Week 25 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

1 year ago by Bill Dubiel

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