Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers (9/24 - 9/30)

Welcome back, RotoBallers. For those of you still playing - we're here to try and help with your lineup decisions, and of course bring him those championship trophies! I'm filling in for the regular @Roto_Dubs this week, as he has "real life" stuff to attend to. For those who aren't familiar, this is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.

Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 26 (9/24 through 9/30) as they currently stand, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher. We'll be updating these throughout the week as rotations are inevitably tweaked. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against a fierce offense, this is the weekly piece for you.

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. It's late enough in the season where we need to dig a little deeper -- those looking to make up ground in the standings may need to take some more risks to try and make up ground on their opponents. Those leading the pack need to make sure they don't roll out too many duds, so benching to right dud can be a ratio saver. And as we approach September, more 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. As we near towards the end of the season, and many teams stream heavily, my start recommendations become more aggressive. Ya gotta be in it to win it.

Last updated: Saturday, September 29 at 6:00 pm ET

PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (9/24/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BAL@BOS	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL	SIT	Nathan Eovaldi SP \| BOS	START
CLE@CHW	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Dylan Covey SP \| CHW	SIT
HOU@TOR	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	SIT
LAD@ARI	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START
MIA@WAS	Sandy Alcantara RP \| MIA	SIT	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START
MIL@STL	Dan Jennings SP \| MIL	SIT	Jack Flaherty SP \| STL	START
NYY@TB	Jonathan Holder SP \| NYY	SIT	Diego Castillo RP \| TB	SIT
OAK@SEA	Daniel Mengden SP \| OAK	START	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START
PHI@COL	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	SIT	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START
PIT@CHC	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Cole Hamels SP \| CHC	START
SD@SF	Bryan Mitchell RP \| SD	SIT	Derek Holland SP \| SF	START
TEX@LAA	Adrian Sampson SP \| TEX	SIT	Felix Pena RP \| LAA	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (9/25/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@NYM	Touki Toussaint SP \| ATL	START	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START
BAL@BOS	TBD	TBD	David Price SP \| BOS	START
CLE@CHW	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT
DET@MIN	Spencer Turnbull SP \| DET	SIT	Gabriel Moya SP \| MIN	SIT
HOU@TOR	Josh James SP \| HOU	START	Sam Gaviglio SP \| TOR	SIT
KC@CIN	Eric Skoglund SP \| KC	SIT	Matt Harvey SP \| CIN	SIT
LAD@ARI	Walker Buehler RP \| LAD	START	Matt Koch RP \| ARI	SIT
MIA@WAS	Jeff Brigham RP \| MIA	SIT	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START
MIL@STL	Gio Gonzalez SP \| MIL	START	Austin Gomber SP \| STL	START
NYY@TB	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START	Jake Faria SP \| TB	SIT
OAK@SEA	Brett Anderson SP \| OAK	SIT	Mike Leake SP \| SEA	START
PHI@COL	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	SIT	Chad Bettis SP \| COL	SIT
PIT@CHC	Chris Archer SP \| PIT	START	Mike Montgomery RP \| CHC	START
SD@SF	Robbie Erlin SP \| SD	SIT	Chris Stratton SP \| SF	START
TEX@LAA	Yovani Gallardo SP \| TEX	SIT	Matt Shoemaker SP \| LAA	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (9/26/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@NYM	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START
BAL@BOS	Ryan Meisinger RP \| BAL	SIT	David Price SP \| BOS	START
BAL@BOS	Jimmy Yacabonis RP \| BAL	SIT	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START
CLE@CHW	Shane Bieber SP \| CLE	START	Jace Fry RP \| CHW	SIT
DET@MIN	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	START	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN	START
HOU@TOR	Chris Devenski RP \| HOU	START	Sean Reid-Foley SP \| TOR	SIT
KC@CIN	Heath Fillmyer SP \| KC	SIT	Cody Reed RP \| CIN	START
LAD@ARI	Ross Stripling RP \| LAD	START	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START
MIA@WAS	Wei-Yin Chen SP \| MIA	START	Kyle McGowin SP \| WAS	SIT
MIL@STL	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	START	John Gant RP \| STL	START
NYY@TB	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START	Ryne Stanek RP \| TB	SIT
OAK@SEA	Edwn Jackson SP \| OAK	START	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	SIT
PHI@COL	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	START	German Marquez SP \| COL	START
PIT@CHC	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START
SD@SF	Luis Perdomo SP \| SD	SIT	Casey Kelley SP \| SF	SIT
TEX@LAA	Yohander Mendez RP \| TEX	SIT	Andrew Heaney SP \| LAA	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (9/27/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@NYM	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	START	Jason Vargas SP \| NYM	START
CLE@KC	Josh Tomlin SP \| CLE	SIT	Glenn Sparkman RP \| KC	SIT
DET@MIN	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	START	Gabriel Moya RP \| MIN	SIT
HOU@BAL	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START	David Hess P \| BAL	SIT
NYY@TB	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	START	Jaime Schultz SP \| TB	SIT
PHI@COL	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI	START	Antonio Senzatela SP \| COL	SIT
PIT@CHC	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	START	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START
TEX@SEA	Ariel Jurado SP \| TEX	SIT	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (9/28/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START	Eric Lauer SP \| SD	START
ATL@PHI	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START	Jerad Eickhoff SP \| PHI	SIT
CHW@MIN	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	START	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START
CHW@MIN	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	START	Chase De Jong SP \| MIN	SIT
CLE@KC	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	START
DET@MIL	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT	Zach Davies SP \| MIL	START
HOU@BAL	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START	David Hess SP \| BAL	SIT
LAD@SF	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	START	Madison Bumgarner SP \| SF	START
MIA@NYM	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	START	Corey Oswalt P \| NYM	SIT
NYY@BOS	J.A. Happ SP \| NYY	START	Brian Johnson SP \| BOS	SIT
OAK@LAA	Mike Fiers SP \| OAK	START	Jaime Barria SP \| LAA	SIT
PIT@CIN	Nick Kingham SP \| PIT	START	Anthony DeSclafani SP \| CIN	START
STL@CHC	Adam Wainwright SP \| STL	START	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START
TEX@SEA	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT	Wade LeBlanc RP \| SEA	START
TOR@TB	Thomas Pannone P \| TOR	START	Tyler Glasnow SP \| TB	START
WAS@COL	Joe Ross SP \| WAS	SIT	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (9/29/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Zack Godley SP \| ARI	START	Jacob Nix SP \| SD	SIT
ATL@PHI	Anibal Sanchez SP \| ATL	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
CHW@MIN	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	START	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	START
CLE@KC	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Jake Junis SP \| KC	SIT
DET@MIL	Daniel Norris SP \| DET	SIT	Wade Miley SP \| MIL	START
HOU@BAL	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL	SIT
HOU@BAL	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START	Yefry Ramirez SP \| BAL	SIT
LAD@SF	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Dereck Rodriguez SP \| SF	START
MIA@NYM	Trevor Richards SP \| MIA	SIT	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	START
NYY@BOS	Domingo German SP \| NYY	SIT	Nathan Eovaldi SP \| BOS	START
OAK@LAA	Liam Hendriks SP \| OAK	SIT	Tyler Skaggs SP \| LAA	SIT
PIT@CIN	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Michael Lorenzen SP \| CIN	SIT
STL@CHC	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL	START	Cole Hamels SP \| CHC	START
TEX@SEA	Adrian Sampson RP \| TEX	SIT	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START
TOR@TB	Ryan Borucki RP \| TOR	START	Blake Snell SP \| TB	START
WAS@COL	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (9/30/18)
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START	Joey Lucchesi RP \| SD	START
ATL@PHI	Kevin Gausman SP \| ATL	START	Roger Suarez SP \| PHI	SIT
CHW@MIN	Dylan Covey SP \| CHW	SIT	Zack Littell SP \| MIN	SIT
CLE@KC	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START	Eric Skoglund SP \| KC	SIT
DET@MIL	Spencer Turnbull SP \| DET	SIT	TBD	TBD
HOU@BAL	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
LAD@SF	Walker Buehler SP \| LAD	START	Andrew Suarez SP \| SF	START
MIA@NYM	Sandy Alcantara RP \| MIA	START	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START
NYY@BOS	TBD	TBD	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START
OAK@LAA	TBD	TBD	Matt Shoemaker RP \| LAA	SIT
PIT@CIN	TBD	TBD	Sal Romano RP \| CIN	SIT
STL@CHC	Jack Flaherty SP \| STL	START	Mike Montgomery RP \| CHC	START
TEX@SEA	Yovani Gallardo SP \| TEX	SIT	Roenis Elias SP \| SEA	START
TOR@TB	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	SIT	TBD	TBD
WAS@COL	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD