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Here we go again RotoBallers! In this article below you'll find our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 7 - Monday, May 6 through Sunday, May 12. With the calendar already hitting May, we're getting more data on starting pitcher outlooks, and also seeing top prospects like Christian Scott getting called up and making a fantasy baseball impact. Even with injuries continuing to hit, we'll see pitchers like Justin Steele healing up and hopefully making their returns as well this week.
For 12 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series every week right here at RotoBaller. I'm JB Branson, filling in for Nick Mariano this week, and I'll be your captain for this journey through the 2024 season. There's tons of firepower and TLC that mix together to provide this piece each week, including looking at stats, trends matchups, and more to get our picks ready. We're here as always to guide you with our start/sit recommendations for the week ahead, and to help you make those winning lineup decisions.
If you're new here, read below to get caught up on what this all is and how to best use it. Good luck with your fantasy baseball starting pitcher lineup decisions!
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Start/Sit Data Overview
Ahead of each week of the fantasy baseball season, we publish the table below. We have the probable starters for every game of the week and a grade for them on a 0-100 scale. The intent is to give you advice and to inspire some confidence (or lack thereof) in your decisions to start or sit certain pitchers.
Please note that beyond the usual "Start" and "Sit" labels, there is a third category called "context-dependent." This is because different leagues call for different actions and those in start-sit purgatory may be worth the gamble to some. Also, we put the arms best projected to start or get bulk innings, but some situations are fluid and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information, especially at the outset of the season.
The "starts" category includes pitchers you'd likely start in every league. The "sits" are pitchers that you likely sit in every league. The "context-dependent" means we're on the fence and it's up to you to decide based on your league settings. How deep your league is, which roto/points categories, and so on. Let's get to it! Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 7 of the fantasy season, which covers May 6 through May 12.
Week 7 Start/Sit Recommendations (May 6 - May 12)
Updated start/sit recommendations for this week's MLB games. This chart is updated daily as probable starters are constantly changing with game postponements, injuries, and other events. If you can't see the chart below, click here to see the starts/sits on a separate page:
Week 7 Start/Sit Recommendations (May 6 - May 12)
| Date | Game | Team | Pitcher | Grade | Start/Sit | 2 Starts |
| 5/6 | SF@PHI | SF | Mason Black | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/6 | SF@PHI | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 90 | START | Y |
| 5/6 | DET@CLE | DET | Jack Flaherty | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/6 | DET@CLE | CLE | Triston McKenzie | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/6 | LAA@PIT | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/6 | LAA@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/6 | CWS@TB | CWS | Mike Clevinger | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/6 | CWS@TB | TB | Tyler Alexander | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/6 | SD@CHC | SD | Yu Darvish | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/6 | SD@CHC | CHC | Justin Steele | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/6 | SEA@MIN | SEA | Luis Castillo | 80 | START | Y |
| 5/6 | SEA@MIN | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/6 | MIL@KC | MIL | Bryse Wilson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/6 | MIL@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/6 | NYM@STL | NYM | Sean Manaea | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/6 | NYM@STL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/6 | TEX@OAK | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/6 | TEX@OAK | OAK | Alex Wood | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 5/6 | MIA@LAD | MIA | Roddery Munoz | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/6 | MIA@LAD | LAD | Walker Buehler | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/7 | TEX@OAK | TEX | Jose Urena | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/7 | TEX@OAK | OAK | Ross Stripling | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/7 | DET@CLE | DET | Kenta Maeda | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/7 | DET@CLE | CLE | Logan Allen | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/7 | ARI@CIN | ARI | Zac Gallen | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/7 | ARI@CIN | CIN | Frankie Montas | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/7 | LAA@PIT | LAA | Patrick Sandoval | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/7 | LAA@PIT | PIT | Quinn Priester | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/7 | TOR@PHI | TOR | Jose Berrios | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/7 | TOR@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 65 | START | N |
| 5/7 | BAL@WAS | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 85 | START | N |
| 5/7 | BAL@WAS | WAS | Trevor Williams | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/7 | CWS@TB | CWS | Michael Soroka | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 5/7 | CWS@TB | TB | Zach Eflin | 75 | START | N |
| 5/7 | HOU@NYY | HOU | Justin Verlander | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/7 | HOU@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/7 | BOS@ATL | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 65 | START | N |
| 5/7 | BOS@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 65 | START | N |
| 5/7 | SD@CHC | SD | Randy Vasquez | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/7 | SD@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 85 | START | N |
| 5/7 | SEA@MIN | SEA | Emerson Hancock | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/7 | SEA@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/7 | MIL@KC | MIL | Colin Rea | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/7 | MIL@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/7 | NYM@STL | NYM | Jose Butto | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/7 | NYM@STL | STL | Miles Mikolas | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/7 | SF@COL | SF | Kyle Harrison | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/7 | SF@COL | COL | Dakota Hudson | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/7 | MIA@LAD | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/7 | MIA@LAD | LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 85 | START | N |
| 5/8 | LAA@PIT | LAA | Jose Soriano | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | LAA@PIT | PIT | Martin Perez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | TOR@PHI | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | TOR@PHI | PHI | Aaron Nola | 70 | START | N |
| 5/8 | DET@CLE | DET | Reese Olsen | 70 | START | N |
| 5/8 | DET@CLE | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 65 | START | N |
| 5/8 | MIL@KC | MIL | Joe Ross | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | MIL@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | SD@CHC | SD | Dylan Cease | 80 | START | N |
| 5/8 | SD@CHC | CHC | Hayden Wesneski | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | MIA@LAD | MIA | Ryan Weathers | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | MIA@LAD | LAD | Gavin Stone | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | ARI@CIN | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | ARI@CIN | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | BAL@WAS | BAL | Kyle Bradish | 70 | START | N |
| 5/8 | BAL@WAS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | CWS@TB | CWS | Chris Flexen | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | CWS@TB | TB | Aaron Civale | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | HOU@NYY | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/8 | HOU@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | BOS@ATL | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | BOS@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 75 | START | N |
| 5/8 | SEA@MIN | SEA | George Kirby | 75 | START | N |
| 5/8 | SEA@MIN | MIN | Chris Paddack | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | SF@COL | SF | Jordan Hicks | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | SF@COL | COL | Peter Lambert | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/8 | TEX@OAK | TEX | Michael Lorenzen | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | TEX@OAK | OAK | JP Sears | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | TEX@OAK | TEX | Jack Leiter | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/8 | TEX@OAK | OAK | Osvaldo Bido | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/9 | ARI@CIN | ARI | Slade Cecconi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/9 | ARI@CIN | CIN | Hunter Greene | 70 | START | N |
| 5/9 | SEA@MIN | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 70 | START | N |
| 5/9 | SEA@MIN | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 65 | START | N |
| 5/9 | SF@COL | SF | Keaton Winn | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/9 | SF@COL | COL | Cal Quantrill | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/9 | HOU@NYY | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/9 | HOU@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/9 | CLE@CWS | CLE | Ben Lively | 70 | START | N |
| 5/9 | CLE@CWS | CWS | Erick Fedde | 65 | START | N |
| 5/9 | STL@MIL | STL | Sonny Gray | 80 | START | N |
| 5/9 | STL@MIL | MIL | Tobias Myers | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/9 | KC@LAA | KC | Michael Wacha | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/9 | KC@LAA | LAA | Reid Detmers | 65 | START | N |
| 5/10 | HOU@DET | HOU | Framber Valdez | 75 | START | N |
| 5/10 | HOU@DET | DET | Casey Mize | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | CHC@PIT | CHC | Javier Assad | 65 | START | N |
| 5/10 | CHC@PIT | PIT | Jared Jones | 75 | START | N |
| 5/10 | NYY@TB | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | NYY@TB | TB | Taj Bradley | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | ARI@BAL | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 70 | START | N |
| 5/10 | ARI@BAL | BAL | Cole Irvin | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | MIN@TOR | MIN | Joe Ryan | 75 | START | N |
| 5/10 | MIN@TOR | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | WAS@BOS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/10 | WAS@BOS | BOS | Tanner Houck | 75 | START | N |
| 5/10 | ATL@NYM | ATL | Charlie Morton | 65 | START | N |
| 5/10 | ATL@NYM | NYM | Jose Quintana | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | PHI@MIA | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 85 | START | N |
| 5/10 | PHI@MIA | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | CLE@CWS | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/10 | CLE@CWS | CWS | Garrett Crochet | 65 | START | N |
| 5/10 | STL@MIL | STL | Lance Lynn | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | STL@MIL | MIL | Robert Gasseer | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/10 | TEX@COL | TEX | Jon Gray | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | TEX@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 15 | SIT | N |
| 5/10 | KC@LAA | KC | Alec Marsh | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | KC@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/10 | LAD@SD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 80 | START | N |
| 5/10 | LAD@SD | SD | Michael King | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | OAK@SEA | OAK | Paul Blackburn | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | OAK@SEA | SEA | Bryan Woo | 65 | START | N |
| 5/10 | CIN@SF | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/10 | CIN@SF | SF | Logan Webb | 80 | START | N |
| 5/11 | MIN@TOR | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/11 | MIN@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 65 | START | N |
| 5/11 | ARI@BAL | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/11 | ARI@BAL | BAL | John Means | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/11 | CHC@PIT | CHC | Justin Steele | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/11 | CHC@PIT | PIT | Paul Skenes | 70 | START | N |
| 5/11 | WAS@BOS | WAS | Jake Irvin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/11 | WAS@BOS | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 65 | START | N |
| 5/11 | ATL@NYM | ATL | Max Fried | 90 | START | N |
| 5/11 | ATL@NYM | NYM | Christian Scott | 75 | START | N |
| 5/11 | PHI@MIA | PHI | Taijuan Walker | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/11 | PHI@MIA | MIA | Jesus Luzardo | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/11 | NYY@TB | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 75 | START | N |
| 5/11 | NYY@TB | TB | Zack Littell | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/11 | HOU@DET | HOU | Cristian Javier | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/11 | HOU@DET | DET | Tarik Skubal | 80 | START | N |
| 5/11 | CLE@CWS | CLE | Triston McKenzie | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/11 | CLE@CWS | CWS | Mike Clevinger | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 5/11 | CIN@SF | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 70 | START | N |
| 5/11 | CIN@SF | SF | Mason Black | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/11 | STL@MIL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/11 | STL@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 70 | START | N |
| 5/11 | TEX@COL | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/11 | TEX@COL | COL | Ryan Feltner | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/11 | LAD@SD | LAD | James Paxton | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/11 | LAD@SD | SD | Matt Waldron | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/11 | KC@LAA | KC | Cole Ragans | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/11 | KC@LAA | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/11 | OAK@SEA | OAK | Joey Estes | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/11 | OAK@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 75 | START | N |
| 5/12 | ARI@BAL | ARI | Zac Gallen | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/12 | ARI@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/12 | WAS@BOS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/12 | WAS@BOS | BOS | Brayan Bello | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/12 | CHC@PIT | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 35 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/12 | CHC@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 65 | START | N |
| 5/12 | MIN@TOR | MIN | Bailey Ober | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/12 | MIN@TOR | TOR | Alek Manoah | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/12 | HOU@DET | HOU | Justin Verlander | 75 | START | Y |
| 5/12 | HOU@DET | DET | Jack Flaherty | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/12 | PHI@MIA | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 90 | START | Y |
| 5/12 | PHI@MIA | MIA | Braxton Garrett | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/12 | NYY@TB | NYY | Luis Gil | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/12 | NYY@TB | TB | Tyler Alexander | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | CLE@CWS | CLE | Logan Allen | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | CLE@CWS | CWS | Michael Soroka | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 5/12 | STL@MIL | STL | Miles Mikolas | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | STL@MIL | MIL | Bryse Wilson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | TEX@COL | TEX | Jose Urena | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/12 | TEX@COL | COL | Ty Blach | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/12 | CIN@SF | CIN | Frankie Montas | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | CIN@SF | SF | Kyle Harrison | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | KC@LAA | KC | Seth Lugo | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/12 | KC@LAA | LAA | Patrick Sandoval | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | LAD@SD | LAD | Walker Buehler | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | LAD@SD | SD | Yu Darvish | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/12 | OAK@SEA | OAK | Alex Wood | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/12 | OAK@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 90 | START | Y |
| 5/12 | ATL@NYM | ATL | Bryce Elder | 35 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/12 | ATL@NYM | NYM | Luis Severino | 65 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
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