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Bill Dubiel's Week 16 (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 16, 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 (7/18/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@SEA | Chris Sale SP | CHW | START | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT |
| CLE@KC | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | SIT |
| MIA@PHI | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | START | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
| NYM@CHC | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| TEX@LAA | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | SIT | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | SIT |
| TB@COL | Drew Smyly SP | TB | SIT | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START |
| HOU@OAK | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | START | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | SIT |
| ATL@CIN | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | START | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | START |
| BAL@NYY | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | SIT |
| SD@STL | Christian Friedrich RP | SD | SIT | Mike Leake SP | STL | START |
| MIN@DET | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | SIT | Matt Boyd SP | DET | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (7/19/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@SEA | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START | Wade Miley SP | SEA | SIT |
| HOU@OAK | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | TBA | TBD |
| TOR@ARI | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | START | Zack Godley SP | ARI | SIT |
| MIA@PHI | TBA | TBD | Vince Velasquez RP | PHI | START |
| CLE@KC | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START | TBA | TBD |
| NYM@CHC | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START |
| LAD@WAS | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | SIT | Reynaldo Lopez SP | WAS | SIT |
| TB@COL | Blake Snell SP | TB | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START |
| BAL@NYY | Vance Worley SP | BAL | SIT | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | SIT |
| SF@BOS | Jake Peavy SP | SF | SIT | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| TEX@LAA | Kyle Lohse SP | TEX | SIT | Tim Lincecum SP | LAA | SIT |
| SD@STL | Colin Rea SP | SD | SIT | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| MIL@PIT | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | SIT |
| ATL@CIN | Tyrell Jenkins SP | ATL | SIT | Cody Reed SP | CIN | SIT |
| MIN@DET | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | SIT | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (7/20/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CLE@KC | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START |
| TB@COL | Chris Archer SP | TB | SIT | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | SIT |
| TOR@ARI | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT |
| HOU@OAK | Doug Fister SP | HOU | START | Daniel Mengden P | OAK | SIT |
| MIL@PIT | Junior Guerra RP | MIL | START | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | START |
| NYM@CHC | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | START | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| MIA@PHI | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | START | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | START |
| MIN@DET | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | SIT | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| BAL@NYY | Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL | SIT | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | START |
| TEX@LAA | Martin Perez SP | TEX | START | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | START |
| LAD@WAS | Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | SIT |
| SD@STL | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | SIT | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | START |
| ATL@CIN | Lucas Harrell SP | ATL | SIT | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START |
| CHW@SEA | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | SIT |
| SF@BOS | Matt Cain SP | SF | SIT | Drew Pomeranz RP | BOS | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (7/21/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@NYY | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | START | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT |
| TB@OAK | Matt Moore SP | TB | SIT | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | START |
| LAD@WAS | Bud Norris RP | LAD | START | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| ATL@COL | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | Chad Bettis SP | COL | START |
| MIN@BOS | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | SIT | Steven Wright SP | BOS | START |
| MIA@PHI | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | START | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START |
| MIL@PIT | Matt Garza SP | MIL | SIT | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | SIT |
| SD@STL | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START |
| DET@CHW | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | SIT | James Shields SP | CHW | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (7/22/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@NYY | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| DET@CHW | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START | TBA | TBD |
| ATL@COL | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| CLE@BAL | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | SIT |
| SEA@TOR | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | SIT |
| LAA@HOU | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| CHC@MIL | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | START | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | START |
| TB@OAK | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | SIT | Rich Hill SP | OAK | START |
| TEX@KC | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | SIT | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| LAD@STL | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | START | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START |
| PHI@PIT | Zach Eflin RP | PHI | SIT | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START |
| MIN@BOS | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Logan Verrett RP | NYM | SIT | Adam Conley SP | MIA | SIT |
| ARI@CIN | TBA | TBD | John Lamb SP | CIN | SIT |
| SD@WAS | Edwin Jackson RP | SD | SIT | Tanner Roark RP | WAS | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (7/23/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | START |
| TEX@KC | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | SIT |
| LAD@STL | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Mike Leake SP | STL | START |
| CHC@MIL | John Lackey SP | CHC | SIT | Zach Davies SP | MIL | START |
| DET@CHW | TBA | TBD | Chris Sale SP | CHW | START |
| SF@NYY | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | SIT |
| CLE@BAL | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START | TBA | TBD |
| PHI@PIT | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | SIT |
| TB@OAK | Drew Smyly SP | TB | SIT | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | SIT |
| ARI@CIN | Archie Bradley SP | ARI | SIT | Dan Straily SP | CIN | START |
| ATL@COL | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | SIT | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START |
| LAA@HOU | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | SIT | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | START |
| SD@WAS | Christian Friedrich RP | SD | SIT | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| SEA@TOR | Mike Montgomery SP | SEA | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
| MIN@BOS | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | SIT | David Price SP | BOS | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (7/24/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@NYY | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | SIT |
| CLE@BAL | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | TBA | TBD |
| CHC@MIL | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | TBA | TBD |
| DET@CHW | TBA | TBD | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START |
| PHI@PIT | Vince Velasquez RP | PHI | START | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| LAD@STL | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | SIT | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| TEX@KC | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | START | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | SIT |
| TB@OAK | Blake Snell SP | TB | SIT | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | SIT |
| LAA@HOU | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | SIT | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | START |
| ARI@CIN | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | SIT |
| SD@WAS | Colin Rea SP | SD | SIT | Joe Ross SP | WAS | START |
| SEA@TOR | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | START |
| ATL@COL | Tyrell Jenkins SP | ATL | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START |
| MIN@BOS | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | SIT | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
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