Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 29 - May 5)

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3. Week 6 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 29 - May 5)

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We're back at it again this week with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 6 - Monday, April 29 through Sunday, May 5. It's time to sift through the madness and make the right decisions. Starting pitchers have been getting injured consistently, but at the same time there are new arms getting called up and new pitchers emerging. 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.

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.

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 6 of the fantasy season, which covers April 29 through May 5.

Week 6 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 29 - May 5)

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 6 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 29 - May 5)

Date	Game	Team	Pitcher	Grade	Start/Sit	2 Starts
4/29	NYY@BAL	NYY	Clarke Schmidt	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/29	NYY@BAL	BAL	Grayson Rodriguez	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/29	WAS@MIA	WAS	Jake Irvin	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/29	WAS@MIA	MIA	Trevor Rogers	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/29	KC@TOR	KC	Jonathan Bowlan	20	SIT	N
4/29	KC@TOR	TOR	Yariel Rodriguez	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/29	CHC@NYM	CHC	Jameson Taillon	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/29	CHC@NYM	NYM	Luis Severino	75	START	Y
4/29	MIN@CWS	MIN	Joe Ryan	85	START	Y
4/29	MIN@CWS	CWS	Garrett Crochet	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/29	TB@MIL	TB	Ryan Pepiot	65	START	Y
4/29	TB@MIL	MIL	Bryse Wilson	35	SIT	N
4/29	PHI@LAA	PHI	Cristopher Sanchez	65	START	N
4/29	PHI@LAA	LAA	Griffin Canning	20	SIT	Y
4/29	LAD@ARI	LAD	James Paxton	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/29	LAD@ARI	ARI	Tommy Henry	30	SIT	N
4/29	PIT@OAK	PIT	Bailey Falter	70	START	Y
4/29	PIT@OAK	OAK	Joe Boyle	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/29	CIN@SD	CIN	Nick Lodolo	65	START	Y
4/29	CIN@SD	SD	Matt Waldron	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/29	ATL@SEA	ATL	Max Fried	75	START	Y
4/29	ATL@SEA	SEA	Bryce Miller	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/30	NYY@BAL	NYY	Nestor Cortes	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/30	NYY@BAL	BAL	Dean Kremer	25	SIT	Y
4/30	STL@DET	STL	Kyle Gibson	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/30	STL@DET	DET	Jack Flaherty	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/30	STL@DET	STL	Steven Matz	35	SIT	N
4/30	STL@DET	DET	Matt Manning	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/30	COL@MIA	COL	Ryan Feltner	30	SIT	Y
4/30	COL@MIA	MIA	Sixto Sanchez	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/30	KC@TOR	KC	Cole Ragans	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/30	KC@TOR	TOR	Jose Berrios	65	START	N
4/30	CHC@NYM	CHC	Javier Assad	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/30	CHC@NYM	NYM	Sean Manaea	35	SIT	N
4/30	SF@BOS	SF	Logan Webb	75	START	Y
4/30	SF@BOS	BOS	Cooper Criswell	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/30	MIN@CWS	MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson	65	START	N
4/30	MIN@CWS	CWS	Michael Soroka	20	SIT	N
4/30	TB@MIL	TB	Tyler Alexander	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/30	TB@MIL	MIL	Freddy Peralta	70	START	Y
4/30	WAS@TEX	WAS	MacKenzie Gore	65	START	Y
4/30	WAS@TEX	TEX	Jon Gray	65	START	Y
4/30	CLE@HOU	CLE	Carlos Carrasco	30	SIT	Y
4/30	CLE@HOU	HOU	Hunter Brown	35	SIT	Y
4/30	PHI@LAA	PHI	Spencer Turnbull	75	START	N
4/30	PHI@LAA	LAA	Tyler Anderson	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/30	LAD@ARI	LAD	Landon Knack	65	START	N
4/30	LAD@ARI	ARI	Brandon Hughes	20	SIT	N
4/30	PIT@OAK	PIT	Mitch Keller	65	START	N
4/30	PIT@OAK	OAK	Alex Wood	30	SIT	N
4/30	CIN@SD	CIN	Nick Martinez	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/30	CIN@SD	SD	Yu Darvish	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/30	ATL@SEA	ATL	Reynaldo Lopez	65	START	N
4/30	ATL@SEA	SEA	Luis Castillo	70	START	N
5/1	STL@DET	STL	Miles Mikolas	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	STL@DET	DET	Kenta Maeda	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	TB@MIL	TB	Zach Eflin	70	START	N
5/1	TB@MIL	MIL	Colin Rea	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	MIN@CWS	MIN	Bailey Ober	80	START	N
5/1	MIN@CWS	CWS	Chris Flexen	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	KC@TOR	KC	Seth Lugo	65	START	N
5/1	KC@TOR	TOR	Chris Bassitt	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	PIT@OAK	PIT	Quinn Priester	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	PIT@OAK	OAK	Ross Stripling	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	ATL@SEA	ATL	Chris Sale	70	START	N
5/1	ATL@SEA	SEA	Emerson Hancock	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	PHI@LAA	PHI	Zack Wheeler	85	START	N
5/1	PHI@LAA	LAA	Patrick Sandoval	25	SIT	N
5/1	CIN@SD	CIN	Graham Ashcraft	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	CIN@SD	SD	Joe Musgrove	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	NYY@BAL	NYY	Luis Gil	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	NYY@BAL	BAL	Corbin Burnes	75	START	N
5/1	COL@MIA	COL	Dakota Hudson	30	SIT	N
5/1	COL@MIA	MIA	Roddery Munoz	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	CHC@NYM	CHC	Shota Imanaga	75	START	N
5/1	CHC@NYM	NYM	Jose Butto	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	SF@BOS	SF	Daulton Jefferies	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	SF@BOS	BOS	Kutter Crawford	70	START	N
5/1	WAS@TEX	WAS	Trevor Williams	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	WAS@TEX	TEX	Andrew Heaney	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	CLE@HOU	CLE	Triston McKenzie	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/1	CLE@HOU	HOU	Justin Verlander	70	START	N
5/1	LAD@ARI	LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	80	START	N
5/1	LAD@ARI	ARI	Jordan Montgomery	65	START	N
5/2	COL@MIA	COL	Peter Lambert	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/2	COL@MIA	MIA	Edward Cabrera	70	START	N
5/2	NYY@BAL	NYY	Carlos Rodon	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/2	NYY@BAL	BAL	Kyle Bradish	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/2	CHC@NYM	CHC	Ben Brown	65	START	N
5/2	CHC@NYM	NYM	Adrian Houser	25	SIT	N
5/2	SF@BOS	SF	Kyle Harrison	65	START	N
5/2	SF@BOS	BOS	Josh Winckowski	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/2	WAS@TEX	WAS	Mitchell Parker	65	START	N
5/2	WAS@TEX	TEX	Nathan Eovaldi	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/2	CLE@HOU	CLE	Logan Allen	25	SIT	N
5/2	CLE@HOU	HOU	Spencer Arrighetti	35	SIT	N
5/3	MIL@CHC	MIL	Joe Ross	35	SIT	N
5/3	MIL@CHC	CHC	Hayden Wesneski	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	BAL@CIN	BAL	Cole Irvin	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	BAL@CIN	CIN	Hunter Greene	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	COL@PIT	COL	Cal Quantrill	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	COL@PIT	PIT	Martin Perez	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	SF@PHI	SF	Jordan Hicks	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	SF@PHI	PHI	Aaron Nola	75	START	N
5/3	TOR@WAS	TOR	Yusei Kikuchi	70	START	N
5/3	TOR@WAS	WAS	Patrick Corbin	35	SIT	N
5/3	NYM@TB	NYM	Jose Quintana	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	NYM@TB	TB	Aaron Civale	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	DET@NYY	DET	Reese Olson	65	START	N
5/3	DET@NYY	NYY	Marcus Stroman	65	START	N
5/3	LAA@CLE	LAA	Jose Soriano	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	LAA@CLE	CLE	Tanner Bibee	70	START	N
5/3	TEX@KC	TEX	Michael Lorenzen	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	TEX@KC	KC	Brady Singer	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	SEA@HOU	SEA	George Kirby	75	START	N
5/3	SEA@HOU	HOU	Ronel Blanco	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	BOS@MIN	BOS	Tanner Houck	75	START	N
5/3	BOS@MIN	MIN	Chris Paddack	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	CWS@STL	CWS	Brad Keller	30	SIT	N
5/3	CWS@STL	STL	Sonny Gray	85	START	N
5/3	SD@ARI	SD	Dylan Cease	80	START	N
5/3	SD@ARI	ARI	Slade Cecconi	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	MIA@OAK	MIA	Ryan Weathers	65	START	N
5/3	MIA@OAK	OAK	J.P. Sears	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	ATL@LAD	ATL	Charlie Morton	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/3	ATL@LAD	LAD	Gavin Stone	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	DET@NYY	DET	Casey Mize	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	DET@NYY	NYY	Clarke Schmidt	65	START	Y
5/4	BOS@MIN	BOS	Brennan Bernardino	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	BOS@MIN	MIN	Pablo Lopez	80	START	N
5/4	CWS@STL	CWS	Erick Fedde	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	CWS@STL	STL	Lance Lynn	70	START	N
5/4	MIL@CHC	MIL	Tobias Myers	65	START	N
5/4	MIL@CHC	CHC	Jameson Taillon	65	START	Y
5/4	COL@PIT	COL	Austin Gomber	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	COL@PIT	PIT	Jared Jones	90	START	N
5/4	TOR@WAS	TOR	Kevin Gausman	65	START	N
5/4	TOR@WAS	WAS	Jake Irvin	35	SIT	Y
5/4	MIA@OAK	MIA	Trevor Rogers	65	START	Y
5/4	MIA@OAK	OAK	Paul Blackburn	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	SF@PHI	SF	Keaton Winn	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	SF@PHI	PHI	Ranger Suarez	75	START	N
5/4	LAA@CLE	LAA	Reid Detmers	65	START	N
5/4	LAA@CLE	CLE	Ben Lively	65	START	N
5/4	BAL@CIN	BAL	John Means	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	BAL@CIN	CIN	Andrew Abbott	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	TEX@KC	TEX	Dane Dunning	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	TEX@KC	KC	Michael Wacha	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	SEA@HOU	SEA	Logan Gilbert	70	START	N
5/4	SEA@HOU	HOU	Framber Valdez	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	NYM@TB	NYM	Christian Scott	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	NYM@TB	TB	Zack Littell	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	SD@ARI	SD	Michael King	70	START	N
5/4	SD@ARI	ARI	Brandon Pfaadt	65	START	N
5/4	ATL@LAD	ATL	Bryce Elder	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/4	ATL@LAD	LAD	Tyler Glasnow	75	START	N
5/5	COL@PIT	COL	Ryan Feltner	30	SIT	Y
5/5	COL@PIT	PIT	Bailey Falter	70	START	Y
5/5	TOR@WAS	TOR	Alek Manoah	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/5	TOR@WAS	WAS	MacKenzie Gore	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	DET@NYY	DET	Tarik Skubal	80	START	N
5/5	DET@NYY	NYY	Nestor Cortes	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	LAA@CLE	LAA	Griffin Canning	30	SIT	Y
5/5	LAA@CLE	CLE	Carlos Carrasco	35	SIT	Y
5/5	NYM@TB	NYM	Luis Severino	65	START	Y
5/5	NYM@TB	TB	Ryan Pepiot	65	START	Y
5/5	SEA@HOU	SEA	Bryce Miller	70	START	Y
5/5	SEA@HOU	HOU	Hunter Brown	30	SIT	Y
5/5	TEX@KC	TEX	Jon Gray	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	TEX@KC	KC	Daniel Lynch	25	SIT	N
5/5	BOS@MIN	BOS	Cooper Criswell	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	BOS@MIN	MIN	Joe Ryan	80	START	Y
5/5	CWS@STL	CWS	Garrett Crochet	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	CWS@STL	STL	Matthew Liberatore	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/5	MIL@CHC	MIL	Freddy Peralta	75	START	Y
5/5	MIL@CHC	CHC	Javier Assad	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	MIA@OAK	MIA	Sixto Sanchez	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	MIA@OAK	OAK	Joe Boyle	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	BAL@CIN	BAL	Dean Kremer	35	SIT	Y
5/5	BAL@CIN	CIN	Nick Lodolo	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	SD@ARI	SD	Matt Waldron	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
5/5	SD@ARI	ARI	Ryne Nelson	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
5/5	ATL@LAD	ATL	Max Fried	70	START	Y
5/5	ATL@LAD	LAD	James Paxton	30	SIT	Y
5/5	SF@PHI	SF	Logan Webb	70	START	Y
5/5	SF@PHI	PHI	Taijuan Walker	30	SIT	N

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