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Uncle Leo provides his fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SPs) starts and sits for Week 5 of MLB, including two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.
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There are not as many great two start pitchers for Week 5 as there have been in previous weeks, but there are still a lot of great SP matchups and even some sleepers to consider off the waiver wire for your fantasy teams. As the MLB season heads into its second month, we continue to get a better feel for which SPs are for real, which are here to stay, and which are just too inconsistent to trust for fantasy baseball.
As always this weekly article takes a look at all of the projected starting pitching matchups for the upcoming week, and below we're providing our start/sit recommendations for Week 5. It's key to prepare your daily fantasy lineups (or weekly lineups in some formats), as benching or streaming the right SP can be a game changer. Good luck RotoBallers!
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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
Probable Pitchers - Monday (4/28/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| CHC@CIN | Samardzija, Jeff SP CHC | Start | Simon, Alfredo RP CIN | Start |
| CLE@LAA | Masterson, Justin SP CLE | Start | Skaggs, Tyler SP LAA | Start |
| COL@ARI | Morales, Franklin RP COL | Start | Miley, Wade SP ARI | Start |
| MIL@STL | Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | Start | Wacha, Michael SP STL | Start |
| OAK@TEX | Gray, Sonny SP OAK | Start | Darvish, Yu SP TEX | Start |
| SD@SF | Ross, Tyson RP SD | Start | Bumgarner, Madison SP SF | Start |
| TB@CHW | Odorizzi, Jake SP TB | Sit | Rienzo, Andre SP CHW | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Tuesday (4/29/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ATL@MIA | Wood, Alex RP ATL | Start | Fernandez, Jose SP MIA | Start |
| CHC@CIN | Jackson, Edwin SP CHC | Sit | Cingrani, Tony SP CIN | Start |
| CLE@LAA | Kluber, Corey SP CLE | Start | Weaver, Jered SP LAA | Start |
| COL@ARI | Chatwood, Tyler SP COL | Sit | Bolsinger, Mike SP ARI | Sit |
| DET@CHW | Verlander, Justin SP DET | Start | Quintana, Jose SP CHW | Start |
| LAD@MIN | Greinke, Zack SP LAD | Start | Gibson, Kyle SP MIN | Sit |
| MIL@STL | Lohse, Kyle SP MIL | Start | Lynn, Lance SP STL | Start |
| NYM@PHI | Niese, Jonathon SP NYM | Start | Hamels, Cole SP PHI | Start |
| OAK@TEX | Kazmir, Scott SP OAK | Start | Perez, Martin SP TEX | Start |
| PIT@BAL | Morton, Charlie SP PIT | Sit | Tillman, Chris SP BAL | Start |
| SD@SF | Stults, Eric SP SD | Sit | Cain, Matt SP SF | Start |
| SEA@NYY | Young, Chris SP SEA | Sit | Sabathia, CC SP NYY | Start |
| TB@BOS | Bedard, Erik SP TB | Sit | Lackey, John SP BOS | Start |
| TOR@KC | McGowan, Dustin RP TOR | Sit | Vargas, Jason SP KC | Start |
| WAS@HOU | Gonzalez, Gio SP WAS | Start | Cosart, Jarred SP HOU | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Wednesday (4/30/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ATL@MIA | Harang, Aaron SP ATL | Start | Eovaldi, Nate SP MIA | Start |
| CHC@CIN | Villanueva, Carlos RP CHC | Sit | Bailey, Homer SP CIN | Start |
| CLE@LAA | Carrasco, Carlos SP CLE | Sit | Wilson, C.J. SP LAA | Start |
| COL@ARI | Lyles, Jordan SP COL | Sit | Collmenter, Josh RP ARI | Sit |
| DET@CHW | Scherzer, Max SP DET | Start | TBD | TBD |
| LAD@MIN | Haren, Dan SP LAD | Start | Pelfrey, Mike SP MIN | Sit |
| MIL@STL | Garza, Matt SP MIL | Sit | Miller, Shelby SP STL | Start |
| NYM@PHI | Colon, Bartolo SP NYM | Sit | Kendrick, Kyle SP PHI | Sit |
| OAK@TEX | Chavez, Jesse RP OAK | Sit | Ross, Robbie RP TEX | Sit |
| PIT@BAL | Cole, Gerrit SP PIT | Start | Norris, Bud SP BAL | Sit |
| SD@SF | Erlin, Robbie SP SD | Sit | Hudson, Tim SP SF | Start |
| SEA@NYY | Elias, Roenis SP SEA | Sit | Phelps, David SP NYY | Sit |
| TB@BOS | Archer, Chris SP TB | Start | Doubront, Felix SP BOS | Sit |
| TOR@KC | Hutchison, Drew SP TOR | Sit | Chen, Bruce RP KC | Sit |
| WAS@HOU | Zimmermann, Jordan SP WAS | Start | Oberholtzer, Brett SP HOU | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Thursday (5/1/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ATL@MIA | Santana, Ervin SP ATL | Start | Alvarez, Henderson SP MIA | Start |
| LAD@MIN | Beckett, Josh SP LAD | Start | Nolasco, Ricky SP MIN | Sit |
| MIL@CIN | Estrada, Marco SP MIL | Start | Leake, Mike SP CIN | Sit |
| NYM@COL | Wheeler, Zack SP NYM | Start | Nicasio, Juan SP COL | Sit |
| SEA@NYY | Hernandez, Felix SP SEA | Start | Kuroda, Hiroki SP NYY | Start |
| TB@BOS | Ramos, Cesar RP TB | Sit | Peavy, Jake SP BOS | Start |
| TOR@KC | Buehrle, Mark SP TOR | Sit | Ventura, Yordano SP KC | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Friday (5/2/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@SD | Arroyo, Bronson SP ARI | Sit | Cashner, Andrew SP SD | Start |
| BAL@MIN | Jimenez, Ubaldo SP BAL | Sit | Correia, Kevin SP MIN | Sit |
| CHW@CLE | Danks, John SP CHW | Sit | McAllister, Zach SP CLE | Sit |
| DET@KC | Porcello, Rick SP DET | Start | Guthrie, Jeremy SP KC | Sit |
| LAD@MIA | Maholm, Paul SP LAD | Sit | Slowey, Kevin SP MIA | Sit |
| MIL@CIN | Peralta, Wily SP MIL | Start | Cueto, Johnny SP CIN | Start |
| NYM@COL | Mejia, Jenrry SP NYM | Sit | De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL | Sit |
| OAK@BOS | Straily, Dan SP OAK | Start | Buchholz, Clay SP BOS | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Maurer, Brandon SP SEA | Sit | Peacock, Brad SP HOU | Sit |
| SF@ATL | Lincecum, Tim SP SF | Sit | Minor, Mike SP ATL | Start |
| STL@CHC | Lyons, Tyler SP STL | Start | Wood, Travis SP CHC | Start |
| TB@NYY | Price, David SP TB | Start | Nuno, Vidal SP NYY | Sit |
| TEX@LAA | Lewis, Colby SP TEX | Sit | Santiago, Hector SP LAA | Sit |
| TOR@PIT | Morrow, Brandon SP TOR | Sit | Liriano, Francisco SP PIT | Start |
| WAS@PHI | Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS | Start | Hernandez, Roberto SP PHI | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Saturday (5/3/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@SD | McCarthy, Brandon SP ARI | Sit | Kennedy, Ian SP SD | Start |
| BAL@MIN | Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL | Sit | Hughes, Phil SP MIN | Sit |
| CHW@CLE | Rienzo, Andre SP CHW | Sit | Salazar, Danny SP CLE | Sit |
| DET@KC | Smyly, Drew RP DET | Start | Shields, James SP KC | Start |
| LAD@MIA | Ryu, Hyun-Jin SP LAD | Start | Koehler, Tom SP MIA | Sit |
| MIL@CIN | Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | Start | Simon, Alfredo RP CIN | Start |
| NYM@COL | Gee, Dillon SP NYM | Start | Morales, Franklin RP COL | Start |
| OAK@BOS | Milone, Tommy SP OAK | Sit | Lester, Jon SP BOS | Start |
| SEA@HOU | TBD | TBD | Keuchel, Dallas SP HOU | Start |
| SF@ATL | Vogelsong, Ryan SP SF | Sit | Teheran, Julio SP ATL | Start |
| STL@CHC | Wainwright, Adam SP STL | Start | Hammel, Jason SP CHC | Start |
| TB@NYY | Odorizzi, Jake SP TB | Sit | Tanaka, Masahiro SP NYY | Start |
| TEX@LAA | Harrison, Matt SP TEX | Sit | Richards, Garrett RP LAA | Start |
| TOR@PIT | Dickey, R.A. SP TOR | Sit | Volquez, Edinson SP PIT | Start |
| WAS@PHI | Roark, Tanner SP WAS | Sit | Lee, Cliff SP PHI | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Sunday (5/4/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@SD | Miley, Wade SP ARI | Start | Ross, Tyson RP SD | Start |
| BAL@MIN | Gonzalez, Miguel SP BAL | Sit | Gibson, Kyle SP MIN | Sit |
| CHW@CLE | Quintana, Jose SP CHW | Start | Masterson, Justin SP CLE | Start |
| DET@KC | Verlander, Justin SP DET | Start | Vargas, Jason SP KC | Start |
| LAD@MIA | Greinke, Zack SP LAD | Start | Fernandez, Jose SP MIA | Start |
| MIL@CIN | Lohse, Kyle SP MIL | Start | Cingrani, Tony SP CIN | Start |
| NYM@COL | Niese, Jonathon SP NYM | Start | Chatwood, Tyler SP COL | Sit |
| OAK@BOS | Gray, Sonny SP OAK | Start | Lackey, John SP BOS | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Young, Chris SP SEA | Sit | McHugh, Collin SP HOU | Start |
| SF@ATL | Bumgarner, Madison SP SF | Start | Wood, Alex RP ATL | Start |
| STL@CHC | Wacha, Michael SP STL | Start | Samardzija, Jeff SP CHC | Start |
| TB@NYY | Bedard, Erik SP TB | Sit | Sabathia, CC SP NYY | Start |
| TEX@LAA | Darvish, Yu SP TEX | Start | Skaggs, Tyler SP LAA | Sit |
| TOR@PIT | McGowan, Dustin RP TOR | Sit | Morton, Charlie SP PIT | Sit |
| WAS@PHI | Jordan, Taylor SP WAS | Sit | Burnett, A.J. SP PHI | Start |
