Updated Week 3 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers (4/16 - 4/22)

2 years ago by Uncle Leo

Welcome back, RotoBallers, hopefully all your teams are off to roaring starts! Either way we're here to try and help with your daily/weekly lineups. I'm filling in for the regular @Roto_Dubs this week, as he doesn't feel like dealing with any messy rotation changes after six (!) postponed games on Sunday. Ouch.

Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 3 as they currently stand -- we'll be updating these throughout the week as rotations are inevitably tweaked. These are our recommended starting pitcher starts/sits for Week 3. For those who are new, welcome - this is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.

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. As part of that, we identify pitchers that can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against a fierce offense. Our goal is 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. It's still early in the season, so benching to right dud can be a ratio saver. And pitchers will be emerging on the waiver wire, so stay stuned! Now let's get those optimal lineups set for the upcoming week...

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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.

Last updated: Tuesday, April 17 at 12:45 pm ET

PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/16/18) - MONDAY
GAME	START/SIT	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER
BAL@BOS	PPD	PPD	PPD	PPD
CHW@OAK	START	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	SIT	Daniel Mengden SP \| OAK
CIN@MIL	START	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT	Brent Suter SP \| MIL
COL@PIT	START	German Marquez SP \| COL	SIT	Steven Brault RP \| PIT
HOU@SEA	START	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START	James Paxton SP \| SEA
LAD@SD	START	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	SIT	Robbie Erlin SP \| SD
MIA@NYY	SIT	Caleb Smith RP \| MIA	START	Luis Severino SP \| NYY
PHI@ATL	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	SIT	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL
TEX@TB	SIT	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	START	Blake Snell SP \| TB
WAS@NYM	SIT	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| WAS	START	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/17/18) - TUESDAY
GAME	START/SIT	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER
KC@TOR	SIT	Eric Skoglund SP \| KC	START	Jaime Garcia SP \| TOR
KC@TOR	START	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	SIT	Joe Biagini SP \| TOR
BAL@DET	START	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	START	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET
BOS@LAA	START	David Price SP \| BOS	START	Shohei Ohtani SP \| LAA
CHW@OAK	SIT	Miguel Gonzalez SP \| CHW	SIT	Trevor Cahill SP \| OAK
CIN@MIL	SIT	Sal Romano SP \| CIN	START	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL
CLE@MIN	START	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN
COL@PIT	START	Chad Bettis SP \| COL	START	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT
HOU@SEA	START	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	SIT	Ariel Miranda SP \| SEA
LAD@SD	START	Alex Wood SP \| LAD	SIT	Bryan Mitchell RP \| SD
MIA@NYY	SIT	Jarlin Garcia RP \| MIA	START	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY
PHI@ATL	START	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	START	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL
SF@ARI	START	Johnny Cueto SP \| SF	START	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI
STL@CHC	SIT	Adam Wainwright SP \| STL	SIT	Tyler Chatwood SP \| CHC
TEX@TB	SIT	Matt Moore SP \| TEX	START	Yonny Chirinos P \| TB
WAS@NYM	START	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/18/18) - WEDNESDAY
GAME	START/SIT	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER
BAL@DET	SIT	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	START	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET
BOS@LAA	START	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START	Tyler Skaggs SP \| LAA
CHW@OAK	SIT	Carson Fulmer SP \| CHW	START	Andrew Triggs SP \| OAK
CIN@MIL	SIT	Tyler Mahle SP \| CIN	SIT	Zach Davies SP \| MIL
CLE@MIN	START	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN
COL@PIT	SIT	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	SIT	Chad Kuhl SP \| PIT
HOU@SEA	START	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	SIT	Mike Leake SP \| SEA
KC@TOR	START	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	START	J.A. Happ SP \| TOR
LAD@SD	START	Kenta Maeda SP \| LAD	START	Tyson Ross SP \| SD
PHI@ATL	START	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	START	Brandon McCarthy SP \| ATL
SF@ARI	SIT	Chris Stratton SP \| SF	START	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI
STL@CHC	START	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	START	Jon Lester SP \| CHC
TEX@TB	START	Cole Hamels SP \| TEX	START	Jake Faria SP \| TB
WAS@NYM	START	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	START	Steven Matz SP \| NYM
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/19/18) - THURSDAY
GAME	START/SIT	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER
BAL@DET	SIT	Chris Tillman SP \| BAL	SIT	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET
BOS@LAA	START	Eduardo Rodriguez SP \| BOS	SIT	Nick Tropeano SP \| LAA
HOU@SEA	START	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	SIT	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA
MIA@MIL	SIT	Dillon Peters SP \| MIA	START	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL
NYM@ATL	SIT	Matt Harvey SP \| NYM	START	Anibal Sanchez SP \| ATL
PIT@PHI	START	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI
SF@ARI	SIT	Ty Blach SP \| SF	START	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI
TOR@NYY	SIT	Aaron Sanchez SP \| TOR	START	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/20/18) - FRIDAY
GAME	START/SIT	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER
BOS@OAK	START	Hector Velazquez RP \| BOS	SIT	Kendall Graveman SP \| OAK
CHC@COL	START	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	SIT	Jon Gray SP \| COL
CIN@STL	SIT	Brandon Finnegan SP \| CIN	SIT	Michael Wacha SP \| STL
CLE@BAL	START	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	SIT	Alex Cobb SP \| BAL
HOU@CHW	START	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	SIT	James Shields SP \| CHW
KC@DET	SIT	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	START	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET
KC@DET	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
MIA@MIL	SIT	Trevor Richards SP \| MIA	START	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL
MIN@TB	START	Lance Lynn SP \| MIN	START	Chris Archer SP \| TB
NYM@ATL	START	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL
PIT@PHI	START	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	SIT	Ben Lively SP \| PHI
SD@ARI	SIT	Clayton Richard SP \| SD	TBD	TBD
SEA@TEX	START	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	START	Mike Minor RP \| TEX
SF@LAA	SIT	Derek Holland SP \| SF	START	Andrew Heaney SP \| LAA
TOR@NYY	SIT	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	START	Sonny Gray SP \| NYY
WAS@LAD	START	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	SIT	Rich Hill SP \| LAD
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/21/18) - SATURDAY
GAME	START/SIT	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER
BOS@OAK	START	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK
CHC@COL	SIT	Yu Darvish SP \| CHC	SIT	Tyler Anderson SP \| COL
CIN@STL	START	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	START	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL
CLE@BAL	START	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL
HOU@CHW	START	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	SIT	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW
KC@DET	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
MIA@MIL	SIT	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	SIT	Brent Suter SP \| MIL
MIN@TB	START	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	TBD	TBD
NYM@ATL	START	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	SIT	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL
PIT@PHI	SIT	Steven Brault RP \| PIT	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI
SD@ARI	START	Joey Lucchesi SP \| SD	START	Zack Godley SP \| ARI
SEA@TEX	START	James Paxton SP \| SEA	SIT	Bartolo Colon SP \| TEX
SF@LAA	SIT	Tyler Beede SP \| SF	START	Garrett Richards SP \| LAA
TOR@NYY	SIT	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY
WAS@LAD	START	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/22/18) - SUNDAY
GAME	START/SIT	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER
BOS@OAK	START	David Price SP \| BOS	SIT	Daniel Mengden SP \| OAK
CHC@COL	START	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	SIT	German Marquez SP \| COL
CIN@STL	START	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	START	Carlos Martinez SP \| STL
CLE@BAL	START	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL
HOU@CHW	START	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	SIT	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW
KC@DET	SIT	Eric Skoglund SP \| KC	START	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET
MIA@MIL	SIT	Caleb Smith RP \| MIA	START	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL
MIN@TB	TBD	TBD	START	Blake Snell SP \| TB
NYM@ATL	START	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	START	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL
PIT@PHI	START	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	START	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI
SD@ARI	SIT	Luis Perdomo SP \| SD	START	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI
SEA@TEX	TBD	TBD	SIT	Martin Perez SP \| TEX
SF@LAA	SIT	Johnny Cueto SP \| SF	START	Shohei Ohtani SP \| LAA
TOR@NYY	START	Jaime Garcia SP \| TOR	START	Luis Severino SP \| NYY
WAS@LAD	SIT	A.J. Cole SP \| WAS	START	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD