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What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 6, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. Next to each matchup below, we also have a link to our Premium Starting Pitcher Daily Matchups, Streamers & DFS Tool. For those who aren't aware, our in-house tool analyzes SP matchups based on a variety of stats/metrics, and recommends whether start, sit, or stream any pitcher for seasonal and DFS leagues. It's pretty cool.
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.
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
Editor’s Note: RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups list is updated every single day. Our awesome writers bring you analysis on hot or emerging starting pitchers, and also all other fantasy positions.
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 - MONDAY (5/9/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| DET@WAS | Anibal Sanchez | DET | Sit | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | Start |
| KC@NYY | Chris Young | KC | Sit | Ivan Nova | NYY | Start |
| MIL@MIA | Wily Peralta | MIL | Sit | Jose Fernandez | MIA | Start |
| OAK@BOS | Sonny Gray | OAK | Start | Clay Buchholz | BOS | Sit |
| PIT@WAS | Jonathan Niese | PIT | Sit | Dan Straily | WAS | Sit |
| CWS@TEX | Miguel Gonzalez | CWS | Sit | Colby Lewis | TEX | Sit |
| SD@CHC | PPD | PPD | PPD | PPD |
| BAL@MIN | PPD | PPD | PPD | PPD |
| CLE@HOU | Corey Kluber | CLE | Start | Mike Fiers | HOU | Sit |
| ARI@COL | Archie Bradley | ARI | Sit | Tyler Chatwood | COL | Sit |
| NYM@LAD | Steven Matz | NYM | Start | Scott Kazmir | LAD | Sit |
| TB@SEA | Matt Moore | TB | Sit | Felix Hernandez | SEA | Start |
| TOR@SF | Aaron Sanchez | TOR | Start | Jake Peavy | SF | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY (5/10/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| DET@WAS | Michael Fulmer | DET | Sit | Joe Ross | WAS | Start |
| KC@NYY | Kris Medlen | KC | Start | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | Start |
| MIL@MIA | Zach Davies | MIL | Sit | Adam Conley | MIA | Start |
| OAK@BOS | Sean Manaea | OAK | Start | Sean O'Sullivan | BOS | Sit |
| PHI@ATL | Adam Morgan | PHI | Start | Matt Wisler | ATL | Start |
| PIT@CIN | Juan Nicasio | PIT | Sit | Alfredo Simon | CIN | Sit |
| CWS@TEX | Carlos Rodon | CWS | Start | Derek Holland | TEX | Sit |
| SD@CHC | Cesar Vargas | SD | Sit | Jon Lester | CHC | Start |
| BAL@MIN | Kevin Gausman | BAL | Start | Jose Berrios | MIN | Start |
| CLE@HOU | Trevor Bauer | CLE | Sit | Chris Devenski | HOU | Sit |
| ARI@COL | Rubby De La Rosa | ARI | Sit | Chris Rusin | COL | Sit |
| STL@LAA | Mike Leake | STL | Start | Hector Santiago | LAA | Start |
| NYM@LAD | Jacob deGrom | NYM | Start | Alex Wood | LAD | Sit |
| TB@SEA | Drew Smyly | TB | Start | Wade Miley | SEA | Start |
| TOR@SF | J.A. Happ | TOR | Start | Matt Cain | SF | Sit |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY (5/11/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@MIN | Tyler Wilson | BAL | Start | Phil Hughes| MIN | Sit |
| CWS@TEX | Mat Latos | CWS | Start | Cole Hamels | TEX | Start |
| CLE@HOU | Danny Salazar | CLE | Start | Doug Fister | HOU | Sit |
| ARI@COL | Robbie Ray | ARI | Sit | Chad Bettis | COL | Sit |
| TB@SEA | Chris Archer | TB | Start | Taijuan Walker | SEA | Start |
| TOR@SF | Marcus Stroman | TOR | Start | Madison Bumgarner | SF | Start |
| DET@WAS | Jordan Zimmerman | DET | Sit | Max Scherzer | WAS | Start |
| KC@NYY | Yordano Ventura | KC | Start | Michael Pineda | NYY | Sit |
| MIL@MIA | Chase Anderson | MIL | Sit | Wei-Yin Chen | MIA | Start |
| OAK@BOS | Rich Hill | OAK | TBD | Rick Porcello | BOS | Sit |
| PHI@ATL | Jerad Eickhoff | PHI | Start | Jhoulys Chacin | ATL | Sit |
| PIT@CIN | Francisco Liriano | PIT | Start | Tim Adleman | CIN | Sit |
| SD@CHC | Drew Pomeranz | SD | Sit | John Lackey | CHC | Start |
| STL@LAA | Jaime Garcia | STL | Start | TBD | TBD |
| NYM@LAD | Noah Syndergaard | NYM | Start | Kenta Maeda | LAD | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY (5/12/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| DET@BAL | Mike Pelfrey | DET | Sit | Mike Wright | BAL | Sit |
| KC@NYY | Ian Kennedy | KC | Start | Nathan Eovaldi | NYY | Start |
| HOU@BOS | Dallas Keuchel | HOU | Start | David Price | BOS | Start |
| PHI@ATL | Vince Velazquez | PHI | Start | Aaron Blair | ATL | Start |
| SD@MIL | James Shields | SD | Start | Jimmy Nelson | MIL | Start |
| SF@ARI | Johnny Cueto | SF | Start | Zack Greinke | ARI | Start |
| STL@LAA | Carlos Martinez | STL | Start | Jered Weaver | LAA | Sit |
| NYM@LAD | Bartolo Colon | NYM | Start | Clayton Kershaw | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY (5/13/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| PIT@CHC | Jeff Locke | PIT | Sit | Jason Hammel | CHC | Start |
| DET@BAL | Justin Verlander | DET | Start | Ubaldo Jimenez | BAL | Sit |
| CWS@NYY | Chris Sale | CWS | Start | Luis Severino | NYY | Sit |
| MIA@WAS | Tom Koehler | MIA | Sit | Gio Gonzalez | WAS | Start |
| CIN@PHI | Brandon Finnegan | CIN | Start | Jeremy Hellickson | PHI | Start |
| MIN@CLE | Ricky Nolasco | MIN | Sit | Josh Tomlin | CLE | Start |
| HOU@BOS | Collin McHugh | HOU | Sit | Steven Wright | BOS | Start |
| OAK@TB | TBD | TBD | Jake Odorizzi | TB | Sit |
| TOR@TEX | R.A. Dickey | TOR | Start | Cesar Ramos | OAK | Sit |
| SD@MIL | Andrew Cashner | SD | Start | Junior Guerra | MIL | Sit |
| ATL@KC | Julio Teheran | ATL | Sit | Edinson Volquez | KC | Start |
| NYM@COL | Matt Harvey | NYM | Sit | Jon Gray | COL | Sit |
| SF@ARI | Jeff Samardzija | SF | Start | Shelby Miller | ARI | Sit |
| STL@LAD | Adam Wainwright | STL | Start | Ross Stripling | LAD | Sit |
| LAA@TB | Nick Tropeano | LAA | Sit | Nate Karns | TB | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY (5/14/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| HOU@BOS | Mike Fiers | HOU | Start | Clay Buchholz | BOS | Sit |
| CWS@NYY | Jose Quintana | CWS | Start | Ivan Nova | NYY | Sit |
| MIA@WAS | Justin Nicolino | MIA | Sit | Tanner Roark | WAS | Start |
| PIT@CHC | Gerrit Cole | PIT | Start | Jake Arrieta | CHC | Start |
| MIN@CLE | Ervin Santana | MIN | Start | Corey Kluber | CLE | Start |
| OAK@TB | Kendall Graveman | OAK | Start | Matt Moore | TB | Start |
| DET@BAL | Anibal Sanchez | DET | Sit | Chris Tillman | BAL | Start |
| MIA@WAS | Jose Fernandez | MIA | Start | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | Start |
| CIN@PHI | John Lamb | CIN | Start | Aaron Nola | PHI | Start |
| SD@MIL | Cesar Vargas | SD | Sit | Wily Peralta | MIL | Start |
| ATL@KC | Mike Foltynewicz | ATL | Sit | Chris Young | KC | Sit |
| TOR@TB | Marco Estrada | TOR | Start | Martin Perez | TEX | Sit |
| NYM@COL | Steven Matz | NYM | Sit | Eddie Butler | COL | Sit |
| SF@ARI | Jake Peavy | SF | Sit | Patrick Corbin | ARI | Sit |
| STL@LAD | Michael Wacha | STL | Start | Scott Kazmir | LAD | Sit |
| LAA@SEA | Jered Weaver | LAA | Sit | Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | Start |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY (5/15/16) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| CWS@NYY | Miguel Gonzalez | CWS | Sit | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | Start |
| MIN@CLE | Tyler Duffey | MIN | Sit | Trevor Bauer | Start |
| OAK@TB | Sonny Gray | OAK | Sit | Drew Smyly | TB | Start |
| HOU@BOS | Chris Devenski | HOU | Start | Sean O'Sullivan | BOS | Sit |
| DET@BAL | Michael Fulmer | DET | Sit | Kevin Gausman | BAL | Start |
| CIN@PHI | Dan Straily | CIN | Sit | Adam Morgan | PHI | Start |
| MIA@WAS | Adam Conley | MIA | Start | Joe Ross | WAS | Start |
| SD@MIL | Colin Rea | SD | Start | Zach Davies | MIL | Sit |
| ATL@KC | Matt Wisler | ATL | Sit | Kris Medlen | KC | Sit |
| PIT@CHC | Jonathan Niese | PIT | Sit | Jon Lester | CHC | Start |
| TOR@TEX | Aaron Sanchez | TOR | Start | Colby Lewis | TEX | Sit |
| SF@ARI | Matt Cain | SF | Sit | Rubby De La Rosa | ARI | Sit |
| NYM@COL | Jacob deGrom | NYM | Start | Tyler Chatwood | COL | Start |
| LAA@SEA | Hector Santiago | LAA | Start | Felix Hernandez | SEA | Start |
| STL@LAD | Mike Leake | STL | Sit | Alex Wood | LAD | Sit |
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