Week 3 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups

9 months ago by Nick Mariano

Mid-April means trends are rounding into form and you can start to believe in stats, aren't you excited? Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 3. We here at RotoBaller set out to ease your decision-making with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations. In case you missed it, this is our sixth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.

Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 3, which will be updated as rotations are announced and tweaked. This column will be continuously updated and adjusted for any postponements or rotation shuffles, reflecting official beat writer speculation for as many unconfirmed rotation slots as possible.

You shouldn't be spending your time wondering which arms to start, so let RotoBaller 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. Scores will become more robust and spread more as 2019 data becomes more reliable. Add scores together to determine my two-start ranks on top of the traditional start/sit advice!

This column was last updated on Saturday, April 20th, and will be updated daily as more rotations and starters are announced through April 21th.

PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/15/19)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE	HOME STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE
BAL@BOS	Dan Straily \| BAL	SIT	36	Hector Velazquez \| BOS	START	50
CHC@MIA	Yu Darvish \| CHC	START	58	Trevor Richards \| MIA	START	52
CIN@LAD	Luis Castillo \| CIN	START	56	Clayton Kershaw \| LAD	START	58
CLE@SEA	Trevor Bauer \| CLE	START	68	Yusei Kikuchi \| SEA	START	59
COL@SD	Antonio Senzatela \| COL	SIT	49	Joey Lucchesi \| SD	START	53
KC@CHW	Heath Fillmyer \| KC	SIT	37	Ervin Santana \| CHW	SIT	45
LAA@TEX	Trevor Cahill \| LAA	START	52	Shelby Miller \| TEX	SIT	38
NYM@PHI	Noah Syndergaard \| NYM	START	67	Aaron Nola \| PHI	START	69
STL@MIL	Dakota Hudson \| STL	SIT	41	Freddy Peralta \| MIL	START	52
TOR@MIN	Matt Shoemaker \| TOR	START	52	Martin Perez \| MIN	SIT	46
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/16/19)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE	HOME STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE
ARI@ATL	Robbie Ray \| ARI	SIT	48	Max Fried \| ATL	START	54
BAL@TB	Dylan Bundy \| BAL	SIT	41	Tyler Glasnow \| TB	START	71
BOS@NYY	Chris Sale \| BOS	START	64	James Paxton \| NYY	START	53
CHC@MIA	Jose Quintana \| CHC	START	58	Pablo Lopez \| MIA	SIT	47
CIN@LAD	Tyler Mahle \| CIN	SIT	39	Kenta Maeda \| LAD	START	55
CLE@SEA	Shane Bieber \| CLE	START	53	Mike Leake \| SEA	START	50
COL@SD	Jon Gray \| COL	START	52	Nick Margevicius \| SD	START	50
HOU@OAK	Collin McHugh \| HOU	START	63	Marco Estrada \| OAK	SIT	41
KC@CHW	Jorge Lopez \| KC	SIT	45	Reynaldo Lopez \| CHW	START	52
LAA@TEX	Jaime Barria \| LAA	SIT	38	Mike Minor \| TEX	SIT	47
NYM@PHI	Steven Matz \| NYM	START	50	Nick Pivetta \| PHI	SIT	47
PIT@DET	Joe Musgrove \| PIT	START	66	Matthew Boyd \| DET	START	65
SF@WAS	Dereck Rodriguez \| SF	SIT	47	Stephen Strasburg \| WAS	START	70
STL@MIL	Jack Flaherty \| STL	START	62	Brandon Woodruff \| MIL	START	51
TOR@MIN	Aaron Sanchez \| TOR	START	52	Kyle Gibson \| MIN	SIT	48
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/17/19)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE	HOME STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE
ARI@ATL	Zack Godley \| ARI	SIT	43	Kevin Gausman \| ATL	START	55
BAL@TB	David Hess \| BAL	SIT	44	Ryne Stanek (Opener) \| TB	SIT	30
BOS@NYY	Nathan Eovaldi \| BOS	SIT	47	J.A. Happ \| NYY	SIT	44
CHC@MIA	Cole Hamels \| CHC	START	61	Sandy Alcantara \| MIA	SIT	46
CIN@LAD	Sonny Gray \| CIN	SIT	45	Walker Buehler \| LAD	START	68
CLE@SEA	Carlos Carrasco \| CLE	START	53	Erik Swanson \| SEA	SIT	36
HOU@OAK	Wade Miley \| HOU	START	51	Frankie Montas \| OAK	SIT	46
KC@CHW	Brad Keller \| KC	START	54	Lucas Giolito \| CHW	START	54
LAA@TEX	Matt Harvey \| LAA	SIT	42	Lance Lynn \| TEX	SIT	45
NYM@PHI	Zack Wheeler \| NYM	START	52	Jake Arrieta \| PHI	START	53
PIT@DET	Trevor Williams \| PIT	START	59	Spencer Turnbull \| DET	START	51
SF@WAS	Jeff Samardzija \| SF	SIT	48	Jeremy Hellickson \| WAS	START	56
STL@MIL	Michael Wacha \| STL	SIT	47	Corbin Burnes \| MIL	SIT	49
TOR@MIN	Trent Thornton \| TOR	SIT	48	Jake Odorizzi \| MIN	START	53
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/18/19)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE	HOME STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE
ARI@ATL	Luke Weaver \| ARI	SIT	45	Mike Soroka \| ATL	START	53
BAL@TB	Andrew Cashner \| BAL	SIT	40	Hunter Wood (Opener) \| TB	SIT	30
CHW@DET	Ivan Nova \| CHW	START	51	Tyson Ross \| DET	START	50
CIN@SD	Tanner Roark \| CIN	SIT	47	Chris Paddack \| SD	START	56
KC@NYY	Homer Bailey \| KC	SIT	35	Domingo German \| NYY	START	62
LAD@MIL	Julio Urias \| LAD	SIT	49	Zach Davies \| MIL	SIT	43
PHI@COL	Zach Eflin \| PHI	SIT	46	Kyle Freeland \| COL	SIT	46
SEA@LAA	Felix Hernandez \| SEA	SIT	44	Chris Stratton \| LAA	SIT	36
SF@WAS	Drew Pomeranz \| SF	SIT	47	Patrick Corbin \| WAS	START	73
TOR@MIN	Clay Buchholz \| TOR	SIT	48	Michael Pineda \| MIN	START	57
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/19/19)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE	HOME STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE
ARI@CHC	Merrill Kelly \| ARI	SIT	48	Kyle Hendricks \| CHC	SIT	48
ATL@CLE (PPD, 4/20 makeup)	Touki Toussaint \| ATL	START	57	Corey Kluber \| CLE	START	62
BOS@TB	Eduardo Rodriguez \| BOS	START	53	Ryne Stanek (Opener) \| TB	SIT	30
CHW@DET	Carlos Rodon \| CHW	START	57	Jordan Zimmermann \| DET	SIT	47
CIN@SD	Anthony DeSclafani \| CIN	START	50	Matt Strahm \| SD	START	53
HOU@TEX	Justin Verlander \| HOU	START	68	Drew Smyly \| TEX	SIT	35
KC@NYY	Jake Junis \| KC	SIT	46	CC Sabathia \| NYY	START	55
LAD@MIL	Ross Stripling \| LAD	SIT	48	Jhoulys Chacin \| MIL	SIT	46
MIN@BAL (PPD, 4/20 makeup)	Jose Berrios \| MIN	START	75	Alex Cobb \| BAL	SIT	44
NYM@STL	Jason Vargas \| NYM	SIT	36	Adam Wainwright \| STL	START	54
PHI@COL	Vince Velasquez \| PHI	SIT	44	German Marquez \| COL	START	54
SEA@LAA	Marco Gonzales \| SEA	START	51	Felix Pena \| LAA	SIT	40
SF@PIT	Madison Bumgarner \| SF	START	62	Jordan Lyles \| PIT	START	55
TOR@OAK	Marcus Stroman \| TOR	START	51	Aaron Brooks \| OAK	START	52
WAS@MIA	Anibal Sanchez \| WAS	START	59	Caleb Smith \| MIA	START	54
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/20/19)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE	HOME STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE
ARI@CHC	Zack Greinke \| ARI	START	60	Yu Darvish \| CHC	START	53
ATL@CLE	Julio Teheran \| ATL	START	55	Trevor Bauer \| CLE	START	69
BOS@TB	Rick Porcello \| BOS	SIT	48	Charlie Morton \| TB	START	57
CHW@DET (PPD, 8/6 makeup)	PPD	PPD	N/A	PPD	PPD	N/A
CIN@SD	Luis Castillo \| CIN	START	66	Eric Lauer \| SD	SIT	46
HOU@TEX	Gerrit Cole \| HOU	START	70	Adrian Sampson \| TEX	SIT	30
KC@NYY	Heath Fillmyer \| KC	SIT	40	Masahiro Tanaka \| NYY	START	63
LAD@MIL	Hyun-Jin Ryu \| LAD	START	51	Chase Anderson \| MIL	SIT	45
MIN@BAL	Martin Perez \| MIN	SIT	47	Dan Straily \| BAL	SIT	44
NYM@STL	Chris Flexen \| NYM	SIT	38	Miles Mikolas \| STL	START	52
PHI@COL	Aaron Nola \| PHI	START	56	Antonio Senzatela \| COL	SIT	45
SEA@LAA	Yusei Kikuchi \| SEA	START	51	Trevor Cahill\| LAA	SIT	46
SF@PIT	Derek Holland \| SF	START	56	Jameson Taillon \| PIT	START	67
TOR@OAK	Matt Shoemaker \| TOR	START	54	Mike Fiers \| OAK	START	54
WAS@MIA	Max Scherzer \| WAS	START	74	Jose Urena \| MIA	SIT	48
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/21/19)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE	HOME STARTER	START/SIT	SCORE
ARI@CHC	Robbie Ray \| ARI	START	52	Jose Quintana \| CHC	START	54
ATL@CLE	Max Fried \| ATL	START	59	Shane Bieber \| CLE	START	62
BOS@TB	David Price \| BOS	START	57	Tyler Glasnow \| TB	START	65
CHW@DET	Reynaldo Lopez \| CHW	START	52	Daniel Norris \| DET	SIT	46
CIN@SD	Tyler Mahle \| CIN	SIT	46	Joey Lucchesi \| SD	START	52
HOU@TEX	Collin McHugh \| HOU	START	61	Shelby Miller \| TEX	SIT	32
KC@NYY	Jorge Lopez \| KC	SIT	45	James Paxton \| NYY	START	62
LAD@MIL	Clayton Kershaw \| LAD	START	58	Brandon Woodruff \| MIL	SIT	49
MIN@BAL	Kyle Gibson \| MIN	START	52	Dylan Bundy \| BAL	SIT	40
NYM@STL	Noah Syndergaard \| NYM	START	72	Dakota Hudson \| STL	SIT	44
PHI@COL	Jerad Eickhoff \| PHI	SIT	41	Jon Gray \| COL	SIT	48
SEA@LAA	Mike Leake \| SEA	SIT	44	Jaime Barria \| LAA	SIT	39
SF@PIT	Dereck Rodriguez \| SF	START	55	Chris Archer \| PIT	START	68
TOR@OAK	Aaron Sanchez \| TOR	START	52	Brett Anderson \| OAK	START	54
WAS@MIA	Stephen Strasburg \| WAS	START	73	Trevor Richards \| MIA	START	53