Week 1 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

by Bill Dubiel 4/2/18 7:07 AM Follow Bill

Welcome back everyone, to my updated starts/sits column for Week 1! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.

Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 1, which will be updated as rotations are inevitably tweaked. For head-to-head leagues, Week 1 will run from 3/29 through 4/8 (11 days). This column will be updated with the starters for next week once rotations are fully announced.

If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against a fierce offense, this is the weekly piece for you. 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. 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. Let's set those optimal lineups!

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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

This weekly piece considers 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.

This column was updated on Friday night, March 30th, to include as many starters that have been announced through April 8th. It was originally published on March 26th, and will be updated daily as more are announced.

PROBABLE PITCHERS (3/31/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BOS@TB	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START	Andrew Kittredge SP \| TB	SIT
CHC@MIA	Yu Darvish SP \| CHC	START	Odrisamer Despaigne RP \| MIA	SIT
CHW@KC	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	START	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	START
CLE@SEA	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START
COL@ARI	German Marquez SP \| COL	SIT	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START
HOU@TEX	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	START	Matt Moore SP \| TEX	SIT
LAA@OAK	Matt Shoemaker SP \| LAA	SIT	Daniel Gossett SP \| OAK	SIT
MIL@SD	Brent Suter SP \| MIL	START	Luis Perdomo SP \| SD	SIT
MIN@BAL	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	SIT	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	SIT
NYY@TOR	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	SIT	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	SIT
PHI@ATL	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	START	Brandon McCarthy SP \| ATL	START
PIT@DET	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	SIT	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START
SF@LAD	Derek Holland SP \| SF	SIT	Kenta Maeda SP \| LAD	START
STL@NYM	Michael Wacha SP \| STL	START	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START
WAS@CIN	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/1/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BOS@TB	Hector Velazquez RP \| BOS	SIT	Jake Faria SP \| TB	SIT
CHC@MIA	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START	Dillon Peters SP \| MIA	SIT
CHW@KC	PPD	PPD	PPD	PPD
CLE@SEA	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	SIT	Mike Leake SP \| SEA	SIT
HOU@TEX	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START	Mike Minor RP \| TEX	SIT
LAA@OAK	Shohei Ohtani SP \| LAA	START	Daniel Mengden SP \| OAK	SIT
MIN@BAL	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	SIT
NYY@TOR	Sonny Gray SP \| NYY	START	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START
PIT@DET	Chad Kuhl SP \| PIT	SIT	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	SIT
SF@LAD	Chris Stratton SP \| SF	SIT	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START
STL@NYM	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	START	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	SIT
WAS@CIN	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START	Sal Romano SP \| CIN	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/2/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BAL@HOU	Chris Tillman SP \| BAL	SIT	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START
BOS@MIA	Brian Johnson SP \| BOS	SIT	Trevor Richards SP \| MIA	SIT
CHC@CIN	Tyler Chatwood SP \| CHC	START	Tyler Mahle SP \| CIN	SIT
CHW@TOR	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	SIT	Jaime Garcia SP \| TOR	START
CLE@LAA	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	SIT	JC Ramirez SP \| LAA	SIT
COL@SD	Chad Bettis SP \| COL	SIT	Bryan Mitchell RP \| SD	SIT
KC@DET	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	START	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	SIT
LAD@ARI	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	START	Taijuan Walker SP \| ARI	START
MIN@PIT	Lance Lynn SP \| MIN	START	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START
PHI@NYM	Ben Lively SP \| PHI	SIT	Matt Harvey SP \| NYM	START
STL@MIL	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL	START	Zach Davies SP \| MIL	START
TB@NYY	PPD	PPD	PPD	PPD
TEX@OAK	Bartolo Colon SP \| TEX	SIT	Andrew Triggs SP \| OAK	SIT
WAS@ATL	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	START	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/3/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BAL@HOU	TBA	TBD	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START
BOS@MIA	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	SIT
CHC@CIN	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START	Cody Reed RP \| CIN	SIT
CHW@TOR	Carson Fulmer SP \| CHW	SIT	J.A. Happ SP \| TOR	START
CLE@LAA	Josh Tomlin SP \| CLE	SIT	Garrett Richards SP \| LAA	START
COL@SD	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	SIT	TBA	TBD
KC@DET	Eric Skoglund SP \| KC	SIT	TBA	TBD
LAD@ARI	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Zack Godley SP \| ARI	START
PHI@NYM	TBA	TBD	Seth Lugo SP \| NYM	SIT
SEA@SF	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA	SIT	Ty Blach SP \| SF	SIT
STL@MIL	Jack Flaherty SP \| STL	SIT	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	START
TEX@OAK	Cole Hamels SP \| TEX	START	Kendall Graveman SP \| OAK	SIT
WAS@ATL	TBA	TBD	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/4/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BAL@HOU	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL	START	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START
CHW@TOR	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT	Aaron Sanchez SP \| TOR	START
CLE@LAA	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Tyler Skaggs SP \| LAA	SIT
COL@SD	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START	Clayton Richard SP \| SD	SIT
KC@DET	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	START	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT
LAD@ARI	Alex Wood SP \| LAD	START	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	SIT
MIN@PIT	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN	START	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	SIT
PHI@NYM	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START
SEA@SF	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	START	Johnny Cueto SP \| SF	SIT
STL@MIL	Carlos Martinez SP \| STL	START	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	SIT
TB@NYY	Chris Archer SP \| TB	START	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START
TEX@OAK	Doug Fister SP \| TEX	SIT	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	SIT
WAS@ATL	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/5/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@STL	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START	Michael Wacha SP \| STL	SIT
BAL@NYY	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	SIT	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
CHC@MIL	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START	Brent Suter SP \| MIL	SIT
CIN@PIT	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	SIT	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	SIT
COL@SD	Tyler Anderson SP \| COL	START	TBA	TBD
DET@CHW	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	START
MIA@PHI	Caleb Smith RP \| MIA	SIT	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	SIT
NYM@WAS	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START
SEA@MIN	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	SIT
TB@BOS	Blake Snell SP \| TB	SIT	David Price SP \| BOS	START
TEX@OAK	Matt Moore SP \| TEX	SIT	Daniel Gossett SP \| OAK	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/6/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@COL	Brandon McCarthy SP \| ATL	SIT	German Marquez SP \| COL	SIT
BAL@NYY	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	SIT	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	SIT
CHC@MIL	Yu Darvish SP \| CHC	START	TBA	TBD
CIN@PIT	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT	Chad Kuhl SP \| PIT	SIT
KC@CLE	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	SIT	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
LAD@SF	Kenta Maeda SP \| LAD	START	Derek Holland SP \| SF	SIT
OAK@LAA	Daniel Mengden SP \| OAK	START	Matt Shoemaker SP \| LAA	SIT
SD@HOU	Luis Perdomo SP \| SD	SIT	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	START
TOR@TEX	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	START	Mike Minor RP \| TEX	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/7/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@STL	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	START
ATL@COL	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	SIT	Chad Bettis SP \| COL	SIT
BAL@NYY	Chris Tillman SP \| BAL	SIT	Sonny Gray SP \| NYY	START
CHC@MIL	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START	Zach Davies SP \| MIL	START
CIN@PIT	Sal Romano SP \| CIN	SIT	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START
DET@CHW	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	SIT	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	SIT
KC@CLE	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	SIT	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START
LAD@SF	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START	Chris Stratton SP \| SF	SIT
MIA@PHI	Odrisamer Despaigne RP \| MIA	SIT	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	START
NYM@WAS	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	SIT	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START
OAK@LAA	Andrew Triggs SP \| OAK	SIT	Shohei Ohtani SP \| LAA	START
SD@HOU	TBA	TBD	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START
SEA@MIN	Mike Leake SP \| SEA	SIT	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START
TB@BOS	TBA	TBD	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START
TOR@TEX	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START	TBA	TBD
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/8/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@STL	Taijuan Walker SP \| ARI	START	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL	SIT
ATL@COL	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	SIT	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	SIT
BAL@NYY	TBA	TBD	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY	START
CHC@MIL	Tyler Chatwood SP \| CHC	START	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	START
CIN@PIT	Tyler Mahle SP \| CIN	SIT	TBA	TBD
DET@CHW	TBA	TBD	Miguel Gonzalez SP \| CHW	SIT
KC@CLE	Jake Junis SP \| KC	SIT	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START
LAD@SF	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	START	Ty Blach SP \| SF	SIT
MIA@PHI	Dillon Peters SP \| MIA	SIT	TBA	TBD
NYM@WAS	Matt Harvey SP \| NYM	SIT	TBA	TBD
OAK@LAA	Kendall Graveman SP \| OAK	SIT	TBA	TBD
SD@HOU	TBA	TBD	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START
SEA@MIN	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA	SIT	Lance Lynn SP \| MIN	START
TB@BOS	Jake Faria SP \| TB	SIT	Hector Velazquez RP \| BOS	SIT
TOR@TEX	Jaime Garcia SP \| TOR	SIT	Cole Hamels SP \| TEX	START