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Week 16 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

Bill Dubiel's Week 15 (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 16! 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 16, and our recommendations on whether to start or sit each pitcher. While this is just for the weekend, we will have an updated list on Sunday. 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 (7/20/18)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@WAS Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL START Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START
BAL@TOR Dylan Bundy SP | BAL START Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR SIT
BOS@DET David Price SP | BOS START Matthew Boyd SP | DET SIT
CHW@SEA James Shields SP | CHW START Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA SIT
CLE@TEX Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT
COL@ARI German Marquez SP | COL START Robbie Ray SP | ARI START
HOU@LAA Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA START
LAD@MIL Rich Hill SP | LAD START Wade Miley SP | MIL SIT
MIA@TB Dan Straily SP | MIA SIT Nathan Eovaldi SP | TB START
MIN@KC Kyle Gibson SP | MIN START Danny Duffy SP | KC SIT
NYM@NYY Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START Domingo German RP | NYY SIT
PIT@CIN Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START Tyler Mahle SP | CIN SIT
SD@PHI Clayton Richard SP | SD SIT Jake Arrieta SP | PHI START
SF@OAK Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF START Edwin Jackson SP | OAK SIT
STL@CHC Jack Flaherty SP | STL SIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/21/18)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@WAS Sean Newcomb SP | ATL SIT Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS SIT
BAL@TOR Alex Cobb SP | BAL SIT Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START
BOS@DET Brian Johnson SP | BOS SIT Mike Fiers SP | DET SIT
CHW@SEA Dylan Covey SP | CHW SIT Felix Hernandez SP | SEA SIT
CLE@TEX Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Bartolo Colon SP | TEX SIT
COL@ARI Kyle Freeland SP | COL START Zack Godley SP | ARI START
HOU@LAA Justin Verlander SP | HOU START Nick Tropeano SP | LAA SIT
LAD@MIL Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT
MIA@TB Pablo Lopez P | MIA SIT Ryne Stanek SP | DET SIT
MIN@KC Lance Lynn SP | MIN START Jake Junis SP | KC SIT
NYM@NYY Steven Matz SP | NYM START Sonny Gray SP | NYY START
PIT@CIN Nick Kingham SP | PIT START Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN START
SD@PHI Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Vince Velasquez SP | PHI START
SF@OAK Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START Trevor Cahill SP | OAK START
STL@CHC Luke Weaver SP | STL START Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC SIT
STL@CHC Jon Gant SP | STL SIT Mike Montgomery RP | CHC SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/22/18)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@WAS Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START Max Scherzer SP | WAS START
BAL@TOR Andrew Cashner SP | BAL SIT J.A. Happ SP | TOR START
BOS@DET Chris Sale SP | BOS START Blaine Hardy SP | DET SIT
CHW@SEA Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW SIT Marco Gonzales SP | SEA START
CLE@TEX Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX SIT
COL@ARI Antionio Senzatela SP | COL SIT Zack Greinke SP | ARI START
HOU@LAA Lance McCullers SP | HOU START Andrew Heaney SP | LAA START
LAD@MIL Alex Wood SP | LAD START Brent Suter SP | MIL SIT
MIA@TB Trevor Richards SP | MIA SIT Chris Archer SP | TB START
MIN@KC Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN START Brad Keller SP | KC SIT
NYM@NYY Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START
PIT@CIN Ivan Nova SP | PIT SIT Matt Harvey SP | CIN START
SD@PHI Tyson Ross SP | SD START Nick Pivetta SP | PHI START
SF@OAK Johnny Cueto SP | SF START Sean Manaea SP | OAK START
STL@CHC Miles Mikolas SP | STL START Jose Quintana SP | CHC START

 

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