Week 20 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

by Bill Dubiel 8/16/18 2:02 AM Follow Bill

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 20! 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 20, 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 (8/13/18) - MONDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@TEX	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START	Bartolo Colon SP \| TEX	SIT
CHW@DET	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	START	Artie Lewicki RP \| DET	SIT
CLE@CIN	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	SIT
LAA@SD	Andrew Heaney SP \| LAA	START	Clayton Richard SP \| SD	SIT
MIA@ATL	Pablo Lopez P \| MIA	START	Touki Toussaint SP \| ATL	START
NYM@NYY	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START
SEA@OAK	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA	START	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	START
SF@LAD	Madison Bumgarner SP \| SF	START	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START
TOR@KC	Sean Reid-Foley SP \| TOR	START	Brad Keller SP \| KC	SIT
WAS@STL	Tommy Milone SP \| WAS	SIT	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/14/18) - TUESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@TEX	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START	Yovani Gallardo SP \| TEX	SIT
BOS@PHI	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	SIT
CHW@DET	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	SIT	Blaine Hardy RP \| DET	SIT
CLE@CIN	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Sal Romano SP \| CIN	SIT
COL@HOU	German Marquez SP \| COL	START	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START
LAA@SD	Jaime Barria SP \| LAA	START	Brett Kennedy SP \| SD	SIT
MIA@ATL	Trevor Richards SP \| MIA	SIT	Anibal Sanchez SP \| ATL	START
MIL@CHC	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	START	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START
NYM@BAL	Jason Vargas SP \| NYM	SIT	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	START
PIT@MIN	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN	START
SEA@OAK	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START	Mike Fiers SP \| OAK	START
SF@LAD	Andrew Suarez SP \| SF	SIT	Alex Wood SP \| LAD	START
TB@NYY	TBA	TBD	J.A. Happ SP \| NYY	START
TOR@KC	Ryan Borucki RP \| TOR	START	Heath Fillmyer SP \| KC	SIT
WAS@STL	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START	John Gant RP \| STL	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/15/18) - WEDNESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BOS@PHI	Brian Johnson SP \| BOS	SIT	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	START
CHW@DET	Carlos Rodon SP \| CHW	START	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT
CLE@CIN	Shane Bieber SP \| CLE	START	Robert Stephenson RP \| CIN	SIT
COL@HOU	Tyler Anderson SP \| COL	START	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START
LAA@SD	Felix Pena RP \| LAA	SIT	Robbie Erlin SP \| SD	SIT
MIA@ATL	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	SIT	Kevin Gausman SP \| ATL	START
MIL@CHC	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	START	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START
NYM@BAL	Zack Wheeler SP \| NYM	START	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL	START
PIT@MIN	Chris Archer SP \| PIT	START	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START
SEA@OAK	Mike Leake SP \| SEA	START	Brett Anderson SP \| OAK	SIT
SF@LAD	Derek Holland SP \| SF	SIT	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	START
TB@NYY	Blake Snell SP \| TB	START	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
TOR@KC	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	START	Burch Smith SP \| KC	SIT
WAS@STL	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| WAS	START	Austin Gomber SP \| STL	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/16/18) - THURSDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Clay Buchholz SP \| ARI	START	Jacob Nix SP \| SD	SIT
CHC@PIT	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	SIT	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START
COL@ATL	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	START
DET@MIN	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	SIT	Ervin Santana SP \| MIN	SIT
LAA@TEX	Taylor Cole RP \| LAA	SIT	Ariel Jurado SP \| TEX	SIT
NYM@PHI	Corey Oswalt P \| NYM	SIT	Ranger Suarez SP \| PHI	SIT
NYM@PHI	Steven Matz P \| NYM	SIT	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	START
TB@NYY	Blake Snell SP \| TB	START	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START
TOR@KC	Sam Gaviglio SP \| TOR	SIT	Glenn Sparkman SP \| KC	SIT
WAS@STL	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	START	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/17/18) - FRIDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Robbie Ray SP \| ARI	START	Joey Lucchesi SP \| SD	START
BAL@CLE	David Hess SP \| BAL	SIT	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
CHC@PIT	Cole Hamels SP \| CHC	START	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	SIT
COL@ATL	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	START	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START
DET@MIN	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	START	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	START
HOU@OAK	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START	Edwin Jackson SP \| OAK	START
KC@CHW	Jake Junis SP \| KC	SIT	James Shields SP \| CHW	START
LAA@TEX	TBA	TBD	Mike Minor RP \| TEX	SIT
LAD@SEA	Walker Buehler RP \| LAD	START	Wade LeBlanc RP \| SEA	SIT
MIA@WAS	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	SIT	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START
MIL@STL	Freddy Peralta SP \| MIL	SIT	Jack Flaherty SP \| STL	START
NYM@PHI	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START
SF@CIN	Dereck Rodriguez SP \| SF	START	Anthony DeSclafani SP \| CIN	START
TB@BOS	Tyler Glasnow SP \| TB	SIT	Brian Johnson SP \| BOS	SIT
TOR@NYY	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	SIT	Lance Lynn SP \| NYY	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/18/18) - SATURDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Zack Godley SP \| ARI	START	Clayton Richard SP \| SD	SIT
BAL@CLE	Alex Cobb SP \| BAL	SIT	Adam Plutko SP \| CLE	SIT
CHC@PIT	Mike Montgomery RP \| CHC	SIT	Joe Musgrove RP \| PIT	START
COL@ATL	Antonio Senzatela SP \| COL	SIT	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START
DET@MIN	Artie Lewicki RP \| DET	SIT	Kohl Stewart SP \| MIN	SIT
HOU@OAK	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START	Trevor Cahill SP \| OAK	START
KC@CHW	Brad Keller SP \| KC	SIT	Dylan Covey SP \| CHW	START
LAA@TEX	Andrew Heaney SP \| LAA	START	Drew Hutchison RP \| TEX	SIT
LAD@SEA	Rich Hill SP \| LAD	START	Erasmo Ramirez SP \| SEA	SIT
MIA@WAS	Wei-Yin Chen SP \| MIA	SIT	Tommy Milone SP \| WAS	SIT
MIL@STL	Wade Miley SP \| MIL	SIT	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL	START
NYM@PHI	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI	START
SF@CIN	Madison Bumgarner SP \| SF	START	Matt Harvey SP \| CIN	SIT
TB@BOS	TBA	TBD	David Price SP \| BOS	START
TOR@NYY	Sean Reid-Foley SP \| TOR	SIT	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (8/19/18) - SUNDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ARI@SD	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START	Brett Kennedy SP \| SD	SIT
BAL@CLE	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	SIT	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START
CHC@PIT	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START
COL@ATL	German Marquez SP \| COL	START	Anibal Sanchez SP \| ATL	START
DET@MIN	Blaine Hardy RP \| DET	SIT	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN	START
HOU@OAK	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	START
KC@CHW	Heath Fillmyer SP \| KC	SIT	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	START
LAA@TEX	Jaime Barria SP \| LAA	SIT	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT
LAD@SEA	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA	START
MIA@WAS	Pablo Lopez P \| MIA	SIT	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START
MIL@STL	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	SIT	John Gant RP \| STL	SIT
NYM@PHI	Jason Vargas SP \| NYM	SIT	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	START
SF@CIN	Andrew Suarez SP \| SF	SIT	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT
TB@BOS	TBA	TBD	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START
TOR@NYY	Ryan Borucki RP \| TOR	SIT	J.A. Happ SP \| NYY	START