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Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 25, 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.
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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 (9/18/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| BOS@BAL | Doug Fister SP | BOS | START | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | START |
| LAD@PHI | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | SIT |
| MIL@PIT | Brent Suter RP | MIL | SIT | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| MIN@NYY | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Jaime Garcia SP | NYY | SIT |
| NYM@MIA | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | SIT | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT |
| OAK@DET | Jharel Cotton SP | OAK | SIT | Buck Farmer RP | DET | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/19/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Zack Godley RP | ARI | START | Travis Wood RP | SD | SIT |
| BOS@BAL | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| CHC@TB | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| CHW@HOU | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| CLE@LAA | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | SIT |
| COL@SF | German Marquez SP | COL | START | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | SIT |
| KC@TOR | Sam Gaviglio RP | KC | SIT | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
| LAD@PHI | Yu Darvish SP | LAD | START | Aaron Nola SP | PHI | START |
| MIL@PIT | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START | Trevor Williams RP | PIT | SIT |
| MIN@NYY | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | START |
| NYM@MIA | Seth Lugo SP | NYM | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| OAK@DET | Daniel Gossett SP | OAK | SIT | Chad Bell SP | DET | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | SIT | Jackson Stephens RP | CIN | SIT |
| TEX@SEA | Martin Perez SP | TEX | START | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
| WAS@ATL | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | Luiz Gohara SP | ATL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/20/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START | Dinelson Lamet SP | SD | START |
| BOS@BAL | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Wade Miley SP | BAL | SIT |
| CHC@TB | TBA | TBD | Blake Snell SP | TB | SIT |
| CHW@HOU | James Shields SP | CHW | SIT | Brad Peacock SP | HOU | START |
| CLE@LAA | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | START | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT |
| COL@SF | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | START | Matt Moore SP | SF | SIT |
| KC@TOR | Jake Junis SP | KC | START | Brett Anderson SP | TOR | START |
| LAD@PHI | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START | Jake Thompson SP | PHI | SIT |
| MIL@PIT | TBA | TBD | Steven Brault SP | PIT | START |
| MIN@NYY | Bartolo Colon SP | MIN | SIT | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START |
| NYM@MIA | Rafael Montero RP | NYM | SIT | Jose Urena RP | MIA | START |
| OAK@DET | Daniel Mengden SP | OAK | SIT | Anibal Sanchez SP | DET | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Luke Weaver SP | STL | START | Rookie Davis SP | CIN | SIT |
| TEX@SEA | Andrew Cashner SP | TEX | START | Felix Hernandez SP | SEA | START |
| WAS@ATL | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Lucas Sims SP | ATL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/21/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CHC@MIL | John Lackey SP | CHC | START | Zach Davies SP | MIL | START |
| CHW@HOU | Carson Fulmer RP | CHW | START | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
| CLE@LAA | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | START | Parker Bridwell RP | LAA | START |
| COL@SD | Chad Bettis SP | COL | SIT | Clayton Richard RP | SD | SIT |
| KC@TOR | Jason Vargas SP | KC | START | J.A. Happ SP | TOR | START |
| LAD@PHI | Kenta Maeda SP | LAD | START | Mark Leiter RP | PHI | SIT |
| MIN@DET | Adalberto Mejia RP | MIN | SIT | Myles Jaye SP | DET | SIT |
| STL@CIN | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START | Homer Bailey SP | CIN | SIT |
| TB@BAL | Matt Andriese SP | TB | SIT | Jeremy Hellickson SP | BAL | SIT |
| TEX@SEA | Cole Hamels SP | TEX | START | James Paxton SP | SEA | START |
| WAS@ATL | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START | R.A. Dickey SP | ATL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/22/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@CIN | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Sal Romano SP | CIN | SIT |
| CHC@MIL | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START | Brandon Woodruff SP | MIL | START |
| CLE@SEA | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Erasmo Ramirez RP | SEA | SIT |
| COL@SD | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | Jordan Lyles RP | SD | SIT |
| KC@CHW | Jason Hammel SP | KC | START | Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW | START |
| LAA@HOU | Bud Norris SP | LAA | SIT | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START |
| MIA@ARI | Adam Conley SP | MIA | SIT | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| MIN@DET | Kyle Gibson SP | MIN | SIT | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | SIT |
| NYY@TOR | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START |
| PHI@ATL | Ben Lively SP | PHI | SIT | Sean Newcomb SP | ATL | SIT |
| SF@LAD | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
| STL@PIT | Michael Wacha SP | STL | START | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START |
| TB@BAL | Alex Cobb SP | TB | START | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT |
| TEX@OAK | Miguel Gonzalez SP | TEX | START | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | SIT |
| WAS@NYM | Edwin Jackson SP | WAS | START | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/23/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@CIN | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START | Robert Stephenson SP | CIN | SIT |
| CHC@MIL | Jose Quintana SP | CHC | START | Brent Suter RP | MIL | SIT |
| CLE@SEA | Corey Kluber SP | CLE | START | Andrew Moore SP | SEA | SIT |
| COL@SD | Jon Gray SP | COL | START | Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD | SIT |
| KC@CHW | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT |
| LAA@HOU | Garrett Richards SP | LAA | SIT | Justin Verlander SP | HOU | START |
| MIA@ARI | Dillon Peters SP | MIA | SIT | Taijuan Walker SP | ARI | START |
| MIN@DET | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START | Buck Farmer RP | DET | SIT |
| NYY@TOR | Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY | START | Joe Biagini RP | TOR | SIT |
| PHI@ATL | Henderson Alvarez SP | PHI | SIT | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | START |
| SF@LAD | Madison Bumgarner SP | SF | START | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START |
| STL@PIT | Lance Lynn SP | STL | START | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START |
| TB@BAL | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | START | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | START |
| TEX@OAK | TBA | TBD | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START |
| WAS@NYM | A.J. Cole SP | WAS | SIT | Robert Gsellman SP | NYM | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (9/24/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BOS@CIN | Doug Fister SP | BOS | START | Jackson Stephens RP | CIN | SIT |
| CHC@MIL | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | START |
| CLE@SEA | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START | Mike Leake SP | SEA | START |
| COL@SD | German Marquez SP | COL | START | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| KC@CHW | Sam Gaviglio RP | KC | SIT | Lucas Giolito SP | CHW | START |
| LAA@HOU | Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA | SIT | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START |
| MIA@ARI | Dan Straily SP | MIA | SIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| MIN@DET | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START | Chad Bell SP | DET | SIT |
| NYY@TOR | Sonny Gray SP | NYY | START | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START |
| PHI@ATL | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | SIT | Luiz Gohara SP | ATL | SIT |
| SF@LAD | Chris Stratton RP | SF | SIT | Yu Darvish SP | LAD | START |
| STL@PIT | Jack Flaherty SP | STL | SIT | Jameson Taillon SP | PIT | START |
| TB@BAL | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | START |
| TEX@OAK | Martin Perez SP | TEX | START | Jharel Cotton SP | OAK | SIT |
| WAS@NYM | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | SIT |
