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Bill Dubiel's Week 18 (2017) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.
Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 18, 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 (7/31/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@PHI | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | SIT |
| CLE@BOS | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START | Doug Fister SP | BOS | SIT |
| DET@NYY | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START |
| KC@BAL | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT |
| SEA@TEX | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
| SF@OAK | Matt Cain SP | SF | SIT | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | START |
| TB@HOU | Alex Cobb SP | TB | START | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CHW | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Jose Urena RP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/1/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CHC | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| CIN@PIT | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| CLE@BOS | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| DET@NYY | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START |
| KC@BAL | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | SIT |
| LAD@ATL | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| MIN@SD | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD | START |
| NYM@COL | Steven Matz SP | NYM | SIT | Jeff Hoffman SP | COL | SIT |
| PHI@LAA | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT |
| SEA@TEX | Erasmo Ramirez RP | SEA | SIT | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START |
| SF@OAK | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Paul Blackburn SP | OAK | START |
| STL@MIL | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | START |
| TB@HOU | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CHW | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START | Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Chris O'Grady RP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/2/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CHC | Zack Godley RP | ARI | START | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START |
| CIN@PIT | Robert Stephenson SP | CIN | SIT | Trevor Williams RP | PIT | START |
| CLE@BOS | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | SIT | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| DET@NYY | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | SIT | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| KC@BAL | Jason Vargas SP | KC | START | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | SIT |
| LAD@ATL | Brock Stewart SP | LAD | SIT | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | SIT |
| MIN@SD | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| NYM@COL | Chris Flexen RP | NYM | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | SIT |
| OAK@SF | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START | Matt Moore SP | SF | SIT |
| PHI@LAA | Jake Thompson SP | PHI | SIT | JC Ramirez RP | LAA | START |
| SEA@TEX | Ariel Miranda SP | SEA | START | Andrew Cashner SP | TEX | SIT |
| STL@MIL | Luke Weaver SP | STL | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| TB@HOU | Austin Pruitt RP | TB | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CHW | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START | Derek Holland SP | CHW | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | TBA | TBD | Vance Worley RP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/3/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CHC | TBA | TBD | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START |
| CHW@BOS | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START |
| CIN@PIT | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | START |
| DET@BAL | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | SIT | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| LAD@ATL | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | SIT |
| NYM@COL | Rafael Montero RP | NYM | SIT | German Marquez SP | COL | START |
| NYY@CLE | Jaime Garcia SP | NYY | SIT | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START |
| OAK@SF | Daniel Gossett SP | OAK | SIT | Ty Blach SP | SF | SIT |
| PHI@LAA | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | SIT | Parker Bridwell RP | LAA | START |
| SEA@KC | Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA | SIT | Trevor Cahill RP | KC | START |
| STL@MIL | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START | Brent Suter RP | MIL | START |
| TB@HOU | Blake Snell SP | TB | SIT | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | START |
| TEX@MIN | Austin Bibens-Dirkx RP | TEX | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/4/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START |
| CHW@BOS | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | SIT | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | START |
| DET@BAL | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START | Wade Miley SP | BAL | SIT |
| LAD@NYM | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| MIA@ATL | Adam Conley SP | MIA | START | R.A. Dickey SP | ATL | START |
| MIL@TB | TBA | TBD | Jacob Faria SP | TB | START |
| NYY@CLE | Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| OAK@LAA | Jharel Cotton SP | OAK | SIT | Yusmeiro Petit RP | LAA | SIT |
| PHI@COL | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | SIT | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | START |
| SD@PIT | Travis Wood RP | SD | SIT | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START |
| SEA@KC | James Paxton SP | SEA | START | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Mike Leake SP | STL | START | Tim Adleman SP | CIN | SIT |
| TEX@MIN | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT | Adalberto Mejia RP | MIN | SIT |
| TOR@HOU | Francisco Liriano SP | TOR | SIT | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| WAS@CHC | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | SIT | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/5/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Taijuan Walker SP | ARI | START | Matt Cain SP | SF | SIT |
| CHW@BOS | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Doug Fister SP | BOS | SIT |
| DET@BAL | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT |
| LAD@NYM | Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD | START | Seth Lugo SP | NYM | SIT |
| MIA@ATL | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| MIL@TB | Zach Davies SP | MIL | START | Alex Cobb SP | TB | START |
| NYY@CLE | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | SIT |
| OAK@LAA | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | START | Jesse Chavez RP | LAA | SIT |
| PHI@COL | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | SIT | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
| SD@PIT | Dinelson Lamet SP | SD | START | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START |
| SEA@KC | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| STL@CIN | Lance Lynn SP | STL | START | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | START |
| TEX@MIN | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | Bartolo Colon SP | MIN | SIT |
| TOR@HOU | Cesar Valdez RP | TOR | SIT | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
| WAS@CHC | Erick Fedde SP | WAS | SIT | John Lackey SP | CHC | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/6/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | SIT |
| CHW@BOS | Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW | SIT | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| DET@BAL | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | SIT |
| LAD@NYM | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Steven Matz SP | NYM | SIT |
| MIA@ATL | Jose Urena RP | MIA | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| MIL@TB | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| NYY@CLE | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | SIT |
| OAK@LAA | Paul Blackburn SP | OAK | START | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT |
| PHI@COL | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| SD@PIT | Clayton Richard RP | SD | SIT | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| SEA@KC | Erasmo Ramirez RP | SEA | SIT | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START |
| STL@CIN | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT |
| TEX@MIN | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START |
| TOR@HOU | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | START |
| WAS@CHC | Edwin Jackson SP | WAS | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
