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What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues.Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 18, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. Next to each matchup below, we also have a link to our Premium Starting Pitcher Daily Matchups, Streamers & DFS Tool. For those who aren't aware, our in-house tool analyzes SP matchups based on a variety of stats/metrics, and recommends whether start, sit, or stream any pitcher for seasonal and DFS leagues. It's pretty cool.
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.
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
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Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations, so I’ll be updating the matchups throughout the day and week. This is based on 10-14-team league sizes:
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - MONDAY (8/1/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| WAS@ARI | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Archie Bradley SP | ARI | SIT |
| KC@TB | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| TOR@HOU | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | SIT | Doug Fister SP | HOU | SIT |
| MIA@CHC | Adam Conley SP | MIA | SIT | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| MIL@SD | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | START | Jarred Cosart SP | SD | SIT |
| BOS@SEA | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | SIT | James Paxton SP | SEA | SIT |
| NYY@NYM | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Logan Verrett RP | NYM | SIT |
| MIN@CLE | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | SIT | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (8/2/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@PHI | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Zach Eflin RP | PHI | SIT |
| MIA@CHC | Jose Fernandez SP | MIA | START | Jason Hammel SP | CHC | START |
| BOS@SEA | David Price SP | BOS | START | Wade LeBlanc SP | SEA | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START | Dan Straily SP | CIN | START |
| PIT@ATL | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | SIT |
| NYY@NYM | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| TEX@BAL | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | SIT |
| WAS@ARI | Tanner Roark RP | WAS | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | SIT |
| CHW@DET | James Shields SP | CHW | START | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT |
| LAD@COL | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | START | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| MIL@SD | Zach Davies SP | MIL | START | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| KC@TB | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | START | Matt Moore SP | TB | START |
| TOR@HOU | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | SIT | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| OAK@LAA | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START |
| MIN@CLE | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (8/3/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| WAS@ARI | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Zack Godley SP | ARI | SIT |
| SF@PHI | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | SIT |
| TEX@BAL | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT |
| CHW@DET | Chris Sale SP | CHW | START | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
| BOS@SEA | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA | START |
| NYM@NYY | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Ivan Nova SP | NYY | START |
| TOR@HOU | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START | Collin McHugh SP | HOU | START |
| LAD@COL | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START |
| MIL@SD | Junior Guerra RP | MIL | START | Edwin Jackson RP | SD | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START | Cody Reed SP | CIN | SIT |
| KC@TB | Edinson Volquez SP | KC | START | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | START |
| MIA@CHC | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT | John Lackey SP | CHC | START |
| OAK@LAA | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | START | Jered Weaver SP | LAA | SIT |
| MIN@CLE | Ricky Nolasco SP | MIN | SIT | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (8/4/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHW@DET | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START | Matt Boyd SP | DET | START |
| TOR@HOU | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | SIT |
| BOS@SEA | Drew Pomeranz RP | BOS | START | TBA | TBD |
| LAD@COL | Scott Kazmir SP | LAD | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START |
| KC@TB | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START | Drew Smyly SP | TB | START |
| SF@PHI | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Vince Velasquez RP | PHI | START |
| NYM@NYY | Bartolo Colon SP | NYM | START | Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY | START |
| PIT@ATL | TBA | TBD | Tyrell Jenkins SP | ATL | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Mike Leake SP | STL | START | Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN | SIT |
| TEX@BAL | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | SIT | Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL | SIT |
| OAK@LAA | TBA | TBD | Tim Lincecum SP | LAA | SIT |
| MIN@CLE | Tommy Milone SP | MIN | SIT | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (8/5/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| NYM@DET | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| CLE@NYY | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | START |
| TOR@KC | Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR | START | Dillon Gee SP | KC | SIT |
| CHC@OAK | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Dillon Overton SP | OAK | SIT |
| BOS@LAD | Steven Wright SP | BOS | START | Bud Norris RP | LAD | SIT |
| CIN@PIT | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| PHI@SD | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | START | Christian Friedrich RP | SD | SIT |
| ATL@STL | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START | Jaime Garcia SP | STL | START |
| LAA@SEA | Hector Santiago SP | LAA | START | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START |
| MIN@TB | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
| SF@WAS | Jake Peavy SP | SF | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| TEX@HOU | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| MIA@COL | TBA | TBD | Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL | START |
| MIL@ARI | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Braden Shipley SP | ARI | SIT |
| BAL@CHW | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (8/6/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@OAK | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | SIT |
| CLE@NYY | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT |
| BAL@CHW | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | START | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | SIT |
| TOR@KC | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | SIT | Danny Duffy SP | KC | SIT |
| PHI@SD | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START | Paul Clemens RP | SD | SIT |
| LAA@SEA | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| BOS@LAD | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| MIA@COL | Andrew Cashner SP | MIA | SIT | Chad Bettis SP | COL | START |
| NYM@DET | Logan Verrett RP | NYM | SIT | Mike Pelfrey SP | DET | SIT |
| CIN@PIT | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT | Francisco Liriano SP | PIT | SIT |
| MIN@TB | Tyler Duffey SP | MIN | SIT | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| TEX@HOU | Lucas Harrell SP | TEX | SIT | Doug Fister SP | HOU | START |
| SF@WAS | Matt Cain SP | SF | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| MIL@ARI | Matt Garza SP | MIL | SIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | SIT |
| ATL@STL | Joel De La Cruz RP | ATL | SIT | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (8/7/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| SF@WAS | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| CHC@OAK | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | SIT |
| NYM@DET | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT |
| CLE@NYY | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| BOS@LAD | David Price SP | BOS | START | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | START |
| TEX@HOU | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| LAA@SEA | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START | TBA | TBD |
| MIA@COL | Adam Conley SP | MIA | SIT | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| MIL@ARI | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | SIT | Archie Bradley SP | ARI | START |
| PHI@SD | Zach Eflin RP | PHI | START | Jarred Cosart SP | SD | START |
| BAL@CHW | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | SIT | James Shields SP | CHW | START |
| TOR@KC | R.A. Dickey SP | TOR | SIT | Yordano Ventura SP | KC | SIT |
| CIN@PIT | Dan Straily SP | CIN | START | TBA | TBD |
| ATL@STL | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | SIT | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | START |
| MIN@TB | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Matt Moore SP | TB | START |
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