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Week 14 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

What’s up RotoBallers. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 14, 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 again there are a bunch of nice two-start pitchers including Sale, Cueto, Liriano, Arrieta, Shields, Carrasco, Lester and Keuchel to name a few. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Hahn, Ramirez, Chavez, Santiago, Hendricks, Graveman, Gausman, Nelson, Anderson), 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 (7/6/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@MIL Matt Wisler SP | ATL Sit Kyle Lohse SP | MIL Sit
BAL@MIN Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL Start Phil Hughes SP | MIN Start
CIN@WAS Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN Sit Doug Fister SP | WAS Sit
DET@SEA Alfredo Simon SP | DET Sit Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA Sit
HOU@CLE Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE Start
NYM@SF Jonathon Niese SP | NYM Start Chris Heston RP | SF Start
PHI@LAD Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI Sit Eric Surkamp RP | LAD Sit
SD@PIT James Shields SP | SD Start A.J. Burnett SP | PIT Start
STL@CHC John Lackey SP | STL Start Jon Lester SP | CHC Start
TB@KC Alex Colome SP | TB Sit Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start
TOR@CHW Mark Buehrle SP | TOR Start Chris Sale SP | CHW Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (7/7/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@TEX Robbie Ray SP | ARI Sit Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX Start
ATL@MIL Manny Banuelos SP | ATL Sit Matt Garza SP | MIL Sit
BAL@MIN Kevin Gausman SP | BAL Start Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit
CIN@WAS Johnny Cueto SP | CIN Start Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start
DET@SEA Kyle Ryan RP | DET Sit Taijuan Walker SP | SEA Start
HOU@CLE Vincent Velasquez SP | HOU Start Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start
LAA@COL Andrew Heaney SP | LAA Sit Chad Bettis RP | COL Sit
MIA@BOS Dan Haren SP | MIA Start Wade Miley SP | BOS Sit
NYM@SF Bartolo Colon SP | NYM Start Matt Cain SP | SF Start
OAK@NYY Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY Sit
PHI@LAD Chad Billingsley SP | PHI Sit Brett Anderson SP | LAD Start
SD@PIT Tyson Ross SP | SD Start Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start
STL@CHC TBD TBD Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start
TB@KC Matt Moore SP | TB Sit Chris Young SP | KC Start
TOR@CHW TBD TBD Jose Quintana SP | CHW Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (7/8/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@TEX Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI Sit Matt Harrison SP | TEX Sit
ATL@MIL Julio Teheran SP | ATL Start Mike Fiers SP | MIL Sit
BAL@MIN Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Start Tommy Milone SP | MIN Sit
CIN@WAS Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN Sit Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS Start
DET@SEA Anibal Sanchez SP | DET Start J.A. Happ SP | SEA Sit
HOU@CLE Dan Straily SP | HOU Sit Trevor Bauer SP | CLE Start
LAA@COL Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA Sit Chris Rusin RP | COL Sit
MIA@BOS Tom Koehler SP | MIA Sit Rick Porcello SP | BOS Sit
NYM@SF Jacob deGrom SP | NYM Start Jake Peavy SP | SF Start
OAK@NYY Scott Kazmir SP | OAK Start CC Sabathia SP | NYY Sit
PHI@LAD Adam Morgan SP | PHI Sit Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start
SD@PIT Andrew Cashner SP | SD Start Charlie Morton SP | PIT Sit
STL@CHC Michael Wacha SP | STL Start Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start
TB@KC Chris Archer SP | TB Start Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC Sit
TOR@CHW Drew Hutchison SP | TOR Start John Danks SP | CHW Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (7/9/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@COL Alex Wood SP | ATL Sit Kyle Kendrick SP | COL Sit
CIN@MIA Josh Smith P | CIN Sit Jose Fernandez SP | MIA Start
DET@MIN David Price SP | DET Start Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN Sit
HOU@CLE Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start Cody Anderson SP | CLE Start
LAA@SEA Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start
OAK@NYY Jesse Chavez SP | OAK Start Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY Start
PHI@LAD Kevin Correia SP | PHI Sit Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start
STL@PIT Carlos Martinez RP | STL Start Jeff Locke SP | PIT Sit
TB@KC Nathan Karns SP | TB Start Joe Blanton SP | KC Sit
TOR@CHW R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Sit Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (7/10/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@NYM Chase Anderson SP | ARI Start Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM Start
ATL@COL Shelby Miller SP | ATL Start David Hale RP | COL Sit
CHW@CHC Carlos Rodon SP | CHW Sit Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Start
CIN@MIA Mike Leake SP | CIN Sit TBD TBD
DET@MIN Justin Verlander SP | DET Sit Ervin Santana SP | MIN Start
HOU@TB Lance McCullers SP | HOU Start Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB Start
LAA@SEA Hector Santiago SP | LAA Start Mike Montgomery SP | SEA Start
MIL@LAD Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL Sit Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD Sit
NYY@BOS Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start Justin Masterson SP | BOS Sit
OAK@CLE Jesse Hahn SP | OAK Start Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start
PHI@SF Cole Hamels SP | PHI Start Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start
SD@TEX Odrisamer Despaigne SP | SD Sit Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX Start
STL@PIT Lance Lynn SP | STL Start Gerrit Cole SP | PIT Start
TOR@KC Marco Estrada RP | TOR Start Danny Duffy SP | KC Sit
WAS@BAL TBD TBD Chris Tillman SP | BAL Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (7/11/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@NYM Patrick Corbin SP | ARI Start Matt Harvey SP | NYM Start
ATL@COL Matt Wisler SP | ATL Sit Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Sit
CHW@CHC Chris Sale SP | CHW Start Jon Lester SP | CHC Start
CIN@MIA Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN Sit Mat Latos SP | MIA Start
DET@MIN Alfredo Simon SP | DET Sit Phil Hughes SP | MIN Start
HOU@TB Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start Alex Colome SP | TB Sit
LAA@SEA C.J. Wilson SP | LAA Start Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA Start
MIL@LAD Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL Sit Eric Surkamp RP | LAD Sit
NYY@BOS Ivan Nova SP | NYY Sit Clay Buchholz SP | BOS Start
OAK@CLE Kendall Graveman RP | OAK Start Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE Start
PHI@SF Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI Sit Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF Sit
SD@TEX Ian Kennedy SP | SD Start Colby Lewis SP | TEX Sit
STL@PIT John Lackey SP | STL Start A.J. Burnett SP | PIT Start
TOR@KC Mark Buehrle SP | TOR Start Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start
WAS@BAL Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (7/12/15)
TBD VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@NYM Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI Start Steven Matz SP | NYM Start
ATL@COL TBD TBD Chad Bettis RP | COL Sit
CHW@CHC Jose Quintana SP | CHW Start Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start
CIN@MIA Johnny Cueto SP | CIN Start Dan Haren SP | MIA Start
DET@MIN Kyle Ryan RP | DET Sit Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit
HOU@TB Vincent Velasquez SP | HOU Start Matt Moore SP | TB Sit
LAA@SEA Andrew Heaney SP | LAA Start Taijuan Walker SP | SEA Start
MIL@LAD Kyle Lohse SP | MIL Sit Brett Anderson SP | LAD Start
NYY@BOS Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY Sit Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS Start
OAK@CLE Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start
PHI@SF Chad Billingsley SP | PHI Sit Chris Heston RP | SF Start
SD@TEX James Shields SP | SD Start Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX Start
STL@PIT TBD TBD Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start
TOR@KC TBD TBD Chris Young SP | KC Sit
WAS@BAL Doug Fister SP | WAS Sit Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL Start

 

 

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