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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 9, 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 (5/30/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@ATL | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | SIT |
| CHW@NYM | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | SIT |
| DET@LAA | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START | Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA | SIT |
| WAS@PHI | Tanner Roark RP | WAS | START | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | START |
| BOS@BAL | Steven Wright SP | BOS | START | Tyler Wilson SP | BAL | SIT |
| STL@MIL | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | SIT | Junior Guerra RP | MIL | START |
| HOU@ARI | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | START | Edwin Escobar RP | ARI | SIT |
| TB@KC | Matt Andriese RP | TB | SIT | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START |
| LAD@CHC | Alex Wood SP | LAD | SIT | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | START |
| TEX@CLE | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | START | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START |
| MIN@OAK | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | START |
| NYY@TOR | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | START | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START |
| SD@SEA | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | SIT | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | START |
| PIT@MIA | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | SIT | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | SIT |
| CIN@COL | Daniel Wright SP | CIN | SIT | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (5/31/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| PIT@MIA | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | START |
| TB@KC | Drew Smyly SP | TB | SIT | Dillon Gee SP | KC | SIT |
| SD@SEA | James Shields SP | SD | START | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START |
| HOU@ARI | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| LAD@CHC | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | SIT | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START |
| WAS@PHI | Joe Ross SP | WAS | START | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
| CHW@NYM | Mat Latos SP | CHW | SIT | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START |
| NYY@TOR | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
| STL@MIL | Mike Leake SP | STL | START | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT |
| MIN@OAK | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | SIT | Zach Neal P | OAK | SIT |
| CIN@COL | Dan Straily SP | CIN | START | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| DET@LAA | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | SIT |
| TEX@CLE | Derek Holland SP | TEX | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| BOS@BAL | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | SIT | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| SF@ATL | Jake Peavy SP | SF | SIT | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (6/1/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| WAS@PHI | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Adam Morgan SP | PHI | SIT |
| SEA@SD | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START | Christian Friedrich RP | SD | SIT |
| CHC@LAD | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | TBA | TBA |
| TEX@CLE | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | SIT |
| NYY@TOR | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | START |
| TB@KC | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Danny Duffy SP | KC | SIT |
| STL@MIL | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | START | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT |
| DET@LAA | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | SIT |
| PIT@MIA | Jonathon Niese SP | PIT | SIT | Adam Conley SP | MIA | SIT |
| ARI@HOU | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | SIT | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | SIT |
| BOS@BAL | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | START | Mike Wright SP | BAL | SIT |
| ATL@SF | TBA | TBA | Williams Perez SP | ATL | SIT |
| CHW@NYM | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| CIN@COL | John Lamb SP | CIN | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START |
| MIN@OAK | Pat Dean SP | MIN | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (6/2/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@ATL | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | TBA | TBA |
| ARI@HOU | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| BOS@BAL | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT |
| LAD@CHC | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| TB@MIN | Matt Moore SP | TB | SIT | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | SIT |
| KC@CLE | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | SIT | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START |
| NYY@DET | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | SIT | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START |
| PIT@MIA | Juan Nicasio RP | PIT | SIT | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
| SEA@SD | Wade Miley SP | SEA | START | Cesar Vargas RP | SD | SIT |
| MIL@PHI | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START |
| CIN@COL | Alfredo Simon SP | CIN | SIT | Eddie Butler SP | COL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (6/3/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@STL | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START |
| NYM@MIA | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT |
| WAS@CIN | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | SIT |
| SEA@TEX | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | SIT | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START |
| ATL@LAD | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| TB@MIN | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | SIT | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | SIT |
| MIL@PHI | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | START | Vince Velasquez RP | PHI | START |
| TOR@BOS | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START | David Price SP | BOS | START |
| NYY@BAL | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | START | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | START |
| KC@CLE | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | START | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | SIT |
| CHW@DET | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | SIT | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | SIT |
| LAA@PIT | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | SIT | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | START |
| ARI@CHC | Archie Bradley SP | ARI | SIT | John Lackey SP | CHC | START |
| OAK@HOU | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | SIT | Doug Fister SP | HOU | START |
| COL@SD | Chris Rusin SP | COL | SIT | Drew Pomeranz RP | SD | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (6/4/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@DET | Chris Sale SP | CHW | START | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| WAS@CIN | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Daniel Wright SP | CIN | SIT |
| SF@STL | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Michael Wacha SP | STL | SIT |
| OAK@HOU | Rich Hill SP | OAK | START | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | START |
| KC@CLE | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START |
| SEA@TEX | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | START | Martin Perez SP | TEX | START |
| TB@MIN | Matt Andriese RP | TB | START | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | SIT |
| MIL@PHI | Junior Guerra RP | MIL | START | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | START |
| NYM@MIA | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | SIT | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | SIT |
| LAA@PIT | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | START | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | SIT |
| COL@SD | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | SIT |
| TOR@BOS | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | SIT | Steven Wright SP | BOS | START |
| NYY@BAL | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | START | Tyler Wilson SP | BAL | SIT |
| ATL@LAD | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | SIT | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
| ARI@CHC | Edwin Escobar RP | ARI | SIT | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (6/5/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@DET | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT |
| TB@MIN | Drew Smyly SP | TB | START | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | START |
| WAS@CIN | Tanner Roark RP | WAS | START | Dan Straily SP | CIN | START |
| TOR@BOS | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START |
| SEA@TEX | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | START |
| NYM@MIA | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | SIT | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | START |
| ATL@LAD | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | START | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | SIT |
| ARI@CHC | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START |
| COL@SD | Jon Gray SP | COL | SIT | James Shields SP | SD | START |
| NYY@BAL | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| SF@STL | Jake Peavy SP | SF | SIT | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | SIT |
| KC@CLE | Dillon Gee SP | KC | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| LAA@PIT | Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA | SIT | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START |
| OAK@HOU | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | START | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| MIL@PHI | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
