Week 19 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

1 year ago by Bill Dubiel

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 19! 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 19, 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 (8/6/18) - MONDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
CHC@KC	Cole Hamels SP \| CHC	START	Jake Junis SP \| KC	SIT
CIN@NYM	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	START	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START
DET@LAA	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	START	Nick Tropeano SP \| LAA	SIT
HOU@SF	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START	Dereck Rodriguez SP \| SF	START
MIN@CLE	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	SIT	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START
NYY@CHW	Lance Lynn SP \| NYY	START	Dylan Covey SP \| CHW	SIT
PHI@ARI	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI	START	Zack Godley SP \| ARI	START
PIT@COL	Joe Musgrove RP \| PIT	SIT	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START
SEA@TEX	Wade LeBlanc RP \| SEA	SIT	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT
STL@MIA	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	START	Wei-Yin Chen SP \| MIA	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/7/18) - TUESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@WAS	Max Fried RP \| ATL	SIT	Jefry Rodriguez SP \| WAS	SIT
ATL@WAS	Sean Newcomb \| ATL	START	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START
BAL@TB	Alex Cobb SP \| BAL	SIT	Tyler Glasnow SP \| TB	SIT
BOS@TOR	Drew Pomeranz SP \| BOS	SIT	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	SIT
CHC@KC	Mike Montgomery RP \| CHC	START	Brad Keller SP \| KC	SIT
CIN@NYM	Sal Romano SP \| CIN	SIT	Jason Vargas SP \| NYM	SIT
DET@LAA	Jacob Turner SP \| DET	SIT	Andrew Heaney SP \| LAA	START
HOU@SF	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START	Madison Bumgarner SP \| SF	START
LAD@OAK	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	START
MIN@CLE	Adalberto Mejia SP \| MIN	SIT	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
NYY@CHW	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	START	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	SIT
PHI@ARI	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	START	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START
PIT@COL	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Chad Bettis SP \| COL	SIT
SD@MIL	Clayton Richard SP \| SD	SIT	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	START
SEA@TEX	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	SIT	Bartolo Colon SP \| TEX	SIT
STL@MIA	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL	START	Pablo Lopez P \| MIA	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/8/18) - WEDNESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@WAS	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START	Tommy Milone SP \| WAS	SIT
BAL@TB	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	SIT	Ryne Stanek SP \| TB	SIT
BOS@TOR	Brian Johnson SP \| BOS	SIT	Mike Hauschild RP \| TOR	SIT
CHC@KC	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START	Heath Fillmyer SP \| KC	SIT
CIN@NYM	Robert Stephenson SP \| CIN	START	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START
DET@LAA	Blaine Hardy RP \| DET	SIT	Jaime Barria SP \| LAA	SIT
LAD@OAK	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Mike Fiers SP \| OAK	SIT
MIN@CLE	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN	SIT	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START
NYY@CHW	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	SIT
PHI@ARI	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	START	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START
PIT@COL	Chris Archer SP \| PIT	START	German Marquez SP \| COL	START
SD@MIL	Brett Kennedy SP \| SD	SIT	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	START
SEA@TEX	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA	START	Yovani Gallardo SP \| TEX	SIT
STL@MIA	John Gant RP \| STL	SIT	Trevor Richards SP \| MIA	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/9/18) - THURSDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@WAS	Anibal Sanchez SP \| ATL	START	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	SIT
BAL@TB	David Hess P \| BAL	SIT	Blake Snell SP \| TB	START
BOS@TOR	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START	Ryan Borucki RP \| TOR	SIT
LAD@COL	TBA	TBD	Tyler Anderson SP \| COL	SIT
MIN@CLE	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START
PIT@SF	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	SIT	TBA	TBD
SD@MIL	TBA	TBD	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	START
SEA@HOU	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START
TEX@NYY	Mike Minor RP \| TEX	SIT	J.A. Happ SP \| NYY	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/10/18) - FRIDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@CIN	Clay Buchholz SP \| ARI	START	Anthony DeSclafani SP \| CIN	START
BOS@BAL	Nathan Eovaldi SP \| BOS	START	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL	SIT
CLE@CHW	Shane Bieber SP \| CLE	START	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	START
LAD@COL	Kenta Maeda SP \| LAD	SIT	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START
MIL@ATL	Freddy Peralta SP \| MIL	START	Kevin Gausman SP \| ATL	SIT
MIN@DET	Ervin Santana SP \| MIN	SIT	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	START
NYM@MIA	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	START	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	SIT
OAK@LAA	Brett Anderson SP \| OAK	SIT	Felix Pena RP \| LAA	SIT
PHI@SD	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	START	Jacob Nix SP \| SD	SIT
PIT@SF	Clay Holmes SP \| PIT	SIT	Derek Holland SP \| SF	SIT
SEA@HOU	Mike Leake SP \| SEA	START	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START
STL@KC	Austin Gomber SP \| STL	SIT	Burch Smith SP \| KC	SIT
TB@TOR	Blake Snell SP \| TB	START	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	START
TEX@NYY	Mike Minor SP \| TEX	SIT	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
WAS@CHC	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| WAS	START	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/11/18) - SATURDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@CIN	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START	Matt Harvey SP \| CIN	SIT
BOS@BAL	David Price SP \| BOS	START	Yefry Ramirez RP \| BAL	SIT
CLE@CHW	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT
LAD@COL	Walker Buehler RP \| LAD	START	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START
MIL@ATL	Wade Miley SP \| MIL	SIT	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	SIT
MIN@DET	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	START	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	SIT
NYM@MIA	Corey Oswalt P \| NYM	SIT	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	SIT
OAK@LAA	Trevor Cahill SP \| OAK	START	TBA	TBD
PHI@SD	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START	TBA	TBD
PIT@SF	Joe Musgrove RP \| PIT	SIT	Derek Holland SP \| SF	START
SEA@HOU	Wade LeBlanc RP \| SEA	SIT	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START
STL@KC	Jack Flaherty SP \| STL	START	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	START
TB@TOR	TBA	TBD	Sam Gaviglio SP \| TOR	SIT
TEX@NYY	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT	Lance Lynn SP \| NYY	START
WAS@CHC	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	START	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/12/18) - SUNDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@CIN	Zack Godley SP \| ARI	START	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT
BOS@BAL	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START	Alex Cobb SP \| BAL	SIT
CLE@CHW	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START	Dylan Covey SP \| CHW	SIT
LAD@COL	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START	Chad Bettis SP \| COL	SIT
MIL@ATL	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	START	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START
MIN@DET	Kohl Stewart SP \| MIN	SIT	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	START
NYM@MIA	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START	Wei-Yin Chen SP \| MIA	SIT
OAK@LAA	Travor Cahill SP \| OAK	START	Taylor Cole SP \| LAA	SIT
PHI@SD	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI	START	Joey Lucchesi SP \| SD	START
PIT@SF	Joe Musgrove SP \| PIT	START	Dereck Rodriguez SP \| SF	START
SEA@HOU	Erasmo Ramirez SP \| SEA	SIT	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START
STL@KC	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	START	Jake Junis SP \| KC	SIT
TB@TOR	Tyler Glasnow SP \| TB	START	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	START
TEX@NYY	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	START
WAS@CHC	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START	Cole Hamels SP \| CHC	START