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You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 25! 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 25, 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 - MONDAY (9/17/18) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@ARI | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | SIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| CIN@MIL | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | SIT | Wade Miley SP | MIL | START |
| COL@LAD | Jon Gray SP | COL | SIT | Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD | START |
| KC@PIT | Brad Keller SP | KC | START | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | START |
| MIN@DET | Gabriel Moya RP | MIN | SIT | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START |
| NYM@PHI | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START |
| SEA@HOU | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | SIT | Framber Valdez RP | HOU | SIT |
| SF@SD | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | START | Bryan Mitchell RP | SD | SIT |
| STL@ATL | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| TB@TEX | Tyler Glasnow SP | TB | START | Adrian Sampson SP | TEX | SIT |
| TOR@BAL | Ryan Borucki RP | TOR | START | Sean Gilmartin SP | BAL | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | Erick Fedde SP | WAS | START | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (9/18/18) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@NYY | Nathan Eovaldi SP | BOS | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | NYY | START |
| CHC@ARI | Mike Montgomery RP | CHC | SIT | Matt Andriese SP | ARI | SIT |
| CHW@CLE | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| CIN@MIL | Michael Lorenzen RP | CIN | SIT | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT |
| COL@LAD | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| KC@PIT | Eric Skoglund SP | KC | SIT | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| LAA@OAK | Tyler Skaggs RP | LAA | SIT | Liam Hendriks RP | OAK | SIT |
| MIN@DET | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | START | Daniel Norris SP | DET | SIT |
| NYM@PHI | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
| SEA@HOU | Mike Leake SP | SEA | SIT | Josh James SP | HOU | SIT |
| SF@SD | Derek Holland SP | SF | START | Joey Lucchesi SP | SD | START |
| STL@ATL | Austin Gomber SP | STL | SIT | Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL | START |
| TB@TEX | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Yovani Gallardo SP | TEX | SIT |
| TOR@BAL | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | START | Dylan Bundy SP | BAL | SIT |
| WAS@MIA | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Sandy Alcantara RP | MIA | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (9/19/18) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@NYY | David Price SP | BOS | SIT | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START |
| CHC@ARI | Cole Hamels SP | CHC | START | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START |
| CHW@CLE | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
| CIN@MIL | Matt Harvey SP | CIN | START | Gio Gonzalez SP | MIL | START |
| COL@LAD | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START | Walker Buehler RP | LAD | START |
| KC@PIT | Heath Fillmyer SP | KC | SIT | Chris Archer SP | PIT | START |
| LAA@OAK | Felix Pena SP | LAA | SIT | Brett Anderson SP | OAK | SIT |
| MIN@DET | Gabriel Moya SP | MIN | SIT | Spencer Turnbull SP | DET | SIT |
| NYM@PHI | Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM | START | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | SIT |
| SEA@HOU | Matt Festa SP | SEA | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| SF@SD | Chris Stratton SP | SF | SIT | Robbie Erlin SP | SD | SIT |
| STL@ATL | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | START | Touki Toussaint SP | ATL | START |
| TB@TEX | Diego Castillo RP | TB | SIT | Yohander Mendez RP | TEX | SIT |
| TOR@BAL | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | SIT | Jimmy Yacabonis RP | BAL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (9/20/18) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@NYY | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| CHW@CLE | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | SIT |
| CIN@MIA | Cody Reed RP | CIN | SIT | Sandy Alcantara RP | MIA | START |
| KC@DET | Jorge Lopez RP | KC | SIT | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
| LAA@OAK | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | SIT | Edwin Jackson SP | OAK | SIT |
| NYM@WAS | Jason Vargas SP | NYM | SIT | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START |
| PHI@ATL | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | SIT | Kevin Gausman SP | ATL | START |
| TB@TOR | TBA | TBD | Sean Reid-Foley SP | TOR | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (9/21/18) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@NYY | Yefry Ramirez RP | BAL | SIT | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START |
| BOS@CLE | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START |
| CHC@CHW | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START |
| CIN@MIA | Luis Castillo SP | CIN | START | Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA | SIT |
| COL@ARI | German Marquez SP | COL | START | Zack Godley SP | ARI | SIT |
| KC@DET | Ian Kennedy SP | KC | START | Francisco Liriano RP | DET | START |
| LAA@HOU | Andrew Heaney SP | LAA | START | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
| MIL@PIT | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START |
| MIN@OAK | Chase De Jong SP | MIN | SIT | Trevor Cahill SP | OAK | SIT |
| NYM@WAS | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START | Joe Ross SP | WAS | START |
| PHI@ATL | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | SIT | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START |
| SD@LAD | Eric Lauer SP | SD | SIT | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
| SEA@TEX | Erasmo Ramirez SP | SEA | SIT | Ariel Jurado SP | TEX | SIT |
| SF@STL | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | John Gant RP | STL | SIT |
| TB@TOR | TBA | TBD | Thomas Pannone P | TOR | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (9/22/18) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@NYY | Alex Cobb SP | BAL | SIT | Lance Lynn SP | NYY | START |
| BOS@CLE | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Shane Bieber SP | CLE | SIT |
| CHC@CHW | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT |
| CIN@MIA | Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN | START | Jose Urena SP | MIA | START |
| COL@ARI | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | SIT | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| KC@DET | Jake Junis SP | KC | START | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | START |
| LAA@HOU | Jaime Barria SP | LAA | SIT | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
| MIL@PIT | Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL | SIT | Trevor Williams SP | PIT | START |
| MIN@OAK | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Mike Fiers SP | OAK | START |
| NYM@WAS | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START |
| PHI@ATL | Jake Arrieta SP | PHI | START | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | SIT |
| SD@LAD | Jacob Nix SP | SD | SIT | Ross Stripling RP | LAD | SIT |
| SEA@TEX | Marco Gonzales SP | SEA | SIT | Mike Minor RP | TEX | START |
| SF@STL | Dereck Rodriguez SP | SF | START | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | SIT |
| TB@TOR | Tyler Glasnow SP | TB | START | Ryan Borucki RP | TOR | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (9/23/18) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@NYY | Andrew Cashner SP | BAL | SIT | J.A. Happ SP | NYY | START |
| BOS@CLE | Nathan Eovaldi SP | BOS | SIT | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START |
| CHC@CHW | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | SIT | Carlos Rodon SP | CHW | START |
| CIN@MIA | TBA | TBD | Trevor Richards SP | MIA | SIT |
| COL@ARI | Jon Gray SP | COL | SIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| KC@DET | Brad Keller SP | KC | START | Daniel Norris SP | DET | SIT |
| LAA@HOU | Felix Pena RP | LAA | START | Framber Valdez RP | HOU | SIT |
| MIL@PIT | Wade Miley SP | MIL | START | Joe Musgrove RP | PIT | SIT |
| MIN@OAK | Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN | START | TBA | TBD |
| NYM@WAS | Steven Matz SP | NYM | START | Erick Fedde SP | WAS | START |
| PHI@ATL | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| SD@LAD | Bryan Mitchell RP | SD | SIT | Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD | START |
| SEA@TEX | Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA | START | Adrian Sampson SP | TEX | SIT |
| SF@STL | Andrew Suarez SP | SF | START | Miles Mikolas SP | STL | START |
| TB@TOR | Blake Snell SP | TB | START | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | START |
