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Week 9 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

What’s up RotoBallers. Last week, I asked if you all would be kind enough to follow me on Twitter, with the goal of getting 100 new followers. Well you guys are awesome, and we did it... so a BIG thank you to everyone who clicked that follow button! I promise not to spam you. Now let's get down to business.

Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 9, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. By popular demand I am again releasing this early Sunday morning. 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 Scherzer, Kershaw, deGrom, Cole, Greinke, Richards, Fernandez, Cashner, Lester and Archer to name a few. As always, there are also viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Quintana, Santiago, Anderson, Hendricks, Foltynewicz, Rodriguez, McCullers, Wright, Elias), 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 today and tomorrow:

PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (6/1/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
[email protected] Alex Wood SP | ATL Start Archie Bradley SP | ARI Start
[email protected] Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Start Brett Oberholtzer SP | HOU Sit
[email protected] Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start Jose Urena SP | MIA Sit
[email protected] Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start Kyle Kendrick SP | COL Sit
[email protected] Mike Fiers SP | MIL Sit Jaime Garcia SP | STL Start
[email protected] Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN Sit Clay Buchholz SP | BOS Sit
[email protected] Jacob deGrom SP | NYM Start Andrew Cashner SP | SD Start
[email protected] Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start
[email protected] Gerrit Cole SP | PIT Start Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF Sit
[email protected] Alex Colome SP | TB Sit Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start
[email protected] R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Sit Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (6/2/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
[email protected] Shelby Miller SP | ATL Start Josh Collmenter SP | ARI Sit
[email protected] Mike Wright SP | BAL Start Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start
[email protected] Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Start Brad Hand RP | MIA Sit
[email protected] Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Start Colby Lewis SP | TEX Sit
[email protected] Johnny Cueto SP | CIN Start Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI Sit
[email protected] Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE Start Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC Sit
[email protected] Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Sit
[email protected] TBD TBD Lance Lynn SP | STL Start
[email protected] Phil Hughes SP | MIN Sit Rick Porcello SP | BOS Sit
[email protected] Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM Start Ian Kennedy SP | SD Sit
[email protected] CC Sabathia SP | NYY Sit TBD TBD
[email protected] Kendall Graveman RP | OAK Sit Alfredo Simon SP | DET Start
[email protected] A.J. Burnett SP | PIT Start Chris Heston RP | SF Sit
[email protected] Chris Archer SP | TB Start C.J. Wilson SP | LAA Start
[email protected] Marco Estrada RP | TOR Sit Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (6/3/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
[email protected] Mike Foltynewicz RP | ATL Start Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI Start
[email protected] Miguel Gonzalez SP | BAL Start Lance McCullers SP | HOU Start
[email protected] Jon Lester SP | CHC Start Dan Haren SP | MIA Start
[email protected] Chris Sale SP | CHW Start Nick Martinez SP | TEX Start
[email protected] Mike Leake SP | CIN Sit Cole Hamels SP | PHI Start
[email protected] Corey Kluber SP | CLE Start Jason Vargas SP | KC Sit
[email protected] Mike Bolsinger SP | LAD Sit Eddie Butler RP | COL Sit
[email protected] Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL Sit John Lackey SP | STL Start
[email protected] Trevor May SP | MIN Sit Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS Start
[email protected] Dillon Gee SP | NYM Start James Shields SP | SD Start
[email protected] Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY Start Taijuan Walker SP | SEA Start
[email protected] Sonny Gray SP | OAK Start Anibal Sanchez SP | DET Sit
[email protected] Francisco Liriano SP | PIT Start Tim Hudson SP | SF Sit
[email protected] Nathan Karns SP | TB Start Hector Santiago SP | LAA Start
[email protected] Mark Buehrle SP | TOR Sit TBD TBD
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (6/4/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
[email protected] Wei-Yin Chen SP | BAL Start Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU Start
[email protected] Jake Arrieta SP | CHC Start Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS Start
[email protected] Carlos Rodon SP | CHW Sit Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX Start
[email protected] Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN Sit Aaron Harang SP | PHI Start
[email protected] Trevor Bauer SP | CLE Start Chris Young SP | KC Sit
[email protected] Kyle Gibson SP | MIN Sit Steven Wright RP | BOS Sit
[email protected] Matt Harvey SP | NYM Start Jeremy Hellickson SP | ARI Sit
[email protected] Jesse Hahn SP | OAK Start Shane Greene SP | DET Sit
[email protected] Michael Wacha SP | STL Start Carlos Frias RP | LAD Sit
[email protected] Erasmo Ramirez SP | TB Sit Roenis Elias SP | SEA Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (6/5/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
[email protected] Chris Tillman SP | BAL Sit Shaun Marcum SP | CLE Sit
[email protected] Tsuyoshi Wada SP | CHC Start Tanner Roark SP | WAS Start
[email protected] David Price SP | DET Start Jose Quintana SP | CHW Start
[email protected] Roberto Hernandez SP | HOU Sit Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR Sit
[email protected] Jered Weaver SP | LAA Start Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY Sit
[email protected] Tom Koehler SP | MIA Sit Jordan Lyles SP | COL Sit
[email protected] Kyle Lohse SP | MIL Sit Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN Sit
[email protected] Jonathon Niese SP | NYM Sit Chase Anderson SP | ARI Start
[email protected] Jesse Hahn SP | OAK Start Wade Miley SP | BOS Sit
[email protected] Charlie Morton SP | PIT Sit Williams Perez SP | ATL Sit
[email protected] Tyson Ross SP | SD Start Raisel Iglesias RP | CIN Start
[email protected] Tim Lincecum SP | SF Start Jerome Williams SP | PHI Sit
[email protected] Carlos Martinez RP | STL Start Brett Anderson SP | LAD Start
[email protected] Jake Odorizzi SP | TB Start J.A. Happ SP | SEA Sit
[email protected] TBD TBD Edinson Volquez SP | KC Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (6/6/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
[email protected] Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL Start Danny Salazar SP | CLE Start
[email protected] Jason Hammel SP | CHC Start Jordan Zimmermann SP | WAS Start
[email protected] TBD TBD John Danks SP | CHW Sit
[email protected] Brett Oberholtzer SP | HOU Sit Drew Hutchison SP | TOR Start
[email protected] Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA Start Adam Warren RP | NYY Sit
[email protected] David Phelps SP | MIA Sit Kyle Kendrick SP | COL Sit
[email protected] Tyler Wagner P | MIL Sit Mike Pelfrey SP | MIN Sit
[email protected] Bartolo Colon SP | NYM Start Archie Bradley SP | ARI Start
[email protected] Scott Kazmir SP | OAK Start Joe Kelly SP | BOS Sit
[email protected] Jeff Locke SP | PIT Start Julio Teheran SP | ATL Start
[email protected] Odrisamer Despaigne SP | SD Start Michael Lorenzen | CIN Sit
[email protected] Madison Bumgarner SP | SF Start Severino Gonzalez RP | PHI Sit
[email protected] Jaime Garcia SP | STL Sit Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD Start
[email protected] Alex Colome SP | TB Start Felix Hernandez SP | SEA Start
[email protected] Wandy Rodriguez SP | TEX Sit Yordano Ventura SP | KC Start
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (6/7/15)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
[email protected] Mike Wright SP | BAL Start Carlos Carrasco RP | CLE Start
[email protected] Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC Start Max Scherzer SP | WAS Start
[email protected] Alfredo Simon SP | DET Start Jeff Samardzija SP | CHW Start
[email protected] Collin McHugh SP | HOU Start R.A. Dickey SP | TOR Sit
[email protected] Garrett Richards SP | LAA Start Michael Pineda SP | NYY Start
[email protected] Jose Urena SP | MIA Sit Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL Sit
[email protected] Matt Garza SP | MIL Sit Phil Hughes SP | MIN Start
[email protected] Jacob deGrom SP | NYM Start Josh Collmenter SP | ARI Sit
[email protected] Kendall Graveman RP | OAK Sit Clay Buchholz SP | BOS Sit
[email protected] Gerrit Cole SP | PIT Start Alex Wood SP | ATL Start
[email protected] Andrew Cashner SP | SD Start Johnny Cueto SP | CIN Start
[email protected] Ryan Vogelsong SP | SF Sit Sean O'Sullivan SP | PHI Sit
[email protected] Lance Lynn SP | STL Start Zack Greinke SP | LAD Start
[email protected] Chris Archer SP | TB Start TBD TBD
[email protected] Colby Lewis SP | TEX Sit Jeremy Guthrie SP | KC Sit

 

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