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Week 23 Start/Sit Matchups: MLB Starting Pitchers (SP)

Bill Dubiel's Week 23 (2017) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 23, and will be updated as more starters are announced. 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.

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.

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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/4/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Robbie Ray SP | ARI START Rich Hill SP | LAD START
CHC@PIT Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT
CLE@CHW Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START James Shields SP | CHW SIT
HOU@SEA Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START Erasmo Ramirez RP | SEA SIT
KC@DET Jake Junis SP | KC START Artie Lewicki SP | DET SIT
LAA@OAK Parker Bridwell RP | LAA START Chris Smith RP | OAK SIT
MIL@CIN Chase Anderson SP | MIL START Homer Bailey SP | CIN SIT
MIN@TB Jose Berrios SP | MIN START Alex Cobb SP | TB START
NYY@BAL Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY SIT Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START
PHI@NYM Mark Leiter RP | PHI START Rafael Montero RP | NYM START
SF@COL Chris Stratton RP | SF SIT Chad Bettis SP | COL SIT
STL@SD Carlos Martinez SP | STL START Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT
TEX@ATL Andrew Cashner SP | TEX START R.A. Dickey SP | ATL START
TOR@BOS J.A. Happ SP | TOR START Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
WAS@MIA A.J. Cole SP | WAS SIT Adam Conley SP | MIA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/5/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Zack Greinke SP | ARI START Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD START
CHC@PIT Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START Steven Brault SP | PIT SIT
CLE@CHW Danny Salazar SP | CLE SIT TBA TBD
HOU@SEA Justin Verlander SP | HOU START Ariel Miranda SP | SEA SIT
KC@DET Jason Vargas SP | KC START Anibal Sanchez SP | DET SIT
LAA@OAK Garrett Richards SP | LAA SIT Kendall Graveman SP | OAK SIT
MIL@CIN Zach Davies SP | MIL START Robert Stephenson SP | CIN SIT
MIN@TB Bartolo Colon SP | MIN SIT Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START
NYY@BAL CC Sabathia SP | NYY START Jeremy Hellickson SP | BAL SIT
PHI@NYM Ben Lively SP | PHI SIT Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START
SF@COL Ty Blach SP | SF SIT TBA TBD
STL@SD Michael Wacha SP | STL START Travis Wood RP | SD SIT
TEX@ATL Miguel Gonzalez SP | TEX START Julio Teheran SP | ATL START
TOR@BOS Marco Estrada SP | TOR START Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS START
WAS@MIA Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START Odrisamer Despaigne RP | MIA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/6/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Taijuan Walker SP | ARI START Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START
CHC@PIT Jose Quintana SP | CHC START Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START
CLE@CHW Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW SIT
HOU@SEA Lance McCullers SP | HOU SIT Mike Leake SP | SEA SIT
KC@DET Jason Hammel SP | KC START Matthew Boyd SP | DET SIT
LAA@OAK Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA SIT Sean Manaea SP | OAK START
MIL@CIN Matt Garza SP | MIL SIT Luis Castillo SP | CIN START
MIN@TB Aaron Slegers RP | MIN SIT Blake Snell SP | TB SIT
NYY@BAL Sonny Gray SP | NYY START Kevin Gausman SP | BAL START
PHI@NYM Nick Pivetta SP | PHI START TBA TBD
SF@COL Johnny Cueto SP | SF SIT Kyle Freeland SP | COL START
STL@SD Jack Flaherty SP | STL SIT Dinelson Lamet SP | SD START
TEX@ATL Cole Hamels SP | TEX START Sean Newcomb SP | ATL SIT
TOR@BOS Joe Biagini RP | TOR SIT Doug Fister SP | BOS SIT
WAS@MIA Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Dillon Peters SP | MIA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/7/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHC@PIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START
CIN@NYM Tyler Mahle SP | CIN SIT Matt Harvey SP | NYM SIT
CLE@CHW Corey Kluber SP | CLE START Carlos Rodon SP | CHW START
COL@LAD Jon Gray SP | COL START Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START
MIA@ATL Dan Straily SP | MIA START Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START
MIN@KC Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Onelki Garcia RP | KC SIT
PHI@WAS Aaron Nola SP | PHI START Tanner Roark SP | WAS START
STL@SD Lance Lynn SP | STL START Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/8/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@CLE Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START
CIN@NYM Sal Romano SP | CIN SIT Seth Lugo SP | NYM SIT
COL@LAD German Marquez SP | COL START Yu Darvish SP | LAD START
DET@TOR Buck Farmer RP | DET SIT Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START
HOU@OAK Brad Peacock SP | HOU SIT Jharel Cotton SP | OAK SIT
LAA@SEA Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA SIT
MIA@ATL Jose Urena RP | MIA START Lucas Sims SP | ATL SIT
MIL@CHC Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL START John Lackey SP | CHC START
MIN@KC Ervin Santana SP | MIN START Ian Kennedy SP | KC SIT
NYY@TEX Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START A.J. Griffin SP | TEX START
PHI@WAS Jake Thompson SP | PHI SIT Max Scherzer SP | WAS START
PIT@STL Trevor Williams RP | PIT START Luke Weaver SP | STL START
SD@ARI Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD SIT Patrick Corbin SP | ARI START
SF@CHW Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START Lucas Giolito SP | CHW START
TB@BOS Chris Archer SP | TB START Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/9/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@CLE Chris Tillman SP | BAL SIT Josh Tomlin SP | CLE SIT
CIN@NYM Homer Bailey SP | CIN SIT Chris Flexen RP | NYM SIT
COL@LAD Chad Bettis SP | COL SIT Rich Hill SP | LAD START
DET@TOR Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT Brett Anderson SP | TOR SIT
HOU@OAK Charlie Morton SP | HOU START Daniel Gossett SP | OAK SIT
LAA@SEA Andrew Heaney SP | LAA SIT Andrew Albers RP | SEA SIT
MIA@ATL Adam Conley SP | MIA START Max Fried SP | ATL SIT
MIL@CHC Brandon Woodruff SP | MIL SIT Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START
MIN@KC Jose Berrios SP | MIN START Jake Junis SP | KC START
NYY@TEX Luis Severino SP | NYY START Martin Perez SP | TEX
PHI@WAS Mark Leiter RP | PHI SIT Edwin Jackson SP | WAS START
PIT@STL Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT Carlos Martinez SP | STL START
SD@ARI Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Zack Godley RP | ARI START
SF@CHW Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START James Shields SP | CHW SIT
TB@BOS Matt Andriese SP | TB SIT Chris Sale SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/10/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@CLE Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START
CIN@NYM Robert Stephenson SP | CIN SIT Rafael Montero RP | NYM SIT
COL@LAD TBA TBD Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD START
DET@TOR Chad Bell SP | DET SIT J.A. Happ SP | TOR START
HOU@OAK Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START Kendall Graveman SP | OAK SIT
LAA@SEA Parker Bridwell RP | LAA START Erasmo Ramirez RP | SEA SIT
MIA@ATL Odrisamer Despaigne RP | MIA SIT R.A. Dickey SP | ATL START
MIL@CHC Chase Anderson SP | MIL START Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START
MIN@KC Bartolo Colon SP | MIN SIT Jason Vargas SP | KC START
NYY@TEX Jaime Garcia SP | NYY SIT Andrew Cashner SP | TEX SIT
PHI@WAS Ben Lively SP | PHI SIT Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START
PIT@STL Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Michael Wacha SP | STL START
SD@ARI Travis Wood RP | SD SIT Robbie Ray SP | ARI START
SF@CHW Chris Stratton RP | SF SIT TBA TBD
TB@BOS Alex Cobb SP | TB START Rick Porcello SP | BOS SIT

 

More Week 23 Lineup Prep




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Available for Game 3 Against Thunder
De'Aaron Fox

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Jackson Merrill

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James Harden

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Donovan Mitchell

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Seth Jarvis

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Josh Hart

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Jakub Dobes

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Cole Caufield

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Nick Suzuki

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Jrue Holiday

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Ayo Dosunmu

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Dylan Harper

Considered Questionable for Friday Night
De'Aaron Fox

Listed as Questionable for Game 3
Jalen Williams

Questionable for Game 3 Against Spurs
Alex Tuch

Hopes to Remain in Buffalo
Sidney Crosby

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Troy Terry

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Arber Xhekaj

Scratched for Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals
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Frederik Andersen

Looks to Stay Undefeated Thursday
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Not Taking Part in OTAs as Value Continues to Plummet
Robby Snelling

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Stephon Castle

Tallies Team-High 25 Points in Game 2 Loss
Victor Wembanyama

Records Eighth Postseason Double-Double
Valeri Nichushkin

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Nathan MacKinnon

Extends Point Streak With an Assist
Jackson Merrill

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CFB

Lincoln Riley Believes USC is Ready for Playoff Run
CFB

Notre Dame-Stanford Rivalry Renewed Through 2028
CFB

Ahmad Hardy Says He's "Back to the Road to Success"
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Texas Tech Graduate Judge Recuses Himself from Brendan Sorsby Case
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UCLA Tackle Jordan Davis Officially Eligible for 2026 Season
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Bret Bielema Supports Significant College Football Playoff Expansion
Michael Thorbjornsen

Brings High Upside to CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Luke List

Carrying Poor Form Into CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Tom Kim

Hoping to Build on Strong Myrtle Beach Finish
PGA

Sungjae Im Brings Upside to TPC Craig Ranch
Billy Horschel

Looking for Turnaround at CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Adam Hadwin

Difficult to Trust at TPC Craig Ranch
Tony Finau

Looking for Consistency at TPC Craig Ranch
Luke Clanton

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Aaron Rai

Withdraws From CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Wyndham Clark

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Jordan Spieth

Looking For Victory at TPC Craig Ranch
PGA

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Brooks Koepka

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Gerrit Cole

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Drake Baldwin

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CFB

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CFB

Mark Bowman a Day 1 Impact Player for USC?
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Rocco Becht The "Unifier" of Penn State's Roster
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Jose Altuve

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Corey Seager

Going on Injured List With Back Injury
Jeremy Peña

Jeremy Pena Reinstated and Starting on Monday Against Twins
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Arnold Allen

Bounces Back
Daniel Santos

Suffers Second-Round TKO Loss
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Suffers His Second Loss In A Row
Juan Diaz

Scores Second-Round Submission
Christian Edwards

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Transfer Running Back Arnold Barnes Visiting Iowa State on Monday
Modestas Bukauskas

Gets Split-Decision Win
Jhostynxon Garcia

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Colt Emerson

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Munetaka Murakami

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Cristopher Sánchez

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Clay Holmes

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