Start/Sit Chart - Fantasy Baseball Hitter Matchups for Thursday April 9th

April 9, 2026

Hitter fantasy baseball starts/sits, recommendations for all hitter matchups on Thursday April 9th, 2026. Our fantasy baseball BvP chart (batter vs. pitcher).

Hello RotoBallers! It's time to set those lineups, and we're here to guide you with our fantasy baseball hitters start/sit recommendations chart for Thursday, April 9th 2026. Today, we'll look at some lineup decisions for players like Tyler Soderstrom, Colt Keith, Miguel Vargas, Otto Lopez, and more -- and how their matchups project for fantasy baseball. You can also check our Starting Pitcher Start/Sit Matchups Chart.

This fantasy baseball hitter matchups chart - also known as fantasy baseball BvP (batter vs. pitcher) - is designed to assist you in setting winning lineups for all fantasy baseball leagues and DFS competitions, as it identifies which players have the most favorable matchups.

So, who should you start and sit? We're here to help you with a quick reference start 'em, sit 'em grid for all of these hitter BvP matchups. This daily article provides readers with a chart of every player matchup, the opponent, our start/sit recommendation, and the matchup rating projection confidence/startability score based on an array of metrics. Good luck RotoBallers!

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Hitters Start/Sit Matchups Chart: Thursday (4/9)

Players are sorted from highest to lowest Matchup Ratings. You can also use the color-coded chart below. 

Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart

The below grid shows the same data but as a color-coded grid:

Fantasy Baseball Player News

Aaron Judge, OF, New York Yankees

Through his first six games of the 2026 season, New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge had recorded just three hits in 25 plate appearances while striking out 11 times. While the 33-year-old two-time reigning American League MVP hasn't fully returned to his usual elite form, he's stabilized his early-season stat line by recording seven hits over the first five games of the Yankees' current home stand.

Across 48 plate appearances overall this year, Judge is hitting .244/.340/.488 with three home runs, seven RBI, nine runs scored, and one stolen base. As he enters his mid-30's, fantasy managers should be slightly wary of signs of age-related decline for Judge. His 9.1% walk rate is significantly down from the 18.3% walk rate he posted in 2025. Additionally, his 23.1% barrel rate, while still elite, would be his lowest mark since 2021.

Still, Judge is showing signs of coming around after a slow start to the year and will likely remain one of the very best hitters in baseball in 2026.

TJ Rumfield, 1B, Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies first baseman TJ Rumfield stayed hot at the plate on Tuesday, going 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in the 5-1 win over the Astros. He's got back-to-back multi-hit efforts and has hit safely in eight of the 10 games he's started. The 6-foot-5 slugger is now batting .389 with two home runs, seven RBI, and six runs scored, along with better-than-average strikeout (17.5 percent) and walk rates (10.0 percent), good for a .478 wOBA and 191 wRC+.

The left-handed slugger hit for average (.285) and power (16 home runs) last year at Triple-A in the Yankees' organization, with similar strikeout and walk rates, so this isn't totally out of nowhere for the Virginia Tech product. However, with a high BABIP of .444, along with an xBA of .287 and xwOBA of .369, there could be some regression coming. Still, with the skills he's shown and playing half of his games at Coors Field, there are plenty of reasons for the 25-year-old to be rostered in deeper leagues; he's available in 95 percent of Yahoo! leagues.

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