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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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