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Week 3 Sit/Start – Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
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Once again in Week 3 there are plenty of great starting pitcher matchups and sleepers, including two start pitchers to consider for your fantasy baseball lineups. Below we have provided the projected starting pitchers for Week 3, and are recommending our starts/sits for each SP matchup in the upcoming week.
As the season progresses, it will be increasingly important to identify which SPs are off to a hot start and should be activated for your fantasy baseball teams, while also taking a look at those SPs which have been struggling and should be benched for the time being to avoid a disastrous injection of ERA and WHIP into your overall team stats.
It has been an interesting first two weeks to the 2014 MLB and fantasy baseball season. There have been plenty of SP injuries already (Clayton Kershaw, Matt Moore, James Paxton, Alex Cobb, etc) - which means the doors will be opening up for new SPs to emerge out of the bullpen or to be called up from the minors. Be sure to stay on top of our MLB prospects and rookies analysis weekly, to know who will be the next big thing to be called up and contribute to your fantasy baseball teams.
Also be sure to bookmark and check back often to our fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups list (and download our free iphone app), as RotoBaller provides daily updates for starting pitchers (and other positions) to consider off the waiver wire to fill those holes on your fantasy baseball teams and make them winners.
Probable Pitchers - Monday (4/14/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ATL@PHI | Santana, Ervin SP ATL | Start | Hernandez, Roberto SP PHI | Sit |
| COL@SD | Morales, Franklin RP COL | Sit | Stults, Eric SP SD | Sit |
| NYM@ARI | Wheeler, Zack SP NYM | Sit | Collmenter, Josh RP ARI | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Chavez, Jesse RP OAK | Sit | Santiago, Hector SP LAA | Sit |
| PIT@CIN | Rodriguez, Wandy SP PIT | Sit | Bailey, Homer SP CIN | Start |
| SEA@TEX | Elias, Roenis SP SEA | Sit | Ross, Robbie RP TEX | Sit |
| STL@MIL | Lynn, Lance SP STL | Sit | Garza, Matt SP MIL | Start |
| TB@BAL | Archer, Chris SP TB | Start | Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL | Sit |
| WAS@MIA | Zimmermann, Jordan SP WAS | Start | Turner, Jacob SP MIA | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Tuesday (4/15/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ATL@PHI | Hale, David SP ATL | Sit | Lee, Cliff SP PHI | Start |
| BOS@CHW | Peavy, Jake SP BOS | Start | Johnson, Erik SP CHW | Sit |
| CHC@NYY | Hammel, Jason SP CHC | Sit | Tanaka, Masahiro SP NYY | Start |
| CLE@DET | McAllister, Zach SP CLE | Sit | Sanchez, Anibal SP DET | Start |
| COL@SD | Nicasio, Juan SP COL | Start | Erlin, Robbie SP SD | Sit |
| KC@HOU | Ventura, Yordano SP KC | Start | Harrell, Lucas SP HOU | Sit |
| LAD@SF | Beckett, Josh SP LAD | Sit | Lincecum, Tim SP SF | Sit |
| NYM@ARI | Mejia, Jenrry SP NYM | Start | Arroyo, Bronson SP ARI | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Straily, Dan SP OAK | Start | Richards, Garrett RP LAA | Start |
| PIT@CIN | Cole, Gerrit SP PIT | Start | Leake, Mike SP CIN | Start |
| SEA@TEX | TBD | TBD | Lewis, Colby SP TEX | Sit |
| STL@MIL | Miller, Shelby SP STL | Start | Estrada, Marco SP MIL | Start |
| TB@BAL | Odorizzi, Jake SP TB | Sit | Gonzalez, Miguel SP BAL | Sit |
| TOR@MIN | Morrow, Brandon SP TOR | Sit | Hughes, Phil SP MIN | Sit |
| WAS@MIA | Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS | Start | Koehler, Tom SP MIA | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Wednesday (4/16/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ATL@PHI | Teheran, Julio SP ATL | Start | Burnett, A.J. SP PHI | Sit |
| BOS@CHW | Buchholz, Clay SP BOS | Start | Danks, John SP CHW | Sit |
| CHC@NYY | Wood, Travis SP CHC | Start | Pineda, Michael SP NYY | Start |
| CLE@DET | Salazar, Danny SP CLE | Sit | Porcello, Rick SP DET | Sit |
| COL@SD | De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL | Sit | Cashner, Andrew SP SD | Start |
| KC@HOU | Guthrie, Jeremy SP KC | Sit | Keuchel, Dallas SP HOU | Sit |
| LAD@SF | Ryu, Hyun-Jin SP LAD | Start | Vogelsong, Ryan SP SF | Sit |
| NYM@ARI | Gee, Dillon SP NYM | Sit | McCarthy, Brandon SP ARI | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Milone, Tommy SP OAK | Sit | Skaggs, Tyler SP LAA | Start |
| PIT@CIN | Liriano, Francisco SP PIT | Start | Cueto, Johnny SP CIN | Start |
| SEA@TEX | Hernandez, Felix SP SEA | Start | Darvish, Yu SP TEX | Start |
| STL@MIL | Kelly, Joe RP STL | Start | Peralta, Wily SP MIL | Start |
| TB@BAL | Price, David SP TB | Start | Tillman, Chris SP BAL | Start |
| TOR@MIN | Dickey, R.A. SP TOR | Sit | Pelfrey, Mike SP MIN | Sit |
| WAS@MIA | Roark, Tanner SP WAS | Sit | Fernandez, Jose SP MIA | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Thursday (4/17/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ATL@PHI | Wood, Alex RP ATL | Start | TBD | TBD |
| BOS@CHW | Lester, Jon SP BOS | Start | Sale, Chris SP CHW | Start |
| CLE@DET | Masterson, Justin SP CLE | Sit | Verlander, Justin SP DET | Start |
| COL@SD | Anderson, Brett RP COL | Sit | Kennedy, Ian SP SD | Start |
| KC@HOU | Chen, Bruce RP KC | Sit | Feldman, Scott SP HOU | Start |
| LAD@SF | Greinke, Zack SP LAD | Start | Bumgarner, Madison SP SF | Start |
| MIL@PIT | Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | Start | Volquez, Edinson SP PIT | Start |
| NYY@TB | Sabathia, CC SP NYY | Start | TBD | TBD |
| SEA@TEX | Ramirez, Erasmo SP SEA | Sit | Scheppers, Tanner RP TEX | Sit |
| STL@WAS | Wainwright, Adam SP STL | Start | Jordan, Taylor SP WAS | Sit |
| TOR@MIN | McGowan, Dustin RP TOR | Sit | Gibson, Kyle SP MIN | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Friday (4/18/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@LAD | Miley, Wade SP ARI | Sit | Haren, Dan SP LAD | Start |
| ATL@NYM | Harang, Aaron SP ATL | Niese, Jonathon SP NYM | Start | |
| BAL@BOS | Norris, Bud SP BAL | Sit | Lackey, John SP BOS | Start |
| CHW@TEX | Paulino, Felipe SP CHW | Sit | Perez, Martin SP TEX | Sit |
| CIN@CHC | Simon, Alfredo RP CIN | Start | Samardzija, Jeff SP CHC | Start |
| HOU@OAK | Cosart, Jarred SP HOU | Sit | Gray, Sonny SP OAK | Start |
| LAA@DET | Weaver, Jered SP LAA | Start | Scherzer, Max SP DET | Start |
| MIL@PIT | Lohse, Kyle SP MIL | Start | Morton, Charlie SP PIT | Sit |
| MIN@KC | Nolasco, Ricky SP MIN | Sit | Shields, James SP KC | Start |
| NYY@TB | Kuroda, Hiroki SP NYY | Start | TBD | TBD |
| PHI@COL | Kendrick, Kyle SP PHI | Sit | Chatwood, Tyler SP COL | Sit |
| SEA@MIA | Young, Chris SP SEA | Sit | Eovaldi, Nate SP MIA | Start |
| SF@SD | Cain, Matt SP SF | Start | Ross, Tyson RP SD | Sit |
| STL@WAS | Wacha, Michael SP STL | Start | Gonzalez, Gio SP WAS | Start |
| TOR@CLE | Hutchison, Drew SP TOR | Carrasco, Carlos SP CLE | Sit | |
Probable Pitchers - Saturday (4/19/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@LAD | Cahill, Trevor SP ARI | Sit | Maholm, Paul SP LAD | Sit |
| ATL@NYM | Santana, Ervin SP ATL | Start | Colon, Bartolo SP NYM | Start |
| BAL@BOS | Jimenez, Ubaldo SP BAL | Sit | Doubront, Felix SP BOS | Sit |
| CHW@TEX | Quintana, Jose SP CHW | Sit | Ross, Robbie RP TEX | Sit |
| CIN@CHC | Cingrani, Tony SP CIN | Start | Villanueva, Carlos RP CHC | Sit |
| HOU@OAK | Oberholtzer, Brett SP HOU | Sit | Kazmir, Scott SP OAK | Start |
| LAA@DET | Wilson, C.J. SP LAA | Start | TBD | TBD |
| MIL@PIT | Garza, Matt SP MIL | Start | Rodriguez, Wandy SP PIT | Sit |
| MIN@KC | Correia, Kevin SP MIN | Sit | Vargas, Jason SP KC | Start |
| NYY@TB | Nova, Ivan SP NYY | Sit | Archer, Chris SP TB | Start |
| PHI@COL | Hernandez, Roberto SP PHI | Sit | Morales, Franklin RP COL | Sit |
| SEA@MIA | Elias, Roenis SP SEA | Sit | Alvarez, Henderson SP MIA | Sit |
| SF@SD | Hudson, Tim SP SF | Start | Stults, Eric SP SD | Sit |
| STL@WAS | Lynn, Lance SP STL | Sit | Zimmermann, Jordan SP WAS | Start |
| TOR@CLE | Buehrle, Mark SP TOR | Sit | Kluber, Corey SP CLE | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Sunday (4/20/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@LAD | Collmenter, Josh RP ARI | Sit | Beckett, Josh SP LAD | Sit |
| ATL@NYM | Hale, David SP ATL | Sit | Wheeler, Zack SP NYM | Start |
| BAL@BOS | Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL | Sit | Peavy, Jake SP BOS | Start |
| CHW@TEX | Johnson, Erik SP CHW | Sit | Lewis, Colby SP TEX | Sit |
| CIN@CHC | Bailey, Homer SP CIN | Start | Jackson, Edwin SP CHC | Sit |
| HOU@OAK | Harrell, Lucas SP HOU | Sit | Chavez, Jesse RP OAK | Start |
| LAA@DET | Santiago, Hector SP LAA | Sit | Sanchez, Anibal SP DET | Start |
| MIL@PIT | Estrada, Marco SP MIL | Start | Cole, Gerrit SP PIT | Start |
| MIN@KC | Hughes, Phil SP MIN | Sit | Ventura, Yordano SP KC | Start |
| NYY@TB | Tanaka, Masahiro SP NYY | Start | Odorizzi, Jake SP TB | Sit |
| PHI@COL | Lee, Cliff SP PHI | Start | Nicasio, Juan SP COL | Sit |
| SEA@MIA | TBD | TBD | Turner, Jacob SP MIA | Sit |
| SF@SD | Lincecum, Tim SP SF | Sit | Erlin, Robbie SP SD | Sit |
| STL@WAS | Miller, Shelby SP STL | Start | Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS | Start |
| TOR@CLE | Morrow, Brandon SP TOR | Sit | McAllister, Zach SP CLE | Sit |
