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Hello again, RotoBallers, the 2024 MLB season is rolling and we're here as always to help you setting those winning lineups. Welcome to our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 3 - Monday, April 8 through Sunday, April 14. Baseball is off and running, so we’re here to help you make optimal lineup decisions. By now, we've gotten at least one look at most arms, but small samples are notoriously fickle. Do you know how to navigate each of them this week?
For 12 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series every week right here at RotoBaller. I'm Nick Mariano, and I'll be your captain for this journey through the 2024 season. There's tons of firepower and TLC that mixes together to provide this piece each week. We get tons of great feedback on it every year.
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Start/Sit Data Overview
Ahead of each week of the fantasy baseball season, we publish the table below. We have the probable starters for every game of the week and a grade for them on a 0-100 scale. The intent is to give you advice and to inspire some confidence (or lack thereof) in your decisions to start or sit certain pitchers.
Please note that beyond the usual "Start" and "Sit" labels, there is a third category called "context-dependent." This is because different leagues call for different actions and those in start-sit purgatory may be worth the gamble to some. Also, we put the arms best projected to start or get bulk innings, but some situations are fluid and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information, especially at the outset of the season.
The "starts" category includes pitchers you'd likely start in every league. The "sits" are pitchers that you likely sit in every league. The "context-dependent" means we're on the fence and it's up to you to decide based on your league settings. How deep your league is, which roto/points categories, and so on. Let's get to it! Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 3 of the fantasy season, which covers April 8 through April 14.
Week 3 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 8-14)
Updated start/sit recommendations for this week's MLB games. This chart is updated daily as probable starters are constantly changing with game postponements, injuries, and other events. If you can't see the chart below, click here to see the starts/sits on a separate page:
Week 3 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 8-14)
| Date | Game | Team | Pitcher | Grade | Start/Sit | 2 Starts |
| 4/8 | CHW@CLE | CHW | Jared Shuster | 15 | SIT | N |
| 4/8 | CHW@CLE | CLE | Triston McKenzie | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | MIA@NYY | MIA | Jesus Luzardo | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | MIA@NYY | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/8 | DET@PIT | DET | Reese Olson | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | DET@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | MIL@CIN | MIL | Aaron Ashby | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/8 | MIL@CIN | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/8 | SEA@TOR | SEA | Luis Castillo | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | SEA@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | NYM@ATL | NYM | Julio Teheran | 10 | SIT | N |
| 4/8 | NYM@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | LAD@MIN | LAD | James Paxton | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | LAD@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/8 | PHI@STL | PHI | Spencer Turnbull | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | PHI@STL | STL | Miles Mikolas | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/8 | HOU@TEX | HOU | Framber Valdez | 65 | START | N |
| 4/8 | HOU@TEX | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/8 | ARI@COL | ARI | Zac Gallen | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | ARI@COL | COL | Kyle Freeland | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 4/8 | TB@LAA | TB | Zach Eflin | 80 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | TB@LAA | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/8 | CHC@SD | CHC | Javier Assad | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/8 | CHC@SD | SD | Yu Darvish | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/8 | WAS@SF | WAS | Trevor Williams | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 4/8 | WAS@SF | SF | Blake Snell | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/9 | DET@PIT | DET | Casey Mize | 70 | START | N |
| 4/9 | DET@PIT | PIT | Martin Perez | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/9 | BAL@BOS | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 80 | START | Y |
| 4/9 | BAL@BOS | BOS | Brayan Bello | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/9 | CHW@CLE | CHW | Mike Soroka | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/9 | CHW@CLE | CLE | Logan Allen | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/9 | MIL@CIN | MIL | Joe Ross | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/9 | MIL@CIN | CIN | Frankie Montas | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/9 | MIA@NYY | MIA | A.J. Puk | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/9 | MIA@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 70 | START | N |
| 4/9 | SEA@TOR | SEA | George Kirby | 75 | START | N |
| 4/9 | SEA@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 70 | START | N |
| 4/9 | NYM@ATL | NYM | Adrian Houser | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/9 | NYM@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 65 | START | N |
| 4/9 | HOU@KC | HOU | Cristian Javier | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/9 | HOU@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 80 | START | Y |
| 4/9 | LAD@MIN | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 80 | START | N |
| 4/9 | LAD@MIN | MIN | Louie Varland | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/9 | PHI@STL | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 90 | START | Y |
| 4/9 | PHI@STL | STL | Sonny Gray | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/9 | OAK@TEX | OAK | Alex Wood | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 4/9 | OAK@TEX | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 80 | START | Y |
| 4/9 | ARI@COL | ARI | Merrill Kelly | 65 | START | N |
| 4/9 | ARI@COL | COL | Cal Quantrill | 15 | SIT | N |
| 4/9 | TB@LAA | TB | Aaron Civale | 75 | START | N |
| 4/9 | TB@LAA | LAA | Patrick Sandoval | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/9 | WAS@SF | WAS | Joan Adon | 15 | SIT | N |
| 4/9 | WAS@SF | SF | Kyle Harrison | 65 | START | N |
| 4/9 | CHC@SD | CHC | Ben Brown (Bullpen) | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/9 | CHC@SD | SD | Joe Musgrove | 65 | START | N |
| 4/10 | LAD@MIN | LAD | Bobby Miller | 80 | START | N |
| 4/10 | LAD@MIN | MIN | Chris Paddack | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/10 | PHI@STL | PHI | Aaron Nola | 80 | START | N |
| 4/10 | PHI@STL | STL | Lance Lynn | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | SEA@TOR | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 75 | START | N |
| 4/10 | SEA@TOR | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 65 | START | N |
| 4/10 | ARI@COL | ARI | Tommy Henry | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/10 | ARI@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 15 | SIT | N |
| 4/10 | WAS@SF | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/10 | WAS@SF | SF | Jordan Hicks | 70 | START | N |
| 4/10 | TB@LAA | TB | Zack Littell | 70 | START | N |
| 4/10 | TB@LAA | LAA | Jose Soriano | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/10 | CHW@CLE | CHW | Erick Fedde | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | CHW@CLE | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 80 | START | N |
| 4/10 | CHC@SD | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | CHC@SD | SD | Dylan Cease | 65 | START | N |
| 4/10 | MIL@CIN | MIL | Wade Miley | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/10 | MIL@CIN | CIN | Hunter Greene | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | MIA@NYY | MIA | Ryan Weathers | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | MIA@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | BAL@BOS | BAL | Cole Irvin | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | BAL@BOS | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 70 | START | N |
| 4/10 | HOU@KC | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | HOU@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/10 | OAK@TEX | OAK | Ross Stripling | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/10 | OAK@TEX | TEX | Cody Bradford | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/11 | NYM@ATL | NYM | Jose Quintana | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/11 | NYM@ATL | ATL | Allan Winans | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/11 | HOU@KC | HOU | Hunter Brown | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/11 | HOU@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/11 | OAK@TEX | OAK | JP Sears | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/11 | OAK@TEX | TEX | Jon Gray | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/11 | PIT@PHI | PIT | Jared Jones | 65 | START | N |
| 4/11 | PIT@PHI | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 65 | START | N |
| 4/11 | BAL@BOS | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 75 | START | N |
| 4/11 | BAL@BOS | BOS | Garrett Whitlock | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | MIN@DET | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 90 | START | N |
| 4/12 | MIN@DET | DET | Tarik Skubal | 90 | START | N |
| 4/12 | PIT@PHI | PIT | Bailey Falter | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/12 | PIT@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 70 | START | N |
| 4/12 | SF@TB | SF | Keaton Winn | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | SF@TB | TB | Jacob Waguespack | 10 | SIT | N |
| 4/12 | MIL@BAL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 70 | START | N |
| 4/12 | MIL@BAL | BAL | Tyler Wells | 70 | START | N |
| 4/12 | COL@TOR | COL | Ryan Feltner | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/12 | COL@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 90 | START | N |
| 4/12 | LAA@BOS | LAA | Griffin Canning | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | LAA@BOS | BOS | Tanner Houck | 70 | START | N |
| 4/12 | KC@NYM | KC | Michael Wacha | 65 | START | N |
| 4/12 | KC@NYM | NYM | Luis Severino | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | ATL@MIA | ATL | Max Fried | 80 | START | N |
| 4/12 | ATL@MIA | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/12 | NYY@CLE | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | NYY@CLE | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/12 | CIN@CHW | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | CIN@CHW | CHW | Chris Flexen | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/12 | TEX@HOU | TEX | Dane Dunning | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | TEX@HOU | HOU | J.P. France | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | WAS@OAK | WAS | Jake Irvin | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | WAS@OAK | OAK | Paul Blackburn | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | CHC@SEA | CHC | Jordan Wicks | 65 | START | N |
| 4/12 | CHC@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | STL@ARI | STL | Steven Matz | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | STL@ARI | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | SD@LAD | SD | Michael King | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/12 | SD@LAD | LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 70 | START | N |
| 4/13 | MIN@DET | MIN | Joe Ryan | 80 | START | N |
| 4/13 | MIN@DET | DET | Kenta Maeda | 65 | START | N |
| 4/13 | MIN@DET | MIN | Bailey Ober | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/13 | MIN@DET | DET | Jack Flaherty | 80 | START | N |
| 4/13 | KC@NYM | KC | Alec Marsh | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | KC@NYM | NYM | Sean Manaea | 65 | START | N |
| 4/13 | CIN@CHW | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | CIN@CHW | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 80 | START | N |
| 4/13 | COL@TOR | COL | Dakota Hudson | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/13 | COL@TOR | TOR | Bowden Francis | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | TEX@HOU | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/13 | TEX@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | PIT@PHI | PIT | Marco Gonzales | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/13 | PIT@PHI | PHI | Spencer Turnbull | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/13 | MIL@BAL | MIL | DL Hall | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | MIL@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | WAS@OAK | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 65 | START | N |
| 4/13 | WAS@OAK | OAK | Joe Boyle | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | LAA@BOS | LAA | Reid Detmers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | LAA@BOS | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/13 | SF@TB | SF | Logan Webb | 80 | START | N |
| 4/13 | SF@TB | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 65 | START | N |
| 4/13 | ATL@MIA | ATL | Chris Sale | 80 | START | N |
| 4/13 | ATL@MIA | MIA | Max Meyer | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/13 | NYY@CLE | NYY | Luis Gil | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/13 | NYY@CLE | CLE | Triston McKenzie | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/13 | STL@ARI | STL | Kyle Gibson | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/13 | STL@ARI | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/13 | SD@LAD | SD | Matt Waldron | 15 | SIT | N |
| 4/13 | SD@LAD | LAD | Gavin Stone | 65 | START | N |
| 4/13 | CHC@SEA | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 75 | START | N |
| 4/13 | CHC@SEA | SEA | Emerson Hancock | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/14 | LAA@BOS | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | LAA@BOS | BOS | Brayan Bello | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | PIT@PHI | PIT | Mitch Keller | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | PIT@PHI | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 85 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | MIL@BAL | MIL | Colin Rea | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/14 | MIL@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 90 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | COL@TOR | COL | Kyle Freeland | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 4/14 | COL@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 80 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | KC@NYM | KC | Cole Ragans | 90 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | KC@NYM | NYM | Jose Butto | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/14 | SF@TB | SF | Blake Snell | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | SF@TB | TB | Zach Eflin | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | MIN@DET | MIN | Louie Varland | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | MIN@DET | DET | Reese Olson | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | ATL@MIA | ATL | Charlie Morton | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | ATL@MIA | MIA | Jesus Luzardo | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | NYY@CLE | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | NYY@CLE | CLE | Logan Allen | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | TEX@HOU | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | TEX@HOU | HOU | Cristian Javier | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | CIN@CHW | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | CIN@CHW | CHW | Mike Soroka | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/14 | WAS@OAK | WAS | Trevor Williams | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | WAS@OAK | OAK | Alex Wood | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | CHC@SEA | CHC | Javier Assad | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | CHC@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | STL@ARI | STL | Sonny Gray | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | STL@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/14 | SD@LAD | SD | Yu Darvish | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/14 | SD@LAD | LAD | James Paxton | 65 | START | Y |
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