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What’s up RotoBallers. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 6, 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 Greinke, Lester, Scherzer, Strasburg, Cole, DeGrom and Arrieta to name a few. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Syndergaard, Duffy, Leake, Quintana, Peralta, Lincecum, Harang, Chavez), 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.
As always, projected starters and matchups may change throughout the week:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (5/11/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@CIN | Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start | Mike Leake SP | CIN | Start |
| BOS@OAK | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Start | Scott Kazmir SP | OAK | Start |
| CHW@MIL | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Start | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Start |
| KC@TEX | Danny Duffy SP | KC | Start | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit |
| MIA@LAD | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit | Zack Greinke SP | LAD | Start |
| NYM@CHC | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| NYY@TB | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit | Alex Colome SP | TB | Sit |
| PIT@PHI | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start | Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit |
| TOR@BAL | Marco Estrada RP | TOR | Sit | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Start |
| WAS@ARI | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start | Josh Collmenter SP | ARI | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (5/12/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@CIN | Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL | Sit | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Start |
| BOS@OAK | Justin Masterson SP | BOS | Sit | Drew Pomeranz SP | OAK | Sit |
| CHW@MIL | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start | Mike Fiers SP | MIL | Start |
| COL@LAA | Kyle Kendrick SP | COL | Sit | C.J. Wilson SP | LAA | Start |
| KC@TEX | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | Sit |
| MIA@LAD | Dan Haren SP | MIA | Sit | Carlos Frias RP | LAD | Start |
| MIN@DET | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Start |
| NYM@CHC | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
| NYY@TB | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start |
| PIT@PHI | A.J. Burnett SP | PIT | Start | TBD | TBD |
| SD@SEA | Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Start | James Paxton SP | SEA | Start |
| SF@HOU | Chris Heston RP | SF | Sit | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| STL@CLE | Lance Lynn SP | STL | Start | Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE | Start |
| TOR@BAL | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Sit | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Sit |
| WAS@ARI | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (5/13/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@CIN | Eric Stults SP | ATL | Sit | Jason Marquis SP | CIN | Sit |
| BOS@OAK | Wade Miley SP | BOS | Sit | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start |
| CHW@MIL | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Start |
| COL@LAA | Jordan Lyles SP | COL | Sit | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Sit |
| KC@TEX | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | Sit |
| MIA@LAD | Jarred Cosart SP | MIA | Sit | Brett Anderson SP | LAD | Start |
| MIN@DET | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | Sit | Kyle Lobstein SP | DET | Sit |
| NYM@CHC | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start |
| NYY@TB | Adam Warren RP | NYY | Sit | Nathan Karns SP | TB | Sit |
| PIT@PHI | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start | Cole Hamels SP | PHI | Start |
| SD@SEA | Odrisamer Despaigne SP | SD | Sit | Roenis Elias SP | SEA | Sit |
| SF@HOU | Tim Hudson SP | SF | Sit | Brett Oberholtzer SP | HOU | Sit |
| STL@CLE | John Lackey SP | STL | Start | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| TOR@BAL | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | Sit | Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL | Sit |
| WAS@ARI | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start | Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (5/14/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@SEA | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Sit |
| COL@LAD | Eddie Butler SP | COL | Sit | TBD | TBD |
| KC@TEX | Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC | Sit | Ross Detwiler RP | TEX | Sit |
| MIN@DET | Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN | Sit | David Price SP | DET | Start |
| NYM@CHC | Jonathon Niese SP | NYM | Sit | Travis Wood SP | CHC | Sit |
| NYY@TB | Chase Whitley RP | NYY | Start | Matt Andriese SP | TB | Sit |
| PIT@PHI | Vance Worley SP | PIT | Start | Aaron Harang SP | PHI | Start |
| SF@CIN | Tim Lincecum SP | SF | Start | Johnny Cueto SP | CIN | Start |
| STL@CLE | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Sit |
| TOR@HOU | Drew Hutchison SP | TOR | Start | Roberto Hernandez SP | HOU | Sit |
| WAS@SD | Doug Fister SP | WAS | Start | James Shields SP | SD | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (5/15/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@PHI | Chase Anderson SP | ARI | Start | Chad Billingsley SP | PHI | Sit |
| ATL@MIA | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start | David Phelps SP | MIA | Sit |
| BOS@SEA | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | Sit | J.A. Happ SP | SEA | Sit |
| CHW@OAK | Hector Noesi SP | CHW | Sit | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | Start |
| CLE@TEX | TBD | TBD | Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX | Sit |
| COL@LAD | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Sit | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start |
| DET@STL | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Sit | Carlos Martinez RP | STL | Sit |
| LAA@BAL | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Sit | Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL | Sit |
| MIL@NYM | Kyle Lohse SP | MIL | Sit | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Start |
| NYY@KC | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Start | Chris Young SP | KC | Sit |
| PIT@CHC | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start |
| SF@CIN | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start | Michael Lorenzen SP | CIN | Sit |
| TB@MIN | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Start | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Start |
| TOR@HOU | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Sit | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Sit |
| WAS@SD | Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS | Start | Tyson Ross SP | SD | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (5/16/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@PHI | TBD | TBD | Jerome Williams RP | PHI | Sit |
| ATL@MIA | Alex Wood SP | ATL | Start | Mat Latos SP | MIA | Sit |
| BOS@SEA | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Start | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start |
| CHW@OAK | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit | Jesse Chavez SP | OAK | Start |
| CLE@TEX | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit |
| COL@LAD | Tyler Matzek SP | COL | Sit | Zack Greinke SP | LAD | Start |
| DET@STL | Shane Greene SP | DET | Sit | Tyler Lyons RP | STL | Sit |
| LAA@BAL | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Sit | Bud Norris SP | BAL | Sit |
| MIL@NYM | Matt Garza SP | MIL | Sit | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start |
| NYY@KC | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit | Danny Duffy SP | KC | Start |
| PIT@CHC | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| SF@CIN | Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF | Sit | Mike Leake SP | CIN | Start |
| TB@MIN | Alex Colome SP | TB | Start | Trevor May SP | MIN | Sit |
| TOR@HOU | Marco Estrada RP | TOR | Sit | Scott Feldman SP | HOU | Sit |
| WAS@SD | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (5/17/15) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@PHI | Josh Collmenter SP | ARI | Sit | TBD | TBD |
| ATL@MIA | Shelby Miller SP | ATL | Start | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit |
| BOS@SEA | Justin Masterson SP | BOS | Sit | James Paxton SP | SEA | Sit |
| CHW@OAK | Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW | Start | Scott Kazmir SP | OAK | Start |
| CLE@TEX | Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE | Start | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | Start |
| COL@LAD | Kyle Kendrick SP | COL | Sit | Carlos Frias RP | LAD | Sit |
| DET@STL | Alfredo Simon SP | DET | Sit | Lance Lynn SP | STL | Start |
| LAA@BAL | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Start |
| MIL@NYM | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Start | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start |
| NYY@KC | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start |
| PIT@CHC | A.J. Burnett SP | PIT | Start | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
| SF@CIN | Chris Heston RP | SF | Sit | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | Start |
| TB@MIN | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| TOR@HOU | Mark Buehrle SP | TOR | Sit | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| WAS@SD | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | Ian Kennedy SP | SD | Start |
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