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What’s up RotoBallers. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 14, 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. This week again there are a bunch of nice two-start pitchers including Sale, Cueto, Liriano, Arrieta, Shields, Carrasco, Lester and Keuchel to name a few. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Hahn, Ramirez, Chavez, Santiago, Hendricks, Graveman, Gausman, Nelson, Anderson), 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.
Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations at the beginning of the week, so I’ll try my best to update the matchups throughout the day:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (7/6/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@MIL | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit | Kyle Lohse SP | MIL | Sit |
| BAL@MIN | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Start | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Start |
| CIN@WAS | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Sit | Doug Fister SP | WAS | Sit |
| DET@SEA | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Sit | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Sit |
| HOU@CLE | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start | Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE | Start |
| NYM@SF | Jonathon Niese SP | NYM | Start | Chris Heston RP | SF | Start |
| PHI@LAD | Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI | Sit | Eric Surkamp RP | LAD | Sit |
| SD@PIT | James Shields SP | SD | Start | A.J. Burnett SP | PIT | Start |
| STL@CHC | John Lackey SP | STL | Start | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| TB@KC | Alex Colome SP | TB | Sit | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start |
| TOR@CHW | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Start | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (7/7/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@TEX | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Start |
| ATL@MIL | Manny Banuelos SP | ATL | Sit | Matt Garza SP | MIL | Sit |
| BAL@MIN | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | Start | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| CIN@WAS | Johnny Cueto SP | CIN | Start | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start |
| DET@SEA | Kyle Ryan RP | DET | Sit | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start |
| HOU@CLE | Vincent Velasquez SP | HOU | Start | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| LAA@COL | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | Sit | Chad Bettis RP | COL | Sit |
| MIA@BOS | Dan Haren SP | MIA | Start | Wade Miley SP | BOS | Sit |
| NYM@SF | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Start | Matt Cain SP | SF | Start |
| OAK@NYY | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit |
| PHI@LAD | Chad Billingsley SP | PHI | Sit | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Start |
| SD@PIT | Tyson Ross SP | SD | Start | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start |
| STL@CHC | TBD | TBD | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
| TB@KC | Matt Moore SP | TB | Sit | Chris Young SP | KC | Start |
| TOR@CHW | TBD | TBD | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (7/8/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@TEX | Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI | Sit | Matt Harrison SP | TEX | Sit |
| ATL@MIL | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start | Mike Fiers SP | MIL | Sit |
| BAL@MIN | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Start | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | Sit |
| CIN@WAS | Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN | Sit | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start |
| DET@SEA | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Start | J.A. Happ SP | SEA | Sit |
| HOU@CLE | Dan Straily SP | HOU | Sit | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Start |
| LAA@COL | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Sit | Chris Rusin RP | COL | Sit |
| MIA@BOS | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Sit |
| NYM@SF | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start | Jake Peavy SP | SF | Start |
| OAK@NYY | Scott Kazmir SP | OAK | Start | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit |
| PHI@LAD | Adam Morgan SP | PHI | Sit | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start |
| SD@PIT | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Start | Charlie Morton SP | PIT | Sit |
| STL@CHC | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start |
| TB@KC | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start | Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC | Sit |
| TOR@CHW | Drew Hutchison SP | TOR | Start | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (7/9/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@COL | Alex Wood SP | ATL | Sit | Kyle Kendrick SP | COL | Sit |
| CIN@MIA | Josh Smith P | CIN | Sit | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | Start |
| DET@MIN | David Price SP | DET | Start | Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Sit |
| HOU@CLE | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start | Cody Anderson SP | CLE | Start |
| LAA@SEA | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start |
| OAK@NYY | Jesse Chavez SP | OAK | Start | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start |
| PHI@LAD | Kevin Correia SP | PHI | Sit | Zack Greinke SP | LAD | Start |
| STL@PIT | Carlos Martinez RP | STL | Start | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit |
| TB@KC | Nathan Karns SP | TB | Start | Joe Blanton SP | KC | Sit |
| TOR@CHW | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Sit | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (7/10/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@NYM | Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Start | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start |
| ATL@COL | Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start | David Hale RP | COL | Sit |
| CHW@CHC | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Sit | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start |
| CIN@MIA | Mike Leake SP | CIN | Sit | TBD | TBD |
| DET@MIN | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Sit | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | Start |
| HOU@TB | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | Start | Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB | Start |
| LAA@SEA | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start | Mike Montgomery SP | SEA | Start |
| MIL@LAD | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Sit | Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD | Sit |
| NYY@BOS | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Start | Justin Masterson SP | BOS | Sit |
| OAK@CLE | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | Start | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start |
| PHI@SF | Cole Hamels SP | PHI | Start | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start |
| SD@TEX | Odrisamer Despaigne SP | SD | Sit | Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX | Start |
| STL@PIT | Lance Lynn SP | STL | Start | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start |
| TOR@KC | Marco Estrada RP | TOR | Start | Danny Duffy SP | KC | Sit |
| WAS@BAL | TBD | TBD | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (7/11/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@NYM | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Start | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start |
| ATL@COL | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Sit |
| CHW@CHC | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| CIN@MIA | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Sit | Mat Latos SP | MIA | Start |
| DET@MIN | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Sit | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Start |
| HOU@TB | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start | Alex Colome SP | TB | Sit |
| LAA@SEA | C.J. Wilson SP | LAA | Start | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start |
| MIL@LAD | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Sit | Eric Surkamp RP | LAD | Sit |
| NYY@BOS | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | Sit | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | Start |
| OAK@CLE | Kendall Graveman RP | OAK | Start | Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE | Start |
| PHI@SF | Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI | Sit | Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF | Sit |
| SD@TEX | Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Start | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit |
| STL@PIT | John Lackey SP | STL | Start | A.J. Burnett SP | PIT | Start |
| TOR@KC | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Start | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start |
| WAS@BAL | Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS | Start | Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (7/12/15) | ||||
| TBD | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@NYM | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Start | Steven Matz SP | NYM | Start |
| ATL@COL | TBD | TBD | Chad Bettis RP | COL | Sit |
| CHW@CHC | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
| CIN@MIA | Johnny Cueto SP | CIN | Start | Dan Haren SP | MIA | Start |
| DET@MIN | Kyle Ryan RP | DET | Sit | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| HOU@TB | Vincent Velasquez SP | HOU | Start | Matt Moore SP | TB | Sit |
| LAA@SEA | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | Start | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start |
| MIL@LAD | Kyle Lohse SP | MIL | Sit | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Start |
| NYY@BOS | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | Start |
| OAK@CLE | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| PHI@SF | Chad Billingsley SP | PHI | Sit | Chris Heston RP | SF | Start |
| SD@TEX | James Shields SP | SD | Start | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Start |
| STL@PIT | TBD | TBD | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start |
| TOR@KC | TBD | TBD | Chris Young SP | KC | Sit |
| WAS@BAL | Doug Fister SP | WAS | Sit | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Start |
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