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You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 8! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.
Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 8, which will be updated as rotations are inevitably tweaked.
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. Let's set those optimal lineups!
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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
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.
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/21/18) - MONDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@MIL | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START |
| ATL@PHI | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START |
| BAL@CHW | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | START | Hector Santiago SP | CHW | SIT |
| COL@LAD | German Marquez SP | COL | SIT | Walker Buehler RP | LAD | START |
| DET@MIN | Blaine Hardy RP | DET | SIT | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START |
| KC@STL | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | SIT | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START |
| MIA@NYM | Elieser Hernandez RP | MIA | SIT | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | SIT |
| NYY@TEX | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT |
| SD@WAS | Robbie Erlin SP | SD | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/22/18) - TUESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@MIL | Matt Koch RP | ARI | START | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT |
| ATL@PHI | Brandon McCarthy SP | ATL | START | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START |
| BAL@CHW | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT |
| BOS@TB | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Jake Faria SP | TB | SIT |
| CLE@CHC | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC | START |
| COL@LAD | Chad Bettis SP | COL | START | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | SIT |
| DET@MIN | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT |
| KC@STL | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT | Luke Weaver SP | STL | START |
| LAA@TOR | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | START | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
| MIA@NYM | Caleb Smith RP | MIA | START | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | SIT |
| NYY@TEX | Domingo German RP | NYY | START | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
| PIT@CIN | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT |
| SD@WAS | Eric Lauer SP | SD | SIT | Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS | START |
| SEA@OAK | Mike Leake SP | SEA | SIT | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START |
| SF@HOU | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | SIT | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/23/18) - WEDNESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@MIL | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START | Brent Suter SP | MIL | SIT |
| ATL@PHI | Luiz Gohara RP | ATL | START | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START |
| BAL@CHW | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | START | TBA | TBD |
| BOS@TB | David Price SP | BOS | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | SIT |
| CLE@CHC | Adam Plutko SP | CLE | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| COL@LAD | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | TBA | TBD |
| DET@MIN | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | START |
| KC@STL | Jake Junis SP | KC | START | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START |
| LAA@TOR | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | SIT |
| MIA@NYM | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| NYY@TEX | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Doug Fister SP | TEX | SIT |
| PIT@CIN | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | SIT | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT |
| SD@WAS | Tyson Ross SP | SD | START | TBA | TBD |
| SEA@OAK | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | START | TBA | TBD |
| SF@HOU | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | SIT | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/24/18) - THURSDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@CHW | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | START |
| BOS@TB | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
| HOU@CLE | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START |
| KC@TEX | Danny Duffy SP | KC | SIT | Matt Moore SP | TEX | SIT |
| LAA@TOR | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | START | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT |
| NYM@MIL | Steven Matz SP | NYM | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| PIT@CIN | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | SIT | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | START |
| SEA@OAK | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/25/18) - FRIDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@OAK | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START | Daniel Mengden SP | OAK | START |
| ATL@BOS | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| BAL@TB | David Hess P | BAL | SIT | Ryan Yarbrough SP | TB | START |
| CHW@DET | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START | Mike Fiers SP | DET | SIT |
| CIN@COL | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| HOU@CLE | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| KC@TEX | Eric Skoglund SP | KC | SIT | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT |
| LAA@NYY | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START |
| MIN@SEA | Fernando Romero SP | MIN | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| NYM@MIL | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | START |
| SD@LAD | Clayton Richard SP | SD | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| SF@CHC | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| STL@PIT | John Gant RP | STL | SIT | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | SIT |
| TOR@PHI | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/26/18) - SATURDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@OAK | Clay Buchholz SP | ARI | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| ATL@BOS | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START |
| BAL@TB | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | START | Anthony Banda SP | TB | SIT |
| CHW@DET | Hector Santiago SP | CHW | SIT | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | START |
| CIN@COL | Tyler Mahle SP | CIN | SIT | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START |
| HOU@CLE | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
| KC@TEX | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | SIT | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | START |
| LAA@NYY | TBA | TBD | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | START |
| MIN@SEA | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | START | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT |
| NYM@MIL | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | SIT | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START |
| SD@LAD | Jordan Lyles RP | SD | SIT | Ross Stripling SP | LAD | SIT |
| SF@CHC | Chris Stratton SP | SF | START | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START |
| STL@PIT | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | START |
| TOR@PHI | Joe Biagini RP | TOR | SIT | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
| WAS@MIA | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/27/18) - SUNDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@OAK | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START |
| ATL@BOS | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| BAL@TB | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START | Jake Faria SP | TB | START |
| CHW@DET | James Shields SP | CHW | START | Blaine Hardy RP | DET | SIT |
| CIN@COL | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT | German Marquez SP | COL | SIT |
| HOU@CLE | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START |
| KC@TEX | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
| LAA@NYY | Shohei Ohtani SP | LAA | START | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| MIN@SEA | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | Mike Leake SP | SEA | SIT |
| NYM@MIL | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | SIT | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT |
| SD@LAD | Robbie Erlin SP | SD | SIT | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
| SF@CHC | Ty Blach SP | SF | SIT | Yu Darvish SP | CHC | START |
| STL@PIT | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| TOR@PHI | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START |
| WAS@MIA | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Elieser Hernandez RP | MIA | SIT |
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