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Week 12 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 12, 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

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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 (6/20/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
SF@PIT Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START Jeff Locke SP | PIT SIT
WAS@LAD Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START
TB@CLE Drew Smyly SP | TB START Josh Tomlin SP | CLE START
STL@CHC Jaime Garcia SP | STL SIT John Lackey SP | CHC START
SEA@DET Nathan Karns SP | SEA START Mike Pelfrey SP | DET SIT
BAL@TEX Kevin Gausman SP | BAL START Derek Holland SP | TEX SIT
ARI@PHI Shelby Miller SP | ARI SIT Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI SIT
LAA@HOU Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA SIT Doug Fister SP | HOU START
COL@MIA Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL SIT Justin Nicolino SP | MIA SIT
CHW@BOS Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT Steven Wright SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (6/21/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@BOS Chris Sale SP | CHW START Clay Buchholz SP | BOS SIT
SF@PIT Johnny Cueto SP | SF START TBA TBD
PHI@MIN Aaron Nola SP | PHI START Tyler Duffey SP | MIN SIT
SEA@DET James Paxton SP | SEA START Justin Verlander SP | DET START
WAS@LAD Tanner Roark RP | WAS START Scott Kazmir SP | LAD SIT
STL@CHC Adam Wainwright SP | STL START Jason Hammel SP | CHC START
KC@NYM Ian Kennedy SP | KC START Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START
TB@CLE Blake Snell SP | TB START Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
ARI@TOR Patrick Corbin SP | ARI SIT Marco Estrada SP | TOR START
CIN@TEX Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN SIT Colby Lewis SP | TEX START
MIL@OAK Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL SIT Sonny Gray SP | OAK START
LAA@HOU Hector Santiago SP | LAA SIT Collin McHugh SP | HOU START
COL@NYY Chad Bettis SP | COL SIT Ivan Nova SP | NYY SIT
ATL@MIA Bud Norris RP | ATL SIT Jose Fernandez SP | MIA START
SD@BAL Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Tyler Wilson SP | BAL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (6/22/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@BOS Jose Quintana SP | CHW START Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS SIT
SF@PIT Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START Francisco Liriano SP | PIT SIT
TB@CLE Chris Archer SP | TB START Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START
WAS@LAD Joe Ross SP | WAS START Julio Urias SP | LAD START
LAA@HOU Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START Lance McCullers SP | HOU START
SEA@DET Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA START Michael Fulmer SP | DET START
KC@NYM Danny Duffy SP | KC START Bartolo Colon SP | NYM START
COL@NYY Jon Gray SP | COL START CC Sabathia SP | NYY START
STL@CHC Michael Wacha SP | STL SIT Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START
CIN@TEX Dan Straily SP | CIN START Cole Hamels SP | TEX START
MIL@OAK Junior Guerra RP | MIL START Daniel Mengden P | OAK START
ATL@MIA Matt Wisler SP | ATL START Adam Conley SP | MIA SIT
ARI@TOR Robbie Ray SP | ARI SIT J.A. Happ SP | TOR START
PHI@MIN Adam Morgan SP | PHI SIT Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT
SD@BAL Erik Johnson SP | SD SIT TBA TBD
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (6/23/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHC@MIA Jon Lester SP | CHC START Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA SIT
ARI@COL Zack Greinke SP | ARI START TBA TBD
NYM@ATL Matt Harvey SP | NYM START John Gant SP | ATL SIT
PHI@MIN Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START TBA TBD
CHW@BOS James Shields SP | CHW SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
SD@CIN Christian Friedrich RP | SD START John Lamb SP | CIN START
OAK@LAA Kendall Graveman SP | OAK SIT Tim Lincecum SP | LAA START
SF@PIT Albert Suarez SP | SF SIT Jonathon Niese SP | PIT SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (6/24/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@TEX David Price SP | BOS START Nick Martinez SP | TEX SIT
WAS@MIL Max Scherzer SP | WAS START Zach Davies SP | MIL START
CLE@DET Danny Salazar SP | CLE START Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET START
STL@SEA Carlos Martinez SP | STL START Taijuan Walker SP | SEA START
CHC@MIA Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START Tom Koehler SP | MIA SIT
NYM@ATL Steven Matz SP | NYM START Aaron Blair SP | ATL SIT
TOR@CHW Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR START Carlos Rodon SP | CHW SIT
HOU@KC Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START TBA TBD
TB@BAL Matt Moore SP | TB SIT Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL SIT
ARI@COL Archie Bradley SP | ARI START Tyler Anderson SP | COL SIT
OAK@LAA TBA TBD Jered Weaver SP | LAA SIT
LAD@PIT TBA TBD Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START
MIN@NYY Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN SIT Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START
SD@CIN Colin Rea SP | SD SIT Cody Reed SP | CIN START
PHI@SF Zach Eflin RP | PHI SIT Jake Peavy SP | SF SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (6/25/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYM@ATL Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Julio Teheran SP | ATL START
CHC@MIA John Lackey SP | CHC START Justin Nicolino SP | MIA SIT
BOS@TEX Steven Wright SP | BOS START Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT
CLE@DET Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Mike Pelfrey SP | DET SIT
LAD@PIT Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START Jeff Locke SP | PIT SIT
WAS@MIL Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS SIT Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT
SD@CIN Drew Pomeranz RP | SD START Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN START
TB@BAL Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START Chris Tillman SP | BAL START
TB@BAL Drew Smyly SP | TB START Kevin Gausman SP | BAL START
STL@SEA Mike Leake SP | STL START Nathan Karns SP | SEA START
PHI@SF Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI SIT Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START
MIN@NYY Ervin Santana SP | MIN START Michael Pineda SP | NYY START
TOR@CHW R.A. Dickey SP | TOR SIT Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT
HOU@KC Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT Edinson Volquez SP | KC SIT
ARI@COL Shelby Miller SP | ARI SIT Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL SIT
OAK@LAA Eric Surkamp RP | OAK SIT Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (6/26/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
LAD@PIT Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START TBA TBD
WAS@MIL Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START Matt Garza SP | MIL SIT
NYM@ATL Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START Bud Norris RP | ATL SIT
CHC@MIA Jason Hammel SP | CHC START Jose Fernandez SP | MIA START
PHI@SF Aaron Nola SP | PHI START Johnny Cueto SP | SF START
OAK@LAA Sonny Gray SP | OAK START Hector Santiago SP | LAA SIT
CLE@DET Josh Tomlin SP | CLE START Justin Verlander SP | DET START
HOU@KC Doug Fister SP | HOU START Chris Young SP | KC SIT
TOR@CHW Marcus Stroman SP | TOR SIT Chris Sale SP | CHW START
STL@SEA Jaime Garcia SP | STL SIT James Paxton SP | SEA START
TB@BAL Blake Snell SP | TB SIT Tyler Wilson SP | BAL SIT
ARI@COL Patrick Corbin SP | ARI SIT Chad Bettis SP | COL SIT
BOS@TEX Clay Buchholz SP | BOS SIT Derek Holland SP | TEX SIT
MIN@NYY Tyler Duffey SP | MIN SIT Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY START
SD@CIN Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN SIT

 

 

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