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Week 12 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

Bill Dubiel's Week 12 (2018) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two-start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 12! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.

Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 12, which will be updated as rotations are inevitably tweaked.

If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against a fierce offense, this is the weekly piece for you. For every week of the fantasy baseball season, we look to analyze all of the projected starting pitcher matchups and put together our optimal lineups. Here at RotoBaller, we believe that it’s key to analyze every SP matchup, each and every week, to help determine which SPs to start/sit and to hopefully find some hidden gems to bolster your teams. Let's set those optimal lineups!

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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

This weekly piece considers the pitcher’s opponents, their career stats against the opponent, some ballpark factors and historical splits. With all of this information, we then provide our start/sit recommendations for each starting pitcher matchup for the approaching week of fantasy baseball.

PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/18/18) - MONDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAA Zack Greinke SP | ARI START Jaime Barria SP | LAA START
CHW@CLE Dylan Covey SP | CHW START Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START
LAD@CHC Kenta Maeda SP | LAD SIT Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC SIT
MIA@SF Caleb Smith RP | MIA START Andrew Suarez SP | SF SIT
MIL@PIT Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL START Trevor Williams SP | PIT SIT
NYM@COL Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Tyler Anderson SP | COL START
NYY@WAS Sonny Gray SP | NYY SIT Erick Fedde SP | WAS SIT
STL@PHI Miles Mikolas SP | STL START Nick Pivetta SP | PHI SIT
TB@HOU Ryne Stanek RP | TB SIT Gerrit Cole SP | HOU START
TEX@KC Bartolo Colon SP | TEX SIT Ian Kennedy SP | KC START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/19/18) - TUESDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAA Matt Koch RP | ARI START TBA TBD
ATL@TOR Mike Soroka SP | ATL START Jaime Garcia SP | TOR SIT
BAL@WAS David Hess P | BAL SIT TBA TBD
BOS@MIN Chris Sale SP | BOS START Jose Berrios SP | MIN START
CHW@CLE Carlos Rodon SP | CHW SIT Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START
DET@CIN Matthew Boyd SP | DET START Sal Romano SP | CIN SIT
LAD@CHC Rich Hill SP | LAD SIT Mike Montgomery RP | CHC START
MIA@SF Dan Straily SP | MIA SIT Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF START
MIL@PIT Freddy Peralta SP | MIL START Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START
NYM@COL Jason Vargas SP | NYM SIT German Marquez SP | COL START
OAK@SD Paul Blackburn SP | OAK SIT Eric Lauer SP | SD START
SEA@NYY Marco Gonzales SP | SEA SIT Domingo German RP | NYY SIT
STL@PHI Luke Weaver SP | STL SIT Vince Velasquez SP | PHI START
TB@HOU Blake Snell SP | TB START Justin Verlander SP | HOU START
TEX@KC Cole Hamels SP | TEX START Jason Hammel SP | KC SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/20/18) - WEDNESDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@TOR Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL START J.A. Happ SP | TOR START
BAL@WAS TBA TBD Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START
BOS@MIN David Price SP | BOS START Lance Lynn SP | MIN START
CHW@CLE Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW START Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
DET@CIN Michael Fulmer SP | DET START Tyler Mahle SP | CIN SIT
LAD@CHC Ross Stripling RP | LAD START Jon Lester SP | CHC START
MIA@SF Jose Urena SP | MIA SIT Derek Holland SP | SF SIT
MIL@PIT Brent Suter SP | MIL SIT Chad Kuhl SP | PIT START
NYM@COL Seth Lugo SP | NYM SIT Chad Bettis SP | COL SIT
OAK@SD Frankie Montas RP | OAK START Tyson Ross SP | SD START
SEA@NYY Felix Hernandez SP | SEA SIT Jonathan Loaisiga SP | NYY SIT
STL@PHI Michael Wacha SP | STL START Jake Arrieta SP | PHI START
TB@HOU Nathan Eovaldi SP | TB SIT Charlie Morton SP | HOU START
TEX@KC Yohander Mendez RP | TEX SIT Jake Junis SP | KC START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/21/18) - THURSDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@PIT Zack Godley SP | ARI START Ivan Nova SP | PIT SIT
BAL@WAS Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT Max Scherzer SP | WAS START
BOS@MIN Rick Porcello SP | BOS START Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT
CHC@CIN Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START Matt Harvey SP | CIN SIT
NYM@COL Steven Matz SP | NYM START Kyle Freeland SP | COL START
OAK@CHW Chris Bassitt SP | OAK SIT Lucas Giolito SP | CHW SIT
SD@SF Clayton Richard SP | SD SIT Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START
SEA@NYY James Paxton SP | SEA START Luis Severino SP | NYY START
STL@MIL Carlos Martinez SP | STL SIT Junior Guerra SP | MIL START
TOR@LAA Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR START Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/22/18) - FRIDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@PIT Patrick Corbin SP | ARI START Joe Musgrove RP | PIT SIT
BAL@ATL Alex Cobb SP | BAL SIT Sean Newcomb SP | ATL START
CHC@CIN Jose Quintana SP | CHC START Luis Castillo SP | CIN SIT
DET@CLE Mike Fiers SP | DET SIT Shane Bieber SP | CLE SIT
KC@HOU Danny Duffy SP | KC SIT Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START
LAD@NYM Alex Wood SP | LAD START Zack Wheeler SP | NYM START
MIA@COL Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA SIT Jon Gray SP | COL START
NYY@TB CC Sabathia SP | NYY START TBA TBD
OAK@CHW Sean Manaea SP | OAK START James Shields SP | CHW SIT
PHI@WAS Zach Eflin SP | PHI START Tanner Roark SP | WAS START
SD@SF Jordan Lyles RP | SD SIT Chris Stratton SP | SF SIT
SEA@BOS Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA START Steven Wright SP | BOS START
STL@MIL Jack Flaherty SP | STL START Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT
TEX@MIN Mike Minor RP | TEX SIT Fernando Romero SP | MIN START
TOR@LAA Marco Estrada SP | TOR START John Lamb SP | LAA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/23/18) - SATURDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@PIT Clay Buchholz SP | ARI START Trevor Williams SP | PIT SIT
BAL@ATL Dylan Bundy SP | BAL START Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START
CHC@CIN Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC SIT Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN SIT
DET@CLE Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START
KC@HOU Brad Keller SP | KC SIT Lance McCullers SP | HOU START
LAD@NYM Caleb Ferguson SP | LAD SIT Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START
MIA@COL Trevor Richards SP | MIA SIT Tyler Anderson SP | COL START
NYY@TB Sonny Gray SP | NYY START TBA TBD
OAK@CHW Daniel Mengden SP | OAK SIT Dylan Covey SP | CHW START
PHI@WAS Aaron Nola SP | PHI START Erick Fedde SP | WAS SIT
SD@SF Matt Strahm RP | SD SIT Andrew Suarez SP | SF SIT
SEA@BOS Mike Leake SP | SEA SIT Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS START
STL@MIL Miles Mikolas SP | STL START Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL START
TEX@MIN Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX SIT Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN SIT
TOR@LAA Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR SIT Andrew Heaney SP | LAA START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/24/18) - SUNDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@PIT Zack Greinke SP | ARI START Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START
BAL@ATL David Hess P | BAL SIT Brandon McCarthy SP | ATL SIT
CHC@CIN Mike Montgomery RP | CHC START Sal Romano SP | CIN SIT
DET@CLE Blaine Hardy RP | DET SIT Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START
KC@HOU Ian Kennedy SP | KC SIT Gerrit Cole SP | HOU START
LAD@NYM Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START Jason Vargas SP | NYM SIT
MIA@COL Caleb Smith RP | MIA START German Marquez SP | COL SIT
NYY@TB Domingo German RP | NYY START Blake Snell SP | TB START
OAK@CHW Paul Blackburn SP | OAK SIT Carlos Rodon SP | CHW START
PHI@WAS Nick Pivetta SP | PHI SIT TBA TBD
SD@SF Eric Lauer SP | SD START Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF START
SEA@BOS Marco Gonzales SP | SEA SIT Chris Sale SP | BOS START
STL@MIL Luke Weaver SP | STL SIT Freddy Peralta SP | MIL START
TEX@MIN Bartolo Colon SP | TEX SIT Jose Berrios SP | MIN START
TOR@LAA Jaime Garcia SP | TOR SIT Jaime Barria SP | LAA START

 

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