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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 |
