Week 5 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 5! 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 5, which will be updated as rotations are inevitably tweaked.

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 (4/30/18) - MONDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
COL@CHC	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	SIT	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START
KC@BOS	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	SIT	Eduardo Rodriguez SP \| BOS	START
LAD@ARI	Ross Stripling RP \| LAD	SIT	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START
MIL@CIN	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	START	Brandon Finnegan SP \| CIN	SIT
NYY@HOU	Sonny Gray SP \| NYY	SIT	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START
PHI@MIA	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI	START	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	SIT
PIT@WAS	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	START
SD@SF	Eric Lauer SP \| SD	SIT	Jeff Samardzija SP \| SF	SIT
TB@DET	Jake Faria SP \| TB	START	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT
TEX@CLE	Cole Hamels SP \| TEX	START	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START
TOR@MIN	Aaron Sanchez SP \| TOR	START	Lance Lynn SP \| MIN	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/1/18) - TUESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@NYM	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START	Noah Syndergaard SP \| NYM	START
BAL@LAA	Alex Cobb SP \| BAL	SIT	Nick Tropeano SP \| LAA	SIT
CHW@STL	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT	Michael Wacha SP \| STL	START
COL@CHC	Jon Gray SP \| COL	START	Kyle Hendricks SP \| CHC	START
KC@BOS	Jake Junis SP \| KC	SIT	Chris Sale SP \| BOS	START
LAD@ARI	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Matt Koch RP \| ARI	START
MIL@CIN	Chase Anderson SP \| MIL	START	Homer Bailey SP \| CIN	SIT
NYY@HOU	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY	START	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START
OAK@SEA	Andrew Triggs SP \| OAK	START	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	START
PHI@MIA	Zach Eflin SP \| PHI	SIT	Jarlin Garcia RP \| MIA	START
PIT@WAS	Chad Kuhl SP \| PIT	START	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START
SD@SF	Tyson Ross SP \| SD	START	Andrew Suarez SP \| SF	SIT
TB@DET	Chris Archer SP \| TB	SIT	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	START
TEX@CLE	Doug Fister SP \| TEX	SIT	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START
TOR@MIN	Marco Estrada SP \| TOR	SIT	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/2/18) - WEDNESDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@NYM	Julio Teheran SP \| ATL	START	Jacob deGrom SP \| NYM	START
BAL@LAA	Dylan Bundy SP \| BAL	START	Andrew Heaney SP \| LAA	START
CHW@STL	Lucas Giolito SP \| CHW	SIT	Carlos Martinez SP \| STL	START
COL@CHC	Tyler Anderson SP \| COL	SIT	Yu Darvish SP \| CHC	START
KC@BOS	Danny Duffy SP \| KC	SIT	Drew Pomeranz SP \| BOS	START
LAD@ARI	Hyun-Jin Ryu SP \| LAD	START	Zack Godley SP \| ARI	START
MIL@CIN	Brent Suter SP \| MIL	START	Luis Castillo SP \| CIN	SIT
NYY@HOU	Luis Severino SP \| NYY	START	Dallas Keuchel SP \| HOU	START
OAK@SEA	TBA	TBD	James Paxton SP \| SEA	START
PHI@MIA	Aaron Nola SP \| PHI	START	Jose Urena SP \| MIA	SIT
PIT@WAS	Ivan Nova SP \| PIT	START	Stephen Strasburg SP \| WAS	START
SD@SF	Clayton Richard SP \| SD	SIT	Derek Holland SP \| SF	SIT
TB@DET	Blake Snell SP \| TB	START	Michael Fulmer SP \| DET	START
TEX@CLE	TBA	TBD	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START
TOR@MIN	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	SIT	Phil Hughes SP \| MIN	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/3/18) - THURSDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
ATL@NYM	Mike Foltynewicz SP \| ATL	START	TBA	TBD
BAL@LAA	Chris Tillman SP \| BAL	SIT	TBA	TBD
BOS@TEX	David Price SP \| BOS	START	Bartolo Colon SP \| TEX	SIT
DET@KC	Mike Fiers SP \| DET	SIT	Eric Skoglund SP \| KC	SIT
LAD@ARI	Alex Wood SP \| LAD	START	Patrick Corbin SP \| ARI	START
MIN@CHW	Jake Odorizzi SP \| MIN	START	Reynaldo Lopez SP \| CHW	START
NYY@HOU	Masahiro Tanaka SP \| NYY	START	Lance McCullers SP \| HOU	START
OAK@SEA	Sean Manaea SP \| OAK	START	Erasmo Ramirez SP \| SEA	SIT
PIT@WAS	Trevor Williams SP \| PIT	START	Jeremy Hellickson SP \| WAS	START
TOR@CLE	Jaime Garcia SP \| TOR	SIT	Carlos Carrasco SP \| CLE	START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/4/18) - FRIDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BAL@OAK	Andrew Cashner SP \| BAL	SIT	Daniel Mengden SP \| OAK	SIT
BOS@TEX	Rick Porcello SP \| BOS	START	Martin Perez SP \| TEX	SIT
CHC@STL	Jose Quintana SP \| CHC	START	Miles Mikolas SP \| STL	START
CLE@NYY	Trevor Bauer SP \| CLE	START	CC Sabathia SP \| NYY	START
COL@NYM	German Marquez SP \| COL	START	Jason Vargas SP \| NYM	SIT
DET@KC	Francisco Liriano RP \| DET	START	Ian Kennedy SP \| KC	START
HOU@ARI	Gerrit Cole SP \| HOU	START	TBA	TBD
LAA@SEA	Garrett Richards SP \| LAA	START	Mike Leake SP \| SEA	SIT
LAD@SD	Kenta Maeda SP \| LAD	START	Joey Lucchesi SP \| SD	START
MIA@CIN	Wei-Yin Chen SP \| MIA	SIT	Sal Romano SP \| CIN	SIT
MIN@CHW	Jose Berrios SP \| MIN	START	Carson Fulmer SP \| CHW	SIT
PHI@WAS	Nick Pivetta SP \| PHI	START	Gio Gonzalez SP \| WAS	START
PIT@MIL	Steven Brault RP \| PIT	SIT	Junior Guerra SP \| MIL	START
SF@ATL	Chris Stratton SP \| SF	START	Brandon McCarthy SP \| ATL	START
TOR@TB	J.A. Happ SP \| TOR	START	Yonny Chirinos P \| TB	SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/5/18) - SATURDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BAL@OAK	Kevin Gausman SP \| BAL	START	Trevor Cahill SP \| OAK	START
BOS@TEX	Eduardo Rodriguez SP \| BOS	START	Cole Hamels SP \| TEX	START
CHC@STL	Tyler Chatwood SP \| CHC	START	TBA	TBD
CLE@NYY	Mike Clevinger SP \| CLE	START	Sonny Gray SP \| NYY	SIT
COL@NYM	Chad Bettis SP \| COL	START	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	SIT
DET@KC	Jordan Zimmermann SP \| DET	SIT	Jason Hammel SP \| KC	START
HOU@ARI	Charlie Morton SP \| HOU	START	Zack Greinke SP \| ARI	START
LAA@SEA	Tyler Skaggs SP \| LAA	START	Marco Gonzales SP \| SEA	START
LAD@SD	TBA	TBD	Bryan Mitchell RP \| SD	SIT
MIA@CIN	Caleb Smith RP \| MIA	START	Tyler Mahle SP \| CIN	START
MIN@CHW	Lance Lynn SP \| MIN	SIT	Hector Santiago SP \| CHW	SIT
PHI@WAS	Vince Velasquez SP \| PHI	SIT	Tanner Roark SP \| WAS	START
PIT@MIL	Jameson Taillon SP \| PIT	START	Zach Davies SP \| MIL	START
SF@ATL	Johnny Cueto SP \| SF	START	TBA	TBD
TOR@TB	Aaron Sanchez SP \| TOR	START	TBA	TBD
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/6/18) - SUNDAY
GAME	VISITING STARTER	START/SIT	HOME STARTER	START/SIT
BAL@OAK	Alex Cobb SP \| BAL	SIT	Andrew Triggs SP \| OAK	START
BOS@TEX	Drew Pomeranz SP \| BOS	START	Doug Fister SP \| TEX	SIT
CHC@STL	Jon Lester SP \| CHC	START	Luke Weaver SP \| STL	SIT
CLE@NYY	Corey Kluber SP \| CLE	START	Jordan Montgomery SP \| NYY	START
COL@NYM	Kyle Freeland SP \| COL	SIT	Steven Matz SP \| NYM	SIT
DET@KC	Matthew Boyd SP \| DET	START	Jake Junis SP \| KC	START
HOU@ARI	Justin Verlander SP \| HOU	START	Matt Koch RP \| ARI	SIT
LAA@SEA	Nick Tropeano SP \| LAA	SIT	Felix Hernandez SP \| SEA	START
LAD@SD	Clayton Kershaw SP \| LAD	START	Eric Lauer SP \| SD	SIT
MIA@CIN	Dan Straily SP \| MIA	SIT	Brandon Finnegan SP \| CIN	SIT
MIN@CHW	Kyle Gibson SP \| MIN	SIT	James Shields SP \| CHW	SIT
PHI@WAS	Jake Arrieta SP \| PHI	START	Max Scherzer SP \| WAS	START
PIT@MIL	Chad Kuhl SP \| PIT	START	Jhoulys Chacin SP \| MIL	SIT
SF@ATL	Ty Blach SP \| SF	SIT	Sean Newcomb SP \| ATL	START
TOR@TB	Marcus Stroman SP \| TOR	SIT	Jake Faria SP \| TB	START