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Hey there, RotoBallers! You've survived your first week of fantasy baseball. Surely you drafted Trevor Story and Tyler White and Ross Stripling. No, you didn't? Neither did most of us. (Now is the time when all of those guys who did draft one of those guys gets to gloat.) Even if you didn't draft those guys, keep up the good work anyway. Don't be "that" guy or girl that gives up on your team.
Stuck on which players to start? RotoBaller is the place for you. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 2, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams.We've considered such things as which team they'll be facing, their career stats, ballpark factors, and other important factors. After all, pitching is half the battle when it comes to fantasy. Next to each matchup below, we also have a link to our Premium Starting Pitcher Daily Matchups, Streamers & DFS Tool. For those who aren't aware, our in-house tool analyzes SP matchups based on a variety of stats/metrics, and recommends whether start, sit, or stream any pitcher for seasonal and DFS leagues. It's pretty cool.
There were some tough calls here, but we here at RotoBaller are here to help you sort through the noise and make some definitive choices on who to play. Some buy-low candidates: the Nationals' Tanner Roark against the Braves on Wednesday, the Phillies' Jerad Eickhoff against the Padres on Wednesday, Tom Koehler of the Marlins against the Braves on Friday, the Royals' Chris Young against the A's on Saturday, and the Pirates' Juan Nicasio against the Brewers on Sunday. And for those of you who play in weekly head-to-head leagues, pitchers who are making two starts this week include Boston's David Price (vs. BAL, vs. TOR), the Cubs' Jon Lester (vs. CIN, vs. COL), the Mets' Noah Syndergaard (vs. MIA, @CLE), Oakland's Sonny Gray (vs. LAA, vs. KC), Cleveland's Corey Kluber (@TB, vs. NYM), the Dodgers' Kenta Maeda (vs. ARI, vs. SF) and Arizona's Patrick Corbin (@LAD, @SD).
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
Editor’s Note: RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups list is updated every single day. Our awesome writers bring you analysis on hot or emerging starting pitchers, and also all other fantasy positions.
Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations, so I’ll be updating the matchups throughout the day and week. This is based on 10-14 team league sizes:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (4/11/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@WAS | Bud Norris RP | ATL | Sit | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start |
| BAL@BOS | Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL | Sit | David Price SP | BOS | Start |
| CHW@MIN | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| CIN@CHC | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | Sit | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| KC@HOU | Chris Young SP | KC | Sit | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| LAA@OAK | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | Sit | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start |
| MIA@NYM | Jarred Cosart SP | MIA | Sit | Steven Matz SP | NYM | Start |
| MIL@STL | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Sit | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start |
| PIT@DET | Jonathon Niese SP | PIT | Sit | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Start |
| SD@PHI | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Sit | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | Start |
| TEX@SEA | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (4/12/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Start | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | Start |
| ATL@WAS | TBD | TBD | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start |
| BAL@BOS | Mike Wright SP | BAL | Sit | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | Start |
| CLE@TB | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start | Matt Moore SP | TB | Start |
| KC@HOU | Kris Medlen SP | KC | Sit | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | Start |
| LAA@OAK | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | Sit |
| MIA@NYM | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | Start | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start |
| NYY@TOR | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | Start |
| PIT@DET | Juan Nicasio RP | PIT | Start | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Start |
| SD@PHI | Robbie Erlin SP | SD | Sit | Charlie Morton SP | PHI | Sit |
| SF@COL | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | Sit | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | Sit |
| TEX@SEA | Derek Holland SP | TEX | Start | Wade Miley SP | SEA | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (4/13/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Sit | Alex Wood SP | LAD | Sit |
| ATL@WAS | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start |
| BAL@BOS | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Sit | Joe Kelly SP | BOS | Sit |
| CHW@MIN | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Start | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Start |
| CIN@CHC | Alfredo Simon SP | CIN | Sit | John Lackey SP | CHC | Start |
| CLE@TB | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | Start | Drew Smyly SP | TB | Start |
| DET@PIT | Shane Greene SP | DET | Sit | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start |
| KC@HOU | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start | Scott Feldman SP | HOU | Sit |
| LAA@OAK | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Start | Eric Surkamp RP | OAK | Sit |
| MIA@NYM | Adam Conley SP | MIA | Sit | Logan Verrett SP | NYM | Sit |
| MIL@STL | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | Sit | Mike Leake SP | STL | Start |
| NYY@TOR | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Sit | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | Start |
| SD@PHI | Colin Rea SP | SD | Sit | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | Start |
| SF@COL | Jake Peavy SP | SF | Sit | Jordan Lyles SP | COL | Sit |
| TEX@SEA | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | Sit | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (4/14/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@LAD | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit | Ross Stripling SP | LAD | Start |
| ATL@WAS | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | Start |
| BAL@TEX | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Start | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | Start |
| CHW@MIN | Mat Latos SP | CHW | Start | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | Sit |
| CIN@CHC | Raisel Iglesias SP | CIN | Start | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start |
| CLE@TB | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start |
| DET@PIT | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | Start | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start |
| KC@HOU | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | Sit | Doug Fister SP | HOU | Start |
| MIL@STL | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Sit | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | Start |
| NYY@TOR | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Sit | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | Start |
| SD@PHI | Drew Pomeranz RP | SD | Sit | Vince Velasquez RP | PHI | Start |
| SF@COL | Matt Cain SP | SF | Sit | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (4/15/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | Start | James Shields SP | SD | Sit |
| ATL@MIA | Williams Perez SP | ATL | Sit | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | Start |
| BAL@TEX | Vance Worley SP | BAL | Sit | Martin Perez SP | TEX | Sit |
| CHW@TB | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Start |
| CIN@STL | TBD | TBD | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | Start |
| COL@CHC | Chad Bettis SP | COL | Sit | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start |
| DET@HOU | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | Sit | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start |
| KC@OAK | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start | Rich Hill SP | OAK | Sit |
| LAA@MIN | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | Sit |
| MIL@PIT | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Start | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit |
| NYM@CLE | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Start | Cody Anderson SP | CLE | Sit |
| SEA@NYY | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | Start | Luis Severino SP | NYY | Start |
| SF@LAD | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start |
| TOR@BOS | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Sit | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Sit |
| WAS@PHI | Joe Ross SP | WAS | Start | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (4/16/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | Start | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Sit |
| ATL@MIA | Bud Norris RP | ATL | Sit | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Start |
| BAL@TEX | Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL | Sit | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit |
| CHW@TB | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start | TBD | TBD |
| CIN@STL | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | Sit | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | Start |
| COL@CHC | TBD | TBD | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
| DET@HOU | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Sit | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| KC@OAK | Chris Young SP | KC | Start | Chris Bassitt SP | OAK | Sit |
| LAA@MIN | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Sit | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | Sit |
| MIL@PIT | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Sit | Jonathon Niese SP | PIT | Start |
| NYM@CLE | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | Sit |
| SEA@NYY | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit |
| SF@LAD | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | Start | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | Start |
| TOR@BOS | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | Start | Steven Wright SP | BOS | Sit |
| WAS@PHI | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (4/17/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Start | Robbie Erlin SP | SD | Sit |
| ATL@MIA | TBD | TBD | Jarred Cosart SP | MIA | Sit |
| BAL@TEX | Mike Wright SP | BAL | Sit | Derek Holland SP | TEX | Start |
| CHW@TB | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start | Matt Moore SP | TB | Sit |
| CIN@STL | TBD | TBD | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start |
| COL@CHC | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | Sit | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start |
| DET@HOU | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Start | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | Start |
| KC@OAK | Kris Medlen SP | KC | Sit | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start |
| LAA@MIN | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | Sit | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | Sit |
| MIL@PIT | TBD | TBD | Juan Nicasio RP | PIT | Start |
| NYM@CLE | Steven Matz SP | NYM | Start | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| SEA@NYY | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start |
| SF@LAD | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | Sit | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | Start |
| TOR@BOS | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | Start | David Price SP | BOS | Start |
| WAS@PHI | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start | Charlie Morton SP | PHI | Sit |
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