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Uncle Leo provides his fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SPs) starts and sits recommended for Week 20 of MLB (2015), including two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.
What’s up RotoBallers. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 20, 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 solid two-start pitchers including Cole, Wacha, Gray, Kazmir, Hamels, Liriano, Richards, Salazar and Zimmermann. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Severino, Estrada, Corbin, Jungmann, Iglesias, Ray, Eovaldi, Ramirez, Gray, Rodon), 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.
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 (8/17/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@PIT | Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI | Sit | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start |
| ATL@SD | Williams Perez SP | ATL | Sit | Colin Rea RP | SD | Sit |
| CHW@LAA | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | Start |
| CLE@BOS | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start | Matt Barnes RP | BOS | Sit |
| MIA@MIL | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | Sit | Matt Garza SP | MIL | Start |
| MIN@NYY | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit |
| OAK@BAL | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Start |
| SEA@TEX | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | Start |
| SF@STL | Chris Heston RP | SF | Start | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start |
| TB@HOU | Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB | Start | Scott Kazmir SP | HOU | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (8/18/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@PIT | Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Sit | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start |
| ATL@SD | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit | James Shields SP | SD | Start |
| CHW@LAA | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start |
| CLE@BOS | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Sit | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | Start |
| DET@CHC | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Sit | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start |
| KC@CIN | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start | Raisel Iglesias RP | CIN | Start |
| LAD@OAK | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start | Felix Doubront SP | OAK | Start |
| MIA@MIL | Adam Conley SP | MIA | Sit | Tyler Cravy P | MIL | Sit |
| MIN@NYY | Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Sit | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Start |
| NYM@BAL | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | Start |
| SEA@TEX | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start | Chi Chi Gonzalez SP | TEX | Sit |
| SF@STL | Mike Leake SP | SF | Start | Lance Lynn SP | STL | Start |
| TB@HOU | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Start | Scott Feldman SP | HOU | Sit |
| TOR@PHI | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Start | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | Sit |
| WAS@COL | Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS | Start | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (8/19/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@PIT | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Start | J.A. Happ SP | PIT | Sit |
| ATL@SD | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start | Tyson Ross SP | SD | Start |
| CHW@LAA | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Sit | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Start |
| CLE@BOS | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit |
| DET@CHC | Daniel Norris RP | DET | Start | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| KC@CIN | Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC | Sit | Keyvius Sampson SP | CIN | Sit |
| LAD@OAK | Mat Latos SP | LAD | Sit | Jesse Chavez SP | OAK | Sit |
| MIA@MIL | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Start |
| MIN@NYY | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | Sit | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Start |
| NYM@BAL | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Start |
| SEA@TEX | Mike Montgomery SP | SEA | Sit | Derek Holland SP | TEX | Sit |
| SF@STL | Matt Cain SP | SF | Sit | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | Start |
| TB@HOU | Nathan Karns SP | TB | Start | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start |
| TOR@PHI | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Start | Adam Morgan SP | PHI | Sit |
| WAS@COL | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start | TBD | TBD |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (8/20/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CIN | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Start | John Lamb SP | CIN | Sit |
| ATL@CHC | Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL | Sit | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
| CHW@LAA | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | Sit |
| CLE@NYY | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | Sit | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | Start |
| KC@BOS | Danny Duffy SP | KC | Sit | Wade Miley SP | BOS | Sit |
| MIN@BAL | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | Sit | Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit | Brad Hand RP | MIA | Sit |
| SF@PIT | Jake Peavy SP | SF | Start | Charlie Morton SP | PIT | Start |
| TB@HOU | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| TEX@DET | Martin Perez SP | TEX | Sit | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Sit |
| WAS@COL | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | Yohan Flande SP | COL | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (8/21/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CIN | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Start | David Holmberg SP | CIN | Sit |
| ATL@CHC | Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start |
| CHW@SEA | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start |
| CLE@NYY | Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE | Start | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start |
| KC@BOS | Johnny Cueto SP | KC | Start | Henry Owens SP | BOS | Sit |
| LAD@HOU | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Sit | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | Start |
| MIL@WAS | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Start | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start |
| MIN@BAL | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | Sit | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Start |
| NYM@COL | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Sit | Jon Gray SP | COL | Start |
| PHI@MIA | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | Sit | Kendry Flores SP | MIA | Sit |
| SF@PIT | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit |
| STL@SD | John Lackey SP | STL | Start | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Sit |
| TB@OAK | Drew Smyly SP | TB | Start | Chris Bassitt SP | OAK | Start |
| TEX@DET | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Start | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Start |
| TOR@LAA | David Price SP | TOR | Start | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (8/22/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CIN | Randall Delgado SP | ARI | Sit | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Start |
| ATL@CHC | Williams Perez SP | ATL | Sit | Dan Haren SP | CHC | Start |
| CHW@SEA | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start | Vidal Nuno SP | SEA | Sit |
| CLE@NYY | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start | Luis Severino SP | NYY | Start |
| KC@BOS | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start | Matt Barnes RP | BOS | Sit |
| LAD@HOU | Zack Greinke SP | LAD | Start | Scott Kazmir SP | HOU | Start |
| MIL@WAS | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Start | Joe Ross SP | WAS | Start |
| MIN@BAL | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Start |
| NYM@COL | Jonathon Niese SP | NYM | Start | Chris Rusin RP | COL | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | Aaron Harang SP | PHI | Sit | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | Sit |
| SF@PIT | Chris Heston RP | SF | Start | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start |
| STL@SD | Carlos Martinez RP | STL | Start | Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Start |
| TB@OAK | Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB | Start | Sonny Gray RP | OAK | Start |
| TEX@DET | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Sit | Randy Wolf SP | DET | Sit |
| TOR@LAA | Marco Estrada RP | TOR | Start | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (8/23/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@CIN | Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Start | Raisel Iglesias RP | CIN | Start |
| ATL@CHC | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start |
| CHW@SEA | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start |
| CLE@NYY | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Sit | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Start |
| KC@BOS | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | Start |
| LAD@HOU | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | Sit |
| MIL@WAS | Matt Garza SP | MIL | Start | Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS | Start |
| MIN@BAL | Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Sit | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | Start |
| NYM@COL | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start | David Hale SP | COL | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | Start | Adam Conley SP | MIA | Sit |
| SF@PIT | Mike Leake SP | SF | Start | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start |
| STL@SD | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start | Colin Rea RP | SD | Sit |
| TB@OAK | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Start | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | Sit |
| TEX@DET | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | Start | Matt Boyd SP | DET | Sit |
| TOR@LAA | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Start | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start |
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