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What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 12, 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. 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.
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
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Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations, so I’ll be updating the matchups throughout the day and week. This is based on 10-14 team league sizes:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (6/20/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@PIT | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | SIT |
| WAS@LAD | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| TB@CLE | Drew Smyly SP | TB | START | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START |
| STL@CHC | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | SIT | John Lackey SP | CHC | START |
| SEA@DET | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | START | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | SIT |
| BAL@TEX | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START | Derek Holland SP | TEX | SIT |
| ARI@PHI | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | SIT |
| LAA@HOU | Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA | SIT | Doug Fister SP | HOU | START |
| COL@MIA | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | SIT | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | SIT |
| CHW@BOS | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT | Steven Wright SP | BOS | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (6/21/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@BOS | Chris Sale SP | CHW | START | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | SIT |
| SF@PIT | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | TBA | TBD |
| PHI@MIN | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | SIT |
| SEA@DET | James Paxton SP | SEA | START | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| WAS@LAD | Tanner Roark RP | WAS | START | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | SIT |
| STL@CHC | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | START |
| KC@NYM | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START |
| TB@CLE | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| ARI@TOR | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START |
| CIN@TEX | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | SIT | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | START |
| MIL@OAK | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | SIT | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | START |
| LAA@HOU | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | SIT | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | START |
| COL@NYY | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | SIT |
| ATL@MIA | Bud Norris RP | ATL | SIT | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | START |
| SD@BAL | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | Tyler Wilson SP | BAL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (6/22/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@BOS | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | SIT |
| SF@PIT | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | SIT |
| TB@CLE | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START |
| WAS@LAD | Joe Ross SP | WAS | START | Julio Urias SP | LAD | START |
| LAA@HOU | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| SEA@DET | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
| KC@NYM | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | START |
| COL@NYY | Jon Gray SP | COL | START | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START |
| STL@CHC | Michael Wacha SP | STL | SIT | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START |
| CIN@TEX | Dan Straily SP | CIN | START | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
| MIL@OAK | Junior Guerra RP | MIL | START | Daniel Mengden P | OAK | START |
| ATL@MIA | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | START | Adam Conley SP | MIA | SIT |
| ARI@TOR | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
| PHI@MIN | Adam Morgan SP | PHI | SIT | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT |
| SD@BAL | Erik Johnson SP | SD | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (6/23/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@MIA | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
| ARI@COL | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | TBA | TBD |
| NYM@ATL | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | START | John Gant SP | ATL | SIT |
| PHI@MIN | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START | TBA | TBD |
| CHW@BOS | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| SD@CIN | Christian Friedrich RP | SD | START | John Lamb SP | CIN | START |
| OAK@LAA | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | SIT | Tim Lincecum SP | LAA | START |
| SF@PIT | Albert Suarez SP | SF | SIT | Jonathon Niese SP | PIT | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (6/24/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@TEX | David Price SP | BOS | START | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | SIT |
| WAS@MIL | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Zach Davies SP | MIL | START |
| CLE@DET | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START |
| STL@SEA | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | START |
| CHC@MIA | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT |
| NYM@ATL | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Aaron Blair SP | ATL | SIT |
| TOR@CHW | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | START | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | SIT |
| HOU@KC | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | TBA | TBD |
| TB@BAL | Matt Moore SP | TB | SIT | Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL | SIT |
| ARI@COL | Archie Bradley SP | ARI | START | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT |
| OAK@LAA | TBA | TBD | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | SIT |
| LAD@PIT | TBA | TBD | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| MIN@NYY | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | SIT | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| SD@CIN | Colin Rea SP | SD | SIT | Cody Reed SP | CIN | START |
| PHI@SF | Zach Eflin RP | PHI | SIT | Jake Peavy SP | SF | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (6/25/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| NYM@ATL | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START |
| CHC@MIA | John Lackey SP | CHC | START | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | SIT |
| BOS@TEX | Steven Wright SP | BOS | START | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT |
| CLE@DET | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | SIT |
| LAD@PIT | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | SIT |
| WAS@MIL | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | SIT | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT |
| SD@CIN | Drew Pomeranz RP | SD | START | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | START |
| TB@BAL | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | START | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | START |
| TB@BAL | Drew Smyly SP | TB | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| STL@SEA | Mike Leake SP | STL | START | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | START |
| PHI@SF | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | SIT | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START |
| MIN@NYY | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | START |
| TOR@CHW | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | SIT | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT |
| HOU@KC | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | SIT | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | SIT |
| ARI@COL | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | SIT |
| OAK@LAA | Eric Surkamp RP | OAK | SIT | Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (6/26/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| LAD@PIT | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | TBA | TBD |
| WAS@MIL | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Matt Garza SP | MIL | SIT |
| NYM@ATL | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Bud Norris RP | ATL | SIT |
| CHC@MIA | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | START | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | START |
| PHI@SF | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START |
| OAK@LAA | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | START | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | SIT |
| CLE@DET | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| HOU@KC | Doug Fister SP | HOU | START | Chris Young SP | KC | SIT |
| TOR@CHW | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | SIT | Chris Sale SP | CHW | START |
| STL@SEA | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | SIT | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| TB@BAL | Blake Snell SP | TB | SIT | Tyler Wilson SP | BAL | SIT |
| ARI@COL | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT |
| BOS@TEX | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | SIT | Derek Holland SP | TEX | SIT |
| MIN@NYY | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | SIT | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | START |
| SD@CIN | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | SIT |
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