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Week 20 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Bill Dubiel's Week 20 (2016) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.

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 20, 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 (8/15/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
WAS@COL Max Scherzer SP | WAS START Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL SIT
SEA@LAA Felix Hernandez SP | SEA START Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT
BOS@CLE Drew Pomeranz RP | BOS START Josh Tomlin SP | CLE START
KC@DET Ian Kennedy SP | KC START Daniel Norris SP | DET SIT
NYM@ARI Bartolo Colon SP | NYM SIT Robbie Ray SP | ARI START
MIA@CIN David Phelps SP | MIA SIT Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN SIT
PIT@SF Ryan Vogelsong SP | PIT SIT Matt Moore SP | SF START
TOR@NYY R.A. Dickey SP | TOR SIT Chad Green P | NYY SIT
SD@TB Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Drew Smyly SP | TB START
OAK@TEX Ross Detwiler RP | OAK SIT Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (8/16/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYM@ARI Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START Braden Shipley SP | ARI START
KC@DET Danny Duffy SP | KC START Justin Verlander SP | DET START
CHW@CLE Jose Quintana SP | CHW START Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
LAD@PHI Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START Vince Velasquez RP | PHI START
WAS@COL Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS SIT Chad Bettis SP | COL SIT
TOR@NYY Marco Estrada SP | TOR START Michael Pineda SP | NYY SIT
MIN@ATL Ervin Santana SP | MIN START Joel De La Cruz RP | ATL SIT
STL@HOU Jaime Garcia SP | STL START Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START
PIT@SF Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START Jeff Samardzija SP | SF SIT
BOS@BAL Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS SIT Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL SIT
SD@TB Edwin Jackson RP | SD SIT Blake Snell SP | TB START
MIL@CHC Matt Garza SP | MIL SIT Trevor Cahill SP | CHC SIT
MIL@CHC Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT Jason Hammel SP | CHC START
SEA@LAA James Paxton SP | SEA START Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA SIT
MIA@CIN Jose Urena RP | MIA Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN START
OAK@TEX Andrew Triggs RP | OAK SIT Lucas Harrell SP | TEX SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (8/17/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
WAS@COL Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START Jon Gray SP | COL START
BOS@BAL David Price SP | BOS START Chris Tillman SP | BAL START
CHW@CLE TBA TBD Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START
TOR@NYY J.A. Happ SP | TOR START CC Sabathia SP | NYY SIT
STL@HOU Carlos Martinez SP | STL START Doug Fister SP | HOU START
LAD@PHI Scott Kazmir SP | LAD START Jake Thompson SP | PHI SIT
KC@DET Yordano Ventura SP | KC START Anibal Sanchez SP | DET SIT
MIL@CHC Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL SIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START
OAK@TEX Sean Manaea SP | OAK SIT Yu Darvish SP | TEX START
MIA@CIN Andrew Cashner SP | MIA SIT Homer Bailey SP | CIN START
PIT@SF Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Matt Cain SP | SF SIT
MIN@ATL Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START
NYM@ARI Jonathon Niese SP | NYM SIT Zack Godley SP | ARI SIT
SD@TB Christian Friedrich RP | SD SIT Chris Archer SP | TB START
SEA@LAA Ariel Miranda P | SEA SIT Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (8/18/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYM@SF Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START
MIA@CIN Jose Fernandez SP | MIA START Dan Straily SP | CIN START
SEA@LAA Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA START Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START
MIL@CHC Zach Davies SP | MIL SIT Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START
BOS@DET Steven Wright SP | BOS START Matt Boyd SP | DET SIT
HOU@BAL Joe Musgrove SP | HOU START Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START
CHW@CLE Carlos Rodon SP | CHW SIT Danny Salazar SP | CLE START
ARI@SD Archie Bradley SP | ARI START Paul Clemens RP | SD SIT
MIN@KC Jose Berrios SP | MIN START Dillon Gee SP | KC SIT
WAS@ATL Reynaldo Lopez SP | WAS START Rob Whalen SP | ATL SIT
LAD@PHI Bud Norris RP | LAD START Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (8/19/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
TEX@TB Cole Hamels SP | TEX START Matt Andriese RP | TB SIT
BOS@DET Rick Porcello SP | BOS START Michael Fulmer SP | DET START
WAS@ATL Tanner Roark RP | WAS START Julio Teheran SP | ATL START
CHC@COL Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START Tyler Anderson SP | COL SIT
NYM@SF Steven Matz SP | NYM START Johnny Cueto SP | SF START
NYY@LAA Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START Jered Weaver SP | LAA SIT
ARI@SD Zack Greinke SP | ARI START Jarred Cosart SP | SD SIT
STL@PHI Adam Wainwright SP | STL START Adam Morgan SP | PHI SIT
HOU@BAL Collin McHugh SP | HOU START Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT
MIA@PIT Tom Koehler SP | MIA START Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START
TOR@CLE Francisco Liriano SP | TOR SIT Trevor Bauer SP | CLE SIT
OAK@CHW Kendall Graveman SP | OAK SIT James Shields SP | CHW START
MIN@KC Tyler Duffey SP | MIN SIT Edinson Volquez SP | KC SIT
LAD@PHI TBA TBD Cody Reed SP | CIN SIT
MIL@SEA Wily Peralta SP | MIL SIT Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (8/20/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
WAS@ATL Max Scherzer SP | WAS START Tyrell Jenkins SP | ATL SIT
MIL@SEA TBA TBD Felix Hernandez SP | SEA START
CHC@COL John Lackey SP | CHC START Tyler Chatwood SP | COL SIT
TOR@CLE Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR START Josh Tomlin SP | CLE START
BOS@DET Drew Pomeranz RP | BOS START Daniel Norris SP | DET SIT
NYM@SF Bartolo Colon SP | NYM SIT Matt Moore SP | SF START
ARI@SD Robbie Ray SP | ARI START Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT
MIN@KC Hector Santiago SP | MIN SIT Ian Kennedy SP | KC START
HOU@BAL Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT
STL@PHI TBA TBD Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI START
TEX@TB A.J. Griffin SP | TEX SIT Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START
MIA@PIT David Phelps SP | MIA SIT Chad Kuhl SP | PIT START
NYY@LAA TBA TBD Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT
LAD@CIN Brett Anderson SP | LAD START Brandon Finnegan RP | CIN SIT
OAK@CHW Zach Neal P | OAK SIT Chris Sale SP | CHW START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (8/21/16)
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYM@SF Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START
HOU@BAL Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START Yovani Gallardo SP | BAL SIT
LAD@CIN Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN START
CHC@COL Jason Hammel SP | CHC START Jorge De La Rosa SP | COL SIT
WAS@ATL Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Joel De La Cruz RP | ATL SIT
TOR@CLE Marcus Stroman SP | TOR SIT Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
MIN@KC Ervin Santana SP | MIN SIT Danny Duffy SP | KC START
STL@PHI Mike Leake SP | STL START Vince Velasquez RP | PHI START
BOS@DET Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS SIT Justin Verlander SP | DET START
ARI@SD Braden Shipley SP | ARI START Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT
TEX@TB Martin Perez SP | TEX START Drew Smyly SP | TB START
MIL@SEA Matt Garza SP | MIL SIT James Paxton SP | SEA START
OAK@CHW Ross Detwiler RP | OAK SIT Jose Quintana SP | CHW START
MIA@PIT Jose Urena RP | MIA SIT Ryan Vogelsong SP | PIT START
NYY@LAA Chad Green P | NYY SIT Jhoulys Chacin SP | LAA SIT

 

 

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