
You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 14! 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 14, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher. 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 (7/2/18) - MONDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
[email protected] | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | SIT | Jonathan Loaisiga SP | NYY | SIT |
[email protected] | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | SIT | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
[email protected] | James Shields SP | CHW | START | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | SIT |
[email protected] | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Jake Junis SP | KC | SIT |
[email protected] | Mike Fiers SP | DET | START | Ryan Borucki RP | TOR | SIT |
[email protected] | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Brent Suter SP | MIL | START |
[email protected] | Nick Kingham SP | PIT | SIT | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
[email protected] | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
[email protected] | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
[email protected] | Nathan Eovaldi SP | TB | START | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/3/18) - TUESDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
[email protected] | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START | Domingo German RP | NYY | SIT |
[email protected] | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | START |
[email protected] | Brian Johnson SP | BOS | SIT | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | SIT |
[email protected] | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START |
[email protected] | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | START | Danny Duffy SP | KC | SIT |
[email protected] | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | SIT | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | SIT |
[email protected] | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Austin Bibens-Dirkx RP | TEX | SIT |
[email protected] | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT |
[email protected] | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | SIT | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | START |
[email protected] | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START |
[email protected] | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | SIT | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
[email protected] | Clayton Richard SP | SD | START | Chris Bassitt SP | OAK | START |
[email protected] | Chris Stratton SP | SF | SIT | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | SIT |
[email protected] | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
[email protected] | TBA | TBD | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/4/18) - WEDNESDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
[email protected] | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | SIT | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START |
[email protected] | Yefry Ramirez RP | BAL | SIT | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
[email protected] | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | SIT | Erick Fedde SP | WAS | SIT |
[email protected] | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT |
[email protected] | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | Trevor Oaks SP | KC | SIT |
[email protected] | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | SIT | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START |
[email protected] | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT |
[email protected] | Garrett Richards | LAA | START | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
[email protected] | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START |
[email protected] | Corey Oswalt P | NYM | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
[email protected] | Clay Holmes RP | PIT | SIT | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
[email protected] | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
[email protected] | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | SIT | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START |
[email protected] | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT |
[email protected] | Matt Andriese SP | TB | SIT | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/5/18) - THURSDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
[email protected] | Max Fried SP | ATL | SIT | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT |
[email protected] | David Hess P | BAL | SIT | Aaron Slegers SP | MIN | START |
[email protected] | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | SIT | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
[email protected] | Jaime Barria SP | LAA | SIT | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | SIT |
[email protected] | Pablo Lopez SP | MIA | SIT | Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS | START |
[email protected] | Eric Lauer SP | SD | SIT | Shelby Miller SP | ARI | SIT |
[email protected] | Luke Weaver SP | STL | SIT | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START |
[email protected] | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | SIT | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/6/18) - FRIDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
[email protected] | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START | Freddy Peralta SP | MIL | START |
[email protected] | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | START |
[email protected] | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT |
[email protected] | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | SIT | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
[email protected] | Tyler Mahle SP | CIN | START | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT |
[email protected] | German Marquez SP | COL | START | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT |
[email protected] | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Felix Pena SP | LAA | SIT |
[email protected] | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
[email protected] | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | SIT | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT |
[email protected] | Paul Blackburn SP | OAK | SIT | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
[email protected] | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | SIT | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | START |
[email protected] | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | START | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START |
[email protected] | John Gant RP | STL | SIT | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START |
[email protected] | Ryne Stanek SP | TB | SIT | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
[email protected] | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | SIT |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/7/18) - SATURDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
[email protected] | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | SIT | Brent Suter SP | MIL | START |
[email protected] | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT |
[email protected] | David Price SP | BOS | START | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT |
[email protected] | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
[email protected] | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC | SIT |
[email protected] | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
[email protected] | Ross Stripling RP | LAD | START | Deck McGuire SP | LAA | SIT |
[email protected] | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
[email protected] | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | SIT |
[email protected] | Edwin Jackson SP | OAK | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
[email protected] | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
[email protected] | Tyson Ross SP | SD | SIT | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
[email protected] | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | SIT |
[email protected] | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START |
[email protected] | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | Mike Fiers SP | DET | SIT |
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/8/18) - SUNDAY | ||||
GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
[email protected] | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | SIT |
[email protected] | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | START |
[email protected] | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Jake Junis SP | KC | SIT |
[email protected] | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
[email protected] | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
[email protected] | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | SIT | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT |
[email protected] | Alex Wood SP | LAD | SIT | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START |
[email protected] | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
[email protected] | Domingo German SP | NYY | START | Ryan Borucki RP | TOR | SIT |
[email protected] | Frankie Montas RP | OAK | SIT | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | START |
[email protected] | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | START | Nick Kingham SP | PIT | SIT |
[email protected] | Clayton Richard SP | SD | SIT | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
[email protected] | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START |
[email protected] | Nate Eovaldi SP | TB | START | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START |
[email protected] | Austin Bibens-Dirkx RP | TEX | SIT | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |