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Week 6 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 6, 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. 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 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, so I’ll be updating the matchups throughout the day and week. This is based on 10-14 team league sizes:

 

PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (5/9/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
DET@WAS Anibal Sanchez | DET Sit Stephen Strasburg | WAS Start
KC@NYY Chris Young | KC Sit Ivan Nova | NYY Start
MIL@MIA Wily Peralta | MIL Sit Jose Fernandez | MIA Start
OAK@BOS Sonny Gray | OAK Start Clay Buchholz | BOS Sit
PIT@WAS Jonathan Niese | PIT Sit Dan Straily | WAS Sit
CWS@TEX Miguel Gonzalez | CWS Sit Colby Lewis | TEX Sit
SD@CHC PPD PPD PPD PPD
BAL@MIN PPD PPD PPD PPD
CLE@HOU Corey Kluber | CLE Start Mike Fiers | HOU Sit
ARI@COL Archie Bradley | ARI Sit Tyler Chatwood | COL Sit
NYM@LAD Steven Matz | NYM Start Scott Kazmir | LAD Sit
TB@SEA Matt Moore | TB Sit Felix Hernandez | SEA Start
TOR@SF Aaron Sanchez | TOR Start Jake Peavy | SF Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (5/10/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
DET@WAS Michael Fulmer | DET Sit Joe Ross | WAS Start
KC@NYY Kris Medlen | KC Start Masahiro Tanaka | NYY Start
MIL@MIA Zach Davies | MIL Sit Adam Conley | MIA Start
OAK@BOS Sean Manaea | OAK Start Sean O'Sullivan | BOS Sit
PHI@ATL Adam Morgan | PHI Start Matt Wisler | ATL Start
PIT@CIN Juan Nicasio | PIT Sit Alfredo Simon | CIN Sit
CWS@TEX Carlos Rodon | CWS Start Derek Holland | TEX Sit
SD@CHC Cesar Vargas | SD Sit Jon Lester | CHC Start
BAL@MIN Kevin Gausman | BAL Start Jose Berrios | MIN Start
CLE@HOU Trevor Bauer | CLE Sit Chris Devenski | HOU Sit
ARI@COL Rubby De La Rosa | ARI Sit Chris Rusin | COL Sit
STL@LAA Mike Leake | STL Start Hector Santiago | LAA Start
NYM@LAD Jacob deGrom | NYM Start Alex Wood | LAD Sit
TB@SEA Drew Smyly | TB Start Wade Miley | SEA Start
TOR@SF J.A. Happ | TOR Start Matt Cain | SF Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (5/11/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@MIN Tyler Wilson | BAL  Start Phil Hughes| MIN  Sit
CWS@TEX Mat Latos | CWS  Start Cole Hamels | TEX  Start
CLE@HOU Danny Salazar | CLE  Start Doug Fister | HOU  Sit
ARI@COL Robbie Ray | ARI  Sit Chad Bettis | COL  Sit
TB@SEA Chris Archer | TB  Start Taijuan Walker | SEA  Start
TOR@SF Marcus Stroman | TOR  Start Madison Bumgarner | SF  Start
DET@WAS Jordan Zimmerman | DET  Sit Max Scherzer | WAS  Start
KC@NYY Yordano Ventura | KC  Start Michael Pineda | NYY  Sit
MIL@MIA Chase Anderson | MIL  Sit Wei-Yin Chen | MIA  Start
OAK@BOS Rich Hill | OAK  TBD Rick Porcello | BOS  Sit
PHI@ATL Jerad Eickhoff | PHI Start Jhoulys Chacin | ATL  Sit
PIT@CIN Francisco Liriano | PIT Start Tim Adleman | CIN  Sit
SD@CHC Drew Pomeranz | SD Sit John Lackey | CHC  Start
STL@LAA Jaime Garcia | STL Start TBD  TBD
NYM@LAD Noah Syndergaard | NYM Start Kenta Maeda | LAD  Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (5/12/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
DET@BAL Mike Pelfrey | DET Sit  Mike Wright | BAL Sit
KC@NYY Ian Kennedy | KC Start Nathan Eovaldi | NYY Start
HOU@BOS Dallas Keuchel | HOU Start David Price | BOS Start
PHI@ATL Vince Velazquez | PHI Start Aaron Blair | ATL Start
SD@MIL James Shields | SD Start Jimmy Nelson | MIL Start
SF@ARI Johnny Cueto | SF Start Zack Greinke | ARI Start
STL@LAA Carlos Martinez | STL Start Jered Weaver | LAA Sit
NYM@LAD Bartolo Colon | NYM Start Clayton Kershaw Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (5/13/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
PIT@CHC Jeff Locke | PIT Sit Jason Hammel | CHC Start
DET@BAL Justin Verlander | DET Start Ubaldo Jimenez | BAL Sit
CWS@NYY Chris Sale | CWS Start Luis Severino | NYY Sit
MIA@WAS Tom Koehler | MIA Sit Gio Gonzalez | WAS Start
CIN@PHI Brandon Finnegan | CIN Start Jeremy Hellickson | PHI Start
MIN@CLE Ricky Nolasco | MIN Sit Josh Tomlin | CLE Start
HOU@BOS Collin McHugh | HOU Sit Steven Wright | BOS Start
OAK@TB TBD TBD Jake Odorizzi | TB Sit
TOR@TEX R.A. Dickey | TOR Start Cesar Ramos | OAK Sit
SD@MIL Andrew Cashner | SD Start Junior Guerra | MIL Sit
ATL@KC Julio Teheran | ATL Sit Edinson Volquez | KC Start
NYM@COL Matt Harvey | NYM Sit Jon Gray | COL Sit
SF@ARI Jeff Samardzija | SF Start Shelby Miller | ARI Sit
STL@LAD Adam Wainwright | STL Start Ross Stripling | LAD Sit
LAA@TB Nick Tropeano | LAA Sit Nate Karns | TB Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (5/14/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
HOU@BOS Mike Fiers | HOU Start Clay Buchholz | BOS Sit
CWS@NYY Jose Quintana | CWS Start Ivan Nova | NYY Sit
MIA@WAS Justin Nicolino | MIA Sit Tanner Roark | WAS Start
PIT@CHC Gerrit Cole | PIT Start Jake Arrieta | CHC Start
MIN@CLE Ervin Santana | MIN Start Corey Kluber | CLE Start
OAK@TB Kendall Graveman | OAK Start Matt Moore | TB Start
DET@BAL Anibal Sanchez | DET Sit Chris Tillman | BAL Start
MIA@WAS Jose Fernandez | MIA Start Stephen Strasburg | WAS Start
CIN@PHI John Lamb | CIN Start Aaron Nola | PHI Start
SD@MIL Cesar Vargas | SD Sit Wily Peralta | MIL Start
ATL@KC Mike Foltynewicz | ATL Sit Chris Young | KC Sit
TOR@TB Marco Estrada | TOR Start Martin Perez | TEX Sit
NYM@COL Steven Matz | NYM Sit Eddie Butler | COL Sit
SF@ARI Jake Peavy | SF Sit Patrick Corbin | ARI Sit
STL@LAD Michael Wacha | STL Start Scott Kazmir | LAD Sit
LAA@SEA Jered Weaver | LAA Sit Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (5/15/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CWS@NYY Miguel Gonzalez | CWS Sit Masahiro Tanaka | NYY Start
MIN@CLE Tyler Duffey | MIN Sit Trevor Bauer Start
OAK@TB Sonny Gray | OAK Sit Drew Smyly | TB Start
HOU@BOS Chris Devenski | HOU Start Sean O'Sullivan | BOS Sit
DET@BAL Michael Fulmer | DET Sit Kevin Gausman | BAL Start
CIN@PHI Dan Straily | CIN Sit Adam Morgan | PHI Start
MIA@WAS Adam Conley | MIA Start Joe Ross | WAS Start
SD@MIL Colin Rea | SD Start Zach Davies | MIL Sit
ATL@KC Matt Wisler | ATL Sit Kris Medlen | KC Sit
PIT@CHC Jonathan Niese | PIT Sit Jon Lester | CHC Start
TOR@TEX Aaron Sanchez | TOR Start Colby Lewis | TEX Sit
SF@ARI Matt Cain | SF Sit Rubby De La Rosa | ARI Sit
NYM@COL Jacob deGrom | NYM Start Tyler Chatwood | COL Start
LAA@SEA Hector Santiago | LAA Start Felix Hernandez | SEA Start
STL@LAD Mike Leake | STL Sit Alex Wood | LAD Sit

 

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