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Week 6 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

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

Uncle Leo provides his fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SPs) starts and sits for Week 6 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 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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