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Welcome back RotoBallers to our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 2 - Monday, April 1 through Sunday April 7. Baseball’s opening weekend is in the books and we’re here to help you make optimal lineup decisions. The first full week of 2024 ball will see some buzzy arms take the bump for the first time. Do you know how to handle them all?
For 12 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series every week right here at RotoBaller. I'm Nick Mariano, and I'll be your captain for this journey through the 2024 season. There's tons of firepower and TLC that mixes together to provide this piece each week. We get tons of great feedback on it every year.
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 2 of the fantasy season, which covers April 1 through April 7.
Week 2 Start/Sit Recommendations
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 2 Start/Sit Recommendations
| Date | Game | Team | Pitcher | Grade | Start/Sit | 2 Starts |
| 4/1 | ATL@CHW | ATL | Charlie Morton | 75 | START | N |
| 4/1 | ATL@CHW | CHW | Chris Flexen | 10 | SIT | Y |
| 4/1 | COL@CHC | COL | Dakota Hudson | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/1 | COL@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 80 | START | Y |
| 4/1 | PIT@WAS | PIT | Marco Gonzales | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | PIT@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | KC@BAL | KC | Michael Wacha | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | KC@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/1 | CIN@PHI | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/1 | CIN@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/1 | LAA@MIA | LAA | Chase Silseth | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | LAA@MIA | MIA | Max Meyer | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | TEX@TB | TEX | Dane Dunning | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | TEX@TB | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | DET@NYM | DET | Reese Olson | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/1 | DET@NYM | NYM | Sean Manaea | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/1 | TOR@HOU | TOR | Bowden Francis | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | TOR@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | BOS@OAK | BOS | Tanner Houck | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/1 | BOS@OAK | OAK | Joe Boyle | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | CLE@SEA | CLE | Triston McKenzie | 65 | START | N |
| 4/1 | CLE@SEA | SEA | Emerson Hancock | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | STL@SD | STL | Kyle Gibson | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 4/1 | STL@SD | SD | Matt Waldron | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | NYY@ARI | NYY | Luis Gil | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/1 | NYY@ARI | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/1 | SF@LAD | SF | Keaton Winn | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 4/1 | SF@LAD | LAD | James Paxton | 70 | START | N |
| 4/2 | MIN@MIL | MIN | Louie Varland | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | MIN@MIL | MIL | Jakob Junis | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | KC@BAL | KC | Alec Marsh | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/2 | KC@BAL | BAL | Cole Irvin | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | CIN@PHI | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/2 | CIN@PHI | PHI | Spencer Turnbull | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | LAA@MIA | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | LAA@MIA | MIA | Jesus Luzardo | 75 | START | N |
| 4/2 | TEX@TB | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | TEX@TB | TB | Zach Eflin | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | COL@CHC | COL | Kyle Freeland | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | COL@CHC | CHC | Javier Assad | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | ATL@CHW | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 65 | START | N |
| 4/2 | ATL@CHW | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 4/2 | TOR@HOU | TOR | Jose Berrios | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | TOR@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 75 | START | N |
| 4/2 | BOS@OAK | BOS | Brayan Bello | 80 | START | N |
| 4/2 | BOS@OAK | OAK | Alex Wood | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/2 | CLE@SEA | CLE | Shane Bieber | 80 | START | N |
| 4/2 | CLE@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 85 | START | N |
| 4/2 | STL@SD | STL | Miles Mikolas | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | STL@SD | SD | Yu Darvish | 65 | START | N |
| 4/2 | NYY@ARI | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/2 | NYY@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 75 | START | N |
| 4/2 | SF@LAD | SF | Logan Webb | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/2 | SF@LAD | LAD | Ryan Yarbrough (Bullpen) |
30 | SIT | N |
| 4/3 | KC@BAL | KC | Cole Ragans | 70 | START | N |
| 4/3 | KC@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 85 | START | N |
| 4/3 | CIN@PHI | CIN | Frankie Montas | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | CIN@PHI | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 85 | START | N |
| 4/3 | TEX@TB | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 65 | START | N |
| 4/3 | TEX@TB | TB | Aaron Civale | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | LAA@MIA | LAA | Patrick Sandoval | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | LAA@MIA | MIA | A.J. Puk | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | MIN@MIL | MIN | Chris Paddack | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | MIN@MIL | MIL | Joe Ross | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | BOS@OAK | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 90 | START | N |
| 4/3 | BOS@OAK | OAK | Ross Stripling | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/3 | NYY@ARI | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | NYY@ARI | ARI | Merrill Kelly | 65 | START | N |
| 4/3 | CLE@SEA | CLE | Logan Allen | 65 | START | N |
| 4/3 | CLE@SEA | SEA | George Kirby | 85 | START | N |
| 4/3 | STL@SD | STL | Zack Thompson | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/3 | STL@SD | SD | Joe Musgrove | 65 | START | N |
| 4/3 | PIT@WAS | PIT | Mitch Keller | 70 | START | N |
| 4/3 | PIT@WAS | WAS | Trevor Williams | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/3 | COL@CHC | COL | Cal Quantrill | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/3 | COL@CHC | CHC | Luke Little (Ben Brown) |
25 | SIT | N |
| 4/3 | TOR@HOU | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | TOR@HOU | HOU | Cristian Javier | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | SF@LAD | SF | Kyle Harrison | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/3 | SF@LAD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 95 | START | N |
| 4/4 | PIT@WAS | PIT | Martin Perez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/4 | PIT@WAS | WAS | Josiah Gray | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/4 | CLE@MIN | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 75 | START | N |
| 4/4 | CLE@MIN | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 80 | START | N |
| 4/4 | MIA@STL | MIA | Ryan Weathers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/4 | MIA@STL | STL | Lance Lynn | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/4 | CHW@KC | CHW | Mike Soroka | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/4 | CHW@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 70 | START | N |
| 4/4 | DET@NYM | DET | Casey Mize | 65 | START | N |
| 4/4 | DET@NYM | NYM | Adrian Houser | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/4 | DET@NYM | DET | Matt Manning | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/4 | DET@NYM | NYM | Jose Butto | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | TOR@NYY | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | TOR@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | OAK@DET | OAK | JP Sears | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | OAK@DET | DET | Tarik Skubal | 100 | START | N |
| 4/5 | LAD@CHC | LAD | Bobby Miller | 85 | START | N |
| 4/5 | LAD@CHC | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/5 | TB@COL | TB | Zack Littell | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | TB@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 10 | SIT | N |
| 4/5 | BAL@PIT | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 75 | START | N |
| 4/5 | BAL@PIT | PIT | Jared Jones | 65 | START | N |
| 4/5 | SD@SF | SD | Dylan Cease | 70 | START | N |
| 4/5 | SD@SF | SF | Jordan Hicks | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | NYM@CIN | NYM | Jose Quintana | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | NYM@CIN | CIN | Hunter Greene | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Aaron Nola | 80 | START | N |
| 4/5 | PHI@WAS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/5 | ARI@ATL | ARI | Tommy Henry | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/5 | ARI@ATL | ATL | Spencer Strider | 90 | START | N |
| 4/5 | CHW@KC | CHW | Erick Fedde | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | CHW@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 65 | START | N |
| 4/5 | HOU@TEX | HOU | Hunter Brown | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/5 | HOU@TEX | TEX | Cody Bradford | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/5 | SEA@MIL | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 75 | START | N |
| 4/5 | SEA@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 80 | START | N |
| 4/5 | BOS@LAA | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 70 | START | N |
| 4/5 | BOS@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/6 | OAK@DET | OAK | Paul Blackburn | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/6 | OAK@DET | DET | Kenta Maeda | 65 | START | N |
| 4/6 | CLE@MIN | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | CLE@MIN | MIN | Joe Ryan | 70 | START | N |
| 4/6 | MIA@STL | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/6 | MIA@STL | STL | Steven Matz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/6 | LAD@CHC | LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 70 | START | N |
| 4/6 | LAD@CHC | CHC | Jordan Wicks | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | BAL@PIT | BAL | Tyler Wells | 65 | START | N |
| 4/6 | BAL@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 70 | START | N |
| 4/6 | PHI@WAS | WAS | Jake Irvin | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | NYM@CIN | NYM | Luis Severino | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/6 | NYM@CIN | CIN | Nick Martinez | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | HOU@TEX | HOU | J.P. France | 25 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | HOU@TEX | TEX | Jon Gray | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | TOR@NYY | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 70 | START | N |
| 4/6 | TOR@NYY | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/6 | CHW@KC | CHW | Chris Flexen | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 4/6 | CHW@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/6 | SEA@MIL | SEA | Bryce Miller | 65 | START | N |
| 4/6 | SEA@MIL | MIL | DL Hall | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/6 | ARI@ATL | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | ARI@ATL | ATL | Max Fried | 75 | START | N |
| 4/6 | TB@COL | TB | Tyler Alexander | 15 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | TB@COL | COL | Ryan Feltner | 15 | SIT | N |
| 4/6 | SD@SF | SD | Michael King | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/6 | SD@SF | SF | Keaton Winn | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/6 | BOS@LAA | BOS | Garrett Whitlock | 65 | START | N |
| 4/6 | BOS@LAA | LAA | Reid Detmers | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/7 | BAL@PIT | BAL | Dean Kremer | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | BAL@PIT | PIT | Marco Gonzales | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/7 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/7 | PHI@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | ARI@ATL | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 4/7 | ARI@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 75 | START | N |
| 4/7 | TOR@NYY | TOR | Bowden Francis | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 4/7 | TOR@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | NYM@CIN | NYM | Sean Manaea | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | NYM@CIN | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 4/7 | OAK@DET | OAK | Joe Boyle | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | OAK@DET | DET | Jack Flaherty | 85 | START | N |
| 4/7 | CHW@KC | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/7 | CHW@KC | KC | Alec Marsh | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | SEA@MIL | SEA | Emerson Hancock | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | SEA@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/7 | MIA@STL | MIA | Max Meyer | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | MIA@STL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | LAD@CHC | LAD | Gavin Stone | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/7 | LAD@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | TB@COL | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | TB@COL | COL | Dakota Hudson | 10 | SIT | Y |
| 4/7 | SD@SF | SD | Matt Waldron | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | SD@SF | SF | Logan Webb | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/7 | BOS@LAA | BOS | Tanner Houck | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/7 | BOS@LAA | LAA | Chase Silseth | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | HOU@TEX | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/7 | HOU@TEX | TEX | Dane Dunning | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
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