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Week 17 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

by 7/27/15 11:11 AM
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By Scott U (Sonny Gray (3)) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

What’s up RotoBallers. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 17, 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 aren't quite as many great two-start pitchers, but some of them include Price, Gray, Lynn, Syndergaard, Fernandez, Zimmermann, Garcia and Shields. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Santana, Corbin, Jungmann, Wisler, Shoemaker, Duffy, Leake, Ray), 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 (7/27/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SEA Robbie Ray SP | ARI Start Mike Montgomery SP | SEA Sit
ATL@BAL Alex Wood SP | ATL Sit Kevin Gausman SP | BAL Sit
CHW@BOS John Danks SP | CHW Sit Joe Kelly SP | BOS Sit
CIN@STL Raisel Iglesias RP | CIN Sit Lance Lynn SP | STL Start
COL@CHC Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Start Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Sit
DET@TB Anibal Sanchez SP | DET Start Nathan Karns SP | TB Sit
KC@CLE Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start Cody Anderson SP | CLE Sit
MIL@SF Kyle Lohse SP | MIL Sit Chris Heston RP | SF Start
NYY@TEX Ivan Nova SP | NYY Sit Matt Harrison SP | TEX Sit
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (7/28/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SEA Zack Godley SP | ARI Sit Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA Start
ATL@BAL Julio Teheran SP | ATL Sit Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Sit
CHW@BOS Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Start Wade Miley SP | BOS Sit
CIN@STL Mike Leake SP | CIN Start Jaime Garcia SP | STL Start
COL@CHC TBD TBD TBD TBD
DET@TB David Price SP | DET Start Jake Odorizzi SP | TB Sit
KC@CLE Chris Young SP | KC Start Trevor Bauer SP | CLE Sit
LAA@HOU C.J. Wilson SP | LAA Start Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start
MIL@SF Wily Peralta SP | MIL Sit Matt Cain SP | SF Start
NYY@TEX TBD TBD Martin Perez SP | TEX Sit
OAK@LAD Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start Brett Anderson SP | LAD Sit
PHI@TOR Adam Morgan SP | PHI Sit Felix Doubront SP | TOR Sit
PIT@MIN Charlie Morton SP | PIT Sit Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN Sit
SD@NYM James Shields SP | SD Start Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM Start
WAS@MIA Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start Jose Fernandez SP | MIA Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (7/29/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SEA Patrick Corbin SP | ARI Start Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start
ATL@BAL Manny Banuelos SP | ATL Sit Chris Tillman SP | BAL Start
CHW@BOS Jose Quintana SP | CHW Start Rick Porcello SP | BOS Sit
CIN@STL Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN Sit John Lackey SP | STL Start
COL@CHC Eddie Butler SP | COL Sit Jon Lester SP | CHC Start
DET@TB Justin Verlander SP | DET Sit Chris Archer SP | TB Start
KC@CLE Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC Sit Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start
LAA@HOU Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start Lance McCullers SP | HOU Start
MIL@SF Mike Fiers SP | MIL Sit Jake Peavy SP | SF Start
NYY@TEX Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY Start Colby Lewis SP | TEX Sit
OAK@LAD Drew Pomeranz SP | OAK Sit Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start
PHI@TOR Jerome Williams RP | PHI Sit R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Start
PIT@MIN Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start Ervin Santana SP | MIN Start
SD@NYM Tyson Ross SP | SD Start Bartolo Colon SP | NYM Sit
WAS@MIA Doug Fister SP | WAS Sit Tom Koehler SP | MIA Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (7/30/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@PHI Shelby Miller SP | ATL Start Cole Hamels SP | PHI Start
CHC@MIL Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL Sit
CHW@BOS Chris Sale SP | CHW Start Steven Wright RP | BOS Sit
CLE@OAK Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE Start Jesse Chavez SP | OAK Sit
COL@STL Chris Rusin RP | COL Sit Carlos Martinez RP | STL Start
DET@BAL Alfredo Simon SP | DET Sit Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL Sit
KC@TOR Danny Duffy SP | KC Sit Marco Estrada RP | TOR Sit
LAA@HOU Hector Santiago SP | LAA Start Scott Kazmir SP | HOU Start
NYY@TEX Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX Sit
PIT@CIN Jeff Locke SP | PIT Sit TBD TBD
SD@NYM Andrew Cashner SP | SD Start Jonathon Niese SP | NYM Start
SEA@MIN J.A. Happ SP | SEA Sit Phil Hughes SP | MIN Start
WAS@MIA Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start Dan Haren SP | MIA Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (7/31/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@HOU Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI Start Scott Feldman SP | HOU Sit
ATL@PHI Matt Wisler SP | ATL Start Aaron Nola SP | PHI Start
CHC@MIL Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL Start
CLE@OAK Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start Chris Bassitt SP | OAK Sit
COL@STL Kyle Kendrick SP | COL Sit Michael Wacha SP | STL Start
DET@BAL Shane Greene SP | DET Sit Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL Start
KC@TOR Yordano Ventura SP | KC Sit Drew Hutchison SP | TOR Sit
LAA@LAD Andrew Heaney SP | LAA Start Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD Sit
NYY@CHW CC Sabathia SP | NYY Sit Carlos Rodon SP | CHW Sit
PIT@CIN A.J. Burnett SP | PIT Start Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN Sit
SD@MIA Ian Kennedy SP | SD Start David Phelps SP | MIA Sit
SEA@MIN Taijuan Walker SP | SEA Start Tommy Milone SP | MIN Sit
SF@TEX Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start Nick Martinez SP | TEX Sit
TB@BOS Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB Start Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS Start
WAS@NYM Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS Start Matt Harvey SP | NYM Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (8/1/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@HOU Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI Start Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start
ATL@PHI Alex Wood SP | ATL Sit TBD TBD
CHC@MIL Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Start Matt Garza SP | MIL Sit
CLE@OAK Cody Anderson SP | CLE Sit Kendall Graveman RP | OAK Sit
COL@STL Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Start Lance Lynn SP | STL Start
DET@BAL Anibal Sanchez SP | DET Start Kevin Gausman SP | BAL Sit
KC@TOR Edinson Volquez SP | KC Sit Mark Buehrle SP | TOR Start
LAA@LAD Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA Start Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start
NYY@CHW Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY Start John Danks SP | CHW Sit
PIT@CIN Gerrit Cole SP | PIT Start Raisel Iglesias RP | CIN Sit
SD@MIA Odrisamer Despaigne SP | SD Sit Mat Latos SP | MIA Start
SEA@MIN Mike Montgomery SP | SEA Sit Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit
SF@TEX Tim Hudson SP | SF Sit Matt Harrison SP | TEX Sit
TB@BOS Matt Moore SP | TB Sit Joe Kelly SP | BOS Sit
WAS@NYM Joe Ross SP | WAS Start Jacob deGrom SP | NYM Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (8/2/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@HOU Robbie Ray SP | ARI Start Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start
ATL@PHI Julio Teheran SP | ATL Start Adam Morgan SP | PHI Sit
CHC@MIL TBD TBD Kyle Lohse SP | MIL Sit
CLE@OAK Trevor Bauer SP | CLE Sit Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start
COL@STL TBD TBD Jaime Garcia SP | STL Start
DET@BAL David Price SP | DET Start Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Sit
KC@TOR Chris Young SP | KC Sit Felix Doubront SP | TOR Sit
LAA@LAD C.J. Wilson SP | LAA Start Zach Lee SP | LAD Sit
NYY@CHW Ivan Nova SP | NYY Sit Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Start
PIT@CIN Charlie Morton SP | PIT Sit Mike Leake SP | CIN Start
SD@MIA James Shields SP | SD Start Jose Fernandez SP | MIA Start
SEA@MIN Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA Start Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN Sit
SF@TEX Chris Heston RP | SF Start Martin Perez SP | TEX Sit
TB@BOS Nathan Karns SP | TB Start Wade Miley SP | BOS Start
WAS@NYM Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM Start

 

 

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