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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 |
