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We're back at it again this week with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 6 - Monday, April 29 through Sunday, May 5. It's time to sift through the madness and make the right decisions. Starting pitchers have been getting injured consistently, but at the same time there are new arms getting called up and new pitchers emerging. 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 6 of the fantasy season, which covers April 29 through May 5.
Week 6 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 29 - May 5)
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 6 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 29 - May 5)
| Date | Game | Team | Pitcher | Grade | Start/Sit | 2 Starts |
| 4/29 | NYY@BAL | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/29 | NYY@BAL | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/29 | WAS@MIA | WAS | Jake Irvin | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/29 | WAS@MIA | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/29 | KC@TOR | KC | Jonathan Bowlan | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/29 | KC@TOR | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/29 | CHC@NYM | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/29 | CHC@NYM | NYM | Luis Severino | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/29 | MIN@CWS | MIN | Joe Ryan | 85 | START | Y |
| 4/29 | MIN@CWS | CWS | Garrett Crochet | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/29 | TB@MIL | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/29 | TB@MIL | MIL | Bryse Wilson | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/29 | PHI@LAA | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 65 | START | N |
| 4/29 | PHI@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 4/29 | LAD@ARI | LAD | James Paxton | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/29 | LAD@ARI | ARI | Tommy Henry | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/29 | PIT@OAK | PIT | Bailey Falter | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/29 | PIT@OAK | OAK | Joe Boyle | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/29 | CIN@SD | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/29 | CIN@SD | SD | Matt Waldron | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/29 | ATL@SEA | ATL | Max Fried | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/29 | ATL@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/30 | NYY@BAL | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/30 | NYY@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 4/30 | STL@DET | STL | Kyle Gibson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/30 | STL@DET | DET | Jack Flaherty | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/30 | STL@DET | STL | Steven Matz | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/30 | STL@DET | DET | Matt Manning | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/30 | COL@MIA | COL | Ryan Feltner | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/30 | COL@MIA | MIA | Sixto Sanchez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/30 | KC@TOR | KC | Cole Ragans | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/30 | KC@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 65 | START | N |
| 4/30 | CHC@NYM | CHC | Javier Assad | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/30 | CHC@NYM | NYM | Sean Manaea | 35 | SIT | N |
| 4/30 | SF@BOS | SF | Logan Webb | 75 | START | Y |
| 4/30 | SF@BOS | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 4/30 | MIN@CWS | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 65 | START | N |
| 4/30 | MIN@CWS | CWS | Michael Soroka | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/30 | TB@MIL | TB | Tyler Alexander | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/30 | TB@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 70 | START | Y |
| 4/30 | WAS@TEX | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/30 | WAS@TEX | TEX | Jon Gray | 65 | START | Y |
| 4/30 | CLE@HOU | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 4/30 | CLE@HOU | HOU | Hunter Brown | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 4/30 | PHI@LAA | PHI | Spencer Turnbull | 75 | START | N |
| 4/30 | PHI@LAA | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/30 | LAD@ARI | LAD | Landon Knack | 65 | START | N |
| 4/30 | LAD@ARI | ARI | Brandon Hughes | 20 | SIT | N |
| 4/30 | PIT@OAK | PIT | Mitch Keller | 65 | START | N |
| 4/30 | PIT@OAK | OAK | Alex Wood | 30 | SIT | N |
| 4/30 | CIN@SD | CIN | Nick Martinez | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/30 | CIN@SD | SD | Yu Darvish | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 4/30 | ATL@SEA | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 65 | START | N |
| 4/30 | ATL@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 70 | START | N |
| 5/1 | STL@DET | STL | Miles Mikolas | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | STL@DET | DET | Kenta Maeda | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | TB@MIL | TB | Zach Eflin | 70 | START | N |
| 5/1 | TB@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | MIN@CWS | MIN | Bailey Ober | 80 | START | N |
| 5/1 | MIN@CWS | CWS | Chris Flexen | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | KC@TOR | KC | Seth Lugo | 65 | START | N |
| 5/1 | KC@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | PIT@OAK | PIT | Quinn Priester | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | PIT@OAK | OAK | Ross Stripling | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | ATL@SEA | ATL | Chris Sale | 70 | START | N |
| 5/1 | ATL@SEA | SEA | Emerson Hancock | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | PHI@LAA | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 85 | START | N |
| 5/1 | PHI@LAA | LAA | Patrick Sandoval | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/1 | CIN@SD | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | CIN@SD | SD | Joe Musgrove | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | NYY@BAL | NYY | Luis Gil | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | NYY@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 75 | START | N |
| 5/1 | COL@MIA | COL | Dakota Hudson | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/1 | COL@MIA | MIA | Roddery Munoz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | CHC@NYM | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 75 | START | N |
| 5/1 | CHC@NYM | NYM | Jose Butto | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | SF@BOS | SF | Daulton Jefferies | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | SF@BOS | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 70 | START | N |
| 5/1 | WAS@TEX | WAS | Trevor Williams | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | WAS@TEX | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | CLE@HOU | CLE | Triston McKenzie | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/1 | CLE@HOU | HOU | Justin Verlander | 70 | START | N |
| 5/1 | LAD@ARI | LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 80 | START | N |
| 5/1 | LAD@ARI | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 65 | START | N |
| 5/2 | COL@MIA | COL | Peter Lambert | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/2 | COL@MIA | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 70 | START | N |
| 5/2 | NYY@BAL | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/2 | NYY@BAL | BAL | Kyle Bradish | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/2 | CHC@NYM | CHC | Ben Brown | 65 | START | N |
| 5/2 | CHC@NYM | NYM | Adrian Houser | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/2 | SF@BOS | SF | Kyle Harrison | 65 | START | N |
| 5/2 | SF@BOS | BOS | Josh Winckowski | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/2 | WAS@TEX | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 65 | START | N |
| 5/2 | WAS@TEX | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/2 | CLE@HOU | CLE | Logan Allen | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/2 | CLE@HOU | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/3 | MIL@CHC | MIL | Joe Ross | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/3 | MIL@CHC | CHC | Hayden Wesneski | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | BAL@CIN | BAL | Cole Irvin | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | BAL@CIN | CIN | Hunter Greene | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | COL@PIT | COL | Cal Quantrill | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | COL@PIT | PIT | Martin Perez | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | SF@PHI | SF | Jordan Hicks | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | SF@PHI | PHI | Aaron Nola | 75 | START | N |
| 5/3 | TOR@WAS | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 70 | START | N |
| 5/3 | TOR@WAS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/3 | NYM@TB | NYM | Jose Quintana | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | NYM@TB | TB | Aaron Civale | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | DET@NYY | DET | Reese Olson | 65 | START | N |
| 5/3 | DET@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 65 | START | N |
| 5/3 | LAA@CLE | LAA | Jose Soriano | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | LAA@CLE | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 70 | START | N |
| 5/3 | TEX@KC | TEX | Michael Lorenzen | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | TEX@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | SEA@HOU | SEA | George Kirby | 75 | START | N |
| 5/3 | SEA@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | BOS@MIN | BOS | Tanner Houck | 75 | START | N |
| 5/3 | BOS@MIN | MIN | Chris Paddack | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | CWS@STL | CWS | Brad Keller | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/3 | CWS@STL | STL | Sonny Gray | 85 | START | N |
| 5/3 | SD@ARI | SD | Dylan Cease | 80 | START | N |
| 5/3 | SD@ARI | ARI | Slade Cecconi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | MIA@OAK | MIA | Ryan Weathers | 65 | START | N |
| 5/3 | MIA@OAK | OAK | J.P. Sears | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | ATL@LAD | ATL | Charlie Morton | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/3 | ATL@LAD | LAD | Gavin Stone | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | DET@NYY | DET | Casey Mize | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | DET@NYY | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/4 | BOS@MIN | BOS | Brennan Bernardino | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | BOS@MIN | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 80 | START | N |
| 5/4 | CWS@STL | CWS | Erick Fedde | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | CWS@STL | STL | Lance Lynn | 70 | START | N |
| 5/4 | MIL@CHC | MIL | Tobias Myers | 65 | START | N |
| 5/4 | MIL@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/4 | COL@PIT | COL | Austin Gomber | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | COL@PIT | PIT | Jared Jones | 90 | START | N |
| 5/4 | TOR@WAS | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 65 | START | N |
| 5/4 | TOR@WAS | WAS | Jake Irvin | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/4 | MIA@OAK | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/4 | MIA@OAK | OAK | Paul Blackburn | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | SF@PHI | SF | Keaton Winn | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | SF@PHI | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 75 | START | N |
| 5/4 | LAA@CLE | LAA | Reid Detmers | 65 | START | N |
| 5/4 | LAA@CLE | CLE | Ben Lively | 65 | START | N |
| 5/4 | BAL@CIN | BAL | John Means | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | BAL@CIN | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | TEX@KC | TEX | Dane Dunning | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | TEX@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | SEA@HOU | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 70 | START | N |
| 5/4 | SEA@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | NYM@TB | NYM | Christian Scott | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | NYM@TB | TB | Zack Littell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | SD@ARI | SD | Michael King | 70 | START | N |
| 5/4 | SD@ARI | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 65 | START | N |
| 5/4 | ATL@LAD | ATL | Bryce Elder | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/4 | ATL@LAD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 75 | START | N |
| 5/5 | COL@PIT | COL | Ryan Feltner | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 5/5 | COL@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/5 | TOR@WAS | TOR | Alek Manoah | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/5 | TOR@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | DET@NYY | DET | Tarik Skubal | 80 | START | N |
| 5/5 | DET@NYY | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | LAA@CLE | LAA | Griffin Canning | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 5/5 | LAA@CLE | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/5 | NYM@TB | NYM | Luis Severino | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/5 | NYM@TB | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/5 | SEA@HOU | SEA | Bryce Miller | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/5 | SEA@HOU | HOU | Hunter Brown | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 5/5 | TEX@KC | TEX | Jon Gray | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | TEX@KC | KC | Daniel Lynch | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/5 | BOS@MIN | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | BOS@MIN | MIN | Joe Ryan | 80 | START | Y |
| 5/5 | CWS@STL | CWS | Garrett Crochet | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | CWS@STL | STL | Matthew Liberatore | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/5 | MIL@CHC | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 75 | START | Y |
| 5/5 | MIL@CHC | CHC | Javier Assad | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | MIA@OAK | MIA | Sixto Sanchez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | MIA@OAK | OAK | Joe Boyle | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | BAL@CIN | BAL | Dean Kremer | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/5 | BAL@CIN | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | SD@ARI | SD | Matt Waldron | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/5 | SD@ARI | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/5 | ATL@LAD | ATL | Max Fried | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/5 | ATL@LAD | LAD | James Paxton | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 5/5 | SF@PHI | SF | Logan Webb | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/5 | SF@PHI | PHI | Taijuan Walker | 30 | SIT | N |
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