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Week 25 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

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Uncle Leo provides his fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SPs) starts and sits recommended for Week 25 of MLB (2015), including two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.

What’s up RotoBallers. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 25, 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 there aren't many elite two-start pitcher options, but there are still some solid ones including Lackey, Ross, Iwakuma, Salazar and Archer. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Matz, Severino, Hill, Medlen, Duffy, Ray, Colon, DeSclafini and Estrada), 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.

Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations at the beginning of the week, so I’ll try my best to continue updating the matchups throughout the week:

PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (9/21/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Jhoulys Chacin SP | ARI Start Brett Anderson SP | LAD Start
ATL@NYM Shelby Miller SP | ATL Start Jonathon Niese SP | NYM Start
BAL@WAS Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Sit Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS Start
CHW@DET Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Sit Kyle Ryan RP | DET Sit
CIN@STL John Lamb SP | CIN Sit Jaime Garcia SP | STL Start
LAA@HOU Jered Weaver SP | LAA Start Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start
MIL@CHC Wily Peralta SP | MIL Sit Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start
NYY@TOR Adam Warren RP | NYY Sit David Price SP | TOR Start
PIT@COL A.J. Burnett SP | PIT Sit Jon Gray SP | COL Sit
TB@BOS Chris Archer SP | TB Start Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (9/22/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Robbie Ray SP | ARI Start Alex Wood SP | LAD Sit
ATL@NYM Matt Wisler SP | ATL Sit Logan Verrett SP | NYM Start
BAL@WAS Chris Tillman SP | BAL Sit Tanner Roark SP | WAS Start
CHW@DET Jose Quintana SP | CHW Start Daniel Norris RP | DET Sit
CIN@STL Keyvius Sampson SP | CIN Sit John Lackey SP | STL Start
CLE@MIN Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start Ervin Santana SP | MIN Start
LAA@HOU Hector Santiago SP | LAA Start Lance McCullers SP | HOU Start
MIL@CHC Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL Sit Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start
NYY@TOR Luis Severino SP | NYY Sit Marco Estrada RP | TOR Start
PHI@MIA Aaron Harang SP | PHI Sit Tom Koehler SP | MIA Sit
PIT@COL J.A. Happ SP | PIT Sit Chris Rusin RP | COL Sit
SEA@KC Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA Start Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC Sit
SF@SD Chris Heston RP | SF Start Tyson Ross SP | SD Start
TB@BOS Matt Moore SP | TB Sit Henry Owens SP | BOS Sit
TEX@OAK Martin Perez SP | TEX Sit Sean Nolin RP | OAK Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (9/23/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Chase Anderson SP | ARI Sit Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start
ATL@NYM Williams Perez SP | ATL Sit Bartolo Colon SP | NYM Start
BAL@WAS TBD TBD Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start
CHW@DET Chris Sale SP | CHW Start Justin Verlander SP | DET Start
CIN@STL Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN Sit Lance Lynn SP | STL Start
CLE@MIN Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start Tommy Milone SP | MIN Sit
LAA@HOU TBD TBD Mike Fiers SP | HOU Sit
MIL@CHC Zach Davies P | MIL Sit Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Sit
NYY@TOR Ivan Nova SP | NYY Sit Marcus Stroman SP | TOR Start
PHI@MIA Alec Asher SP | PHI Sit Adam Conley SP | MIA Sit
PIT@COL Charlie Morton SP | PIT Sit Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Sit
SEA@KC Roenis Elias SP | SEA Start Yordano Ventura SP | KC Start
SF@SD Jake Peavy SP | SF Start Andrew Cashner SP | SD Sit
TB@BOS Drew Smyly SP | TB Start Rick Porcello SP | BOS Sit
TEX@OAK Colby Lewis SP | TEX Sit Felix Doubront SP | OAK Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (9/24/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Patrick Corbin SP | ARI Start Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start
CHW@NYY Carlos Rodon SP | CHW Start Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start
CLE@MIN Cody Anderson SP | CLE Start Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit
MIL@STL Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL Sit Michael Wacha SP | STL Start
NYM@CIN Steven Matz SP | NYM Start Josh Smith P | CIN Sit
PHI@MIA Adam Morgan SP | PHI Sit Jarred Cosart SP | MIA Sit
PIT@COL Jeff Locke SP | PIT Sit Chad Bettis RP | COL Sit
SEA@KC James Paxton SP | SEA Start Johnny Cueto SP | KC Start
SF@SD Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start Ian Kennedy SP | SD Sit
TB@BOS Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB Start Wade Miley SP | BOS Sit
TEX@OAK Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX Start TBD TBD
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (9/25/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SD Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI Sit TBD TBD
ATL@MIA Ryan Weber P | ATL Sit Jose Fernandez SP | MIA Start
BAL@BOS Tyler Wilson RP | BAL Sit Rich Hill RP | BOS Start
CHW@NYY John Danks SP | CHW Sit CC Sabathia SP | NYY Start
CLE@KC Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE Start Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start
LAD@COL Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD Sit Yohan Flande SP | COL Sit
MIL@STL Ariel Pena SP | MIL Sit Carlos Martinez RP | STL Start
MIN@DET Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN Sit Matt Boyd SP | DET Sit
NYM@CIN Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM Start Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN Start
PHI@WAS Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI Sit Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start
PIT@CHC Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start Dan Haren SP | CHC Start
SEA@LAA Vidal Nuno SP | SEA Sit Andrew Heaney SP | LAA Start
SF@OAK Mike Leake SP | SF Start Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start
TB@TOR Jake Odorizzi SP | TB Sit R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Start
TEX@HOU Cole Hamels SP | TEX Start Scott Kazmir SP | HOU Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (9/26/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SD Jhoulys Chacin SP | ARI Start James Shields SP | SD Sit
ATL@MIA Julio Teheran SP | ATL Start Brad Hand RP | MIA Sit
BAL@BOS Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL Start Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS Start
CHW@NYY Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Sit Adam Warren RP | NYY Sit
CLE@KC Josh Tomlin SP | CLE Sit Kris Medlen SP | KC Start
LAD@COL Brett Anderson SP | LAD Sit Kyle Kendrick SP | COL Sit
MIL@STL Wily Peralta SP | MIL Sit Jaime Garcia SP | STL Start
MIN@DET Tyler Duffey SP | MIN Sit Alfredo Simon SP | DET Sit
NYM@CIN Matt Harvey SP | NYM Start John Lamb SP | CIN Sit
PHI@WAS Aaron Nola SP | PHI Start Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS Start
PIT@CHC Gerrit Cole SP | PIT Start Jon Lester SP | CHC Start
SEA@LAA Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start
SF@OAK Tim Hudson SP | SF Start Aaron Brooks SP | OAK Sit
TB@TOR Chris Archer SP | TB Sit Mark Buehrle SP | TOR Sit
TEX@HOU Derek Holland SP | TEX Sit Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (9/27/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SD Robbie Ray SP | ARI Start Tyson Ross SP | SD Start
ATL@MIA Shelby Miller SP | ATL Start Justin Nicolino SP | MIA Sit
BAL@BOS Kevin Gausman SP | BAL Sit Henry Owens SP | BOS Sit
CHW@NYY Erik Johnson SP | CHW Start Luis Severino SP | NYY Start
CLE@KC Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC Sit
LAD@COL Alex Wood SP | LAD Sit Jon Gray SP | COL Sit
MIL@STL Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL Sit John Lackey SP | STL Start
MIN@DET Ervin Santana SP | MIN Start Daniel Norris RP | DET Start
NYM@CIN Jonathon Niese SP | NYM Start Keyvius Sampson SP | CIN Sit
PHI@WAS Aaron Harang SP | PHI Sit Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS Start
PIT@CHC A.J. Burnett SP | PIT Start Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start
SEA@LAA Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA Start Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA Start
SF@OAK Chris Heston RP | SF Start Sean Nolin RP | OAK Start
TB@TOR Matt Moore SP | TB Sit David Price SP | TOR Start
TEX@HOU Martin Perez SP | TEX Sit Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start

 

 

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