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Bill Dubiel's Week 18 (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 18! 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 18, 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 (7/30/18) - MONDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CLE@MIN | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | SIT | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | SIT |
| COL@STL | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | SIT |
| HOU@SEA | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| MIA@ATL | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START |
| MIL@LAD | Freddy Peralta SP | MIL | SIT | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START |
| PHI@BOS | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | David Price SP | BOS | START |
| SF@SD | Derek Holland SP | SF | START | Eric Lauer SP | SD | SIT |
| TEX@ARI | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
| TOR@OAK | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | Edwin Jackson SP | OAK | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (7/31/18) - TUESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@NYY | Yefry Ramirez RP | BAL | SIT | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| CHC@PIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| CIN@DET | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
| CLE@MIN | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | START |
| COL@STL | Jon Gray SP | COL | START | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START |
| HOU@SEA | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
| KC@CHW | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT |
| LAA@TB | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Ryne Stanek RP | TB | SIT |
| MIA@ATL | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | START |
| MIL@LAD | Wade Miley SP | MIL | SIT | Walker Buehler RP | LAD | SIT |
| NYM@WAS | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
| PHI@BOS | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT |
| SF@SD | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START | Clayton Richard SP | SD | SIT |
| TEX@ARI | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START |
| TOR@OAK | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/1/18) - WEDNESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@NYY | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | START |
| CHC@PIT | Cole Hamels SP | CHC | START | Nick Kingham SP | PIT | SIT |
| CIN@DET | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT | Mike Fiers SP | DET | START |
| CLE@MIN | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT |
| COL@STL | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | Luke Weaver SP | STL | SIT |
| HOU@SEA | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | START |
| KC@CHW | Jake Junis SP | KC | SIT | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT |
| LAA@TB | Nick Tropeano SP | LAA | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| MIA@ATL | Pablo Lopez P | MIA | SIT | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| MIL@LAD | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
| NYM@WAS | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Tommy Milone SP | WAS | SIT |
| TOR@OAK | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/2/18) - THURSDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@NYM | Max Fried RP | ATL | START | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | SIT |
| BAL@TEX | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | START |
| CIN@WAS | Tyler Mahle SP | CIN | SIT | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| COL@STL | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | SIT | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START |
| KC@CHW | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START |
| LAA@TB | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | SIT |
| MIA@PHI | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START |
| MIL@LAD | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| NYY@BOS | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| SD@CHC | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT |
| SF@ARI | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| TOR@SEA | TBA | TBD | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/3/18) - FRIDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@NYM | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | START | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| BAL@TEX | Davis Hess SP | BAL | SIT | Ariel Jurado SP | TEX | SIT |
| CHW@TB | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT | Ryne Stanek RP | TB | SIT |
| CIN@WAS | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| COL@MIL | German Marquez SP | COL | START | Junior Guerra SP | MIL | SIT |
| DET@OAK | Blaine Hardy RP | DET | SIT | Brett Anderson SP | OAK | SIT |
| HOU@LAD | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
| KC@MIN | Heath Fillmyer SP | KC | SIT | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | SIT |
| LAA@CLE | Jaime Barria SP | LAA | START | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START |
| MIA@PHI | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START |
| NYY@BOS | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| SD@CHC | Tyson Ross SP | SD | SIT | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START |
| SF@ARI | Chris Stratton SP | SF | SIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| STL@PIT | John Gant RP | STL | SIT | Chris Archer SP | PIT | START |
| TOR@SEA | Ryan Borucki RP | TOR | SIT | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/4/18) - SATURDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@NYM | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START |
| BAL@TEX | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT |
| CHW@TB | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START | TBA | TBD |
| CIN@WAS | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | SIT | Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS | SIT |
| COL@MIL | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START | Freddy Peralta SP | MIL | SIT |
| DET@OAK | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | SIT | Frankie Montas RP | OAK | SIT |
| HOU@LAD | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | Ross Stripling RP | LAD | SIT |
| KC@MIN | Burch Smith SP | KC | SIT | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START |
| LAA@CLE | Felix Pena RP | LAA | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| MIA@PHI | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | START |
| NYY@BOS | J.A. Happ SP | NYY | START | Nathan Eovaldi SP | BOS | SIT |
| SD@CHC | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | SIT | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| SF@ARI | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | START | Clay Buchholz SP | ARI | START |
| STL@PIT | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | START |
| TOR@SEA | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/5/18) - SUNDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@NYM | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Corey Oswalt SP | NYM | SIT |
| BAL@TEX | Yefry Ramirez RP | BAL | SIT | Drew Hutchison SP | TEX | SIT |
| CHW@TB | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Hunter Wood RP | TB | SIT |
| CIN@WAS | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | SIT | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
| COL@MIL | Jon Gray SP | COL | START | Wade Miley SP | MIL | SIT |
| DET@OAK | Francisco Liriano SP | DET | SIT | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START |
| HOU@LAD | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START | Walker Buehler SP | LAD | SIT |
| KC@MIN | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START |
| LAA@CLE | Deck McGuire SP | LAA | SIT | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | START |
| MIA@PHI | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
| NYY@BOS | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | David Price SP | BOS | SIT |
| SD@CHC | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| SF@ARI | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
| STL@PIT | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Trevor Williams RP | PIT | SIT |
| TOR@SEA | Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR | SIT | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
