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What’s up RotoBallers. It seems that for the first time, in a long time, pitching around baseball isn't quite as dominant as it has been. A lot of the non-elite pitchers are struggling to find consistency, leading to higher team ERAs and WHIPs for fantasy baseball owners. In such times, I find it's best to bench some iffy starters and observe them before deciding their ultimate fates. Also, while there have been some nice pitchers to emerge so far off the waiver wire so far, it hasn't been quite as lucrative as the previous few years. But not to worry, the season is still young - the next few weeks can separate the men from the boys, and are weeks where savvy fantasy owners can make moves to shore up their teams and win leagues. These next few weeks are also a good time to avoid extra risk and potential pitcher blow-ups, while being a bit more careful with your starts/sits.
With that being said, below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 10, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. Next to each matchup below, we also have a link to our Premium Starting Pitcher Daily Matchups, Streamers & DFS Tool. For those who aren't aware, our in-house tool analyzes SP matchups based on a variety of stats/metrics, and recommends whether start, sit, or stream any pitcher for seasonal and DFS leagues. It's pretty cool.
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. This week there are a bunch of nice two-start pitchers including Sale, Scherzer, Lester, Hamels, Gray, Kluber, Miller and Shields to name a few. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (McCullers, Rodriguez, Walker, Hahn, Quintana, Santiago, Garcia, Hendricks, Foltynewicz, Elias), depending on your league size and format including AL-Only and NL-Only leagues.
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. This weekly piece considers all of the pitching performances thus far this season, 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.
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
Editor’s Note: RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups list is updated every single day. Our awesome writers bring you analysis on hot or emerging starting pitchers, and also all other fantasy positions. You can also download our waiver wire iPhone app for free, and easily stay updated.
Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations at the beginning of the week, so I’ll try my best to update the matchups throughout the day:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (6/8/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI"]">Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Sit | Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD"]">Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD | Start |
| HOU@CHW | Lance McCullers SP | HOU"]">Lance McCullers SP | HOU | Start | Chris Sale SP | CHW"]">Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start |
| KC@MIN | Jason Vargas SP | KC"]">Jason Vargas SP | KC | Sit | Phil Hughes SP | MIN"]">Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Sit |
| MIA@TOR | Brad Hand RP | MIA"]">Brad Hand RP | MIA | Sit | Marco Estrada RP | TOR"]">Marco Estrada RP | TOR | Sit |
| MIL@PIT | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL"]">Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Sit | A.J. Burnett SP | PIT"]">A.J. Burnett SP | PIT | Start |
| PHI@CIN | Cole Hamels SP | PHI"]">Cole Hamels SP | PHI | Start | Mike Leake SP | CIN"]">Mike Leake SP | CIN | Sit |
| SD@ATL | Ian Kennedy SP | SD"]">Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Sit | Shelby Miller SP | ATL"]">Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start |
| STL@COL | John Lackey SP | STL"]">John Lackey SP | STL | Sit | Chad Bettis RP | COL"]">David Hale RP | COL | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (6/9/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Robbie Ray SP | ARI"]">Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit | Carlos Frias RP | LAD | Sit |
| BOS@BAL | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS"]">Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | Start | Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL"]">Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL | Start |
| CHC@DET | Jon Lester SP | CHC"]">Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET"]">Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Sit |
| HOU@CHW | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU"]">Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW"]">Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start |
| KC@MIN | Chris Young SP | KC"]">Chris Young SP | KC | Sit | Trevor May SP | MIN"]">Trevor May SP | MIN | Start |
| LAA@TB | Hector Santiago SP | LAA"]">Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Start | Nathan Karns SP | TB"]">Nathan Karns SP | TB | Sit |
| MIA@TOR | Dan Haren SP | MIA"]">Dan Haren SP | MIA | Sit | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR"]">Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Sit |
| MIL@PIT | TBD | TBD | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT"]">Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start |
| PHI@CIN | Aaron Harang SP | PHI"]">Aaron Harang SP | PHI | Sit | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN"]">Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Sit |
| SD@ATL | James Shields SP | SD"]">James Shields SP | SD | Start | Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL"]">Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL | Start |
| SEA@CLE | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA"]">Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start | Corey Kluber SP | CLE"]">Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| SF@NYM | Chris Heston RP | SF | Sit | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM"]">Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start |
| STL@COL | Michael Wacha SP | STL"]">Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL"]">Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Sit |
| TEX@OAK | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | Start | Sonny Gray SP | OAK"]">Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start |
| WAS@NYY | Max Scherzer SP | WAS"]">Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY"]">Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (6/10/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI"]">Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI | Sit | Brett Anderson SP | LAD"]">Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Start |
| BOS@BAL | Rick Porcello SP | BOS"]">Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Sit | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL"]">Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Start |
| CHC@DET | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC"]">Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start | Shane Greene SP | DET"]">Shane Greene SP | DET | Sit |
| HOU@CHW | Roberto Hernandez SP | HOU"]">Vince Velasquez SP | HOU | Sit | Jose Quintana SP | CHW"]">Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start |
| KC@MIN | Edinson Volquez SP | KC"]">Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start | Tommy Milone SP | MIN"]">Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| LAA@TB | Jered Weaver SP | LAA"]">Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Start | Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB"]">Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB | Sit |
| MIA@TOR | Tom Koehler SP | MIA"]">Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR"]">Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | Start |
| MIL@PIT | Kyle Lohse SP | MIL"]">Kyle Lohse SP | MIL | Sit | Charlie Morton SP | PIT"]">Charlie Morton SP | PIT | Sit |
| PHI@CIN | Jerome Williams RP | PHI"]">Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit | Jon Moscot SP | CIN"]">Jon Moscot SP | CIN | Sit |
| SD@ATL | Tyson Ross SP | SD"]">Tyson Ross SP | SD | Start | Williams Perez SP | ATL"]">Williams Perez SP | ATL | Sit |
| SEA@CLE | Roenis Elias SP | SEA"]">Roenis Elias SP | SEA | Start | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE"]">Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Start |
| SF@NYM | Tim Hudson SP | SF"]">Tim Hudson SP | SF | Start | Matt Harvey SP | NYM"]">Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start |
| STL@COL | Carlos Martinez RP | STL"]">Carlos Martinez RP | STL | Start | Chad Bettis SP | COL | Sit |
| TEX@OAK | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX"]">Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Start | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | Start |
| WAS@NYY | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS"]">Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Sit | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY"]">Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (6/11/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@BAL | Steven Wright RP | BOS"]">Wade Miley RP | BOS | Sit | Chris Tillman SP | BAL"]">Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Sit |
| CIN@CHC | Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN"]">Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN | Sit | Tsuyoshi Wada SP | CHC"]">Tsuyoshi Wada SP | CHC | Sit |
| COL@MIA | Chris Rusin RP | COL"]">Eddie Butler RP | COL | Sit | David Phelps SP | MIA"]">David Phelps SP | MIA | Sit |
| LAA@TB | Garrett Richards SP | LAA"]">Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start | TBD | TBD |
| SD@ATL | Andrew Cashner SP | SD"]">Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Sit | Julio Teheran SP | ATL"]">Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start |
| SEA@CLE | J.A. Happ SP | SEA"]">J.A. Happ SP | SEA | Sit | Shaun Marcum SP | CLE"]">Shaun Marcum SP | CLE | Sit |
| SF@NYM | Tim Lincecum SP | SF"]">Tim Lincecum SP | SF | Sit | Jonathon Niese SP | NYM | Sit |
| TEX@OAK | Chi Chi Gonzalez SP | TEX"]">Chi Chi Gonzalez SP | TEX | Sit | Scott Kazmir SP | OAK"]">Scott Kazmir SP | OAK | Sit |
| WAS@MIL | Tanner Roark SP | WAS"]">Tanner Roark SP | WAS | Start | Matt Garza SP | MIL"]">Matt Garza SP | MIL | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (6/12/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Chase Anderson SP | ARI"]">Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Start | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF"]">Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start |
| ATL@NYM | Alex Wood SP | ATL"]">Alex Wood SP | ATL | Start | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM"]">Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Start |
| CHW@TB | John Danks SP | CHW"]">John Danks SP | CHW | Sit | Alex Colome SP | TB"]">Alex Colome SP | TB | Sit |
| CIN@CHC | Johnny Cueto SP | CIN"]">Johnny Cueto SP | CIN | Start | Jason Hammel SP | CHC"]">Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start |
| CLE@DET | Danny Salazar SP | CLE"]">Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start | Kyle Ryan RP | DET"]">Kyle Ryan RP | DET | Sit |
| COL@MIA | Kyle Kendrick SP | COL"]">Chris Rusin SP | COL | Sit | Jose Urena SP | MIA"]">Jose Urena SP | MIA | Sit |
| KC@STL | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start | Jaime Garcia SP | STL"]">Jaime Garcia SP | STL | Start |
| LAD@SD | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD"]">Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start | Odrisamer Despaigne SP | SD"]">Odrisamer Despaigne SP | SD | Start |
| MIN@TEX | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN"]">Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Start | Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX | Start |
| NYY@BAL | Michael Pineda SP | NYY"]">Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Start | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL"]">Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Jesse Chavez SP | OAK"]">Jesse Chavez SP | OAK | Start | C.J. Wilson SP | LAA"]">C.J. Wilson SP | LAA | Sit |
| PHI@PIT | Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI | Sit | Jeff Locke SP | PIT"]">Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit |
| SEA@HOU | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA"]">Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start | Brett Oberholtzer SP | HOU"]">Brett Oberholtzer SP | HOU | Sit |
| TOR@BOS | Drew Hutchison SP | TOR | Sit | Wade Miley SP | BOS"]">Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit |
| WAS@MIL | Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS"]">Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS | Start | Mike Fiers SP | MIL"]">Mike Fiers SP | MIL | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (6/13/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Josh Collmenter SP | ARI"]">Josh Collmenter SP | ARI | Sit | Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF"]">Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF | Sit |
| ATL@NYM | Shelby Miller SP | ATL"]">Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM"]">Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start |
| CHW@TB | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW"]">Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Sit | Chris Archer SP | TB"]">Chris Archer SP | TB | Start |
| CIN@CHC | Mike Leake SP | CIN"]">Mike Leake SP | CIN | Sit | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC"]">Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start |
| CLE@DET | Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE"]">Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE | Start | David Price SP | DET"]">David Price SP | DET | Start |
| COL@MIA | Chad Bettis RP | COL"]">Kyle Kendrick RP | COL | Sit | Brad Hand RP | MIA"]">Brad Hand RP | MIA | Sit |
| KC@STL | Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC"]">Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC | Sit | Lance Lynn SP | STL"]">Lance Lynn SP | STL | Start |
| LAD@SD | Zack Greinke SP | LAD"]">Zack Greinke SP | LAD | Start | Ian Kennedy SP | SD"]">Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Sit |
| MIN@TEX | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Sit | Colby Lewis SP | TEX"]">Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit |
| NYY@BAL | Adam Warren RP | NYY"]">Adam Warren RP | NYY | Start | Bud Norris SP | BAL"]">Bud Norris SP | BAL | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Kendall Graveman RP | OAK"]">Kendall Graveman RP | OAK | Start | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA"]">Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start |
| PHI@PIT | Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI"]">Cole Hamels SP | PHI | Start | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT"]">Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Mike Montgomery SP | SEA"]">Mike Montgomery SP | SEA | Sit | Collin McHugh SP | HOU"]">Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| TOR@BOS | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR"]">R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Sit | Joe Kelly SP | BOS"]">Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | Sit |
| WAS@MIL | TBD | TBD | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL"]">Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (6/14/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SF | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI"]">Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Sit | Chris Heston RP | SF | Sit |
| ATL@NYM | Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL"]">Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL | Start | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM"]">Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start |
| CHW@TB | Chris Sale SP | CHW"]">Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start | Nathan Karns SP | TB"]">Nathan Karns SP | TB | Start |
| CIN@CHC | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN"]">Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Sit | Jon Lester SP | CHC"]">Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| CLE@DET | Corey Kluber SP | CLE"]">Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start | Alfredo Simon SP | DET"]">Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Start |
| COL@MIA | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL"]">Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Sit | Dan Haren SP | MIA"]">Dan Haren SP | MIA | Start |
| KC@STL | Jason Vargas SP | KC"]">Jason Vargas SP | KC | Sit | John Lackey SP | STL"]">John Lackey SP | STL | Start |
| LAD@SD | Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD"]">Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD | Start | James Shields SP | SD"]">James Shields SP | SD | Start |
| MIN@TEX | Phil Hughes SP | MIN"]">Trevor May SP | MIN | Start | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | Start |
| NYY@BAL | CC Sabathia SP | NYY"]">CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit | Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL"]">Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL | Start |
| OAK@LAA | Sonny Gray SP | OAK"]">Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start | Hector Santiago SP | LAA"]">MAtt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Start |
| PHI@PIT | Cole Hamels SP | PHI"]">Aaron Harang SP | PHI | Start | A.J. Burnett SP | PIT"]">A.J. Burnett SP | PIT | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA"]">Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start | Lance McCullers SP | HOU"]">Lance McCullers SP | HOU | Start |
| TOR@BOS | Marco Estrada RP | TOR"]">Marco Estrada RP | TOR | Sit | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS"]">Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | Start |
| WAS@MIL | Max Scherzer SP | WAS"]">Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | TBD | TBD |
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