Week 17 Start/Sit Matchups: MLB Starting Pitchers (SP)

by Bill Dubiel 7/23/17 9:21 PM Follow Bill

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 17, 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 (7/24/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER		HOME STARTER
ATL@ARI	R.A. Dickey SP \| ATL	SIT	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START
BAL@TB	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	START	Blake Snell SP \| TB	SIT
BOS@SEA	Eduardo Rodriguez SP \| BOS	SIT	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START
CHW@CHC	Miguel Gonzalez SP \| CHW	SIT	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START
CIN@CLE	Tim Adleman SP \| CIN	SIT	Josh Tomlin SP \| CLE	START
COL@STL	Antonio Senzatela SP \| COL	SIT	Mike Leake SP \| STL	START
HOU@PHI	Brad Peacock SP \| HOU	START	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	SIT
KC@DET	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	START	Justin Verlander SP \| DET	START
MIA@TEX	Adam Conley SP \| MIA	SIT	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT
MIN@LAD	Bartolo Colon SP \| MIN	SIT	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	SIT
NYM@SD	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START	Clayton Richard RP \| SD	SIT
OAK@TOR	Chris Smith RP \| OAK	SIT	Francisco Liriano SP \| TOR	SIT
PIT@SF	Gerrit Cole SP \| PIT	START	Matt Cain SP \| SF	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/25/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER		HOME STARTER
ATL@ARI	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	SIT	Taijuan Walker SP \| ARI	START
BAL@TB	Wade Miley SP \| BAL	SIT	Jacob Faria SP \| TB	START
BOS@SEA	Drew Pomeranz SP \| BOS	START	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	START
CHW@CHC	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	SIT	John Lackey SP \| CHC	START
CIN@NYY	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	START	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY	SIT
COL@STL	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START	Lance Lynn SP \| STL	START
HOU@PHI	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	SIT
KC@DET	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	START	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START
LAA@CLE	Jesse Chavez RP \| LAA	SIT	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START
MIA@TEX	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	SIT	Cole Hamels SP \| TEX	START
MIL@WAS	Zach Davies SP \| MIL	SIT	Edwin Jackson SP \| WAS	SIT
MIN@LAD	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START	Kenta Maeda SP \| LAD	START
NYM@SD	Seth Lugo SP \| NYM	SIT	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| SD	START
OAK@TOR	Sonny Gray SP \| OAK	START	Cesar Valdez RP \| TOR	SIT
PIT@SF	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Madison Bumgarner SP \| SF	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/26/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER		HOME STARTER
ATL@ARI	Jaime Garcia SP \| ATL	SIT	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START
BAL@TB	Ubaldo Jimenez SP \| BAL	SIT	Alex Cobb SP \| TB	START
BOS@SEA	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START	Andrew Moore SP \| SEA	SIT
CHC@CHW	Jake Arrieta SP \| CHC	START	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT
CIN@NYY	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	SIT	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START
COL@STL	Jeff Hoffman SP \| COL	START	Carlos Martinez SP \| STL	START
HOU@PHI	Mike Fiers SP \| HOU	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
KC@DET	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	START	Anibal Sanchez SP \| DET	START
LAA@CLE	Ricky Nolasco SP \| LAA	SIT	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
MIA@TEX	Jose Urena RP \| MIA	SIT	Yu Darvish SP \| TEX	START
MIL@WAS	Jimmy Nelson SP \| MIL	START	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START
MIN@LAD	Ervin Santana SP \| MIN	SIT	Alex Wood SP \| LAD	START
NYM@SD	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	START	Trevor Cahill RP \| SD	START
OAK@TOR	Paul Blackburn SP \| OAK	SIT	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	START
PIT@SF	Trevor Williams RP \| PIT	SIT	Jeff Samardzija SP \| SF	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/27/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER		HOME STARTER
ARI@STL	Zack Godley RP \| ARI	START	Adam Wainwright SP \| STL	SIT
CHC@CHW	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START	Mike Pelfrey SP \| CHW	SIT
CIN@MIA	Robert Stephenson SP \| CIN	SIT	Chris O'Grady RP \| MIA	SIT
LAA@CLE	JC Ramirez RP \| LAA	SIT	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	SIT
MIL@WAS	Matt Garza SP \| MIL	SIT	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START
NYM@SD	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	START	Luis Perdomo SP \| SD	START
OAK@TOR	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	START	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START
TB@NYY	Chris Archer SP \| TB	START	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/28/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER		HOME STARTER
ARI@STL	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START	Michael Wacha SP \| STL	START
ATL@PHI	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	START	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| PHI	START
BAL@TEX	Chris Tillman SP \| BAL	SIT	Andrew Cashner SP \| TEX	SIT
CHC@MIL	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START	Brent Suter RP \| MIL	START
CIN@MIA	Sal Romano SP \| CIN	START	Tom Koehler SP \| MIA	SIT
CLE@CHW	Danny Salazar SP \| CLE	START	Derek Holland SP \| CHW	SIT
COL@WAS	German Marquez SP \| COL	START	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	SIT
HOU@DET	Collin McHugh SP \| HOU	START	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT
KC@BOS	Jason Vargas SP \| KC	START	David Price SP \| BOS	START
LAA@TOR	Parker Bridwell RP \| LAA	START	J.A. Happ SP \| TOR	START
MIN@OAK	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	SIT	Daniel Gossett SP \| OAK	SIT
NYM@SEA	Rafael Montero RP \| NYM	SIT	Ariel Miranda SP \| SEA	SIT
PIT@SD	Chad Kuhl SP \| PIT	SIT	Dinelson Lamet SP \| SD	START
SF@LAD	Matt Moore SP \| SF	SIT	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START
TB@NYY	Jake Odorizzi SP \| TB	SIT	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/29/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER		HOME STARTER
ARI@STL	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START	Mike Leake SP \| STL	SIT
ATL@PHI	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START	Jerad Eickhoff SP \| PHI	START
BAL@TEX	Dylan Bundy RP \| BAL	START	Tyson Ross SP \| TEX	SIT
CHC@MIL	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	SIT
CIN@MIA	Tim Adleman SP \| CIN	SIT	Adam Conley SP \| MIA	SIT
CLE@CHW	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Miguel Gonzalez SP \| CHW	SIT
COL@WAS	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	SIT	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START
HOU@DET	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	START	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	SIT
KC@BOS	Travis Wood RP \| KC	SIT	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START
LAA@TOR	TBA	TBD	Francisco Liriano SP \| TOR	SIT
MIN@OAK	Adalberto Mejia RP \| MIN	START	Chris Smith RP \| OAK	SIT
NYM@SEA	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START	Yovani Gallardo SP \| SEA	SIT
PIT@SD	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START	Clayton Richard RP \| SD	SIT
SF@LAD	Ty Blach SP \| SF	SIT	TBA	TBD
TB@NYY	Blake Snell SP \| TB	SIT	Caleb Smith RP \| NYY	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/30/17)
GAME	VISITING STARTER		HOME STARTER
ARI@STL	Taijuan Walker SP \| ARI	START	Lance Lynn SP \| STL	START
ATL@PHI	R.A. Dickey SP \| ATL	START	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	START
BAL@TEX	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	START	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT
CHC@MIL	John Lackey SP \| CHC	SIT	Zach Davies SP \| MIL	START
CIN@MIA	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	START	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	SIT
CLE@CHW	Josh Tomlin SP \| CLE	SIT	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	SIT
COL@WAS	Antonio Senzatela SP \| COL	SIT	Edwin Jackson SP \| WAS	SIT
HOU@DET	Brad Peacock SP \| HOU	START	Justin Verlander SP \| DET	START
KC@BOS	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	SIT	Eduardo Rodriguez SP \| BOS	SIT
LAA@TOR	Jesse Chavez RP \| LAA	SIT	Cesar Valdez RP \| TOR	SIT
MIN@OAK	Bartolo Colon SP \| MIN	SIT	Sonny Gray SP \| OAK	START
NYM@SEA	Seth Lugo SP \| NYM	SIT	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START
PIT@SD	Gerrit Cole SP \| PIT	START	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| SD	START
SF@LAD	Matt Cain SP \| SF	SIT	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	SIT
TB@NYY	Jacob Faria SP \| TB	START	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY	START