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Bill Dubiel's Week 17 (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 17! 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 17, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher. 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 (7/23/18) - MONDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CHC | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START | Luke Farrell RP | CHC | SIT |
| ATL@MIA | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT |
| BOS@BAL | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT |
| CHW@LAA | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT | Jaime Barria SP | LAA | START |
| DET@KC | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | SIT | Heath Fillmyer SP | KC | SIT |
| LAD@PHI | Ross Stripling RP | LAD | START | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | SIT |
| MIN@TOR | Adalberto Mejia SP | MIN | SIT | Luis Santos RP | TOR | SIT |
| NYY@TB | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Hunter Wood RP | TB | SIT |
| OAK@TEX | Brett Anderson SP | OAK | SIT | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START |
| PIT@CLE | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| SD@NYM | Eric Lauer SP | SD | START | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START |
| STL@CIN | Daniel Poncedeleon SP | STL | SIT | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | SIT |
| WAS@MIL | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | SIT | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/24/18) - TUESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CHC | TBA | TBD | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | SIT |
| ATL@MIA | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
| BOS@BAL | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT | Yefry Ramirez RP | BAL | SIT |
| CHW@LAA | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START | Felix Pena RP | LAA | SIT |
| DET@KC | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START | Burch Smith SP | KC | SIT |
| HOU@COL | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT |
| LAD@PHI | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
| MIN@TOR | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | Ryan Borucki RP | TOR | SIT |
| NYY@TB | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
| OAK@TEX | TBA | TBD | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT |
| PIT@CLE | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | SIT | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | START |
| SD@NYM | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | START | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | SIT |
| SF@SEA | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| STL@CIN | Austin Gomber SP | STL | SIT | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT |
| WAS@MIL | Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS | START | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/25/18) - WEDNESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CHC | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| BOS@BAL | David Price SP | BOS | START | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | SIT |
| CHW@LAA | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START |
| DET@KC | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | SIT | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| HOU@COL | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START | Jon Gray SP | COL | SIT |
| LAD@PHI | Walker Buehler SP | LAD | START | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START |
| MIN@TOR | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT |
| NYY@TB | Luis Cessa SP | NYY | SIT | Ryne Stanek SP | TB | SIT |
| OAK@TEX | Edwin Jackson SP | OAK | START | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT |
| PIT@CLE | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START |
| SD@NYM | Clayton Richard SP | SD | START | Corey Oswalt P | NYM | SIT |
| SF@SEA | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
| STL@CIN | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT |
| WAS@MIL | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | SIT | Freddy Peralta SP | MIL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/26/18) - THURSDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CHC | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START | Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC | SIT |
| CHW@LAA | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | START | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | SIT |
| KC@NYY | Jake Junis SP | KC | SIT | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | START |
| LAD@ATL | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | START |
| MIL@SF | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START |
| MIN@BOS | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT | Brian Johnson SP | BOS | SIT |
| NYM@PIT | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Nick Kingham SP | PIT | START |
| OAK@TEX | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT |
| PHI@CIN | TBA | TBD | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START |
| TB@BAL | TBA | TBD | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/27/18) - FRIDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| CHC@STL | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT | Luke Weaver SP | STL | SIT |
| CLE@DET | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Mike Fiers SP | DET | SIT |
| KC@NYY | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT | C.C. Sabathia SP | NYY | START |
| LAD@ATL | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| MIL@SF | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START |
| MIN@BOS | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| NYM@PIT | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | START | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START |
| OAK@COL | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
| PHI@CIN | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START | Anthony Desclafani SP | CIN | SIT |
| SEA@LAA | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | START | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START |
| TB@BAL | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT |
| TEX@HOU | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CHW | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Pablo Lopez P | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/28/18) - SATURDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START | Tyson Ross SP | SD | SIT |
| CHC@STL | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START | Miles Mikolas RP | STL | START |
| CLE@DET | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | SIT |
| KC@NYY | Heath Fillmyer SP | KC | SIT | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START |
| LAD@ATL | Alex Wood RP | LAD | START | Max Fried SP | ATL | SIT |
| MIL@SF | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START |
| MIN@BOS | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | SIT | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| NYM@PIT | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | SIT |
| OAK@COL | Brett Anderson SP | OAK | SIT | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | SIT |
| PHI@CIN | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT |
| SEA@LAA | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT | Jaime Barria SP | LAA | START |
| TB@BAL | TBA | TBD | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| TEX@HOU | TBA | TBD | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CHW | TBA | TBD | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/29/18) - SUNDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Clay Buchholz SP | ARI | SIT | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | SIT |
| CHC@STL | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | John Gant SP | STL | SIT |
| CLE@DET | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Jordan Zimmerman SP | DET | SIT |
| KC@NYY | Burch Smith SP | KC | SIT | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| LAD@ATL | Ross Stripling SP | LAD | START | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START |
| MIL@SF | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | START | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | START |
| MIN@BOS | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | Nathan Eovaldi SP | BOS | START |
| NYM@PIT | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | SIT |
| OAK@COL | Frankie Montas SP | OAK | SIT | German Marquez SP | COL | SIT |
| PHI@CIN | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | START | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | SIT |
| SEA@LAA | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | START | Felix Pena RP | LAA | SIT |
| TB@BAL | TBA | TBD | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | START |
| TEX@HOU | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CHW | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START |
| WAS@MIA | Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS | START | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT |
