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Week 24 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 24 (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 24, 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 9/12/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHC@STL Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START Mike Leake SP | STL SIT
CLE@CHW Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT
TB@TOR Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START Francisco Liriano SP | TOR SIT
MIN@DET Ervin Santana SP | MIN SIT Daniel Norris SP | DET START
COL@ARI Tyler Anderson SP | COL START Shelby Miller SP | ARI SIT
PIT@PHI Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI SIT
LAD@NYY Jose De Leon SP | LAD SIT Bryan Mitchell RP | NYY SIT
MIA@ATL Andrew Cashner SP | MIA SIT Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START
TEX@HOU Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT Doug Fister SP | HOU START
BAL@BOS Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT David Price SP | BOS START
MIL@CIN Wily Peralta SP | MIL SIT Keyvius Sampson SP | CIN SIT
OAK@KC Ross Detwiler RP | OAK SIT Dillon Gee SP | KC START
SEA@LAA Ariel Miranda P | SEA START Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT
NYM@WAS Rafael Montero RP | NYM SIT Mat Latos SP | WAS SIT
SD@SF Paul Clemens RP | SD SIT Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY 9/13/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYM@WAS Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START A.J. Cole RP | WAS SIT
CLE@CHW Trevor Bauer SP | CLE SIT Jose Quintana SP | CHW START
CHC@STL Jason Hammel SP | CHC START Jaime Garcia SP | STL SIT
PIT@PHI Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Alec Asher SP | PHI SIT
BAL@BOS Dylan Bundy RP | BAL SIT Drew Pomeranz RP | BOS START
LAD@NYY Julio Urias SP | LAD START CC Sabathia SP | NYY SIT
TB@TOR Drew Smyly SP | TB SIT Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START
SEA@LAA Taijuan Walker SP | SEA SIT Alex Meyer RP | LAA SIT
TEX@HOU A.J. Griffin SP | TEX SIT Brad Peacock SP | HOU SIT
MIN@DET Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Matt Boyd SP | DET START
OAK@KC Jharel Cotton SP | OAK SIT Danny Duffy SP | KC START
COL@ARI Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL SIT Robbie Ray SP | ARI SIT
MIL@CIN Matt Garza SP | MIL START Dan Straily SP | CIN START
SD@SF Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT Albert Suarez SP | SF START
MIA@ATL Jake Esch SP | MIA SIT Matt Wisler SP | ATL START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY 9/14/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHC@STL Jon Lester SP | CHC START Carlos Martinez SP | STL START
MIA@ATL Jose Fernandez SP | MIA START Julio Teheran SP | ATL START
TEX@HOU Derek Holland SP | TEX SIT Joe Musgrove SP | HOU SIT
SEA@LAA Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA START Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA SIT
BAL@BOS Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
LAD@NYY Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START Michael Pineda SP | NYY SIT
CLE@CHW Josh Tomlin SP | CLE SIT Carlos Rodon SP | CHW SIT
MIL@CIN Junior Guerra RP | MIL START Tim Adleman RP | CIN SIT
TB@TOR Alex Cobb SP | TB START Marco Estrada SP | TOR START
OAK@KC Sean Manaea SP | OAK START Yordano Ventura SP | KC START
SD@SF Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START
NYM@WAS Robert Gsellman SP | NYM SIT Tanner Roark RP | WAS START
MIN@DET Tyler Duffey SP | MIN SIT Anibal Sanchez SP | DET START
COL@ARI Jeff Hoffman SP | COL SIT Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI SIT
PIT@PHI Steven Brault RP | PIT START Jake Thompson SP | PHI SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY 9/15/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYY@BOS Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS SIT
TOR@LAA J.A. Happ SP | TOR START TBA TBD
STL@SF Adam Wainwright SP | STL START Johnny Cueto SP | SF START
LAD@ARI Rich Hill SP | LAD START Archie Bradley SP | ARI SIT
TB@BAL Blake Snell SP | TB SIT Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL START
OAK@KC Kendall Graveman SP | OAK START Edinson Volquez SP | KC SIT
MIN@DET Hector Santiago SP | MIN SIT Michael Fulmer SP | DET START
MIL@CHC Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL SIT John Lackey SP | CHC START
PIT@PHI Chad Kuhl SP | PIT START Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START
CLE@CHW Mike Clevinger SP | CLE SIT James Shields SP | CHW SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY 9/16/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@KC Chris Sale SP | CHW START Ian Kennedy SP | KC START
WAS@ATL Max Scherzer SP | WAS START John Gant SP | ATL SIT
LAD@ARI Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START Zack Greinke SP | ARI START
TB@BAL Chris Archer SP | TB START Chris Tillman SP | BAL START
TOR@LAA Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR START Jered Weaver SP | LAA SIT
HOU@SEA Collin McHugh SP | HOU SIT Felix Hernandez SP | SEA START
STL@SF Luke Weaver SP | STL SIT Matt Moore SP | SF START
MIA@PHI Tom Koehler SP | MIA START Adam Morgan SP | PHI SIT
NYY@BOS Luis Cessa SP | NYY START Clay Buchholz SP | BOS SIT
PIT@CIN Ryan Vogelsong SP | PIT START Robert Stephenson SP | CIN SIT
DET@CLE Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
MIN@NYM Jose Berrios SP | MIN START Bartolo Colon SP | NYM START
MIL@CHC Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START
OAK@TEX Raul Alcantara SP | OAK SIT Yu Darvish SP | TEX START
SD@COL Christian Friedrich RP | SD SIT Tyler Chatwood SP | COL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY 9/17/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
DET@CLE Justin Verlander SP | DET START Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START
WAS@ATL Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Williams Perez SP | ATL SIT
MIN@NYM Ervin Santana SP | MIN START Seth Lugo SP | NYM SIT
PIT@CIN Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN START
MIL@CHC Zach Davies SP | MIL SIT Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START
PIT@CIN Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN START
HOU@SEA Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT James Paxton SP | SEA START
LAD@ARI Jose De Leon SP | LAD SIT Shelby Miller SP | ARI SIT
TOR@LAA Francisco Liriano SP | TOR SIT Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT
STL@SF Mike Leake SP | STL START Jeff Samardzija SP | SF SIT
TB@BAL Matt Andriese RP | TB SIT Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT
MIA@PHI Jose Urena RP | MIA START Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI START
SD@COL Edwin Jackson RP | SD SIT Jon Gray SP | COL START
OAK@TEX Ross Detwiler RP | OAK SIT Cole Hamels SP | TEX START
CHW@KC Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW START Dillon Gee SP | KC SIT
NYY@BOS Bryan Mitchell RP | NYY SIT David Price SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY 9/18/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@KC Jose Quintana SP | CHW START Danny Duffy SP | KC START
TOR@LAA Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START Alex Meyer RP | LAA SIT
TB@BAL Jake Odorizzi SP | TB SIT Dylan Bundy RP | BAL SIT
STL@SF Jaime Garcia SP | STL START Albert Suarez SP | SF SIT
HOU@SEA Doug Fister SP | HOU START Ariel Miranda P | SEA SIT
LAD@ARI Julio Urias SP | LAD START Robbie Ray SP | ARI START
WAS@ATL TBA TBD Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL SIT
NYY@BOS CC Sabathia SP | NYY SIT Drew Pomeranz RP | BOS START
MIA@PHI Andrew Cashner SP | MIA START Alec Asher SP | PHI SIT
DET@CLE Daniel Norris SP | DET SIT Trevor Bauer SP | CLE SIT
MIN@NYM Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Rafael Montero RP | NYM SIT
OAK@TEX Jharel Cotton SP | OAK SIT Colby Lewis SP | TEX START
MIL@CHC Wily Peralta SP | MIL SIT Jason Hammel SP | CHC START
PIT@CIN Steven Brault RP | PIT SIT Dan Straily SP | CIN START
SD@COL Paul Clemens RP | SD SIT Chad Bettis SP | COL START

 

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