RADIO
Nick Mariano's recommended fantasy baseball starts and sits for all Week 2 starting pitcher matchups. Unearth potential streamers, two-start SPs and sleepers.
Baseball is in full swing, didn't you miss it? Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 2. We here at RotoBaller set out to ease your decision-making with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations.
Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 2, which will be updated as rotations are announced and tweaked. This column will continue to be updated with the starters for next week once rotations are fully announced.
You've got better things to agonize over instead of which arms to start, so let us do the heavy lifting! 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 identify some sneaky streams. Let's crush the competition!
Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:- Fantasy baseball trade analyzer
- BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher)
- PvB matchups data (Pitcher vs. Batter)
- Who should I start? Fantasy baseball comparisons
- Daily MLB starting lineups
- Fantasy baseball closer depth charts
- Fantasy Baseball live scoreboard
- Fantasy baseball injury reports
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.
We'll now include a "Score" value that goes from 0-100, with 100 being a perfect start and zero being an easy sit. Setting 50 as the "Start/Sit" border, this should help you determine streamer candidates and add context to our confidence. I will roll out an accountability tracker and some additional features as 2019 stats become reliable!
This column was last updated on Sunday, April 14th, and will be updated daily as more rotations and starters are announced through April 14th.
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (4/8/19) | ||||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE | HOME STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE |
| ATL@COL | Julio Teheran | ATL | SIT | 40 | Kyle Freeland | COL | START | 53 |
| LAD@STL | Hyun-Jin Ryu | LAD | START | 62 | Miles Mikolas | STL | SIT | 41 |
| MIL@LAA | Jhoulys Chacin | MIL | SIT | 42 | Trevor Cahill | LAA | SIT | 44 |
| NYY@HOU | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | START | 56 | Justin Verlander | HOU | START | 84 |
| OAK@BAL | Marco Estrada | OAK | START | 64 | Andrew Cashner | BAL | SIT | 27 |
| PIT@CHC | Jameson Taillon | PIT | START | 61 | Jon Lester | CHC | START | 57 |
| SD@SF | Eric Lauer | SD | START | 55 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | START | 61 |
| SEA@KC | Felix Hernandez | SEA | START | 50 | Homer Bailey | KC | SIT | 15 |
| TB@CHW | Blake Snell | TB | START | 81 | Carlos Rodon | CHW | SIT | 48 |
| WAS@PHI | Anibal Sanchez | WAS | SIT | 49 | Vince Velasquez | PHI | SIT | 44 |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (4/9/19) | ||||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE | HOME STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE |
| ATL@COL | Max Fried | ATL | SIT | 44 | German Marquez | COL | START | 63 |
| CLE@DET | Corey Kluber | CLE | START | 87 | Jordan Zimmermann | DET | START | 60 |
| LAD@STL | Ross Stripling | LAD | START | 61 | Dakota Hudson | STL | SIT | 37 |
| MIA@CIN | Jose Urena | MIA | SIT | 36 | Luis Castillo | CIN | START | 76 |
| MIL@LAA | Freddy Peralta | MIL | START | 56 | Matt Harvey | LAA | SIT | 33 |
| MIN@NYM | Kyle Gibson | MIN | SIT | 46 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | START | 89 |
| NYY@HOU | Jonathan Loaisiga | NYY | SIT | 45 | Gerrit Cole | HOU | START | 85 |
| OAK@BAL | Brett Anderson | OAK | START | 54 | John Means | BAL | SIT | 31 |
| SD@SF | Joey Lucchesi | SD | START | 56 | Derek Holland | SF | SIT | 44 |
| SEA@KC | Marco Gonzales | SEA | START | 64 | Jake Junis | KC | SIT | 44 |
| TB@CHW | Charlie Morton | TB | START | 77 | Ervin Santana | CHW | SIT | 34 |
| TEX@ARI | Mike Minor | TEX | SIT | 49 | Zack Greinke | ARI | START | 68 |
| TOR@BOS | Matt Shoemaker | TOR | SIT | 44 | Chris Sale | BOS | START | 84 |
| WAS@PHI | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | START | 75 | Aaron Nola | PHI | START | 77 |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (4/10/19) | ||||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE | HOME STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE |
| ATL@COL | PPD | N/A | N/A | PPD | N/A | N/A |
| CLE@DET | Trevor Bauer | CLE | START | 91 | Matthew Boyd | DET | START | 65 |
| LAD@STL | Kenta Maeda | LAD | START | 73 | Jack Flaherty | STL | START | 62 |
| MIA@CIN | Trevor Richards | MIA | SIT | 49 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | SIT | 36 |
| MIL@LAA | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | START | 56 | Felix Pena | LAA | SIT | 43 |
| MIN@NYM | Jake Odorizzi | MIN | START | 53 | Noah Syndergaard | NYM | START | 83 |
| NYY@HOU | James Paxton | NYY | START | 56 | Collin McHugh | HOU | START | 74 |
| OAK@BAL | Frankie Montas | OAK | START | 69 | Dan Straily | BAL | SIT | 38 |
| PIT@CHC | Jordan Lyles | PIT | SIT | 39 | Yu Darvish | CHC | SIT | 48 |
| SD@SF | Nick Margevicius | SD | START | 54 | Dereck Rodriguez | SF | START | 56 |
| SEA@KC | Yusei Kikuchi | SEA | START | 64 | Heath Fillmyer | KC | SIT | 19 |
| TB@CHW | Tyler Glasnow | TB | START | 71 | Reynaldo Lopez | CHW | SIT | 42 |
| TEX@ARI | Lance Lynn | TEX | SIT | 32 | Robbie Ray | ARI | START | 50 |
| WAS@PHI | Jeremy Hellickson | WAS | SIT | 42 | Nick Pivetta | PHI | SIT | 48 |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (4/11/19) | ||||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE | HOME STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE |
| CLE@DET | Shane Bieber | CLE | START | 77 | Spencer Turnbull | DET | START | 61 |
| COL@SF | Jon Gray | COL | START | 64 | Jeff Samardzija | SF | SIT | 47 |
| LAD@STL | Walker Buehler | LAD | START | 76 | Michael Wacha | STL | SIT | 42 |
| MIA@CIN | Pablo Lopez | MIA | START | 53 | Sonny Gray | CIN | START | 52 |
| NYM@ATL | Steven Matz | NYM | START | 54 | Kevin Gausman | ATL | START | 52 |
| OAK@BAL | Aaron Brooks | OAK | START | 55 | Dylan Bundy | BAL | SIT | 42 |
| PIT@CHC | Joe Musgrove | PIT | START | 54 | Jose Quintana | CHC | START | 51 |
| SD@ARI | Pedro Avila | SD | SIT | 44 | Zack Godley | ARI | SIT | 46 |
| SEA@KC | Mike Leake | SEA | START | 55 | Jorge Lopez | KC | SIT | 35 |
| TOR@BOS | Aaron Sanchez | TOR | SIT | 45 | Nathan Eovaldi | BOS | START | 62 |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (4/12/19) | ||||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE | HOME STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE |
| BAL@BOS | David Hess | BAL | SIT | 39 | Eduardo Rodriguez | BOS | START | 57 |
| CHW@NYY | Lucas Giolito | CHW | SIT | 49 | J.A. Happ | NYY | START | 51 |
| CLE@KC | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | START | 85 | Brad Keller | KC | START | 55 |
| COL@SF | Chad Bettis | COL | START | 53 | Drew Pomeranz | SF | SIT | 36 |
| DET@MIN | Daniel Norris | DET | SIT | 37 | Michael Pineda | MIN | START | 64 |
| HOU@SEA | Wade Miley | HOU | SIT | 46 | Wade LeBlanc | SEA | SIT | 46 |
| LAA@CHC | Tyler Skaggs | LAA | START | 53 | Cole Hamels | CHC | START | 52 |
| MIL@LAD | Corbin Burnes | MIL | START | 53 | Julio Urias | LAD | START | 59 |
| NYM@ATL | Zack Wheeler | NYM | START | 74 | Kyle Wright | ATL | SIT | 48 |
| OAK@TEX | Mike Fiers | OAK | SIT | 48 | Drew Smyly | TEX | SIT | 32 |
| PHI@MIA | Jake Arrieta | PHI | START | 59 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | SIT | 49 |
| PIT@WAS | Trevor Williams | PIT | SIT | 49 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | START | 74 |
| SD@ARI | Chris Paddack | SD | START | 68 | Luke Weaver | ARI | SIT | 43 |
| TB@TOR | Ryne Stanek | TB | SIT | 35 | Trent Thornton | TOR | SIT | 45 |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (4/13/19) | ||||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE | HOME STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE |
| BAL@BOS | Andrew Cashner | BAL | SIT | 25 | Rick Porcello | BOS | START | 56 |
| CHW@NYY | Ivan Nova | CHW | SIT | 33 | CC Sabathia | NYY | SIT | 48 |
| CLE@KC | Jefry Rodriguez | SIT | 39 | Homer Bailey | KC | SIT | 24 |
| COL@SF | Kyle Freeland | COL | START | 69 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | START | 57 |
| DET@MIN | Tyson Ross | DET | SIT | 34 | Michael Pineda | MIN | START | 63 |
| HOU@SEA | Justin Verlander | HOU | START | 79 | Felix Hernandez | SEA | SIT | 29 |
| LAA@CHC | Chris Stratton | LAA | SIT | 33 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | START | 58 |
| MIL@LAD | Zach Davies | MIL | SIT | 40 | Caleb Ferguson | SIT | 37 |
| NYM@ATL | Jason Vargas| NYM | SIT | 37 | Sean Newcomb | ATL | SIT | 48 |
| OAK@TEX | PPD | N/A | N/A | PPD | N/A | N/A |
| PHI@MIA | Zach Eflin | PHI | START | 65 | Caleb Smith | MIA | START | 58 |
| PIT@WAS | Chris Archer | PIT | START | 56 | Anibal Sanchez | WAS | START | 59 |
| SD@ARI | Matt Strahm | SD | SIT | 48 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | START | 54 |
| STL@CIN | Adam Wainwright | STL | SIT | 45 | Tanner Roark | CIN | SIT | 45 |
| TB@TOR | Blake Snell | TB | START | 87 | Clay Buchholz | TOR | SIT | 43 |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (4/14/19) | ||||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE | HOME STARTER | START/SIT | SCORE |
| BAL@BOS | John Means | BAL | SIT | 36 | David Price | BOS | START | 74 |
| CHW@NYY | Carlos Rodon | CHW | START | 54 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | START | 63 |
| CLE@KC | Corey Kluber | CLE | START | 87 | Jake Junis | KC | START | 51 |
| COL@SF | German Marquez | COL | START | 78 | Derek Holland | SF | START | 56 |
| DET@MIN | Jordan Zimmermann | DET | SIT | 44 | Jose Berrios | MIN | START | 79 |
| HOU@SEA | Gerrit Cole | HOU | START | 80 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | SIT | 46 |
| LAA@CHC | PPD | N/A | N/A | PPD | N/A | N/A |
| MIL@LAD | Jhoulys Chacin | MIL | SIT | 45 | Ross Stripling | LAD | START | 51 |
| NYM@ATL | Jacob deGrom | NYM | START | 84 | Julio Teheran | ATL | START | 53 |
| OAK@TEX | Brett Anderson | OAK | SIT | 46 | Adrian Sampson | TEX | SIT | 34 |
| PHI@MIA | Vince Velasquez | PHI | START | 57 | Jose Urena | MIA | SIT | 41 |
| PIT@WAS | Jameson Taillon | PIT | START | 61 | Max Scherzer | WAS | START | 87 |
| SD@ARI | Eric Lauer | SD | SIT | 46 | Zack Greinke | ARI | START | 69 |
| STL@CIN | Miles Mikolas | STL | START | 56 | Anthony DeSclafani | CIN | SIT | 44 |
| TB@TOR | Charlie Morton | TB | START | 77 | Marcus Stroman | TOR | SIT | 47 |
