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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 8, 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
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, so I’ll be updating the matchups throughout the day and week. This is based on 10-14 team league sizes:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (5/23/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@STL | John Lackey SP | CHC | START | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START |
| PHI@DET | Vince Velasquez RP | PHI | START | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | SIT |
| OAK@SEA | Rich Hill SP | OAK | START | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | SIT |
| SD@SF | Drew Pomeranz RP | SD | START | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START |
| KC@MIN | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | SIT |
| TB@MIA | Matt Moore SP | TB | SIT | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | START |
| NYM@WAS | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| CIN@LAD | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | SIT | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| LAA@TEX | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | START | Derek Holland SP | TEX | SIT |
| CLE@CHW | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | SIT | Mat Latos SP | CHW | START |
| CLE@CHW | Cody Anderson SP | CLE | SIT | Erik Johnson SP | CHW | SIT |
| COL@PIT | Jordan Lyles SP | COL | SIT | Ryan Vogelsong SP | PIT | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (5/24/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@HOU | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | START | Doug Fister SP | HOU | START |
| KC@MIN | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | START | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START |
| MIL@ATL | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | START | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START |
| TB@MIA | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | START | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT |
| CHC@STL | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | START | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START |
| CLE@CHW | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | SIT | Chris Sale SP | CHW | START |
| NYM@WAS | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | SIT | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| ARI@PIT | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | START |
| TOR@NYY | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | SIT | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | START |
| PHI@DET | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | START | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| CIN@LAD | TBD | TBD | Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD | SIT |
| OAK@SEA | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | SIT | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | START |
| SD@SF | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | SIT | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START |
| LAA@TEX | Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA | SIT | Martin Perez SP | TEX | START |
| COL@BOS | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | SIT | David Price SP | BOS | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (5/25/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@STL | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| CLE@CHW | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START |
| PHI@DET | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT |
| NYM@WAS | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Tanner Roark RP | WAS | START |
| SD@SF | James Shields SP | SD | START | Jake Peavy SP | SF | SIT |
| TOR@NYY | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | START |
| LAA@TEX | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | SIT | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | START |
| ARI@PIT | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | START | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | SIT |
| COL@BOS | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT | Steven Wright SP | BOS | START |
| MIL@ATL | Junior Guerra RP | MIL | START | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | SIT |
| CIN@LAD | Dan Straily SP | CIN | START | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | SIT |
| KC@MIN | Dillon Gee SP | KC | SIT | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | START |
| MIA@TB | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | SIT | Matt Andriese RP | TB | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (5/26/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| MIA@TB | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | START | Drew Smyly SP | TB | START |
| TOR@NYY | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | START | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START |
| BAL@HOU | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| ARI@PIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START |
| STL@WAS | Mike Leake SP | STL | SIT | Joe Ross SP | WAS | START |
| COL@BOS | Jon Gray SP | COL | SIT | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | SIT |
| CHW@KC | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT | Danny Duffy SP | KC | SIT |
| MIL@ATL | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (5/27/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| NYY@TB | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| STL@WAS | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | START | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| CHW@KC | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | SIT |
| MIA@ATL | Adam Conley SP | MIA | START | Williams Perez SP | ATL | START |
| LAD@NYM | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| PIT@TEX | Jonathon Niese SP | PIT | SIT | Cesar Ramos RP | TEX | SIT |
| HOU@LAA | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | START | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | SIT |
| DET@OAK | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | SIT | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | SIT |
| BOS@TOR | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
| SF@COL | Matt Cain SP | SF | SIT | Eddie Butler SP | COL | SIT |
| SD@ARI | Cesar Vargas RP | SD | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | SIT |
| CIN@MIL | John Lamb SP | CIN | SIT | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT |
| BAL@CHC | Mike Wright SP | BAL | START | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START |
| PHI@CHC | Adam Morgan SP | PHI | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| MIN@SEA | Pat Dean SP | MIN | SIT | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (5/28/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@COL | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START |
| STL@WAS | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| MIA@ATL | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | START | TBA | TBD |
| BOS@TOR | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
| HOU@LAA | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | SIT |
| LAD@NYM | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START |
| DET@OAK | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | SIT |
| CHW@KC | Mat Latos SP | CHW | START | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START |
| PIT@TEX | Juan Nicasio RP | PIT | SIT | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
| NYY@TB | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | SIT | Matt Moore SP | TB | SIT |
| PHI@CHC | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| BAL@CLE | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START |
| MIN@SEA | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | SIT | Wade Miley SP | SEA | START |
| SD@ARI | Colin Rea SP | SD | START | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| CIN@MIL | Alfredo Simon SP | CIN | START | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (5/29/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| LAD@NYM | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | SIT |
| SF@COL | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | SIT |
| CHW@KC | Chris Sale SP | CHW | START | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | SIT |
| BOS@TOR | David Price SP | BOS | START | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | SIT |
| PHI@CHC | Vince Velasquez RP | PHI | START | John Lackey SP | CHC | START |
| SD@ARI | Drew Pomeranz RP | SD | START | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT |
| BAL@CLE | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | START | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | SIT |
| PIT@TEX | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | START | Derek Holland SP | TEX | SIT |
| STL@WAS | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| NYY@TB | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | START | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | START |
| HOU@LAA | Doug Fister SP | HOU | START | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | SIT |
| CIN@MIL | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | SIT | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | START |
| MIA@ATL | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START |
| MIN@SEA | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | SIT | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | START |
| DET@OAK | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | SIT | Rich Hill SP | OAK | START |
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