Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (May 6 - May 12)

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Here we go again RotoBallers! In this article below you'll find our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 7 - Monday, May 6 through Sunday, May 12. With the calendar already hitting May, we're getting more data on starting pitcher outlooks, and also seeing top prospects like Christian Scott getting called up and making a fantasy baseball impact. Even with injuries continuing to hit, we'll see pitchers like Justin Steele healing up and hopefully making their returns as well this week.

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. 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.

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 7 of the fantasy season, which covers May 6 through May 12.

Week 7 Start/Sit Recommendations (May 6 - May 12)

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 7 Start/Sit Recommendations (May 6 - May 12)

Date	Game	Team	Pitcher	Grade	Start/Sit	2 Starts
5/6	SF@PHI	SF	Mason Black	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/6	SF@PHI	PHI	Zack Wheeler	90	START	Y
5/6	DET@CLE	DET	Jack Flaherty	70	START	Y
5/6	DET@CLE	CLE	Triston McKenzie	65	START	Y
5/6	LAA@PIT	LAA	Tyler Anderson	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/6	LAA@PIT	PIT	Mitch Keller	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/6	CWS@TB	CWS	Mike Clevinger	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/6	CWS@TB	TB	Tyler Alexander	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/6	SD@CHC	SD	Yu Darvish	70	START	Y
5/6	SD@CHC	CHC	Justin Steele	65	START	Y
5/6	SEA@MIN	SEA	Luis Castillo	80	START	Y
5/6	SEA@MIN	MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/6	MIL@KC	MIL	Bryse Wilson	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/6	MIL@KC	KC	Cole Ragans	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/6	NYM@STL	NYM	Sean Manaea	35	SIT	N
5/6	NYM@STL	STL	Kyle Gibson	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/6	TEX@OAK	TEX	Andrew Heaney	65	START	Y
5/6	TEX@OAK	OAK	Alex Wood	30	SIT	Y
5/6	MIA@LAD	MIA	Roddery Munoz	35	SIT	N
5/6	MIA@LAD	LAD	Walker Buehler	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/7	TEX@OAK	TEX	Jose Urena	35	SIT	Y
5/7	TEX@OAK	OAK	Ross Stripling	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/7	DET@CLE	DET	Kenta Maeda	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/7	DET@CLE	CLE	Logan Allen	35	SIT	Y
5/7	ARI@CIN	ARI	Zac Gallen	65	START	Y
5/7	ARI@CIN	CIN	Frankie Montas	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/7	LAA@PIT	LAA	Patrick Sandoval	35	SIT	Y
5/7	LAA@PIT	PIT	Quinn Priester	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/7	TOR@PHI	TOR	Jose Berrios	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/7	TOR@PHI	PHI	Cristopher Sanchez	65	START	N
5/7	BAL@WAS	BAL	Corbin Burnes	85	START	N
5/7	BAL@WAS	WAS	Trevor Williams	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/7	CWS@TB	CWS	Michael Soroka	25	SIT	Y
5/7	CWS@TB	TB	Zach Eflin	75	START	N
5/7	HOU@NYY	HOU	Justin Verlander	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/7	HOU@NYY	NYY	Luis Gil	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/7	BOS@ATL	BOS	Kutter Crawford	65	START	N
5/7	BOS@ATL	ATL	Reynaldo Lopez	65	START	N
5/7	SD@CHC	SD	Randy Vasquez	25	SIT	N
5/7	SD@CHC	CHC	Shota Imanaga	85	START	N
5/7	SEA@MIN	SEA	Emerson Hancock	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/7	SEA@MIN	MIN	Bailey Ober	65	START	Y
5/7	MIL@KC	MIL	Colin Rea	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/7	MIL@KC	KC	Seth Lugo	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/7	NYM@STL	NYM	Jose Butto	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/7	NYM@STL	STL	Miles Mikolas	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/7	SF@COL	SF	Kyle Harrison	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/7	SF@COL	COL	Dakota Hudson	25	SIT	N
5/7	MIA@LAD	MIA	Edward Cabrera	30	SIT	N
5/7	MIA@LAD	LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	85	START	N
5/8	LAA@PIT	LAA	Jose Soriano	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	LAA@PIT	PIT	Martin Perez	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	TOR@PHI	TOR	Chris Bassitt	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	TOR@PHI	PHI	Aaron Nola	70	START	N
5/8	DET@CLE	DET	Reese Olsen	70	START	N
5/8	DET@CLE	CLE	Tanner Bibee	65	START	N
5/8	MIL@KC	MIL	Joe Ross	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	MIL@KC	KC	Brady Singer	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	SD@CHC	SD	Dylan Cease	80	START	N
5/8	SD@CHC	CHC	Hayden Wesneski	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	MIA@LAD	MIA	Ryan Weathers	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	MIA@LAD	LAD	Gavin Stone	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	ARI@CIN	ARI	Jordan Montgomery	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	ARI@CIN	CIN	Graham Ashcraft	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	BAL@WAS	BAL	Kyle Bradish	70	START	N
5/8	BAL@WAS	WAS	Mitchell Parker	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	CWS@TB	CWS	Chris Flexen	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	CWS@TB	TB	Aaron Civale	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	HOU@NYY	HOU	Spencer Arrighetti	20	SIT	N
5/8	HOU@NYY	NYY	Carlos Rodon	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	BOS@ATL	BOS	Nick Pivetta	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	BOS@ATL	ATL	Chris Sale	75	START	N
5/8	SEA@MIN	SEA	George Kirby	75	START	N
5/8	SEA@MIN	MIN	Chris Paddack	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	SF@COL	SF	Jordan Hicks	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	SF@COL	COL	Peter Lambert	20	SIT	N
5/8	TEX@OAK	TEX	Michael Lorenzen	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	TEX@OAK	OAK	JP Sears	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	TEX@OAK	TEX	Jack Leiter	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/8	TEX@OAK	OAK	Osvaldo Bido	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/9	ARI@CIN	ARI	Slade Cecconi	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/9	ARI@CIN	CIN	Hunter Greene	70	START	N
5/9	SEA@MIN	SEA	Logan Gilbert	70	START	N
5/9	SEA@MIN	MIN	Pablo Lopez	65	START	N
5/9	SF@COL	SF	Keaton Winn	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/9	SF@COL	COL	Cal Quantrill	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/9	HOU@NYY	HOU	Ronel Blanco	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/9	HOU@NYY	NYY	Marcus Stroman	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/9	CLE@CWS	CLE	Ben Lively	70	START	N
5/9	CLE@CWS	CWS	Erick Fedde	65	START	N
5/9	STL@MIL	STL	Sonny Gray	80	START	N
5/9	STL@MIL	MIL	Tobias Myers	30	SIT	N
5/9	KC@LAA	KC	Michael Wacha	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/9	KC@LAA	LAA	Reid Detmers	65	START	N
5/10	HOU@DET	HOU	Framber Valdez	75	START	N
5/10	HOU@DET	DET	Casey Mize	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	CHC@PIT	CHC	Javier Assad	65	START	N
5/10	CHC@PIT	PIT	Jared Jones	75	START	N
5/10	NYY@TB	NYY	Clarke Schmidt	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	NYY@TB	TB	Taj Bradley	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	ARI@BAL	ARI	Brandon Pfaadt	70	START	N
5/10	ARI@BAL	BAL	Cole Irvin	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	MIN@TOR	MIN	Joe Ryan	75	START	N
5/10	MIN@TOR	TOR	Yusei Kikuchi	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	WAS@BOS	WAS	Patrick Corbin	35	SIT	N
5/10	WAS@BOS	BOS	Tanner Houck	75	START	N
5/10	ATL@NYM	ATL	Charlie Morton	65	START	N
5/10	ATL@NYM	NYM	Jose Quintana	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	PHI@MIA	PHI	Ranger Suarez	85	START	N
5/10	PHI@MIA	MIA	Trevor Rogers	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	CLE@CWS	CLE	Carlos Carrasco	30	SIT	N
5/10	CLE@CWS	CWS	Garrett Crochet	65	START	N
5/10	STL@MIL	STL	Lance Lynn	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	STL@MIL	MIL	Robert Gasseer	35	SIT	N
5/10	TEX@COL	TEX	Jon Gray	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	TEX@COL	COL	Austin Gomber	15	SIT	N
5/10	KC@LAA	KC	Alec Marsh	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	KC@LAA	LAA	Griffin Canning	30	SIT	N
5/10	LAD@SD	LAD	Tyler Glasnow	80	START	N
5/10	LAD@SD	SD	Michael King	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	OAK@SEA	OAK	Paul Blackburn	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	OAK@SEA	SEA	Bryan Woo	65	START	N
5/10	CIN@SF	CIN	Andrew Abbott	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/10	CIN@SF	SF	Logan Webb	80	START	N
5/11	MIN@TOR	MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/11	MIN@TOR	TOR	Kevin Gausman	65	START	N
5/11	ARI@BAL	ARI	Ryne Nelson	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/11	ARI@BAL	BAL	John Means	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/11	CHC@PIT	CHC	Justin Steele	65	START	Y
5/11	CHC@PIT	PIT	Paul Skenes	70	START	N
5/11	WAS@BOS	WAS	Jake Irvin	35	SIT	N
5/11	WAS@BOS	BOS	Cooper Criswell	65	START	N
5/11	ATL@NYM	ATL	Max Fried	90	START	N
5/11	ATL@NYM	NYM	Christian Scott	75	START	N
5/11	PHI@MIA	PHI	Taijuan Walker	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/11	PHI@MIA	MIA	Jesus Luzardo	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/11	NYY@TB	NYY	Nestor Cortes	75	START	N
5/11	NYY@TB	TB	Zack Littell	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/11	HOU@DET	HOU	Cristian Javier	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/11	HOU@DET	DET	Tarik Skubal	80	START	N
5/11	CLE@CWS	CLE	Triston McKenzie	70	START	Y
5/11	CLE@CWS	CWS	Mike Clevinger	25	SIT	Y
5/11	CIN@SF	CIN	Nick Lodolo	70	START	N
5/11	CIN@SF	SF	Mason Black	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/11	STL@MIL	STL	Kyle Gibson	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/11	STL@MIL	MIL	Freddy Peralta	70	START	N
5/11	TEX@COL	TEX	Andrew Heaney	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/11	TEX@COL	COL	Ryan Feltner	25	SIT	N
5/11	LAD@SD	LAD	James Paxton	35	SIT	N
5/11	LAD@SD	SD	Matt Waldron	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/11	KC@LAA	KC	Cole Ragans	70	START	Y
5/11	KC@LAA	LAA	Tyler Anderson	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/11	OAK@SEA	OAK	Joey Estes	35	SIT	N
5/11	OAK@SEA	SEA	Bryce Miller	75	START	N
5/12	ARI@BAL	ARI	Zac Gallen	65	START	Y
5/12	ARI@BAL	BAL	Dean Kremer	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/12	WAS@BOS	WAS	MacKenzie Gore	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/12	WAS@BOS	BOS	Brayan Bello	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/12	CHC@PIT	CHC	Kyle Hendricks	35	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/12	CHC@PIT	PIT	Bailey Falter	65	START	N
5/12	MIN@TOR	MIN	Bailey Ober	70	START	Y
5/12	MIN@TOR	TOR	Alek Manoah	20	SIT	N
5/12	HOU@DET	HOU	Justin Verlander	75	START	Y
5/12	HOU@DET	DET	Jack Flaherty	65	START	Y
5/12	PHI@MIA	PHI	Zack Wheeler	90	START	Y
5/12	PHI@MIA	MIA	Braxton Garrett	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/12	NYY@TB	NYY	Luis Gil	65	START	Y
5/12	NYY@TB	TB	Tyler Alexander	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	CLE@CWS	CLE	Logan Allen	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	CLE@CWS	CWS	Michael Soroka	30	SIT	Y
5/12	STL@MIL	STL	Miles Mikolas	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	STL@MIL	MIL	Bryse Wilson	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	TEX@COL	TEX	Jose Urena	35	SIT	Y
5/12	TEX@COL	COL	Ty Blach	20	SIT	N
5/12	CIN@SF	CIN	Frankie Montas	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	CIN@SF	SF	Kyle Harrison	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	KC@LAA	KC	Seth Lugo	65	START	Y
5/12	KC@LAA	LAA	Patrick Sandoval	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	LAD@SD	LAD	Walker Buehler	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	LAD@SD	SD	Yu Darvish	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/12	OAK@SEA	OAK	Alex Wood	35	SIT	Y
5/12	OAK@SEA	SEA	Luis Castillo	90	START	Y
5/12	ATL@NYM	ATL	Bryce Elder	35	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/12	ATL@NYM	NYM	Luis Severino	65	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N

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