tim Lincecum SP | SF | Start | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Start |
| TB@NYY | Nathan Karns SP | TB | Sit | Adam Warren RP | NYY | Sit |
| TOR@BOS | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | Sit | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit |
| WAS@ATL | Doug Fister SP | WAS | Start | Eric Stults SP | ATL | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (4/28/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@BAL | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Sit | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Sit |
| COL@ARI | Jordan Lyles SP | COL | Sit | Archie Bradley SP | ARI | Start |
| DET@MIN | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Start | Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Sit |
| HOU@SD | Roberto Hernandez SP | HOU | Sit | Tyson Ross SP | SD | Start |
| KC@CLE | Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC | Sit | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Start |
| LAA@OAK | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Sit | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start |
| MIL@CIN | Kyle Lohse SP | MIL | Sit | Johnny Cueto SP | CIN | Start |
| NYM@MIA | Rafael Montero SP | NYM | Sit | David Phelps SP | MIA | Sit |
| PHI@STL | Severino Gonzalez SP | PHI | Sit | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start |
| PIT@CHC | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start |
| SEA@TEX | J.A. Happ SP | SEA | Sit | Ross Detwiler RP | TEX | Sit |
| SF@LAD | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start |
| TB@NYY | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Start | Chase Whitley RP | NYY | Sit |
| TOR@BOS | Drew Hutchison SP | TOR | Sit | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | Sit |
| WAS@ATL | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (4/29/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@BAL | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start | Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL | Sit |
| COL@ARI | Eddie Butler SP | COL | Sit | Josh Collmenter SP | ARI | Sit |
| DET@MIN | Shane Greene SP | DET | Start | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Sit |
| HOU@SD | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Start |
| KC@CLE | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start |
| LAA@OAK | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Sit | TBD | TBD |
| MIL@CIN | Matt Garza SP | MIL | Sit | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | Sit |
| NYM@MIA | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Start | Mat Latos SP | MIA | Start |
| PHI@STL | Aaron Harang SP | PHI | Sit | Carlos Martinez RP | STL | Start |
| PIT@CHC | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start |
| SEA@TEX | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start | Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX | Sit |
| SF@LAD | Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF | Sit | Zack Greinke SP | LAD | Start |
| TB@NYY | Drew Smyly SP | TB | Start | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start |
| TOR@BOS | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Sit | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Sit |
| WAS@ATL | Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS | Start | Alex Wood SP | ATL | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (4/30/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@MIN | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start | Trevor May SP | MIN | Sit |
| CIN@ATL | Mike Leake SP | CIN | Start | Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start |
| DET@KC | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Start | Danny Duffy SP | KC | Start |
| LAA@OAK | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start | Scott Kazmir SP | OAK | Start |
| PHI@STL | David Buchanan SP | PHI | Sit | TBD | TBD |
| SEA@HOU | James Paxton SP | SEA | Start | Scott Feldman SP | HOU | Sit |
| TOR@CLE | Daniel Norris RP | TOR | Start | T.J. House SP | CLE | Sit |
| WAS@NYM | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (5/1/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Start | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | Start |
| CHW@MIN | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| CIN@ATL | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Start | Trevor Cahill SP | ATL | Sit |
| COL@SD | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Sit | Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Sit |
| DET@KC | Kyle Lobstein SP | DET | Sit | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Sit |
| LAA@SF | C.J. Wilson SP | LAA | Start | Chris Heston RP | SF | Sit |
| MIL@CHC | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Sit | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| NYY@BOS | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Start | Justin Masterson SP | BOS | Sit |
| OAK@TEX | Jesse Chavez RP | OAK | Start | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit |
| PIT@STL | A.J. Burnett SP | PIT | Start | Lance Lynn SP | STL | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start | Asher Wojciechowski SP | HOU | Sit |
| TB@BAL | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Start |
| TOR@CLE | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Sit | Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE | Start |
| WAS@NYM | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Sit | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (5/2/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI | Sit | TBD | TBD |
| CHW@MIN | Hector Noesi SP | CHW | Sit | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | Sit |
| CIN@ATL | Jason Marquis SP | CIN | Sit | Eric Stults SP | ATL | Sit |
| COL@SD | Tyler Matzek SP | COL | Sit | Brandon Morrow SP | SD | Start |
| DET@KC | David Price SP | DET | Start | Jason Vargas SP | KC | Sit |
| LAA@SF | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start | Tim Hudson SP | SF | Sit |
| MIL@CHC | Mike Fiers SP | MIL | Start | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
| NYY@BOS | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit | Wade Miley SP | BOS | Sit |
| OAK@TEX | Drew Pomeranz SP | OAK | Sit | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | Start |
| PHI@MIA | Cole Hamels SP | PHI | Start | Dan Haren SP | MIA | Start |
| PIT@STL | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start | John Lackey SP | STL | Sit |
| SEA@HOU | J.A. Happ SP | SEA | Sit | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| TB@BAL | Nathan Karns SP | TB | Sit | Bud Norris SP | BAL | Sit |
| TOR@CLE | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | Sit | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| WAS@NYM | Doug Fister SP | WAS | Start | Jonathon Niese SP | NYM | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (5/3/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Start | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Start |
| CHW@MIN | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Start | Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Sit |
| CIN@ATL | Johnny Cueto SP | CIN | Start | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start |
| COL@SD | Kyle Kendrick SP | COL | Sit | James Shields SP | SD | Start |
| DET@KC | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Sit | Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC | Sit |
| LAA@SF | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Start | Tim Lincecum SP | SF | Start |
| MIL@CHC | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Start | Travis Wood SP | CHC | Start |
| NYY@BOS | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit |
| OAK@TEX | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | TBD | TBD | Jarred Cosart SP | MIA | Sit |
| PIT@STL | Vance Worley SP | PIT | Start | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start | Roberto Hernandez SP | HOU | Sit |
| TB@BAL | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Start | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Start |
| TOR@CLE | Drew Hutchison SP | TOR | Sit | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Sit |
| WAS@NYM | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | Dillon Gee SP | NYM | Sit |
