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Week 4 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Bill Dubiel's Week 4 (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 4, 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.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:

 

SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations, so I’ll be updating the matchups throughout the day and week. This is based on 10-14-team league sizes:

PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/24/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHC@PIT Brett Anderson SP | CHC START Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT
CIN@MIL Amir Garrett SP | CIN START Matt Garza SP | MIL SIT
KC@CHW Jason Vargas SP | KC START Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT
LAD@SF Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD SIT Matt Cain SP | SF SIT
MIN@TEX Phil Hughes SP | MIN SIT Martin Perez SP | TEX START
SD@ARI Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD SIT Zack Greinke SP | ARI START
TB@BAL Chris Archer SP | TB START Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL SIT
TOR@LAA Francisco Liriano SP | TOR SIT Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT
WAS@COL Joe Ross SP | WAS START Tyler Anderson SP | COL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/25/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@NYM Julio Teheran SP | ATL START Robert Gsellman SP | NYM START
CHC@PIT Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START
CIN@MIL Scott Feldman RP | CIN SIT Zach Davies SP | MIL START
HOU@CLE Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START Josh Tomlin SP | CLE SIT
KC@CHW Danny Duffy SP | KC START Dylan Covey SP | CHW SIT
LAD@SF Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START Ty Blach SP | SF SIT
MIA@PHI Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA SIT Vince Velasquez SP | PHI START
MIN@TEX Ervin Santana SP | MIN START Andrew Cashner SP | TEX SIT
NYY@BOS Luis Severino SP | NYY SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
OAK@LAA Jesse Hahn SP | OAK SIT Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START
SD@ARI Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT Patrick Corbin SP | ARI SIT
SEA@DET Felix Hernandez SP | SEA START Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT
TB@BAL Erasmo Ramirez RP | TB SIT Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT
TOR@STL Marco Estrada SP | TOR START Michael Wacha SP | STL START
WAS@COL Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START TBA TBD
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/26/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@NYM R.A. Dickey SP | ATL SIT Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START
CHC@PIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT SIT
CIN@MIL Tim Adleman SP | CIN SIT Wily Peralta SP | MIL START
HOU@CLE Lance McCullers SP | HOU START Trevor Bauer SP | CLE SIT
KC@CHW Nathan Karns SP | KC SIT Jose Quintana SP | CHW START
LAD@SF Alex Wood SP | LAD SIT Johnny Cueto SP | SF START
MIA@PHI Edinson Volquez SP | MIA START Aaron Nola SP | PHI START
MIN@TEX Hector Santiago SP | MIN SIT Cole Hamels SP | TEX START
NYY@BOS Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START Chris Sale SP | BOS START
OAK@LAA Cesar Valdez RP | OAK SIT TBA TBD
SD@ARI Trevor Cahill RP | SD SIT Taijuan Walker SP | ARI START
SEA@DET James Paxton SP | SEA START Daniel Norris SP | DET START
TB@BAL Alex Cobb SP | TB SIT Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START
TOR@STL Mat Latos SP | TOR SIT Carlos Martinez SP | STL START
WAS@COL Tanner Roark SP | WAS START Tyler Chatwood SP | COL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/27/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@NYM Bartolo Colon SP | ATL START Matt Harvey SP | NYM START
HOU@CLE Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
LAD@SF Kenta Maeda SP | LAD SIT Matt Moore SP | SF START
MIA@PHI Adam Conley SP | MIA SIT Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI START
NYY@BOS CC Sabathia SP | NYY START Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS SIT
OAK@LAA Sean Manaea SP | OAK START Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA START
SD@ARI Jered Weaver SP | SD SIT Robbie Ray SP | ARI START
SEA@DET Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA START Justin Verlander SP | DET START
TOR@STL Casey Lawrence RP | TOR SIT Adam Wainwright SP | STL START
WAS@COL Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Antonio Senzatela SP | COL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/28/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@MIL Jaime Garcia SP | ATL START Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT
BAL@NYY Kevin Gausman SP | BAL START Michael Pineda SP | NYY START
CHC@BOS Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START Steven Wright SP | BOS SIT
CHW@DET Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW SIT Matthew Boyd SP | DET START
CIN@STL Cody Reed SP | CIN SIT Lance Lynn SP | STL START
COL@ARI Kyle Freeland SP | COL SIT Shelby Miller SP | ARI SIT
LAA@TEX Jesse Chavez RP | LAA SIT TBA TBD
MIN@KC Adalberto Mejia RP | MIN SIT Ian Kennedy SP | KC SIT
NYM@WAS Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Max Scherzer SP | WAS START
OAK@HOU Jharel Cotton SP | OAK START Charlie Morton SP | HOU SIT
PHI@LAD Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD START
PIT@MIA Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START Dan Straily SP | MIA START
SD@SF Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Jeff Samardzija SP | SF SIT
SEA@CLE Ariel Miranda SP | SEA SIT Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START
TB@TOR Blake Snell SP | TB START Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/29/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@MIL Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL SIT Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL START
BAL@NYY Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL SIT Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY SIT
CHC@BOS John Lackey SP | CHC SIT Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS START
CHW@DET Derek Holland SP | CHW START Michael Fulmer SP | DET START
CIN@STL Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN SIT Mike Leake SP | STL START
COL@ARI Tyler Anderson SP | COL SIT Zack Greinke SP | ARI START
LAA@TEX Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT Yu Darvish SP | TEX START
MIN@KC Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Jason Hammel SP | KC START
NYM@WAS Zack Wheeler SP | NYM SIT Joe Ross SP | WAS START
OAK@HOU Andrew Triggs RP | OAK START Joe Musgrove SP | HOU SIT
PHI@LAD Zach Eflin SP | PHI SIT Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD START
PIT@MIA Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Tom Koehler SP | MIA SIT
SD@SF Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD SIT Matt Cain SP | SF START
SEA@CLE Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA SIT Danny Salazar SP | CLE START
TB@TOR Matt Andriese SP | TB START Francisco Liriano SP | TOR SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/30/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@MIL Julio Teheran SP | ATL START Matt Garza SP | MIL SIT
BAL@NYY Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT Luis Severino SP | NYY START
CHC@BOS Brett Anderson SP | CHC START Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
CHW@DET Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT
CIN@STL Amir Garrett SP | CIN START Michael Wacha SP | STL START
COL@ARI TBA TBD Patrick Corbin SP | ARI SIT
LAA@TEX Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT
MIN@KC Phil Hughes SP | MIN SIT Jason Vargas SP | KC START
NYM@WAS Robert Gsellman SP | NYM SIT Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START
OAK@HOU Jesse Hahn SP | OAK SIT Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START
PHI@LAD Vince Velasquez SP | PHI SIT Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START
PIT@MIA Chad Kuhl SP | PIT START Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA START
SD@SF Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT Ty Blach SP | SF SIT
SEA@CLE Felix Hernandez SP | SEA START Josh Tomlin SP | CLE SIT
TB@TOR Chris Archer SP | TB START Marco Estrada SP | TOR START



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