Week 2 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

by Bill Dubiel 4/8/18 2:14 PM Follow Bill

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