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Week 12 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 12, and will be updated as more starters are announced. 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.

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.

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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/19/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@KC Hector Velazquez SP | BOS SIT Jason Hammel SP | KC START
CIN@TB Scott Feldman RP | CIN SIT Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START
CLE@BAL Corey Kluber SP | CLE START Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START
DET@SEA Anibal Sanchez SP | DET SIT Sam Gaviglio RP | SEA START
HOU@OAK Brad Peacock SP | HOU START Daniel Gossett SP | OAK SIT
NYM@LAD Zack Wheeler SP | NYM SIT Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START
PIT@MIL Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START Matt Garza SP | MIL SIT
SD@CHC Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START
SF@ATL Johnny Cueto SP | SF START R.A. Dickey SP | ATL SIT
TOR@TEX Marco Estrada SP | TOR START Austin Bibens-Dirkx RP | TEX SIT
WAS@MIA Tanner Roark SP | WAS START Justin Nicolino SP | MIA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/20/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Zack Greinke SP | ARI START German Marquez SP | COL SIT
BOS@KC Chris Sale SP | BOS START Matt Strahm RP | KC SIT
CHW@MIN Derek Holland SP | CHW SIT Ervin Santana SP | MIN START
CIN@TB Amir Garrett SP | CIN SIT Alex Cobb SP | TB START
CLE@BAL Josh Tomlin SP | CLE SIT Chris Tillman SP | BAL SIT
DET@SEA Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT Ariel Miranda SP | SEA START
HOU@OAK Francis Martes SP | HOU SIT Sonny Gray SP | OAK START
LAA@NYY Parker Bridwell RP | LAA SIT Michael Pineda SP | NYY START
NYM@LAD Robert Gsellman SP | NYM SIT Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD START
PIT@MIL Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT Zach Davies SP | MIL START
SD@CHC Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD START Mike Montgomery RP | CHC SIT
SF@ATL Matt Moore SP | SF SIT Julio Teheran SP | ATL START
STL@PHI Mike Leake SP | STL START Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI SIT
TOR@TEX Francisco Liriano SP | TOR START Nick Martinez SP | TEX SIT
WAS@MIA Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Edinson Volquez SP | MIA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/21/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Taijuan Walker SP | ARI SIT Jeff Hoffman SP | COL SIT
BOS@KC Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS START Ian Kennedy SP | KC SIT
CHW@MIN David Holmberg SP | CHW SIT Jose Berrios SP | MIN START
CIN@TB Tim Adleman SP | CIN START Erasmo Ramirez RP | TB START
CLE@BAL Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT
DET@SEA Justin Verlander SP | DET START James Paxton SP | SEA SIT
HOU@OAK Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT Sean Manaea SP | OAK START
LAA@NYY Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY START
NYM@LAD TBA TBD Rich Hill SP | LAD SIT
PIT@MIL Trevor Williams RP | PIT SIT Junior Guerra SP | MIL START
SD@CHC Miguel Diaz P | SD SIT Eddie Butler SP | CHC START
SF@ATL Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START Bartolo Colon SP | ATL SIT
STL@PHI Michael Wacha SP | STL START Nick Pivetta SP | PHI SIT
TOR@TEX Joe Biagini RP | TOR START Tyson Ross SP | TEX START
WAS@MIA Max Scherzer SP | WAS START Dan Straily SP | MIA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/22/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Patrick Corbin SP | ARI SIT Antonio Senzatela SP | COL START
CHC@MIA Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START Jeff Locke SP | MIA SIT
CHW@MIN Jose Quintana SP | CHW START Nik Turley SP | MIN SIT
CLE@BAL TBA TBD Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT
DET@SEA Daniel Norris SP | DET SIT Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA SIT
HOU@OAK David Paulino RP | HOU START Jesse Hahn SP | OAK SIT
LAA@NYY Jesse Chavez RP | LAA SIT Luis Severino SP | NYY START
NYM@LAD Steven Matz SP | NYM SIT Alex Wood SP | LAD START
PIT@MIL Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Chase Anderson SP | MIL START
SF@ATL Matt Cain SP | SF SIT Sean Newcomb SP | ATL START
STL@PHI Carlos Martinez SP | STL START Aaron Nola SP | PHI SIT
TOR@TEX Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/23/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@TB Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL SIT Chris Archer SP | TB START
CHC@MIA John Lackey SP | CHC SIT Jose Urena RP | MIA START
CIN@WAS Asher Wojciechowski SP | CIN SIT Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START
COL@LAD Kyle Freeland SP | COL START Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD SIT
DET@SD Michael Fulmer SP | DET START Dinelson Lamet SP | SD SIT
HOU@SEA Joe Musgrove SP | HOU START Felix Hernandez SP | SEA SIT
LAA@BOS Alex Meyer SP | LAA START Rick Porcello SP | BOS SIT
MIL@ATL Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL START Jaime Garcia SP | ATL SIT
MIN@CLE Adalberto Mejia RP | MIN SIT Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START
NYM@SF Seth Lugo SP | NYM SIT Ty Blach SP | SF START
OAK@CHW Jharel Cotton SP | OAK SIT Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW START
PHI@ARI Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI SIT Zack Godley RP | ARI START
PIT@STL Jameson Taillon SP | PIT SIT Adam Wainwright SP | STL SIT
TEX@NYY Yu Darvish SP | TEX START Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY SIT
TOR@KC J.A. Happ SP | TOR START Jake Junis SP | KC SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/24/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@TB Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START Jacob Faria SP | TB START
CHC@MIA Jon Lester SP | CHC START Justin Nicolino SP | MIA SIT
CIN@WAS Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN SIT Joe Ross SP | WAS START
COL@LAD Tyler Chatwood SP | COL SIT Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START
DET@SD TBA TBD Luis Perdomo SP | SD START
HOU@SEA Brad Peacock SP | HOU START Sam Gaviglio RP | SEA SIT
LAA@BOS JC Ramirez RP | LAA SIT David Price SP | BOS START
MIL@ATL Matt Garza SP | MIL START Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START
MIN@CLE Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
NYM@SF Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Johnny Cueto SP | SF START
OAK@CHW Daniel Gossett SP | OAK SIT James Shields SP | CHW SIT
PHI@ARI Ben Lively SP | PHI SIT Robbie Ray SP | ARI START
PIT@STL Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START Lance Lynn SP | STL START
TEX@NYY Austin Bibens-Dirkx RP | TEX SIT Luis Cessa SP | NYY START
TOR@KC Marco Estrada SP | TOR START Jason Vargas SP | KC START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/25/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@TB Chris Tillman SP | BAL SIT Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START
CHC@MIA Mike Montgomery RP | CHC START Edinson Volquez SP | MIA SIT
CIN@WAS Scott Feldman RP | CIN SIT Tanner Roark SP | WAS START
COL@LAD German Marquez SP | COL SIT Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD START
DET@SD Anibal Sanchez SP | DET SIT Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT
HOU@SEA Francis Martes SP | HOU SIT Ariel Miranda SP | SEA START
LAA@BOS TBA TBD Hector Velazquez SP | BOS SIT
MIL@ATL Zach Davies SP | MIL START R.A. Dickey SP | ATL SIT
MIN@CLE Ervin Santana SP | MIN START Josh Tomlin SP | CLE SIT
NYM@SF Zack Wheeler SP | NYM SIT Matt Moore SP | SF START
OAK@CHW Sonny Gray SP | OAK START Derek Holland SP | CHW SIT
PHI@ARI Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI SIT Zack Greinke SP | ARI START
PIT@STL Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT Mike Leake SP | STL START
TEX@NYY Nick Martinez SP | TEX SIT Michael Pineda SP | NYY START
TOR@KC Francisco Liriano SP | TOR START Jason Hammel SP | KC SIT

 

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