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Bill Dubiel's Week 23 (2018) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two-start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.
You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 23! 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 23, 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 (9/3/18) - MONDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@SEA | Josh Rogers RP | BAL | SIT | Erasmo Ramirez SP | SEA | SIT |
| BOS@ATL | Nathan Eovaldi SP | BOS | SIT | Touki Toussaint SP | ATL | SIT |
| CHC@MIL | Cole Hamels SP | CHC | START | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT |
| CIN@PIT | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | START | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | START |
| DET@CHW | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | SIT | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START |
| KC@CLE | Jake Junis SP | KC | START | Adam Plutko SP | CLE | SIT |
| LAA@TEX | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | SIT | Jeffrey Springs RP | TEX | SIT |
| MIN@HOU | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| NYM@LAD | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
| NYY@OAK | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | SIT |
| PHI@MIA | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START | Jose Urena SP | MIA | SIT |
| SD@ARI | Bryan Mitchell RP | SD | SIT | Zack Godley SP | ARI | START |
| SF@COL | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT |
| STL@WAS | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| TB@TOR | Ryne Stanek RP | TB | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/4/18) - TUESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@SEA | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | START |
| BOS@ATL | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | START |
| CHC@MIL | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT | Wade Miley SP | MIL | START |
| CIN@PIT | Cody Reed RP | CIN | SIT | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | SIT |
| DET@CHW | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | SIT | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | START |
| KC@CLE | Danny Duffy SP | KC | SIT | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START |
| LAA@TEX | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START | Mike Minor RP | TEX | START |
| MIN@HOU | Trevor May RP | MIN | SIT | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
| NYM@LAD | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | SIT | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
| NYY@OAK | J.A. Happ SP | NYY | START | Liam Hendriks RP | OAK | SIT |
| PHI@MIA | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT |
| SD@ARI | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
| SF@COL | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START | German Marquez SP | COL | START |
| STL@WAS | John Gant SP | STL | START | Erick Fedde SP | WAS | SIT |
| TB@TOR | Ryne Stanek RP | TB | SIT | Ryan Borucki RP | TOR | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/5/18) - WEDNESDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@SEA | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
| BOS@ATL | Hector Velasquez RP | BOS | SIT | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| CHC@MIL | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | START |
| CIN@PIT | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| DET@CHW | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START | Michael Kopech SP | CHW | START |
| KC@CLE | Brad Keller SP | KC | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| LAA@TEX | Jaime Barria SP | LAA | SIT | Bartolo Colon SP | TEX | SIT |
| MIN@HOU | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | SIT | Framber Valdez RP | HOU | SIT |
| NYM@LAD | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START | Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD | START |
| NYY@OAK | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Mike Fiers SP | OAK | START |
| PHI@MIA | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | SIT | Sandy Alcantara RP | MIA | SIT |
| SF@COL | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | START | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | SIT |
| STL@WAS | Miles Mikolas RP | STL | START | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
| TB@TOR | Tyler Glasnow SP | TB | START | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/6/18) - THURSDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@ARI | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | SIT | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| CHC@WAS | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START |
| CLE@TOR | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | START | Sam Gavivlio SP | TOR | SIT |
| SD@CIN | Eric Lauer SP | SD | SIT | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/7/18) - FRIDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@ARI | Kevin Gausman SP | ATL | START | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| BAL@TB | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | SIT | Blake Snell SP | TB | START |
| CHC@WAS | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Jefry Rodriguez SP | WAS | SIT |
| CLE@TOR | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT |
| HOU@BOS | Gerrit Cole SP | HOU | START | David Price SP | BOS | START |
| KC@MIN | Heath Fillmyer SP | KC | SIT | Stephen Gonsalves SP | MIN | SIT |
| LAA@CHW | Felix Pena RP | LAA | SIT | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START |
| LAD@COL | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Jon Gray SP | COL | START |
| MIA@PIT | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Chris Archer SP | PIT | START |
| NYY@SEA | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| PHI@NYM | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START |
| SD@CIN | Brett Kennedy SP | SD | SIT | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START |
| SF@MIL | Derek Holland SP | SF | START | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT |
| STL@DET | Austin Gomber SP | STL | SIT | Daniel Norris SP | DET | SIT |
| TEX@OAK | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | SIT | Liam Hendriks SP | OAK | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/8/18) - SATURDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@ARI | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | SIT | Clay Buchholz SP | ARI | START |
| BAL@TB | David Hess P | BAL | SIT | Diego Castillo RP | TB | SIT |
| CHC@WAS | Jaime Garcia SP | CHC | SIT | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| CHC@WAS | Cole Hamels SP | CHC | START | Jefry Rodriguez SP | WAS | SIT |
| CLE@TOR | Adam Plutko SP | CLE | SIT | Sean Redi-Foley P | TOR | SIT |
| HOU@BOS | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START |
| KC@MIN | Jorge Lopez RP | KC | SIT | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START |
| LAA@CHW | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | SIT | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT |
| LAD@COL | Walker Buehler RP | LAD | START | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START |
| MIA@PIT | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START |
| NYY@SEA | Lance Lynn SP | NYY | SIT | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | SIT |
| PHI@NYM | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | SIT | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START |
| SD@CIN | Robbie Erlin SP | SD | SIT | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | START |
| SF@MIL | Chris Stratton SP | SF | START | Gio Gonazalez SP | MIL | SIT |
| STL@DET | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
| TEX@OAK | Yohander Mendez SP | TEX | SIT | Edwin Jackson SP | OAK | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/9/18) - SUNDAY | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@ARI | Touki Toussaint SP | ATL | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
| BAL@TB | Josh Rogers RP | BAL | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| CHC@WAS | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT | Erick Fedde SP | WAS | SIT |
| CLE@TOR | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START | Thomas Pannone RP | TOR | SIT |
| HOU@BOS | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START |
| KC@MIN | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBD |
| LAA@CHW | TBA | TBD | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START |
| LAD@COL | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | SIT |
| MIA@PIT | Jeff Brigham SP | MIA | SIT | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | START |
| NYY@SEA | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START | Erasmo Ramirez SP | SEA | SIT |
| PHI@NYM | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | START | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| SD@CIN | Jacob Nix RP | SD | SIT | Tyler Mahle RP | CIN | SIT |
| SF@MIL | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT |
| STL@DET | John Gant SP | STL | START | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | SIT |
| TEX@OAK | Ariel Jurado SP | TEX | SIT | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | START |
