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Week 7 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

By SD Dirk on Flickr [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Bill Dubiel's Week 7 (2016) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two start pitchers and sleepers, based on 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 7, 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 (5/16/16)    
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
MIN@DET Jordan Zimmermann | DET  Start Jose Berrios | MIN  Start
LAA@LAD Kenta Maeda | LAD  Start Matt Shoemaker | LAA  Sit
BOS@KC Rick Porcello | BOS Start Yordano Ventura | KC  Sit
TB@TOR Drew Smyly | TB  Sit J.A. Happ | TOR  Start
MIA@PHI Adam Conley | MIA  Start Jerad Eickhoff | PHI  Start
NYY@ARI Chase Green | NYY  Sit Robbie Ray | ARI  Sit
ATL@PIT Jonathon Niese | PIT  Sit Williams Perez | ATL  Sit
TEX@OAK Derek Holland | TEX  Sit Sean Manaea | OAK  Sit
CIN@CLE John Lamb | CIN  Start Cody Anderson | CLE  Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (5/17/16)    
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
LAA@LAD Clayton Kershaw | LAD  Start Jered Weaver | LAA  Sit
SF@SD Madison Bumgarner | SF  Start Colin Rea | SD  Sit
WAS@NYM Noah Syndergaard | NYM  Start Max Scherzer | WAS  Start
BOS@KC David Price | BOS  Start Ian Kennedy | KC  Sit
CIN@CLE Danny Salazar | CLE  Start Alfredo Simon | CIN  Sit
TB@TOR Marcus Stroman | TOR  Start Chris Archer | TB  Start
TEX@OAK Cole Hamels | TEX  Start Eric Surkamp | OAK  Sit
NYY@ARI Zack Greinke | ARI  Sit Michael Pineda | NYY  Start
COL@STL Jaime Garcia | STL  Start Chad Bettis | COL  Sit
HOU@CWS Dallas Keuchel | HOU  Sit Carlos Rodon | CHW  Start
CHC@MIL Kyle Hendricks | CHC  Start Chase Anderson | MIL  Sit
MIA@PHI Vince Velasquez | PHI  Start Wei-Yin Chen | MIA  Sit
ATL@PIT Juan Nicasio | PIT  Sit Aaron Blair | ATL  Start
SEA@BAL Wade Miley | SEA  Sit Ubaldo Jimenez | BAL Sit
MIN@DET Phil Hughes | MIN  Sit Mike Pelfrey | DET  Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (5/18/16)    
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
SF@SD Johnny Cueto | SF  Start Drew Pomeranz | SD  Start
CHC@MIL John Lackey | CHC  Start Jimmy Nelson | MIL  Start
ATL@PIT Francisco Liriano | PIT  Start Julio Teheran | ATL  Start
WAS@NYM Gio Gonzalez | WAS  Start Bartolo Colon | NYM  Sit
MIN@DET Justin Verlander | DET  Start Ricky Nolasco | MIN  Sit
SEA@BAL Chris Tillman | BAL  Start Taijuan Walker | SEA  Start
TEX@OAK Rich Hill | OAK  Start Martin Perez | TEX  Start
BOS@KC Steven Wright | BOS  Start Edinson Volquez | KC  Sit
TB@TOR Jake Odorizzi | TB  Sit R.A. Dickey | TOR  Start
CLE@CIN Josh Tomlin | CLE  Start Brandon Finnegan | CIN  Sit
HOU@CWS Mat Latos | CHW  Start Doug Fister | HOU  Start
NYY@ARI Shelby Miller | ARI  Sit Nathan Eovaldi | NYY  Start
MIA@PHI Jeremy Hellickson | PHI  Start Tom Koehler | MIA  Sit
LAD@LAA Ross Stripling | LAD  Sit Nick Tropeano | LAA  Sit
COL@STL Chris Rusin | COL  Sit Adam Wainwright | STL  Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (5/19/16)    
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
WAS@NYM Stephen Strasburg | WAS  Start Matt Harvey | NYM  Start
CLE@CIN Corey Kluber | CLE  Start Tim Adleman | CIN  Sit
SF@SD Jeff Samardzija | SF  Start James Shields | SD  Start
CHC@MIL Jason Hammel | CHC  Start Junior Guerra | MIL  Sit
TOR@MIN Marco Estrada | TOR  Start Ervin Santana | MIN  Sit
LAD@LAA Scott Kazmir | LAD  Sit Jhoulys Chacin | LAA  Sit
SEA@BAL Nathan Karns | SEA  Start TBA  TBA
HOU@CWS Collin McHugh | HOU  Sit Chris Sale | CHW  Start
COL@STL Jon Gray | COL  Start Michael Wacha | STL  Start
NYY@OAK Ivan Nova | NYY  Start Kendall Graveman | OAK  Sit
ATL@PIT Mike Foltynewicz | ATL  Start Jeff Locke | PIT  Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (5/20/16)    
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHC@SF Jake Arrieta | CHC  Start Jake Peavy | SF  Sit
NYY@OAK Masahiro Tanaka | NYY  Start Sonny Gray | OAK  Start
TOR@MIN Aaron Sanchez | TOR  Start Tyler Duffey | MIN  Sit
WAS@MIA Tanner Roark | WAS  Start Justin Nicolino | MIA  Sit
SEA@CIN Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA  Start Dan Straily | CIN  Sit
TEX@HOU Colby Lewis | TEX  Sit Lance McCullers | HOU  Sit
LAD@SD Alex Wood | LAD  Start TBA  TBA
ARI@STL Patrick Corbin | ARI  Sit Carlos Martinez | STL  Start
ATL@PHI Matt Wisler | ATL  Start Aaron Nola | PHI  Start
CLE@BOS Trevor Bauer | CLE  Sit Clay Buchholz | BOS  Sit
TB@DET Matt Andriese | TB  Sit Anibal Sanchez | DET  Sit
KC@CWS Dillon Gee | KC  Sit Jose Quintana | CHW  Start
MIL@NYM Wily Peralta | MIL  Sit Steven Matz | NYM  Start
BAL@LAA Mike Wright | BAL  Sit Hector Santiago | LAA  Start
COL@PIT Eddie Butler | COL  Sit Gerrit Cole | PIT  Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (5/21/16)    
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
SEA@CIN Felix Hernandez | SEA  Start John Lamb | CIN  Start
CHC@SF Jon Lester | CHC  Start Matt Cain | SF  Sit
LAD@SD Kenta Maeda | LAD  Start Cesar Vargas | SD  Sit
TOR@MIN J.A. Happ | TOR  Start Jose Berrios | MIN  Sit
WAS@MIA Joe Ross | WAS  Sit Jose Fernandez | MIA  Start
BAL@LAA Kevin Gausman | BAL  Start Matt Shoemaker | LAA  Sit
NYY@OAK Michael Pineda | NYY  Start Sean Manaea | OAK  Sit
TB@DET Matt Moore | TB  Sit Michael Fulmer | DET  Start
COL@PIT Tyler Chatwood | COL  Start Jonathon Niese | PIT  Sit
ARI@STL Rubby De La Rosa | ARI  Sit Mike Leake | STL  Start
ATL@PHI Williams Perez | ATL  Start Adam Morgan | PHI  Start
KC@CWS Danny Duffy | KC  Sit Miguel Gonzalez | CHW  Sit
CLE@BOS Cody Anderson | CLE  Sit Rick Porcello | BOS  Sit
MIL@NYM Zach Davies | MIL  Sit Jacob deGrom | NYM  Start
TEX@HOU Cesar Ramos | TEX  Start Chris Devenski | HOU  Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (5/22/16)    
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
LAD@SD Clayton Kershaw | LAD  Start Colin Rea | SD  Sit
WAS@MIA Max Scherzer | WAS  Start Adam Conley | MIA  Start
CLE@BOS Danny Salazar | CLE  Start David Price | BOS  Start
TOR@MIN Marcus Stroman | TOR  Start Phil Hughes | MIN  Sit
TB@DET Drew Smyly | TB  Start Jordan Zimmermann | DET  Start
CHC@SF Kyle Hendricks | CHC  Start Madison Bumgarner | SF  Start
KC@CWS Yordano Ventura | KC  Sit Carlos Rodon | CHW  Start
NYY@OAK Nathan Eovaldi | NYY  Start Eric Surkamp | OAK  Sit
SEA@CIN Wade Miley | SEA  Sit Alfredo Simon | CIN  Sit
TEX@HOU Derek Holland | TEX  Sit Dallas Keuchel | HOU  Start
ARI@STL Robbie Ray | ARI  Start Jaime Garcia | STL  Start
BAL@LAA Ubaldo Jimenez | BAL  Sit Jered Weaver | LAA  Sit
COL@PIT Chad Bettis | COL  Start Juan Nicasio | PIT  Sit
ATL@PHI Aaron Blair | ATL  Start Jerad Eickhoff | PHI  Start
MIL@NYM Chase Anderson | MIL  Sit Noah Syndergaard | NYM  Start

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