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What’s up RotoBallers, hopefully your team is still in the chase as we start heading down the fantasy baseball home stretch. Below are all of the starting pitching matchups for Week 22. 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.
This week we have some nice two-start pitchers going (Bumgarner, Cueto, Wood, Shields, Hamels, Cobb, Duffy, Shoemaker, Lynn). And as always, there are some viable starting pitcher sleepers and streamers to consider off the waiver wire (Wada, Paxton, Hendricks, Nelson, Worley, Carrasco, Liriano, Santana, McHugh, Hellickson, Eovaldi), depending on your league size and format including AL-Only and NL-Only leagues.
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 all of the pitching performances thus far this season, 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.
Good luck this week RotoBallers. Let’s win some leagues!
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
Editor’s Note: RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups list is updated every single day. Our awesome writers bring you analysis on hot or emerging starting pitchers, and also all other fantasy positions. You can also download our waiver wire iPhone app for free, and easily stay updated.
Projected starters and matchups last updated Monday 8/25:
Probable Pitchers - Monday (8/25/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start/ Sit | Home Starter | Start/ Sit |
| BOS@TOR | Buchholz, Clay SP | BOS | Sit | Happ, J.A. SP | TOR | Sit |
| COL@SF | Matzek, Tyler SP | COL | Sit | Peavy, Jake SP | SF | Start |
| MIA@LAA | Cosart, Jarred SP | MIA | Sit | LeBlanc, Wade RP | LAA | Sit |
| MIL@SD | Lohse, Kyle SP | MIL | Sit | Stults, Eric SP | SD | Sit |
| NYY@KC | Pineda, Michael SP | NYY | Start | Shields, James SP | KC | Start |
| OAK@HOU | Samardzija, Jeff SP | OAK | Start | Feldman, Scott SP | HOU | Sit |
| STL@PIT | Lackey, John SP | STL | Sit | Liriano, Francisco SP | PIT | Start |
| TB@BAL | Odorizzi, Jake SP | TB | Start | Tillman, Chris SP | BAL | Start |
| TEX@SEA | Mikolas, Miles RP | TEX | Sit | Elias, Roenis SP | SEA | Start |
| WAS@PHI | Roark, Tanner SP | WAS | Start | Burnett, A.J. SP | PHI | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Tuesday (8/26/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start/ Sit | Home Starter | Start/ Sit |
| ATL@NYM | Wood, Alex RP | ATL | Start | Gee, Dillon SP | NYM | Start |
| BOS@TOR | De La Rosa, Rubby RP | BOS | Sit | Dickey, R.A. SP | TOR | Sit |
| CHC@CIN | Wood, Travis SP | CHC | Sit | Cueto, Johnny SP | CIN | Start |
| CLE@CHW | House, T.J. SP | CLE | Sit | Quintana, Jose SP | CHW | Start |
| COL@SF | De La Rosa, Jorge SP | COL | Sit | Bumgarner, Madison SP | SF | Start |
| LAD@ARI | Hernandez, Roberto SP | LAD | Sit | Cahill, Trevor SP | ARI | Sit |
| MIA@LAA | Eovaldi, Nathan SP | MIA | Start | Shoemaker, Matt SP | LAA | Start |
| MIL@SD | Nelson, Jimmy RP | MIL | Start | Ross, Tyson RP | SD | Start |
| MIN@KC | Nolasco, Ricky SP | MIN | Sit | Duffy, Danny SP | KC | Start |
| NYY@DET | McCarthy, Brandon SP | NYY | Start | Porcello, Rick SP | DET | Start |
| OAK@HOU | Hammel, Jason SP | OAK | Start | Keuchel, Dallas SP | HOU | Start |
| STL@PIT | Lynn, Lance SP | STL | Start | Cole, Gerrit SP | PIT | Start |
| TB@BAL | Cobb, Alex SP | TB | Start | Chen, Wei-Yin SP | BAL | Start |
| TEX@SEA | Martinez, Nick P | TEX | Sit | Paxton, James SP | SEA | Start |
| WAS@PHI | Gonzalez, Gio SP | WAS | Start | Hamels, Cole SP | PHI | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Wednesday (8/27/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start/ Sit | Home Starter | Start/ Sit |
| ATL@NYM | Teheran, Julio SP | ATL | Start | Wheeler, Zack SP | NYM | Start |
| BOS@TOR | Kelly, Joe RP | BOS | Sit | Stroman, Marcus SP | TOR | Sit |
| CHC@CIN | Turner, Jacob SP | CHC | Sit | Holmberg, David SP | CIN | Sit |
| CLE@CHW | Kluber, Corey SP | CLE | Start | Noesi, Hector RP | CHW | Sit |
| COL@SF | Morales, Franklin RP | COL | Sit | Hudson, Tim SP | SF | Start |
| LAD@ARI | Kershaw, Clayton SP | LAD | Start | Miley, Wade SP | ARI | Sit |
| MIA@LAA | Alvarez, Henderson SP | MIA | Sit | Santiago, Hector SP | LAA | Start |
| MIL@SD | Gallardo, Yovani SP | MIL | Start | Despaigne, Odrisamer SP | SD | Sit |
| MIN@KC | Hughes, Phil SP | MIN | Start | Ventura, Yordano SP | KC | Start |
| NYY@DET | Greene, Shane SP | NYY | Sit | Price, David SP | DET | Start |
| OAK@HOU | Pomeranz, Drew SP | OAK | Start | Peacock, Brad SP | HOU | Sit |
| STL@PIT | Wainwright, Adam SP | STL | Start | Locke, Jeff SP | PIT | Sit |
| TB@BAL | Smyly, Drew RP | TB | Start | Gausman, Kevin RP | BAL | Start |
| TEX@SEA | Lewis, Colby SP | TEX | Sit | Hernandez, Felix SP | SEA | Start |
| WAS@PHI | Fister, Doug SP | WAS | Start | Kendrick, Kyle SP | PHI | Sit |
Probable Pitchers - Thursday (8/28/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start/ Sit | Home Starter | Start/ Sit |
| ATL@NYM | Minor, Mike SP | ATL | Start | Niese, Jonathon SP | NYM | Start |
| CHC@CIN | Arrieta, Jake SP | CHC | Start | Latos, Mat SP | CIN | Start |
| CLE@CHW | Carrasco, Carlos SP | CLE | Start | Danks, John SP | CHW | Sit |
| COL@SF | Lyles, Jordan SP | COL | Sit | Lincecum, Tim SP | SF | Sit |
| MIN@KC | Milone, Tommy SP | MIN | Sit | Guthrie, Jeremy SP | KC | Sit |
| NYY@DET | Kuroda, Hiroki SP | NYY | Sit | Verlander, Justin SP | DET | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Gray, Sonny SP | OAK | Start | Wilson, C.J. SP | LAA | Sit |
| TB@BAL | Hellickson, Jeremy SP | TB | Start | Norris, Bud SP | BAL | Sit |
| TEX@HOU | Tepesch, Nick SP | TEX | Sit | McHugh, Collin SP | HOU | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Friday (8/29/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start/ Sit | Home Starter | Start/ Sit |
| BOS@TB | Ranaudo, Anthony SP | BOS | Sit | Archer, Chris SP | TB | Start |
| CHC@STL | Hendricks, Kyle SP | CHC | Start | Miller, Shelby SP | STL | Sit |
| CIN@PIT | Leake, Mike SP | CIN | Start | Volquez, Edinson SP | PIT | Start |
| CLE@KC | Salazar, Danny SP | CLE | Start | Vargas, Jason SP | KC | Sit |
| COL@ARI | Bergman, Christian SP | COL | Sit | Collmenter, Josh RP | ARI | Sit |
| DET@CHW | Scherzer, Max SP | DET | Start | Carroll, Scott SP | CHW | Sit |
| LAD@SD | Haren, Dan SP | LAD | Sit | Cashner, Andrew SP | SD | Start |
| MIA@ATL | Koehler, Tom SP | MIA | Sit | Santana, Ervin SP | ATL | Start |
| MIL@SF | Peralta, Wily SP | MIL | Start | Vogelsong, Ryan SP | SF | Start |
| MIN@BAL | May, Trevor SP | MIN | Sit | Gonzalez, Miguel SP | BAL | Sit |
| NYY@TOR | Capuano, Chris SP | NYY | Sit | Buehrle, Mark SP | TOR | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Lester, Jon SP | OAK | Start | Weaver, Jered SP | LAA | Start |
| PHI@NYM | Buchanan, David SP | PHI | Sit | deGrom, Jacob SP | NYM | Start |
| TEX@HOU | TBD | TBD | Oberholtzer, Brett SP | HOU | Sit |
| WAS@SEA | Zimmermann, Jordan SP | WAS | Start | Young, Chris SP | SEA | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Saturday (8/30/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start/ Sit | Home Starter | Start/ Sit |
| BOS@TB | Webster, Allen SP | BOS | Sit | Odorizzi, Jake SP | TB | Start |
| CHC@STL | Wada, Tsuyoshi SP | CHC | Start | Masterson, Justin SP | STL | Sit |
| CIN@PIT | Simon, Alfredo RP | CIN | Sit | Worley, Vance SP | PIT | Start |
| CLE@KC | Bauer, Trevor SP | CLE | Sit | Shields, James SP | KC | Start |
| COL@ARI | Matzek, Tyler SP | COL | Sit | Nuno, Vidal SP | ARI | Sit |
| DET@CHW | TBD | TBD | Sale, Chris SP | CHW | Start |
| LAD@SD | Greinke, Zack SP | LAD | Start | Kennedy, Ian SP | SD | Start |
| MIA@ATL | Hand, Brad RP | MIA | Sit | Harang, Aaron SP | ATL | Sit |
| MIL@SF | Fiers, Mike RP | MIL | Start | Peavy, Jake SP | SF | Sit |
| MIN@BAL | Gibson, Kyle SP | MIN | Sit | Tillman, Chris SP | BAL | Start |
| NYY@TOR | Pineda, Michael SP | NYY | Start | Hutchison, Drew SP | TOR | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Kazmir, Scott SP | OAK | Start | TBD | TBD |
| PHI@NYM | Williams, Jerome SP | PHI | Sit | Colon, Bartolo SP | NYM | Start |
| TEX@HOU | Mikolas, Miles RP | TEX | Sit | Feldman, Scott SP | HOU | Sit |
| WAS@SEA | Strasburg, Stephen SP | WAS | Start | Iwakuma, Hisashi SP | SEA | Start |
Probable Pitchers - Sunday (8/31/14) |
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| Game | Visiting Starter | Start/ Sit | Home Starter | Start/ Sit |
| BOS@TB | Buchholz, Clay SP | BOS | Sit | Cobb, Alex SP | TB | Start |
| CHC@STL | Turner, Jacob SP | CHC | Sit | Lynn, Lance SP | STL | Start |
| CIN@PIT | Cueto, Johnny SP | CIN | Start | Liriano, Francisco SP | PIT | Start |
| CLE@KC | House, T.J. SP | CLE | Sit | Duffy, Danny SP | KC | Start |
| COL@ARI | De La Rosa, Jorge SP | COL | Sit | Anderson, Chase SP | ARI | Sit |
| DET@CHW | Price, David SP | DET | Start | Noesi, Hector RP | CHW | Sit |
| LAD@SD | Correia, Kevin SP | LAD | Sit | Stults, Eric SP | SD | Sit |
| MIA@ATL | Cosart, Jarred SP | MIA | Sit | Wood, Alex RP | ATL | Start |
| MIL@SF | Lohse, Kyle SP | MIL | Start | Bumgarner, Madison SP | SF | Start |
| MIN@BAL | Nolasco, Ricky SP | MIN | Sit | Chen, Wei-Yin SP | BAL | Start |
| NYY@TOR | McCarthy, Brandon SP | NYY | Start | Happ, J.A. SP | TOR | Sit |
| OAK@LAA | Samardzija, Jeff SP | OAK | Start | Shoemaker, Matt SP | LAA | Start |
| PHI@NYM | Burnett, A.J. SP | PHI | Sit | Gee, Dillon SP | NYM | Start |
| TEX@HOU | Martinez, Nick P | TEX | Sit | Keuchel, Dallas SP | HOU | Start |
| WAS@SEA | Roark, Tanner SP | WAS | Start | Elias, Roenis SP | SEA | Start |
