Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 22 - April 28)

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Welcome back RotoBallers to our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 5 - Monday, April 22 through Sunday, April 28. We're almost a full month into the MLB season, and starting pitching is more important than ever now with all the recent injuries. We're here as always to guide you with our start/sit recommendations for the week ahead, and to help you make those winning lineup decisions.

For 12 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series every week right here at RotoBaller. I'm JB Branson, filling in for Nick Mariano this week, and I'll be your captain for this journey through the 2024 season. There's tons of firepower and TLC that mix together to provide this piece each week, including looking at stats, trends matchups, and more to get our picks ready.

If you're new here, read below to get caught up on what this all is and how to best use it. Good luck with your fantasy baseball starting pitcher lineup decisions!

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Start/Sit Data Overview

Ahead of each week of the fantasy baseball season, we publish the table below. We have the probable starters for every game of the week and a grade for them on a 0-100 scale. The intent is to give you advice and to inspire some confidence (or lack thereof) in your decisions to start or sit certain pitchers.

Please note that beyond the usual "Start" and "Sit" labels, there is a third category called "context-dependent." This is because different leagues call for different actions and those in start-sit purgatory may be worth the gamble to some. Also, we put the arms best projected to start or get bulk innings, but some situations are fluid and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information, especially at the outset of the season.

The "starts" category includes pitchers you'd likely start in every league. The "sits" are pitchers that you likely sit in every league. The "context-dependent" means we're on the fence and it's up to you to decide based on your league settings. How deep your league is, which roto/points categories, and so on. Let's get to it! Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 5 of the fantasy season, which covers April 22 through April 28.

Week 5 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 22-28)

Updated start/sit recommendations for this week's MLB games. This chart is updated daily as probable starters are constantly changing with game postponements, injuries, and other events. If you can't see the chart below, click here to see the starts/sits on a separate page:

Week 5 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 22-28)

Date	Game	Team	Pitcher	Grade	Start/Sit	2 Starts
4/22	OAK@NYY	OAK	JP Sears	30	SIT	Y
4/22	OAK@NYY	NYY	Carlos Rodon	70	START	Y
4/22	PHI@CIN	PHI	Ranger Suarez	65	START	Y
4/22	PHI@CIN	CIN	Hunter Greene	65	START	Y
4/22	MIL@PIT	MIL	Joe Ross	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	MIL@PIT	PIT	Jared Jones	75	START	Y
4/22	DET@TB	DET	Tarik Skubal	80	START	Y
4/22	DET@TB	TB	Zack Littell	75	START	Y
4/22	MIA@ATL	MIA	Ryan Weathers	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	MIA@ATL	ATL	Bryce Elder	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	TOR@KC	TOR	Yusei Kikuchi	70	START	Y
4/22	TOR@KC	KC	Brady Singer	65	START	Y
4/22	CWS@MIN	CWS	Jonathan Cannon	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	CWS@MIN	MIN	Chris Paddack	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	ARI@STL	ARI	Brandon Pfaadt	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	ARI@STL	STL	Lance Lynn	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	SD@COL	SD	Dylan Cease	65	START	Y
4/22	SD@COL	COL	Austin Gomber	35	SIT	Y
4/22	BAL@LAA	BAL	Albert Suarez	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	BAL@LAA	LAA	Reid Detmers	75	START	Y
4/22	NYM@SF	NYM	Jose Quintana	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/22	NYM@SF	SF	Keaton Winn	35	SIT	Y
4/23	BOS@CLE	BOS	Tanner Houck	75	START	Y
4/23	BOS@CLE	CLE	Ben Lively	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/23	PHI@CIN	PHI	Cristopher Sanchez	65	START	N
4/23	PHI@CIN	CIN	Andrew Abbott	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/23	MIL@PIT	MIL	Bailey Falter	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/23	MIL@PIT	PIT	TBD		SIT	N
4/23	LAD@WAS	LAD	James Paxton	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/23	LAD@WAS	WAS	Patrick Corbin	25	SIT	Y
4/23	DET@TB	DET	Kenta Maeda	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/23	DET@TB	TB	Ryan Pepiot	80	START	N
4/23	OAK@NYY	OAK	Paul Blackburn	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/23	OAK@NYY	NYY	Marcus Stroman	70	START	Y
4/23	MIA@ATL	MIA	Trevor Rogers	35	SIT	N
4/23	MIA@ATL	ATL	Max Fried	65	START	N
4/23	HOU@CHC	HOU	J.P. France	30	SIT	N
4/23	HOU@CHC	CHC	Jordan Wicks	25	SIT	Y
4/23	TOR@KC	TOR	Kevin Gausman	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/23	TOR@KC	KC	Michael Wacha	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/23	CWS@MIN	CWS	Erick Fedde	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/23	CWS@MIN	MIN	Pablo Lopez	80	START	Y
4/23	ARI@STL	ARI	Tommy Henry	35	SIT	N
4/23	ARI@STL	STL	Steven Matz	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/23	SEA@TEX	SEA	Logan Gilbert	70	START	Y
4/23	SEA@TEX	TEX	Dane Dunning	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/23	SD@COL	SD	Michael King	65	START	Y
4/23	SD@COL	COL	Ryan Feltner	30	SIT	N
4/23	BAL@LAA	BAL	Grayson Rodriguez	65	START	N
4/23	BAL@LAA	LAA	Griffin Canning	20	SIT	N
4/23	NYM@SF	NYM	Luis Severino	70	START	N
4/23	NYM@SF	SF	Logan Webb	70	START	N
4/24	ARI@STL	ARI	Jordan Montgomery	65	START	N
4/24	ARI@STL	STL	Kyle Gibson	35	SIT	N
4/24	NYM@SF	NYM	Sean Manaea	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	NYM@SF	SF	Blake Snell	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	BAL@LAA	BAL	Dean Kremer	35	SIT	N
4/24	BAL@LAA	LAA	Tyler Anderson	30	SIT	N
4/24	BOS@CLE	BOS	Cooper Criswell	25	SIT	N
4/24	BOS@CLE	CLE	Carlos Carrasco	30	SIT	N
4/24	PHI@CIN	PHI	Spencer Turnbull	65	START	N
4/24	PHI@CIN	CIN	Nick Lodolo	65	START	N
4/24	MIL@PIT	MIL	Bryse Wilson	85	START	N
4/24	MIL@PIT	PIT	Josh Fleming	35	SIT	N
4/24	LAD@WAS	LAD	Landon Knack	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	LAD@WAS	WAS	Jake Irvin	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	DET@TB	DET	Jack Flaherty	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	DET@TB	TB	Shawn Armstrong	35	SIT	N
4/24	OAK@NYY	OAK	Joe Boyle	35	SIT	N
4/24	OAK@NYY	NYY	Clarke Schmidt	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	MIA@ATL	MIA	Sixto Sanchez	30	SIT	N
4/24	MIA@ATL	ATL	Reynaldo Lopez	70	START	N
4/24	HOU@CHC	HOU	Spencer Arrighetti	30	SIT	N
4/24	HOU@CHC	CHC	Jameson Taillon	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	TOR@KC	TOR	Yariel Rodriguez	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	TOR@KC	KC	Alec Marsh	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	CWS@MIN	CWS	Garrett Crochet	70	START	N
4/24	CWS@MIN	MIN	Joe Ryan	85	START	N
4/24	SEA@TEX	SEA	Bryce Miller	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	SEA@TEX	TEX	Jon Gray	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/24	SD@COL	SD	Matt Waldron	35	SIT	N
4/24	SD@COL	COL	Ty Blach	35	SIT	N
4/25	MIL@PIT	MIL	Freddy Peralta	85	START	N
4/25	MIL@PIT	PIT	Mitch Keller	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/25	BOS@CLE	BOS	Chase Anderson	35	SIT	N
4/25	BOS@CLE	CLE	Triston McKenzie	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/25	PHI@CIN	PHI	Zack Wheeler	85	START	N
4/25	PHI@CIN	CIN	Nick Martinez	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/25	CWS@MIN	CWS	Michael Soroka	30	SIT	N
4/25	CWS@MIN	MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/25	TOR@KC	TOR	Jose Berrios	70	START	N
4/25	TOR@KC	KC	Cole Ragans	75	START	N
4/25	HOU@CHC	HOU	Justin Verlander	70	START	N
4/25	HOU@CHC	CHC	Javier Assad	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/25	SEA@TEX	SEA	Luis Castillo	70	START	N
4/25	SEA@TEX	TEX	Andrew Heaney	35	SIT	N
4/25	SD@COL	SD	Randy Vasquez	30	SIT	N
4/25	SD@COL	COL	Dakota Hudson	25	SIT	N
4/25	LAD@WAS	LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	75	START	N
4/25	LAD@WAS	WAS	MacKenzie Gore	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/25	OAK@NYY	OAK	Alex Wood	20	SIT	N
4/25	OAK@NYY	NYY	Nestor Cortes	80	START	N
4/26	KC@DET	KC	Seth Lugo	70	START	N
4/26	KC@DET	DET	Reese Olson	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	OAK@BAL	OAK	Ross Stripling	25	SIT	N
4/26	OAK@BAL	BAL	Corbin Burnes	90	START	N
4/26	LAD@TOR	LAD	Gavin Stone	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	LAD@TOR	TOR	Chris Bassitt	65	START	N
4/26	CHC@BOS	CHC	Shota Imanaga	75	START	N
4/26	CHC@BOS	BOS	Kutter Crawford	75	START	N
4/26	STL@NYM	STL	Miles Mikolas	30	SIT	N
4/26	STL@NYM	NYM	Jose Butto	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	WAS@MIA	WAS	Trevor Williams	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	WAS@MIA	MIA	Anthony Maldonado	25	SIT	N
4/26	CLE@ATL	CLE	Logan Allen	30	SIT	N
4/26	CLE@ATL	ATL	Chris Sale	75	START	N
4/26	TB@CWS	TB	Zach Eflin	75	START	N
4/26	TB@CWS	CWS	Chris Flexen	35	SIT	N
4/26	CIN@TEX	CIN	Graham Ashcraft	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	CIN@TEX	TEX	Nathan Eovaldi	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	NYY@MIL	NYY	Luis Gil	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	NYY@MIL	MIL	Colin Rea	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	MIN@LAA	MIN	Bailey Ober	75	START	N
4/26	MIN@LAA	LAA	Patrick Sandoval	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	ARI@SEA	ARI	Zac Gallen	80	START	N
4/26	ARI@SEA	SEA	Emerson Hancock	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	PHI@SD	PHI	Aaron Nola	75	START	N
4/26	PHI@SD	SD	Joe Musgrove	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	PIT@SF	PIT	Quinn Priester	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/26	PIT@SF	SF	Kyle Harrison	70	START	N
4/27	LAD@TOR	LAD	Tyler Glasnow	80	START	N
4/27	LAD@TOR	TOR	Yusei Kikuchi	65	START	Y
4/27	OAK@BAL	OAK	JP Sears	35	SIT	Y
4/27	OAK@BAL	BAL	Cole Irvin	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	STL@NYM	STL	Sonny Gray	75	START	N
4/27	STL@NYM	NYM	Adrian Houser	25	SIT	N
4/27	CIN@TEX	CIN	Hunter Greene	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/27	CIN@TEX	TEX	Michael Lorenzen	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	CHC@BOS	CHC	Ben Brown	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	CHC@BOS	BOS	Josh Winckowski	35	SIT	N
4/27	WAS@MIA	WAS	Mitchell Parker	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	WAS@MIA	MIA	Edward Cabrera	65	START	N
4/27	HOU@COL	HOU	Ronel Blanco	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	HOU@COL	COL	Cal Quantrill	30	SIT	N
4/27	KC@DET	KC	Brady Singer	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/27	KC@DET	DET	Casey Mize	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	TB@CWS	TB	Aaron Civale	70	START	N
4/27	TB@CWS	CWS	Jonathan Cannon	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/27	NYY@MIL	NYY	Carlos Rodon	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/27	NYY@MIL	MIL	Joe Ross	35	SIT	Y
4/27	CLE@ATL	CLE	Tanner Bibee	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	CLE@ATL	ATL	Charlie Morton	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	PHI@SD	PHI	Taijuan Walker	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	PHI@SD	SD	Dylan Cease	70	START	Y
4/27	PIT@SF	PIT	Martin Perez	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	PIT@SF	SF	Jordan Hicks	65	START	N
4/27	MIN@LAA	MIN	Chris Paddack	30	SIT	Y
4/27	MIN@LAA	LAA	Jose Soriano	35	SIT	N
4/27	ARI@SEA	ARI	Slade Cecconi	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/27	ARI@SEA	SEA	George Kirby	65	START	N
4/28	OAK@BAL	OAK	Paul Blackburn	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	OAK@BAL	BAL	Albert Suarez	65	START	Y
4/28	CLE@ATL	CLE	Ben Lively	30	SIT	Y
4/28	CLE@ATL	ATL	Bryce Elder	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	LAD@TOR	LAD	James Paxton	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	LAD@TOR	TOR	Kevin Gausman	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	KC@DET	KC	Michael Wacha	65	START	Y
4/28	KC@DET	DET	Tarik Skubal	75	START	Y
4/28	STL@NYM	STL	Lance Lynn	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	STL@NYM	NYM	Jose Quintana	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	WAS@MIA	WAS	Patrick Corbin	35	SIT	Y
4/28	WAS@MIA	MIA	Ryan Weathers	70	START	Y
4/28	TB@CWS	TB	Zack Littell	75	START	Y
4/28	TB@CWS	CWS	Erick Fedde	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	NYY@MIL	NYY	Marcus Stroman	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	NYY@MIL	MIL	Tobias Myers	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/28	CIN@TEX	CIN	Andrew Abbott	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	CIN@TEX	TEX	Dane Dunning	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	HOU@COL	HOU	Hunter Brown	25	SIT	N
4/28	HOU@COL	COL	Austin Gomber	30	SIT	Y
4/28	PIT@SF	PIT	Jared Jones	75	START	Y
4/28	PIT@SF	SF	Keaton Winn	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	MIN@LAA	MIN	Pablo Lopez	80	START	Y
4/28	MIN@LAA	LAA	Reid Detmers	85	START	Y
4/28	ARI@SEA	ARI	Brandon Pfaadt	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	ARI@SEA	SEA	Logan Gilbert	75	START	Y
4/28	PHI@SD	PHI	Ranger Suarez	65	START	Y
4/28	PHI@SD	SD	Michael King	70	START	Y
4/28	CHC@BOS	CHC	Jordan Wicks	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/28	CHC@BOS	BOS	Tanner Houck	75	START	Y

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