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Week 24 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

Bill Dubiel's Week 24 (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 24! 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 24, 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 (9/10/18) - MONDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Zack Godley SP | ARI SIT German Marquez SP | COL START
ATL@SF Sean Newcomb SP | ATL SIT Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF START
CHW@KC Lucas Giolito SP | CHW START Jake Junis SP | KC START
CLE@TB Corey Kluber SP | CLE START Diego Castillo RP | TB SIT
HOU@DET Justin Verlander SP | HOU START Francisco Liriano RP | DET SIT
LAD@CIN Alex Wood SP | LAD START Cody Reed RP | CIN SIT
MIA@NYM PPD PPD PPD PPD
MIL@CHC Wade Miley SP | MIL START Jon Lester SP | CHC START
NYY@MIN J.A. Happ SP | NYY START Kyle Gibson SP | MIN START
PIT@STL Trevor Williams SP | PIT START Adam Wainwright SP | STL SIT
TEX@LAA Mike Minor RP | TEX START Jaime Barria SP | LAA START
WAS@PHI PPD PPD PPD PPD
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/11/18) - TUESDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Zack Greinke SP | ARI START Antonio Senzatela SP | COL SIT
ATL@SF Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START Andrew Suarez SP | SF SIT
CHW@KC Dylan Covey SP | CHW SIT Brad Keller SP | KC SIT
CLE@TB Shane Bieber SP | CLE START Tyler Glasnow SP | TB START
HOU@DET Framber Valdez RP | HOU START Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT
LAD@CIN Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD START Luis Castillo SP | CIN START
MIA@NYM Jose Urena SP | MIA START Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START
MIL@CHC Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL SIT Jose Quintana SP | CHC START
NYY@MIN Sonny Gray SP | NYY START Tyler Duffey RP | MIN SIT
OAK@BAL Mike Fiers SP | OAK START Alex Cobb SP | BAL SIT
PIT@STL Joe Musgrove RP | PIT SIT Miles Mikolas SP | STL START
SD@SEA Bryan Mitchell RP | SD SIT Marco Gonzales SP | SEA START
TEX@LAA Adrian Sampson SP | TEX SIT Jim Johnson RP | LAA SIT
TOR@BOS Ryan Borucki RP | TOR SIT Chris Sale SP | BOS START
WAS@PHI Erick Fedde SP | WAS SIT Nick Pivetta SP | PHI SIT
WAS@PHI Tanner Roark SP | WAS START Jake Arrieta SP | PHI START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/12/18) - WEDNESDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Patrick Corbin SP | ARI START Jon Gray SP | COL SIT
ATL@SF Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL START Derek Holland SP | SF START
CHW@KC Carlos Rodon SP | CHW START Eric Skogland SP | KC SIT
CLE@TB Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Blake Snell SP | TB START
HOU@DET Gerrit Cole SP | HOU START Daniel Norris SP | DET SIT
LAD@CIN Ross Stripling SP | LAD START Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN SIT
MIA@NYM Trevor Richards SP | MIA SIT Zack Wheeler SP | NYM START
MIL@CHC Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START
NYY@MIN Luis Severino SP | NYY START Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN SIT
OAK@BAL Liam Hendriks SP | OAK SIT Andrew Cashner SP | BAL SIT
PIT@STL Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START Daniel Poncedeleon SP | STL START
SD@SEA Joey Lucchesi SP | SD SIT Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA START
TEX@LAA Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX SIT Felix Pena RP | LAA START
TOR@BOS Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR SIT David Price SP | BOS START
WAS@PHI Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START Aaron Nola SP | PHI START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/13/18) - THURSDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@COL Clay Buchholz SP | ARI START Kyle Freeland SP | COL START
CHC@WAS Mike Montgomery SP | CHC SIT Joe Ross SP | WAS SIT
LAD@STL Clayton Kershaw RP | LAD START Austin Gomber SP | STL SIT
MIA@NYM Sandy Alcantara RP | MIA SIT Steven Matz SP | NYM START
MIN@KC Stephen Gonsalves SP | MIN SIT Heath Fillmyer RP | KC SIT
OAK@BAL Brett Anderson SP | OAK SIT Dylan Bundy SP | BAL SIT
SEA@LAA Mike Leake SP | SEA START Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA SIT
TOR@BOS Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR SIT Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/14/18) - FRIDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@HOU Robbie Ray SP | ARI START Charlie Morton SP | HOU SIT
CHW@BAL James Shields SP | CHW START David Hess P | BAL SIT
CIN@CHC Matt Harvey SP | CIN START Mike Montgomery RP | CHC SIT
COL@SF Tyler Anderson SP | COL START Chris Stratton SP | SF SIT
DET@CLE Matthew Boyd SP | DET START Adam Plutko SP | CLE SIT
LAD@STL Rich Hill SP | LAD START John Gant RP | STL START
MIA@PHI Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA START Zach Eflin SP | PHI SIT
MIN@KC Jose Berrios SP | MIN START Jorge Lopez SP | KC SIT
NYM@BOS Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START Hector Velazquez RP | BOS START
OAK@TB Trevor Cahill SP | OAK START TBA TBD
PIT@MIL Chris Archer SP | PIT START Gio Gonzalez SP | MIL START
SEA@LAA James Paxton SP | SEA START Andrew Heaney SP | LAA START
TEX@SD Yohander Mendez RP | TEX SIT Eric Lauer SP | SD START
TOR@NYY Marco Estrada SP | TOR SIT Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START
WAS@ATL Max Scherzer SP | WAS START Kevin Gausman SP | ATL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/15/18) - SATURDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@HOU Zack Godley SP | ARI SIT Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START
CHW@BAL Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW START Josh Rogers RP | BAL SIT
CIN@CHC Tyler Mahle SP | CIN SIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START
COL@SF German Marquez SP | COL START Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START
DET@CLE Michael Fulmer SP | DET SIT Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START
LAD@STL Alex Wood SP | LAD START Adam Wainwright SP | STL SIT
MIA@PHI Jeff Brigham RP | MIA SIT Vince Velasquez SP | PHI SIT
MIN@KC Zack Littell SP | MIN SIT Ian Kennedy SP | KC START
NYM@BOS Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
OAK@TB TBA TBD TBA TBD
PIT@MIL Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Zach Davies SP | MIL SIT
SEA@LAA Felix Hernandez SP | SEA SIT Jaime Barria SP | LAA START
TEX@SD Ariel Jurado SP | TEX SIT Brett Kennedy SP | SD SIT
TOR@NYY Sean Reid-Foley SP | TOR SIT Lance Lynn SP | NYY START
WAS@ATL Erick Fedde SP | WAS SIT Julio Teheran SP | ATL START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/16/18) - SUNDAY
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@HOU Zack Greinke SP | ARI START Justin Verlander SP | HOU START
CHW@BAL Lucas Giolito SP | CHW START Alex Cobb SP | BAL SIT
CIN@CHC Cody Reed RP | CIN SIT Jose Quintana SP | CHC START
COL@SF Antonio Senzatela SP | COL START Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF START
DET@CLE Francisco Liriano RP | DET SIT Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
LAD@STL Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD START Miles Mikolas SP | STL START
MIA@PHI Jose Urena SP | MIA SIT Jake Arrieta SP | PHI START
MIN@KC Kyle Gibson SP | MIN START Jake Junis SP | KC START
NYM@BOS Jason Vargas SP | NYM SIT Chris Sale SP | BOS START
OAK@TB Mike Fiers SP | OAK START TBA TBD
PIT@MIL Trevor Williams SP | PIT START Wade Miley SP | MIL SIT
SEA@LAA Erasmo Ramirez SP | SEA SIT TBA TBD
TEX@SD Mike Minor RP | TEX START Robbie Erlin SP | SD SIT
TOR@NYY Ryan Borucki RP | TOR SIT CC Sabathia SP | NYY START
WAS@ATL Tanner Roark SP | WAS START Sean Newcomb SP | ATL SIT

 

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