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Week 9 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 9, 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.

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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/30/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@PIT Robbie Ray SP | ARI START Ivan Nova SP | PIT START
ATL@LAA Bartolo Colon SP | ATL SIT Daniel Wright SP | LAA SIT
BOS@CHW Chris Sale SP | BOS START Jose Quintana SP | CHW START
CHC@SD Eddie Butler SP | CHC START Dinelson Lamet SP | SD SIT
CIN@TOR Asher Wojciechowski SP | CIN SIT J.A. Happ SP | TOR START
DET@KC Justin Verlander SP | DET START Eric Skoglund SP | KC SIT
HOU@MIN Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT Jose Berrios SP | MIN START
LAD@STL Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START Michael Wacha SP | STL START
MIL@NYM Zach Davies SP | MIL START Tyler Pill SP | NYM SIT
NYY@BAL Luis Severino SP | NYY START Chris Tillman SP | BAL SIT
OAK@CLE Sonny Gray SP | OAK START Trevor Bauer SP | CLE SIT
PHI@MIA Vince Velasquez SP | PHI START Jeff Locke SP | MIA SIT
SEA@COL Ariel Miranda SP | SEA START Tyler Anderson SP | COL START
TB@TEX Matt Andriese SP | TB START Nick Martinez SP | TEX SIT
WAS@SF Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/31/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@PIT Zack Godley RP | ARI START Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT
ATL@LAA Jaime Garcia SP | ATL START Jesse Chavez RP | LAA START
BOS@CHW Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS START Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW SIT
CHC@SD Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT
CIN@TOR Tim Adleman SP | CIN SIT Mike Bolsinger SP | TOR SIT
COL@SEA Antonio Senzatela SP | COL START James Paxton SP | SEA START
DET@KC Matthew Boyd SP | DET SIT Ian Kennedy SP | KC START
HOU@MIN Joe Musgrove SP | HOU SIT Hector Santiago SP | MIN SIT
LAD@STL Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD SIT Carlos Martinez SP | STL START
MIL@NYM Junior Guerra SP | MIL START Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START
NYY@BAL Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT
OAK@CLE Sean Manaea SP | OAK START Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START
PHI@MIA Aaron Nola SP | PHI START Dan Straily SP | MIA SIT
TB@TEX Chris Archer SP | TB START TBA TBD
WAS@SF Max Scherzer SP | WAS START Matt Cain SP | SF SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/1/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@MIA Zack Greinke SP | ARI START TBA TBD
BOS@BAL Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS START Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT
COL@SEA Kyle Freeland SP | COL START Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA SIT
LAD@STL Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD START Adam Wainwright SP | STL SIT
MIL@NYM Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT Zack Wheeler SP | NYM START
MIN@LAA Adalberto Mejia RP | MIN SIT JC Ramirez RP | LAA START
NYY@TOR CC Sabathia SP | NYY START Marco Estrada SP | TOR START
OAK@CLE Jharel Cotton SP | OAK SIT Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/2/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@MIA Patrick Corbin SP | ARI SIT Jose Urena RP | MIA SIT
ATL@CIN Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL SIT Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN SIT
BOS@BAL Rick Porcello SP | BOS START Alec Asher SP | BAL SIT
CHW@DET Derek Holland SP | CHW START Michael Fulmer SP | DET START
CLE@KC TBA TBD Jason Vargas SP | KC START
COL@SD German Marquez SP | COL START Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT
HOU@TEX Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START Yu Darvish SP | TEX START
LAD@MIL Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL SIT
MIN@LAA Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START
NYY@TOR Michael Pineda SP | NYY START Joe Biagini RP | TOR SIT
PIT@NYM Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START Matt Harvey SP | NYM SIT
SF@PHI Ty Blach SP | SF START Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI SIT
STL@CHC Lance Lynn SP | STL START John Lackey SP | CHC START
TB@SEA Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START Christian Bergman RP | SEA SIT
WAS@OAK Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START Andrew Triggs RP | OAK START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/3/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@MIA Randall Delgado RP | ARI SIT Edinson Volquez SP | MIA SIT
ATL@CIN R.A. Dickey SP | ATL SIT Scott Feldman RP | CIN START
BOS@BAL David Price SP | BOS START Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START
CHW@DET Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT
CLE@KC Josh Tomlin SP | CLE START Danny Duffy SP | KC START
COL@SD Tyler Chatwood SP | COL SIT Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD SIT
HOU@TEX Lance McCullers SP | HOU START Andrew Cashner SP | TEX SIT
LAD@MIL Rich Hill SP | LAD START Matt Garza SP | MIL START
MIN@LAA Ervin Santana SP | MIN START Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT
NYY@TOR Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY SIT Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START
PIT@NYM Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT START Robert Gsellman SP | NYM SIT
SF@PHI Johnny Cueto SP | SF START Zach Eflin SP | PHI SIT
STL@CHC Mike Leake SP | STL START Jon Lester SP | CHC START
TB@SEA Alex Cobb SP | TB START Sam Gaviglio RP | SEA SIT
WAS@OAK Joe Ross SP | WAS SIT Daniel Mengden SP | OAK SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/4/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@MIA Robbie Ray SP | ARI START Jeff Locke SP | MIA SIT
ATL@CIN Julio Teheran SP | ATL START Lisalverto Bonilla SP | CIN SIT
BOS@BAL Chris Sale SP | BOS START Chris Tillman SP | BAL SIT
CHW@DET Jose Quintana SP | CHW START Daniel Norris SP | DET SIT
CLE@KC Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Jason Hammel SP | KC SIT
COL@SD Tyler Anderson SP | COL START Jarred Cosart SP | SD SIT
HOU@TEX Brad Peacock SP | HOU START Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT
LAD@MIL Kenta Maeda SP | LAD SIT Zach Davies SP | MIL START
MIN@LAA Jose Berrios SP | MIN START Daniel Wright SP | LAA SIT
NYY@TOR Luis Severino SP | NYY START J.A. Happ SP | TOR START
PIT@NYM Trevor Williams RP | PIT SIT TBA TBD
SF@PHI Matt Moore SP | SF START Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI SIT
STL@CHC Michael Wacha SP | STL START Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START
TB@SEA Erasmo Ramirez RP | TB SIT Ariel Miranda SP | SEA START
WAS@OAK Tanner Roark SP | WAS START Sonny Gray SP | OAK START

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