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Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 1 - April 7)

Logan Webb - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Starting Pitchers, Draft Sleepers

Fantasy baseball starts/sits advice for all starting pitcher matchups for April 1 - April 7 (2024). Set optimal lineups with Nick's start/sit recommendations.

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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