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Uncle Leo's Week 5 (2016) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.
What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 5, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. 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.
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 to hopefully find some hidden gems to bolster your teams. 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.
Some quick notes. Tons of two-start pitchers this week, including: Jake Arrieta, Matt Harvey, Jose Quintana, Jason Hammel, Johnny Cueto, Bartolo Colon, Gerrit Cole, Dallas Keuchel, Gio Gonzalez, Michael Wacha, Jeff Samardzija, Justin Verlander, Matt Moore, Aaron Nola, Hisashi Iwakuma, Tanner Roark, Edinson Volquez, Adam Wainwright, James Shields, Jimmy Nelson, Jose Berrios.
And these are some interesting players to scout on the waiver wire (assuming standard sized leagues) - guys who I'll continue to keep on eye on over the next few days/weeks and see how they perform: Josh Tomlin, Alex Meyer, Jon Moscot, Cesar Vargas, Sean Manaea, Dan Straily, Colby Lewis, A.J. Griffin, Wade Miley, Chris Devenski, Jesse Hahn, Kendall Graveman, Aaron Blair, Colin Rea, Tyler Wilson.
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 (5/2/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@NYM | TBD | TBD | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Start |
| CHC@PIT | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start |
| COL@SD | Jon Gray SP | COL | Start | James Shields SP | SD | Start |
| LAA@MIL | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Sit | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Start |
| MIN@HOU | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | Start | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start |
| PHI@STL | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | Sit | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | Start |
| SEA@OAK | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | Start | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | Sit |
| SF@CIN | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | Start | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | Sit |
| TEX@TOR | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | Sit | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Sit |
| WAS@KC | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (5/3/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@MIA | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Sit | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | Sit |
| ATL@NYM | Matt Wisler SP | ATL | Sit | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start |
| BOS@CHW | Steven Wright SP | BOS | Start | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start |
| CHC@PIT | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start | Jonathon Niese SP | PIT | Sit |
| COL@SD | Eddie Butler SP | COL | Sit | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Sit |
| DET@CLE | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Start | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | Sit |
| LAA@MIL | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | Start | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Sit |
| LAD@TB | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | Start | Matt Moore SP | TB | Start |
| MIN@HOU | Alex Meyer RP | MIN | Sit | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| NYY@BAL | Luis Severino SP | NYY | Sit | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Start |
| PHI@STL | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | Start | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start |
| SEA@OAK | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | Start |
| SF@CIN | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | Start | Jon Moscot SP | CIN | Sit |
| TEX@TOR | Martin Perez SP | TEX | Sit | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | Start |
| WAS@KC | Tanner Roark RP | WAS | Start | Chris Young SP | KC | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (5/4/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@MIA | Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI | Start | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | Start |
| ATL@NYM | Jhoulys Chacin SP | ATL | Start | Steven Matz SP | NYM | Start |
| BOS@CHW | Clay Buchholz SP | BOS | Sit | John Danks SP | CHW | Sit |
| CHC@PIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | Start | Juan Nicasio RP | PIT | Start |
| COL@SD | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | Sit | Cesar Vargas RP | SD | Sit |
| DET@CLE | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | Sit | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | Start |
| LAA@MIL | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | Start | Zach Davies SP | MIL | Sit |
| LAD@TB | Alex Wood SP | LAD | Start | Drew Smyly SP | TB | Start |
| MIN@HOU | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | Sit | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | Start |
| NYY@BAL | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | Sit | Tyler Wilson SP | BAL | Sit |
| PHI@STL | Adam Morgan SP | PHI | Sit | Mike Leake SP | STL | Sit |
| SEA@OAK | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | Start | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | Sit |
| SF@CIN | Jake Peavy SP | SF | Sit | Dan Straily SP | CIN | Sit |
| TEX@TOR | Colby Lewis SP | TEX | Sit | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | Start |
| WAS@KC | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | Start | Kris Medlen SP | KC | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (5/5/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@MIA | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | Sit | Adam Conley SP | MIA | Start |
| BOS@CHW | Henry Owens SP | BOS | Sit | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | Sit |
| COL@SF | Chris Rusin SP | COL | Start | Matt Cain SP | SF | Sit |
| DET@CLE | TBD | TBD | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | Sit |
| MIL@CIN | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | Sit | Alfredo Simon SP | CIN | Sit |
| NYM@SD | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | Start | Colin Rea SP | SD | Start |
| NYY@BAL | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | Start | Mike Wright SP | BAL | Sit |
| PHI@STL | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | Start | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Wade Miley SP | SEA | Sit | Chris Devenski RP | HOU | Sit |
| TEX@TOR | Derek Holland SP | TEX | Sit | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | Start |
| WAS@CHC | Joe Ross SP | WAS | Start | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (5/6/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@ATL | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | Start | Aaron Blair SP | ATL | Sit |
| BOS@NYY | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | Start | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | Sit |
| COL@SF | Chad Bettis SP | COL | Sit | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | Start |
| KC@CLE | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | Start | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | Start |
| LAD@TOR | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | Start | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | Start |
| MIL@CIN | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | Sit | TBD | TBD |
| MIN@CHW | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | Start | Mat Latos SP | CHW | Start |
| NYM@SD | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | Start | Drew Pomeranz RP | SD | Start |
| OAK@BAL | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | Sit | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | Start |
| PHI@MIA | Vince Velasquez RP | PHI | Start | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | Start |
| PIT@STL | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | Start | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Taijuan Walker SP | SEA | Start | Doug Fister SP | HOU | Sit |
| TB@LAA | Chris Archer SP | TB | Start | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | Sit |
| TEX@DET | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | Start | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | Start |
| WAS@CHC | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | Start | John Lackey SP | CHC | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (5/7/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@ATL | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | Sit | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | Start |
| BOS@NYY | David Price SP | BOS | Start | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | Start |
| COL@SF | Jon Gray SP | COL | Sit | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | Start |
| KC@CLE | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | Start | TBD | TBD |
| LAD@TOR | Ross Stripling SP | LAD | Sit | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | Sit |
| MIL@CIN | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | Start | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | Start |
| MIN@CHW | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | Sit | Chris Sale SP | CHW | Start |
| NYM@SD | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | Start | James Shields SP | SD | Start |
| OAK@BAL | Rich Hill SP | OAK | Start | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | Sit |
| PHI@MIA | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | Start | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | Sit |
| PIT@STL | Jeff Locke SP | PIT | Sit | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Nathan Karns SP | SEA | Start | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | Start |
| TB@LAA | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | Start | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | Start |
| TEX@DET | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | Sit | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | Sit |
| WAS@CHC | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | Start | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (5/8/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@ATL | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | Start | TBD | TBD |
| BOS@NYY | Steven Wright SP | BOS | Start | Luis Severino SP | NYY | Sit |
| COL@SF | Eddie Butler SP | COL | Sit | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | Start |
| KC@CLE | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | Start | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | Sit |
| LAD@TOR | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | Start | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | Start |
| MIL@CIN | Taylor Jungmann SP | MIL | Sit | Jon Moscot SP | CIN | Sit |
| MIN@CHW | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | Start | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | Start |
| NYM@SD | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | Start | Andrew Cashner SP | SD | Sit |
| OAK@BAL | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | Sit | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | Start |
| PHI@MIA | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | Start | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | Sit |
| PIT@STL | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | Start | Michael Wacha SP | STL | Start |
| SEA@HOU | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | Start | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | Start |
| TB@LAA | Matt Moore SP | TB | Start | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | Sit |
| TEX@DET | Martin Perez SP | TEX | Sit | Justin Verlander SP | DET | Start |
| WAS@CHC | Tanner Roark RP | WAS | Start | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | Start |
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