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You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 2! 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 2, which will be updated as rotations are inevitably tweaked.
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 (4/9/18) - Monday | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | SIT/START | HOME STARTER | SIT/START |
| ARI@SF | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT |
| ATL@WAS | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | SIT | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| CIN@PHI | Cody Reed RP | CIN | SIT | Ben Lively SP | PHI | SIT |
| DET@CLE | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| HOU@MIN | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT |
| LAA@TEX | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | START | Doug Fister SP | TEX | SIT |
| MIL@STL | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT |
| PIT@CHC | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC | START |
| SD@COL | Clayton Richard SP | SD | SIT | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| SEA@KC | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | SIT | Jake Junis SP | KC | START |
| TB@CHW | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT |
| TOR@BAL | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/10/18) - Tuesday | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | SIT/START | HOME STARTER | SIT/START |
| ARI@SF | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START |
| ATL@WAS | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | SIT | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| CIN@PHI | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
| DET@CLE | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | SIT | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | SIT |
| HOU@MIN | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | START |
| LAA@TEX | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Martin Perez SP | TEX | SIT |
| MIL@STL | Brent Suter SP | MIL | START | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| NYM@MIA | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Caleb Smith RP | MIA | SIT |
| NYY@BOS | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| OAK@LAD | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
| SD@COL | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | SIT | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT |
| SEA@KC | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT | Eric Skoglund SP | KC | SIT |
| TB@CHW | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Carson Fulmer SP | CHW | START |
| TOR@BAL | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | START | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/11/18) - Wednesday | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | SIT/START | HOME STARTER | SIT/START |
| ARI@SF | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START | TBA | TBD |
| ATL@WAS | Brandon McCarthy SP | ATL | START | A.J. Cole SP | WAS | SIT |
| CIN@PHI | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | START | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | START |
| DET@CLE | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | SIT | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
| HOU@MIN | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT |
| LAA@TEX | Parker Bridwell SP | LAA | SIT | Matt Moore SP | TEX | SIT |
| MIL@STL | TBA | TBD | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | TBA | TBD | Jarlin Garcia RP | MIA | SIT |
| NYY@BOS | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | David Price SP | BOS | START |
| OAK@LAD | Daniel Mengden SP | OAK | SIT | Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD | SIT |
| PIT@CHC | Steven Brault RP | PIT | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| SD@COL | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT | German Marquez SP | COL | SIT |
| SEA@KC | James Paxton SP | SEA | START | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| TB@CHW | TBA | TBD | James Shields SP | CHW | START |
| TOR@BAL | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/12/18) - Thursday | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | SIT/START | HOME STARTER | SIT/START |
| CHW@MIN | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START |
| COL@WAS | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START |
| DET@CLE | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START |
| LAA@KC | TBA | TBD | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START |
| NYY@BOS | TBA | TBD | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| PIT@CHC | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | SIT | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| SF@SD | Chris Stratton SP | SF | START | Bryan Mitchell RP | SD | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/13/18) - Friday | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | SIT/START | HOME STARTER | SIT/START |
| ARI@LAD | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
| ATL@CHC | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | SIT | Yu Darvish SP | CHC | START |
| BAL@BOS | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | SIT | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START |
| CHW@MIN | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START | TBA | TBD |
| COL@WAS | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | SIT | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
| LAA@KC | Shohei Ohtani SP | LAA | START | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT |
| MIL@NYM | Zach Davies SP | MIL | START | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START |
| NYY@DET | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | START | Mike Fiers SP | DET | SIT |
| OAK@SEA | Daniel Gossett SP | OAK | SIT | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
| PHI@TB | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START | Jake Faria SP | TB | SIT |
| PIT@MIA | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | SIT | Dillon Peters SP | MIA | SIT |
| SF@SD | Ty Blach SP | SF | SIT | Tyson Ross SP | SD | START |
| STL@CIN | Luke Weaver SP | STL | START | Tyler Mahle SP | CIN | SIT |
| TEX@HOU | Mike Minor RP | TEX | SIT | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CLE | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/14/18) - Saturday | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | SIT/START | HOME STARTER | SIT/START |
| ARI@LAD | Taijuan Walker SP | ARI | START | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START |
| ATL@CHC | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | SIT | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START |
| BAL@BOS | Mike Wright RP | BAL | SIT | Brian Johnson SP | BOS | SIT |
| CHW@MIN | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT | Lance Lynn SP | MIN | SIT |
| COL@WAS | Jon Gray SP | COL | START | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| LAA@KC | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | START | Jake Junis SP | KC | START |
| MIL@NYM | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | START |
| NYY@DET | Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY | START | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | SIT |
| OAK@SEA | Andrew Triggs SP | OAK | START | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | SIT |
| PHI@TB | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | TBA | TBD |
| PIT@MIA | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT |
| SF@SD | Derek Holland SP | SF | SIT | Clayton Richard SP | SD | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START | Cody Reed RP | CIN | SIT |
| TEX@HOU | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | SIT | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CLE | Jaime Garcia SP | TOR | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/15/18) - Sunday | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | SIT/START | HOME STARTER | SIT/START |
| ARI@LAD | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| ATL@CHC | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | SIT | Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC | START |
| BAL@BOS | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | START | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START |
| CHW@MIN | Carson Fulmer SP | CHW | START | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | START |
| COL@WAS | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| LAA@KC | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | START | Eric Skoglund SP | KC | SIT |
| MIL@NYM | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START |
| NYY@DET | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | SIT |
| OAK@SEA | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | SIT | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT |
| PHI@TB | Ben Lively SP | PHI | SIT | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| PIT@MIA | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | SIT | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT |
| SF@SD | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT |
| TEX@HOU | Doug Fister SP | TEX | SIT | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
| TOR@CLE | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | SIT |
