Week 2 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

10 months ago by Nick Mariano

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!

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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.

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