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As is the case for most weeks of fantasy baseball, there are some solid two start pitchers available and some starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider for Week 8. We believe that it's key to analyze every SP matchup each week, to help determine which pitchers to start/sit, and to hopefully find some hidden waiver wire options to consider adding to your teams depending on the league format.
All of the pitching matchups for Week 8 are listed here, with the projected starting pitchers for each MLB game. This article considers all of the SP performances thus far this season, the pitcher's opponents, their career stats, the ballpark factors and historical splits. Based on all of this information, we provide our start/sit recommendations for each starting pitcher matchup this week.
Choosing the right pitchers to sit or start can be a critical component for the success of fantasy teams. We are always trying to avoid the huge blow-up for your team, and an ugly ERA/WHIP injection to your team's overall stats. Benching a SP that gets touched up can be the difference between a win or loss in weekly formats. In more standard roto leagues, or in daily league formats, we try to be extra careful and prepare our daily fantasy lineups by choosing the proper matchups throughout the week. Good luck this week RotoBallers!
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
Editor’s Note: our fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups list is updated every day. We provide daily analysis on hot or emerging starting pitchers, in addition to all other fantasy position players. You can also download our waiver wire iPhone app for free, and stay updated on all of RotoBaller's waiver wire recommendations.
Probable Pitchers - Monday (5/19/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| CHW@KC | Carroll, Scott SP CHW | Sit | Vargas, Jason SP KC | Start |
| CIN@WAS | Leake, Mike SP CIN | Start | Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS | Start |
| DET@CLE | Verlander, Justin SP DET | Start | Kluber, Corey SP CLE | Start |
| HOU@LAA | Keuchel, Dallas SP HOU | Start | Richards, Garrett RP LAA | Start |
| MIL@ATL | Peralta, Wily SP MIL | Start | Minor, Mike SP ATL | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Tuesday (5/20/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@STL | Arroyo, Bronson SP ARI | Sit | Wainwright, Adam SP STL | Start |
| BAL@PIT | Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL | Sit | Liriano, Francisco SP PIT | Start |
| CHW@KC | Rienzo, Andre SP CHW | Sit | Ventura, Yordano SP KC | Start |
| CIN@WAS | Cueto, Johnny SP CIN | Start | Fister, Doug SP WAS | Start |
| DET@CLE | Smyly, Drew RP DET | Start | Bauer, Trevor SP CLE | Sit |
| HOU@LAA | Feldman, Scott SP HOU | Sit | Skaggs, Tyler SP LAA | Sit |
| LAD@NYM | Beckett, Josh SP LAD | Start | Montero, Rafael SP NYM | Sit |
| MIL@ATL | Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | Start | Teheran, Julio SP ATL | Start |
| MIN@SD | Correia, Kevin SP MIN | Sit | Kennedy, Ian SP SD | Start |
| NYY@CHC | Tanaka, Masahiro SP NYY | Start | Hammel, Jason SP CHC | Sit |
| OAK@TB | Pomeranz, Drew SP OAK | Start | Odorizzi, Jake SP TB | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | Burnett, A.J. SP PHI | Start | TBD | TBD |
| SEA@TEX | Iwakuma, Hisashi SP SEA | Start | Lewis, Colby SP TEX | Sit |
| SF@COL | Bumgarner, Madison SP SF | Sit | Morales, Franklin RP COL | Sit |
| TOR@BOS | TBD | TBD | Doubront, Felix SP BOS | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Wednesday (5/21/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@STL | McCarthy, Brandon SP ARI | Start | Wacha, Michael SP STL | Start |
| BAL@PIT | Gonzalez, Miguel SP BAL | Sit | Rodriguez, Wandy SP PIT | Sit |
| CHW@KC | Quintana, Jose SP CHW | Sit | Guthrie, Jeremy SP KC | Sit |
| CIN@WAS | Simon, Alfredo RP CIN | Start | Roark, Tanner SP WAS | Start |
| DET@CLE | Scherzer, Max SP DET | Start | McAllister, Zach SP CLE | Sit |
| HOU@LAA | McHugh, Collin SP HOU | Sit | Weaver, Jered SP LAA | Start |
| LAD@NYM | Greinke, Zack SP LAD | Start | deGrom, Jacob SP NYM | Sit |
| MIL@ATL | Lohse, Kyle SP MIL | Start | Santana, Ervin SP ATL | Start |
| MIN@SD | Hughes, Phil SP MIN | Start | Ross, Tyson RP SD | Start |
| NYY@CHC | Whitley, Chase RP NYY | Sit | Samardzija, Jeff SP CHC | Start |
| OAK@TB | Milone, Tommy SP OAK | Sit | Bedard, Erik SP TB | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | Kendrick, Kyle SP PHI | Sit | Eovaldi, Nathan SP MIA | Start |
| SEA@TEX | Maurer, Brandon SP SEA | Sit | Tepesch, Nick SP TEX | Sit |
| SF@COL | Cain, Matt SP SF | Sit | Chacin, Jhoulys SP COL | Sit |
| TOR@BOS | Happ, J.A. SP TOR | Sit | Buchholz, Clay SP BOS | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Thursday (5/22/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@STL | Miley, Wade SP ARI | Sit | Lynn, Lance SP STL | Start |
| CHC@SD | Arrieta, Jake SP CHC | Sit | Stults, Eric SP SD | Sit |
| CLE@BAL | Tomlin, Josh RP CLE | Sit | Tillman, Chris SP BAL | Sit |
| HOU@SEA | Cosart, Jarred SP HOU | Sit | Young, Chris SP SEA | Start |
| LAD@NYM | Kershaw, Clayton SP LAD | Start | Niese, Jonathon SP NYM | Start |
| MIL@ATL | Garza, Matt SP MIL | Start | Harang, Aaron SP ATL | Start |
| NYY@CHW | Phelps, David SP NYY | Sit | Noesi, Hector RP CHW | Sit |
| OAK@TB | Gray, Sonny SP OAK | Start | Archer, Chris SP TB | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | Hamels, Cole SP PHI | Start | Alvarez, Henderson SP MIA | Sit |
| SF@COL | Hudson, Tim SP SF | Sit | De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL | Sit |
| TEX@DET | Darvish, Yu SP TEX | Start | Porcello, Rick SP DET | Sit |
| TOR@BOS | Hutchison, Drew SP TOR | Sit | Lester, Jon SP BOS | Start |
| WAS@PIT | Gonzalez, Gio SP WAS | Sit | Volquez, Edinson SP PIT | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Friday (5/23/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@NYM | Anderson, Chase SP ARI | Sit | Colon, Bartolo SP NYM | Sit |
| BOS@TB | Lackey, John SP BOS | Start | Ramos, Cesar RP TB | Sit |
| CHC@SD | Jackson, Edwin SP CHC | Sit | Erlin, Robbie SP SD | Sit |
| CLE@BAL | Masterson, Justin SP CLE | Sit | Norris, Bud SP BAL | Sit |
| COL@ATL | Lyles, Jordan SP COL | Start | Floyd, Gavin SP ATL | Sit |
| HOU@SEA | Peacock, Brad SP HOU | Sit | Elias, Roenis SP SEA | Sit |
| KC@LAA | Shields, James SP KC | Start | Wilson, C.J. SP LAA | Start |
| LAD@PHI | Haren, Dan SP LAD | Start | Lee, Cliff SP PHI | Start |
| MIL@MIA | Estrada, Marco SP MIL | Start | Koehler, Tom SP MIA | Start |
| MIN@SF | Gibson, Kyle SP MIN | Sit | Lincecum, Tim SP SF | Start |
| NYY@CHW | Kuroda, Hiroki SP NYY | Sit | Danks, John SP CHW | Sit |
| OAK@TOR | Kazmir, Scott SP OAK | Start | Buehrle, Mark SP TOR | Sit |
| STL@CIN | Miller, Shelby SP STL | Start | Bailey, Homer SP CIN | Sit |
| TEX@DET | Ross, Robbie RP TEX | Sit | Sanchez, Anibal SP DET | Sit |
| WAS@PIT | Zimmermann, Jordan SP WAS | Start | Morton, Charlie SP PIT | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Saturday (5/24/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@NYM | Collmenter, Josh RP ARI | Sit | Wheeler, Zack SP NYM | Sit |
| BOS@TB | Peavy, Jake SP BOS | Sit | Price, David SP TB | Start |
| CHC@SD | Wood, Travis SP CHC | Start | TBD | TBD |
| CLE@BAL | Kluber, Corey SP CLE | Start | Jimenez, Ubaldo SP BAL | Start |
| COL@ATL | Nicasio, Juan SP COL | Sit | Minor, Mike SP ATL | Sit |
| HOU@SEA | Keuchel, Dallas SP HOU | Start | Hernandez, Felix SP SEA | Start |
| KC@LAA | Vargas, Jason SP KC | Sit | Shoemaker, Matt SP LAA | Sit |
| LAD@PHI | Maholm, Paul SP LAD | Sit | Hernandez, Roberto SP PHI | Sit |
| MIL@MIA | Peralta, Wily SP MIL | Start | Turner, Jacob SP MIA | Sit |
| MIN@SF | Deduno, Samuel SP MIN | Sit | Vogelsong, Ryan SP SF | Start |
| NYY@CHW | Nuno, Vidal SP NYY | Sit | Carroll, Scott SP CHW | Sit |
| OAK@TOR | Chavez, Jesse RP OAK | Start | Dickey, R.A. SP TOR | Sit |
| STL@CIN | Garcia, Jaime SP STL | Start | Cingrani, Tony SP CIN | Start |
| TEX@DET | Martinez, Nick P TEX | Sit | Verlander, Justin SP DET | Start |
| WAS@PIT | Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS | Start | Cole, Gerrit SP PIT | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Sunday (5/25/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start / Sit | Home Starter | Start / Sit |
| ARI@NYM | Arroyo, Bronson SP ARI | Start | Montero, Rafael SP NYM | Sit |
| BOS@TB | Doubront, Felix SP BOS | Sit | Odorizzi, Jake SP TB | Sit |
| CHC@SD | Hammel, Jason SP CHC | Start | Kennedy, Ian SP SD | Start |
| CLE@BAL | Bauer, Trevor SP CLE | Start | Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL | Sit |
| COL@ATL | Morales, Franklin RP COL | Sit | Teheran, Julio SP ATL | Start |
| HOU@SEA | Feldman, Scott SP HOU | Start | Iwakuma, Hisashi SP SEA | Start |
| KC@LAA | Ventura, Yordano SP KC | Start | Richards, Garrett RP LAA | Start |
| LAD@PHI | Beckett, Josh SP LAD | Start | Burnett, A.J. SP PHI | Start |
| MIL@MIA | Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | Start | TBD | TBD |
| MIN@SF | Nolasco, Ricky SP MIN | Sit | Bumgarner, Madison SP SF | Start |
| NYY@CHW | Tanaka, Masahiro SP NYY | Start | Rienzo, Andre SP CHW | Sit |
| OAK@TOR | Pomeranz, Drew SP OAK | Start | TBD | TBD |
| STL@CIN | Wainwright, Adam SP STL | Start | Leake, Mike SP CIN | Start |
| TEX@DET | Lewis, Colby SP TEX | Sit | Smyly, Drew RP DET | Start |
| WAS@PIT | Fister, Doug SP WAS | Start | Liriano, Francisco SP PIT | Start |
