RADIO
Welcome to Week 3, RotoBallers! A lot happened in Week 2: Vince Velasquez's 16-strikeout gem (you're welcome for the recommendation to start him, by the way); Jaime Garcia's one-hitter (got that one); Chris Sale's shutout (nailed that one, too). One way to take advantage of matchups is to pick out the strong pitchers against the weak teams. All three of those pitchers were facing teams with poor offenses- Velasquez against the Padres, Garcia against the Brewers, Sale against the Rays. There are some more examples of these matchups as you browse through our Start/Sit Recommendations for Week 3.
Waiver wire starts you could grab this week include: the Twins' Ervin Santana vs. Milwaukee (Tuesday), the Mets' Logan Verrett at the Phillies (Tuesday), the Phillies' Aaron Nola at the Brewers (Friday), and Washington's Tanner Roark against the Twins (Saturday).
Guys I'm buying after hot starts: Carlos Rodon, CHW (Sunday vs. LAA, Saturday vs. TEX); Vince Velasquez, PHI (Tuesday vs. NYM); Adam Conley, MIA (Tuesday vs. WAS, Sunday @SF); Ross Stripling, LAD (Wednesday @ATL).
Expect turnarounds from: Michael Pineda, NYY (Tuesday vs. OAK, Sunday vs. TB); Steven Matz, NYM (Saturday @ATL); Chris Archer, TB (Wednesday @BOS); Madison Bumgarner (Wednesday vs. ARI)
Two-start pitchers: Noah Syndergaard, NYM (Monday @PHI, Sunday @ATL...two good matchups for him); Jose Fernandez, MIA (Sunday vs. WAS, Saturday @ SF); Marcus Stroman, TOR (Tuesday @BAL, Sunday vs. OAK); Carlos Carrasco, CLE (Tuesday vs. SEA, Sunday @ DET); Stephen Strasburg, WAS (Tuesday @MIA, Sunday vs. MIN); the aforementioned Carlos Rodon, Michael Pineda and Adam Conley.
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
Without further ado...the chart! Remember, kids...things change, and this list is highly unlikely to look this way by the end of the week. Always make sure to check back for updates.
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (4/18/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| TOR@BOS | JA Happ SP | TOR | Sit | Clay Buccholz SP | BOS | Sit |
| NYM@PHI | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | Sit |
| COL@CIN | Jordan Lyles SP | COL | Sit | Alfredo Simon SP | CIN | Sit |
| WAS@MIA | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | Sit | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | Start |
| CHC@STL | John Lackey SP | STL | Start | Mike Leake SP | STL | Start |
| LAA@CHW | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Sit | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start |
| MIL@MIN | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | Sit | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Start |
| ARI@SF | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Sit | Jake Peavy SP | SF | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (4/19/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| MIL@MIN | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Sit | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | Start |
| SEA@CLE | Wade Miley SP | SEA | Start | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | Start |
| TOR@BAL | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | Start | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Sit |
| OAK@NYY | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | Sit | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Start |
| NYM@PHI | Logan Verrett RP | NYM | Start | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | Start |
| TB@BOS | Drew Smyly SP | TB | Start | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit |
| LAD@ATL | Alex Wood SP | LAD | Start | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit |
| COL@CIN | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Start | Raisel Iglesias SP | CIN | Start |
| WAS@MIA | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start | Adam Conley SP | MIA | Start |
| DET@KC | Shane Greene SP | DET | Sit | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start |
| HOU@TEX | Scott Feldman SP | HOU | Sit | AJ Griffin SP | TEX | Sit |
| LAA@CHW | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Start | Mat Latos SP | CHW | Start |
| CHC@STL | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | Start |
| PIT@SD | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start | Colin Rea SP | SD | Sit |
| ARI@SF | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit | Matt Cain SP | SF | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (4/20/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| COL@CIN | Chad Bettis SP | COL | Sit | Tim Melville SP | CIN | Sit |
| CHC@STL | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Sit | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | Start |
| LAA@CHW | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start |
| SEA@CLE | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Sit | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start |
| DET@KC | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | Start | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | Sit |
| TOR@BAL | RA Dickey SP | TOR | Sit | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Sit |
| OAK@NYY | Eric Surkamp SP | OAK | Sit | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Start |
| NYM@PHI | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Start | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | Sit |
| TB@BOS | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Start |
| LAD@ATL | Ross Stripling SP | LAD | Start | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Sit |
| WAS@MIA | Joe Ross SP | WAS | Start | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | Start |
| HOU@TEX | Doug Fister SP | HOU | Sit | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | Start |
| MIN@MIL | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | Sit | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Sit |
| PIT@SD | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start | Drew Pomeranz RP | SD | Sit |
| ARI@SF | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | Start | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (4/21/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SEA@CLE | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | Sit | Cody Anderson SP | CLE | Sit |
| LAD@ATL | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start | Williams Perez SP | ATL | Sit |
| WAS@MIA | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit |
| TB@BOS | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Sit | David Price SP | BOS | Start |
| MIN@MIL | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | Sit | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Sit |
| LAA@CHW | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Sit | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start |
| ARI@SF | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | Start | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | Start |
| TOR@BAL | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | Start | Vance Worley SP | BAL | Sit |
| OAK@NYY | Rich Hill RP | OAK | Sit | Luis Severino SP | NYY | Start |
| CHC@CIN | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | Sit |
| DET@KC | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | Sit | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Sit |
| HOU@TEX | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start | Martin Perez SP | TEX | Sit |
| PIT@SD | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit | James Shields SP | SD | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (4/22/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| TB@NYY | Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB | Sit | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit |
| MIN@WAS | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start |
| OAK@TOR | Chris Bassitt SP | OAK | Sit | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | Start |
| CLE@DET | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | Sit | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Sit |
| CHC@CIN | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start | Jon Moscot SP | CIN | Sit |
| NYM@ATL | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start | Bud Norris SP | ATL | Sit |
| TEX@CHW | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Start | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit |
| PHI@MIL | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | Start | Zach Davies SP | MIL | Sit |
| BOS@HOU | Steven Wright SP | BOS | Sit | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Sit |
| BAL@KC | Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL | Sit | Chris Young SP | KC | Sit |
| LAD@COL | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | Sit | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | Sit |
| PIT@ARI | Jonathon Niese SP | PIT | Sit | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Start |
| SEA@LAA | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | Sit |
| MIA@SF | Jarred Cosart SP | MIA | Sit | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | Start |
| STL@SD | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | Start | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (4/23/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| TB@NYY | Matt Moore SP | TB | Start | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start |
| MIN@WAS | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Sit | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | Start |
| OAK@TOR | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start | JA Happ SP | TOR | Start |
| CLE@DET | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Start |
| TEX@CHW | Derek Holland SP | TEX | Start | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start |
| BOS@HOU | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | Start | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | Sit |
| PHI@MIL | Charlie Morton SP | PHI | Sit | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | Sit |
| NYM@ATL | Steven Matz SP | NYM | Start | Jhoulys Chacin SP | ATL | Sit |
| CHC@CIN | John Lackey SP | CHC | Start | Alfredo Simon SP | CIN | Sit |
| BAL@KC | Mike Wright SP | BAL | Sit | Kris Medlen SP | KC | Sit |
| LAD@COL | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | Start | Jon Gray SP | COL | Sit |
| PIT@ARI | Juan Nicasio SP | PIT | Sit | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Sit |
| STL@SD | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start | Robbie Erlin SP | SD | Sit |
| SEA@LAA | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start |
| MIA@SF | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | Start | Jake Peavy SP | SF | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (4/24/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| TB@NYY | Drew Smyly SP | TB | Sit | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Start |
| OAK@TOR | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | Sit | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | Start |
| CLE@DET | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | Start | Shane Greene SP | DET | Sit |
| CHC@CIN | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start | Raisel Iglesias SP | CIN | Start |
| NYM@ATL | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit |
| MIN@WAS | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | Sit | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start |
| TEX@CHW | AJ Griffin SP | TEX | Sit | Mat Latos SP | CHW | Start |
| PHI@MIL | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | Start | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Sit |
| BAL@KC | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Sit | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start |
| SEA@LAA | Wade Miley SP | SEA | Start | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Start |
| MIA@SF | Adam Conley SP | MIA | Start | Matt Cain SP | SF | Sit |
| LAD@COL | Alex Wood SP | LAD | Sit | Jordan Lyles SP | COL | Sit |
| PIT@ARI | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit |
| STL@SD | Mike Leake SP | STL | Start | Colin Rea SP | SD | Sit |
| BOS@HOU | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit | Scott Feldman SP | HOU | Sit |
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