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Opening Day is here! Welcome back to the party in 2025, as we finally unwrap the first week of the MLB season with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 1 -- Thursday, March 27 through Sunday, March 30. Most are excited to see what their pitchers can do and want to deploy them immediately! Bookmark us for every start/sit option and possible two-start decisions for your rosters.
For 13 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series weekly here at RotoBaller. I'm Nick Mariano, and I'll lead you through the 2025 season. All kinds of firepower go into supplying this piece each week to produce a beloved series for our readers.
New readers should absorb the section below to learn the column's goal and how best to use it. We wish you the best of luck with your fantasy baseball starting pitcher lineup decisions to start the year off right. Finally, it is time to play ball!
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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 inspire 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 or actionable arms who may return from the injured list or be called up. Still, some situations are fluid, and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information. The early season comes with perceived rotation plans, but we know things can change quickly and often, so check back frequently!
The "starts" category includes pitchers you'd likely start in every league. The "sits" are pitchers you likely sit in every league.
The "context-dependent" means it is close, and it's up to you to decide based on your league settings or team needs (wins, strikeouts, etc.), how deep your league is, which roto/points categories are scored, and so on.
Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 1 of the fantasy season, which covers March 27 through March 30. Let's get to it!
Week 1 Start/Sit Recommendations (March 27 - March 30)
Updated start/sit recommendations for this week's MLB games. This chart is updated daily as probable starters are constantly changing with postponements, injuries, etc. Scroll down further for a color-coded chart. If you can't see the chart below, click here to see the starts/sits on a separate page:
| Date | Game | Team | Pitcher | Grade | Start/Sit | 2 Starts |
| 3/27 | MIL@NYY | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/27 | MIL@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 70 | START | N |
| 3/27 | BAL@TOR | BAL | Zach Eflin | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/27 | BAL@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/27 | BOS@TEX | BOS | Garrett Crochet | 90 | START | N |
| 3/27 | BOS@TEX | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 65 | START | N |
| 3/27 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 85 | START | N |
| 3/27 | PHI@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/27 | CLE@KC | CLE | Ben Lively | 35 | SIT | N |
| 3/27 | CLE@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 80 | START | N |
| 3/27 | NYM@HOU | NYM | Clay Holmes | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/27 | NYM@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 70 | START | N |
| 3/27 | SF@CIN | SF | Logan Webb | 70 | START | N |
| 3/27 | SF@CIN | CIN | Hunter Greene | 65 | START | N |
| 3/27 | ATL@SD | ATL | Chris Sale | 85 | START | N |
| 3/27 | ATL@SD | SD | Michael King | 70 | START | N |
| 3/27 | LAA@CHW | LAA | Yusei Kikuchi | 80 | START | N |
| 3/27 | LAA@CHW | CHW | Sean Burke | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/27 | PIT@MIA | PIT | Paul Skenes | 100 | START | N |
| 3/27 | PIT@MIA | MIA | Sandy Alcantara | 75 | START | N |
| 3/27 | MIN@STL | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 75 | START | N |
| 3/27 | MIN@STL | STL | Sonny Gray | 70 | START | N |
| 3/27 | DET@LAD | DET | Tarik Skubal | 75 | START | N |
| 3/27 | DET@LAD | LAD | Blake Snell | 80 | START | N |
| 3/27 | CHC@ARI | CHC | Justin Steele | 65 | START | N |
| 3/27 | CHC@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 65 | START | N |
| 3/27 | ATH@SEA | ATH | Luis Severino | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/27 | ATH@SEA | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 90 | START | N |
| 3/28 | COL@TB | COL | Kyle Freeland | 30 | SIT | N |
| 3/28 | COL@TB | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 75 | START | N |
| 3/28 | BAL@TOR | BAL | Charlie Morton | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | BAL@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | PIT@MIA | PIT | Mitch Keller | 65 | START | N |
| 3/28 | PIT@MIA | MIA | Connor Gillispie | 30 | SIT | N |
| 3/28 | BOS@TEX | BOS | Tanner Houck | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | BOS@TEX | TEX | Jack Leiter | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | NYM@HOU | NYM | Tylor Megill | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | NYM@HOU | HOU | Hunter Brown | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | CHC@ARI | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | CHC@ARI | ARI | Merrill Kelly | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | ATH@SEA | ATH | Jeffrey Springs | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | ATH@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 80 | START | N |
| 3/28 | ATL@SD | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 70 | START | N |
| 3/28 | ATL@SD | SD | Dylan Cease | 70 | START | N |
| 3/28 | DET@LAD | DET | Jack Flaherty | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/28 | DET@LAD | LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 75 | START | N |
| 3/29 | MIL@NYY | MIL | Nestor Cortes | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | MIL@NYY | NYY | Max Fried | 70 | START | N |
| 3/29 | LAA@CHW | LAA | Jose Soriano | 65 | START | N |
| 3/29 | LAA@CHW | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 25 | SIT | N |
| 3/29 | MIN@STL | MIN | Joe Ryan | 75 | START | N |
| 3/29 | MIN@STL | STL | Erick Fedde | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | BAL@TOR | BAL | Dean Kremer | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | BAL@TOR | TOR | Max Scherzer | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Jesus Luzardo | 65 | START | N |
| 3/29 | PHI@WAS | WAS | Jake Irvin | 30 | SIT | N |
| 3/29 | CLE@KC | CLE | Gavin Williams | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | CLE@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 65 | START | N |
| 3/29 | SF@CIN | SF | Justin Verlander | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | SF@CIN | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | COL@TB | COL | German Marquez | 30 | SIT | N |
| 3/29 | COL@TB | TB | Zack Littell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | PIT@MIA | PIT | Andrew Heaney | 65 | START | N |
| 3/29 | PIT@MIA | MIA | Valente Bellozo | 35 | SIT | N |
| 3/29 | BOS@TEX | BOS | Walker Buehler | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | BOS@TEX | TEX | Tyler Mahle | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | NYM@HOU | NYM | Griffin Canning | 35 | SIT | N |
| 3/29 | NYM@HOU | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | ATL@SD | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 75 | START | N |
| 3/29 | ATL@SD | SD | Randy Vasquez | 30 | SIT | N |
| 3/29 | CHC@ARI | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 65 | START | N |
| 3/29 | CHC@ARI | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | DET@LAD | DET | Reese Olson | 35 | SIT | N |
| 3/29 | DET@LAD | LAD | Roki Sasaki | 65 | START | N |
| 3/29 | ATH@SEA | ATH | Osvaldo Bido | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/29 | ATH@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 80 | START | N |
| 3/30 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Aaron Nola | 75 | START | N |
| 3/30 | PHI@WAS | WAS | Trevor Williams | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | MIL@NYY | MIL | Aaron Civale | 35 | SIT | N |
| 3/30 | MIL@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | BAL@TOR | BAL | Tomoyuki Sugano | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | BAL@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | SF@CIN | SF | Robbie Ray | 65 | START | N |
| 3/30 | SF@CIN | CIN | Nick Martinez | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | COL@TB | COL | Ryan Feltner | 25 | SIT | N |
| 3/30 | COL@TB | TB | Taj Bradley | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | PIT@MIA | PIT | Bailey Falter | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | PIT@MIA | MIA | Max Meyer | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | CLE@KC | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 70 | START | N |
| 3/30 | CLE@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | LAA@CHW | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | LAA@CHW | CHW | Davis Martin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 3/30 | MIN@STL | MIN | Bailey Ober | 70 | START | N |
| 3/30 | MIN@STL | STL | Andre Pallante | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | BOS@TEX | BOS | Richard Fitts | 35 | SIT | N |
| 3/30 | BOS@TEX | TEX | Jacob deGrom | 70 | START | N |
| 3/30 | CHC@ARI | CHC | Matthew Boyd | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | CHC@ARI | ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | ATH@SEA | ATH | JP Sears | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | ATH@SEA | SEA | Bryan Woo | 75 | START | N |
| 3/30 | ATL@SD | ATL | AJ Smith-Shawver | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 3/30 | ATL@SD | SD | Nick Pivetta | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (March 27 - March 30)
The below grid shows the same data but as a color-coded grid:
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