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Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 6, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against a fierce offense, this is the weekly piece for you.
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
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 (5/8/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@COL | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | START |
| CLE@TOR | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
| KC@TB | Nate Karns SP | KC | SIT | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
| LAA@OAK | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | START |
| NYY@CIN | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Rookie Davis SP | CIN | SIT |
| PIT@LAD | Trevor Williams RP | PIT | SIT | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
| SF@NYM | Matt Moore SP | SF | SIT | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| STL@MIA | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Adam Conley SP | MIA | SIT |
| TEX@SD | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | SIT | Jered Weaver SP | SD | SIT |
| WAS@BAL | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/9/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@HOU | Bartolo Colon SP | ATL | SIT | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
| BOS@MIL | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | START | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT |
| CHC@COL | John Lackey SP | CHC | SIT | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
| CLE@TOR | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | TBA | TBD |
| DET@ARI | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
| KC@TB | Chris Young RP | KC | SIT | Matt Andriese SP | TB | START |
| LAA@OAK | Alex Meyer SP | LAA | SIT | Jharel Cotton SP | OAK | SIT |
| MIN@CHW | Hector Santiago SP | MIN | START | Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW | SIT |
| NYY@CIN | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Tim Adleman SP | CIN | SIT |
| PIT@LAD | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START | Julio Urias SP | LAD | START |
| SEA@PHI | Ariel Miranda SP | SEA | START | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START |
| SF@NYM | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | SIT |
| STL@MIA | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | SIT | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT |
| TEX@SD | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | START | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| WAS@BAL | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/10/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@HOU | Jaime Garcia SP | ATL | SIT | Joe Musgrove SP | HOU | SIT |
| BAL@WAS | Wade Miley SP | BAL | SIT | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| BOS@MIL | Kyle Kendrick SP | BOS | SIT | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT |
| CHC@COL | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | German Marquez SP | COL | SIT |
| CLE@TOR | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START | Francisco Liriano SP | TOR | START |
| DET@ARI | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START | TBA | TBD |
| KC@TB | Jason Hammel SP | KC | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| LAA@OAK | Jesse Chavez RP | LAA | SIT | Andrew Triggs RP | OAK | START |
| MIN@CHW | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Derek Holland SP | CHW | START |
| PIT@LAD | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | SIT | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START |
| SD@TEX | Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD | SIT | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START |
| SEA@PHI | Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA | START | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | SIT |
| SF@NYM | Matt Cain SP | SF | START | Rafael Montero RP | NYM | SIT |
| STL@MIA | Lance Lynn SP | STL | START | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/11/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@WAS | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | START | A.J. Cole SP | WAS | SIT |
| BOS@MIL | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | SIT |
| CIN@SF | Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN | SIT | Ty Blach SP | SF | SIT |
| DET@LAA | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START | JC Ramirez RP | LAA | SIT |
| HOU@NYY | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | START |
| KC@TB | Jason Vargas SP | KC | START | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | START |
| LAD@COL | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT |
| MIN@CHW | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | SIT | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT |
| PIT@ARI | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| SD@TEX | Clayton Richard RP | SD | SIT | Martin Perez SP | TEX | START |
| SEA@TOR | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/12/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@MIA | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | TBA | TBD |
| BAL@KC | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | SIT | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| CHC@STL | Brett Anderson SP | CHC | SIT | Mike Leake SP | STL | START |
| CIN@SF | Amir Garrett SP | CIN | START | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START |
| DET@LAA | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START |
| HOU@NYY | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY | SIT |
| LAD@COL | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | START | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | SIT |
| MIN@CLE | Nick Tepesch SP | MIN | SIT | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START |
| NYM@MIL | Robert Gsellman SP | NYM | SIT | Matt Garza SP | MIL | START |
| OAK@TEX | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | START | Andrew Cashner SP | TEX | START |
| PHI@WAS | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | SIT | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
| PIT@ARI | Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT | SIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| SD@CHW | Trevor Cahill RP | SD | START | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT |
| SEA@TOR | Chase De Jong SP | SEA | SIT | Joe Biagini RP | TOR | SIT |
| TB@BOS | Alex Cobb SP | TB | SIT | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/13/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@MIA | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Jose Urena RP | MIA | SIT |
| BAL@KC | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START | Nate Karns SP | KC | SIT |
| CHC@STL | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START |
| CIN@SF | Scott Feldman RP | CIN | SIT | Matt Moore SP | SF | START |
| DET@LAA | Daniel Norris SP | DET | START | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT |
| HOU@NYY | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | SIT | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START |
| LAD@COL | Alex Wood SP | LAD | SIT | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | START |
| MIN@CLE | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | SIT |
| NYM@MIL | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | START | Zach Davies SP | MIL | START |
| OAK@TEX | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | SIT | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | SIT |
| PHI@WAS | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| PIT@ARI | Trevor Williams RP | PIT | SIT | Taijuan Walker SP | ARI | START |
| SD@CHW | Jered Weaver SP | SD | SIT | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START |
| SEA@TOR | TBA | TBD | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
| TB@BOS | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/14/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@MIA | R.A. Dickey SP | ATL | SIT | Adam Conley SP | MIA | START |
| BAL@KC | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | START | Chris Young RP | KC | SIT |
| CHC@STL | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| CIN@SF | Rookie Davis SP | CIN | SIT | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START |
| DET@LAA | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START | Alex Meyer SP | LAA | SIT |
| HOU@NYY | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | SIT | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| LAD@COL | Julio Urias SP | LAD | START | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | SIT |
| MIN@CLE | Hector Santiago SP | MIN | START | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START |
| NYM@MIL | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT |
| OAK@TEX | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | SIT | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | START |
| PHI@WAS | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| PIT@ARI | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
| SD@CHW | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW | SIT |
| SEA@TOR | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START | TBA | TBD |
| TB@BOS | Matt Andriese SP | TB | START | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | START |
