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Bill Dubiel's Week 9 (2018) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two-start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.
You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 9! 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 9, 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 (5/28/18) - MONDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@PIT | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | START |
| CHW@CLE | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT | Adam Plutko SP | CLE | START |
| CIN@ARI | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT | Matt Koch RP | ARI | START |
| HOU@NYY | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START | Domingo German RP | NYY | SIT |
| LAA@DET | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
| MIA@SD | Caleb Smith RP | MIA | START | Eric Lauer SP | SD | START |
| MIN@KC | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT | Jake Junis SP | KC | START |
| NYM@ATL | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Max Fried RP | ATL | SIT |
| PHI@LAD | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START | Brock Stewart RP | LAD | SIT |
| SF@COL | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | SIT | Chad Bettis SP | COL | START |
| STL@MIL | Luke Weaver SP | STL | START | Brent Suter SP | MIL | SIT |
| TB@OAK | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START |
| TEX@SEA | Doug Fister SP | TEX | SIT | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | START |
| TOR@BOS | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | SIT | David Price SP | BOS | START |
| WAS@BAL | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/29/18) - TUESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@PIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Nick Kingham SP | PIT | START |
| CHW@CLE | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START |
| CIN@ARI | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | START | Zack Godley SP | ARI | SIT |
| HOU@NYY | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT |
| LAA@DET | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | START | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
| MIA@SD | Dan Straily SP | MIA | START | Tyson Ross SP | SD | START |
| MIN@KC | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| NYM@ATL | Steven Matz SP | NYM | SIT | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | SIT |
| PHI@LAD | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START |
| SF@COL | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | SIT | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
| STL@MIL | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT |
| TB@OAK | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Daniel Gossett SP | OAK | SIT |
| TEX@SEA | Austin Bibens-Dirkx RP | TEX | SIT | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT |
| TOR@BOS | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | SIT |
| WAS@BAL | Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS | START | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/30/18) - WEDNESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@PIT | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | START |
| CHW@CLE | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| CIN@ARI | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| HOU@NYY | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | SIT | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START |
| LAA@DET | TBA | TBD | Mike Fiers SP | DET | SIT |
| MIA@SD | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT | Clayton Richard SP | SD | SIT |
| MIN@KC | Fernando Romero SP | MIN | START | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT |
| NYM@ATL | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START |
| PHI@LAD | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | SIT | Ross Stripling RP | LAD | START |
| SF@COL | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| STL@MIL | Alex Reyes SP | STL | START | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | START |
| TB@OAK | Nathan Eovaldi SP | TB | SIT | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
| TEX@SEA | Matt Moore SP | TEX | SIT | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| TOR@BOS | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START |
| WAS@BAL | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | David Hess P | BAL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/31/18) - THURSDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@HOU | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| CHC@NYM | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | SIT |
| CLE@MIN | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | SIT |
| LAA@DET | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | SIT |
| MIA@SD | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT | Jordan Lyles RP | SD | SIT |
| NYY@BAL | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | SIT | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT |
| PHI@LAD | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| PIT@STL | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | SIT | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START |
| TB@OAK | TBA | TBD | Daniel Mengden SP | OAK | START |
| TEX@SEA | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT |
| WAS@ATL | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/1/18) - FRIDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@HOU | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START |
| CHC@NYM | Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC | SIT | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START |
| CIN@SD | Tyler Mahle SP | CIN | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| CLE@MIN | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START |
| LAD@COL | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT |
| MIA@ARI | Elieser Hernandez RP | MIA | SIT | Clay Buchholz SP | ARI | START |
| MIL@CHW | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START | Hector Santiago SP | CHW | SIT |
| NYY@BAL | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT |
| OAK@KC | Frankie Montas RP | OAK | START | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | SIT |
| PHI@SF | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START | Chris Stratton SP | SF | SIT |
| PIT@STL | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START |
| TB@SEA | TBA | TBD | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
| TEX@LAA | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | START |
| TOR@DET | Jaime Garcia SP | TOR | SIT | Blaine Hardy RP | DET | SIT |
| WAS@ATL | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/2/18) - SATURDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@HOU | David Price SP | BOS | START | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
| CHC@NYM | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| CIN@SD | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT | Eric Lauer SP | SD | START |
| CLE@MIN | Adam Plutko SP | CLE | START | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT |
| LAD@COL | Walker Buehler RP | LAD | START | German Marquez SP | COL | SIT |
| MIA@ARI | Caleb Smith RP | MIA | START | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| MIL@CHW | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | START | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT |
| NYY@BAL | Domingo German RP | NYY | SIT | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT |
| OAK@KC | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT |
| PHI@SF | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START | Ty Blach SP | SF | SIT |
| PIT@STL | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | START | Luke Weaver SP | STL | START |
| TB@SEA | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | START |
| TEX@LAA | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START |
| TOR@DET | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
| WAS@ATL | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Brandon McCarthy SP | ATL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/3/18) - SUNDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@HOU | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | SIT | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
| CHC@NYM | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Steven Matz SP | NYM | SIT |
| CIN@SD | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT | Tyson Ross SP | SD | START |
| CLE@MIN | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT |
| LAD@COL | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT |
| MIA@ARI | Dan Straily SP | MIA | START | Matt Koch RP | ARI | START |
| MIL@CHW | Brent Suter SP | MIL | SIT | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | START |
| NYY@BAL | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START |
| OAK@KC | Daniel Gossett SP | OAK | SIT | Jake Junis SP | KC | START |
| PHI@SF | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | SIT |
| PIT@STL | Nick Kingham SP | PIT | START | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START |
| TB@SEA | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT |
| TEX@LAA | Doug Fister SP | TEX | SIT | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | START |
| TOR@DET | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | START | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
| WAS@ATL | Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS | START | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | SIT |
