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You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 19! 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 19, 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 (8/6/18) - MONDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@KC | Cole Hamels SP | CHC | START | Jake Junis SP | KC | SIT |
| CIN@NYM | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | START | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START |
| DET@LAA | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | SIT |
| HOU@SF | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START |
| MIN@CLE | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START |
| NYY@CHW | Lance Lynn SP | NYY | START | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT |
| PHI@ARI | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START |
| PIT@COL | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | SIT | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
| SEA@TEX | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT |
| STL@MIA | Luke Weaver SP | STL | START | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/7/18) - TUESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@WAS | Max Fried RP | ATL | SIT | Jefry Rodriguez SP | WAS | SIT |
| ATL@WAS | Sean Newcomb | ATL | START | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| BAL@TB | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT | Tyler Glasnow SP | TB | SIT |
| BOS@TOR | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | SIT |
| CHC@KC | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | START | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT |
| CIN@NYM | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | SIT |
| DET@LAA | Jacob Turner SP | DET | SIT | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START |
| HOU@SF | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START |
| LAD@OAK | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
| MIN@CLE | Adalberto Mejia SP | MIN | SIT | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
| NYY@CHW | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | SIT |
| PHI@ARI | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| PIT@COL | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT |
| SD@MIL | Clayton Richard SP | SD | SIT | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START |
| SEA@TEX | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT |
| STL@MIA | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START | Pablo Lopez P | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/8/18) - WEDNESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@WAS | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | Tommy Milone SP | WAS | SIT |
| BAL@TB | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT | Ryne Stanek SP | TB | SIT |
| BOS@TOR | Brian Johnson SP | BOS | SIT | Mike Hauschild RP | TOR | SIT |
| CHC@KC | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START | Heath Fillmyer SP | KC | SIT |
| CIN@NYM | Robert Stephenson SP | CIN | START | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| DET@LAA | Blaine Hardy RP | DET | SIT | Jaime Barria SP | LAA | SIT |
| LAD@OAK | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Mike Fiers SP | OAK | SIT |
| MIN@CLE | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | SIT | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START |
| NYY@CHW | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT |
| PHI@ARI | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| PIT@COL | Chris Archer SP | PIT | START | German Marquez SP | COL | START |
| SD@MIL | Brett Kennedy SP | SD | SIT | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | START |
| SEA@TEX | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | START | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | SIT |
| STL@MIA | John Gant RP | STL | SIT | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/9/18) - THURSDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@WAS | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | START | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | SIT |
| BAL@TB | David Hess P | BAL | SIT | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
| BOS@TOR | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Ryan Borucki RP | TOR | SIT |
| LAD@COL | TBA | TBD | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT |
| MIN@CLE | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| PIT@SF | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| SD@MIL | TBA | TBD | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | START |
| SEA@HOU | James Paxton SP | SEA | START | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
| TEX@NYY | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | NYY | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/10/18) - FRIDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CIN | Clay Buchholz SP | ARI | START | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START |
| BOS@BAL | Nathan Eovaldi SP | BOS | START | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | SIT |
| CLE@CHW | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | START | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START |
| LAD@COL | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | SIT | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| MIL@ATL | Freddy Peralta SP | MIL | START | Kevin Gausman SP | ATL | SIT |
| MIN@DET | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | SIT | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START |
| NYM@MIA | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT |
| OAK@LAA | Brett Anderson SP | OAK | SIT | Felix Pena RP | LAA | SIT |
| PHI@SD | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | START | Jacob Nix SP | SD | SIT |
| PIT@SF | Clay Holmes SP | PIT | SIT | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT |
| SEA@HOU | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START |
| STL@KC | Austin Gomber SP | STL | SIT | Burch Smith SP | KC | SIT |
| TB@TOR | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START |
| TEX@NYY | Mike Minor SP | TEX | SIT | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| WAS@CHC | Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS | START | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/11/18) - SATURDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CIN | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT |
| BOS@BAL | David Price SP | BOS | START | Yefry Ramirez RP | BAL | SIT |
| CLE@CHW | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT |
| LAD@COL | Walker Buehler RP | LAD | START | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
| MIL@ATL | Wade Miley SP | MIL | SIT | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | SIT |
| MIN@DET | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | START | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Corey Oswalt P | NYM | SIT | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT |
| OAK@LAA | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START | TBA | TBD |
| PHI@SD | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | TBA | TBD |
| PIT@SF | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | SIT | Derek Holland SP | SF | START |
| SEA@HOU | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START |
| STL@KC | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| TB@TOR | TBA | TBD | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT |
| TEX@NYY | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT | Lance Lynn SP | NYY | START |
| WAS@CHC | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/12/18) - SUNDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CIN | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | SIT |
| BOS@BAL | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT |
| CLE@CHW | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT |
| LAD@COL | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT |
| MIL@ATL | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START |
| MIN@DET | Kohl Stewart SP | MIN | SIT | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
| NYM@MIA | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
| OAK@LAA | Travor Cahill SP | OAK | START | Taylor Cole SP | LAA | SIT |
| PHI@SD | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | START |
| PIT@SF | Joe Musgrove SP | PIT | START | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START |
| SEA@HOU | Erasmo Ramirez SP | SEA | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| STL@KC | Luke Weaver SP | STL | START | Jake Junis SP | KC | SIT |
| TB@TOR | Tyler Glasnow SP | TB | START | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
| TEX@NYY | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START |
| WAS@CHC | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Cole Hamels SP | CHC | START |
