Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 8 - April 14)

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2. Week 3 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 8-14)

3. Week 3 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 8-14)

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Hello again, RotoBallers, the 2024 MLB season is rolling and we're here as always to help you setting those winning lineups. Welcome to our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 3 - Monday, April 8 through Sunday, April 14. Baseball is off and running, so we’re here to help you make optimal lineup decisions. By now, we've gotten at least one look at most arms, but small samples are notoriously fickle. Do you know how to navigate each of them 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 Nick Mariano, and I'll be your captain for this journey through the 2024 season. There's tons of firepower and TLC that mixes together to provide this piece each week. We get tons of great feedback on it every year.

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 3 of the fantasy season, which covers April 8 through April 14.

Week 3 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 8-14)

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 3 Start/Sit Recommendations (April 8-14)

Date	Game	Team	Pitcher	Grade	Start/Sit	2 Starts
4/8	CHW@CLE	CHW	Jared Shuster	15	SIT	N
4/8	CHW@CLE	CLE	Triston McKenzie	65	START	Y
4/8	MIA@NYY	MIA	Jesus Luzardo	65	START	Y
4/8	MIA@NYY	NYY	Nestor Cortes	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/8	DET@PIT	DET	Reese Olson	65	START	Y
4/8	DET@PIT	PIT	Mitch Keller	75	START	Y
4/8	MIL@CIN	MIL	Aaron Ashby	35	SIT	N
4/8	MIL@CIN	CIN	Graham Ashcraft	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/8	SEA@TOR	SEA	Luis Castillo	75	START	Y
4/8	SEA@TOR	TOR	Jose Berrios	70	START	Y
4/8	NYM@ATL	NYM	Julio Teheran	10	SIT	N
4/8	NYM@ATL	ATL	Charlie Morton	70	START	Y
4/8	LAD@MIN	LAD	James Paxton	70	START	Y
4/8	LAD@MIN	MIN	Bailey Ober	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/8	PHI@STL	PHI	Spencer Turnbull	65	START	Y
4/8	PHI@STL	STL	Miles Mikolas	35	SIT	N
4/8	HOU@TEX	HOU	Framber Valdez	65	START	N
4/8	HOU@TEX	TEX	Andrew Heaney	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/8	ARI@COL	ARI	Zac Gallen	70	START	Y
4/8	ARI@COL	COL	Kyle Freeland	15	SIT	Y
4/8	TB@LAA	TB	Zach Eflin	80	START	Y
4/8	TB@LAA	LAA	Tyler Anderson	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/8	CHC@SD	CHC	Javier Assad	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/8	CHC@SD	SD	Yu Darvish	70	START	Y
4/8	WAS@SF	WAS	Trevor Williams	20	SIT	Y
4/8	WAS@SF	SF	Blake Snell	70	START	Y
4/9	DET@PIT	DET	Casey Mize	70	START	N
4/9	DET@PIT	PIT	Martin Perez	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/9	BAL@BOS	BAL	Corbin Burnes	80	START	Y
4/9	BAL@BOS	BOS	Brayan Bello	65	START	Y
4/9	CHW@CLE	CHW	Mike Soroka	30	SIT	Y
4/9	CHW@CLE	CLE	Logan Allen	75	START	Y
4/9	MIL@CIN	MIL	Joe Ross	20	SIT	N
4/9	MIL@CIN	CIN	Frankie Montas	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/9	MIA@NYY	MIA	A.J. Puk	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/9	MIA@NYY	NYY	Carlos Rodon	70	START	N
4/9	SEA@TOR	SEA	George Kirby	75	START	N
4/9	SEA@TOR	TOR	Chris Bassitt	70	START	N
4/9	NYM@ATL	NYM	Adrian Houser	20	SIT	N
4/9	NYM@ATL	ATL	Reynaldo Lopez	65	START	N
4/9	HOU@KC	HOU	Cristian Javier	65	START	Y
4/9	HOU@KC	KC	Cole Ragans	80	START	Y
4/9	LAD@MIN	LAD	Tyler Glasnow	80	START	N
4/9	LAD@MIN	MIN	Louie Varland	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/9	PHI@STL	PHI	Zack Wheeler	90	START	Y
4/9	PHI@STL	STL	Sonny Gray	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/9	OAK@TEX	OAK	Alex Wood	20	SIT	Y
4/9	OAK@TEX	TEX	Nathan Eovaldi	80	START	Y
4/9	ARI@COL	ARI	Merrill Kelly	65	START	N
4/9	ARI@COL	COL	Cal Quantrill	15	SIT	N
4/9	TB@LAA	TB	Aaron Civale	75	START	N
4/9	TB@LAA	LAA	Patrick Sandoval	35	SIT	N
4/9	WAS@SF	WAS	Joan Adon	15	SIT	N
4/9	WAS@SF	SF	Kyle Harrison	65	START	N
4/9	CHC@SD	CHC	Ben Brown (Bullpen)	30	SIT	N
4/9	CHC@SD	SD	Joe Musgrove	65	START	N
4/10	LAD@MIN	LAD	Bobby Miller	80	START	N
4/10	LAD@MIN	MIN	Chris Paddack	30	SIT	N
4/10	PHI@STL	PHI	Aaron Nola	80	START	N
4/10	PHI@STL	STL	Lance Lynn	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	SEA@TOR	SEA	Logan Gilbert	75	START	N
4/10	SEA@TOR	TOR	Yusei Kikuchi	65	START	N
4/10	ARI@COL	ARI	Tommy Henry	20	SIT	N
4/10	ARI@COL	COL	Austin Gomber	15	SIT	N
4/10	WAS@SF	WAS	Patrick Corbin	25	SIT	N
4/10	WAS@SF	SF	Jordan Hicks	70	START	N
4/10	TB@LAA	TB	Zack Littell	70	START	N
4/10	TB@LAA	LAA	Jose Soriano	35	SIT	N
4/10	CHW@CLE	CHW	Erick Fedde	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	CHW@CLE	CLE	Tanner Bibee	80	START	N
4/10	CHC@SD	CHC	Kyle Hendricks	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	CHC@SD	SD	Dylan Cease	65	START	N
4/10	MIL@CIN	MIL	Wade Miley	30	SIT	N
4/10	MIL@CIN	CIN	Hunter Greene	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	MIA@NYY	MIA	Ryan Weathers	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	MIA@NYY	NYY	Marcus Stroman	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	BAL@BOS	BAL	Cole Irvin	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	BAL@BOS	BOS	Kutter Crawford	70	START	N
4/10	HOU@KC	HOU	Spencer Arrighetti	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	HOU@KC	KC	Seth Lugo	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/10	OAK@TEX	OAK	Ross Stripling	25	SIT	N
4/10	OAK@TEX	TEX	Cody Bradford	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/11	NYM@ATL	NYM	Jose Quintana	25	SIT	N
4/11	NYM@ATL	ATL	Allan Winans	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/11	HOU@KC	HOU	Hunter Brown	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/11	HOU@KC	KC	Brady Singer	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/11	OAK@TEX	OAK	JP Sears	25	SIT	N
4/11	OAK@TEX	TEX	Jon Gray	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/11	PIT@PHI	PIT	Jared Jones	65	START	N
4/11	PIT@PHI	PHI	Ranger Suarez	65	START	N
4/11	BAL@BOS	BAL	Grayson Rodriguez	75	START	N
4/11	BAL@BOS	BOS	Garrett Whitlock	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	MIN@DET	MIN	Pablo Lopez	90	START	N
4/12	MIN@DET	DET	Tarik Skubal	90	START	N
4/12	PIT@PHI	PIT	Bailey Falter	20	SIT	N
4/12	PIT@PHI	PHI	Cristopher Sanchez	70	START	N
4/12	SF@TB	SF	Keaton Winn	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	SF@TB	TB	Jacob Waguespack	10	SIT	N
4/12	MIL@BAL	MIL	Freddy Peralta	70	START	N
4/12	MIL@BAL	BAL	Tyler Wells	70	START	N
4/12	COL@TOR	COL	Ryan Feltner	30	SIT	N
4/12	COL@TOR	TOR	Kevin Gausman	90	START	N
4/12	LAA@BOS	LAA	Griffin Canning	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	LAA@BOS	BOS	Tanner Houck	70	START	N
4/12	KC@NYM	KC	Michael Wacha	65	START	N
4/12	KC@NYM	NYM	Luis Severino	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	ATL@MIA	ATL	Max Fried	80	START	N
4/12	ATL@MIA	MIA	Trevor Rogers	20	SIT	N
4/12	NYY@CLE	NYY	Clarke Schmidt	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	NYY@CLE	CLE	Carlos Carrasco	30	SIT	N
4/12	CIN@CHW	CIN	Andrew Abbott	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	CIN@CHW	CHW	Chris Flexen	35	SIT	N
4/12	TEX@HOU	TEX	Dane Dunning	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	TEX@HOU	HOU	J.P. France	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	WAS@OAK	WAS	Jake Irvin	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	WAS@OAK	OAK	Paul Blackburn	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	CHC@SEA	CHC	Jordan Wicks	65	START	N
4/12	CHC@SEA	SEA	Bryce Miller	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	STL@ARI	STL	Steven Matz	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	STL@ARI	ARI	Brandon Pfaadt	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	SD@LAD	SD	Michael King	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/12	SD@LAD	LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	70	START	N
4/13	MIN@DET	MIN	Joe Ryan	80	START	N
4/13	MIN@DET	DET	Kenta Maeda	65	START	N
4/13	MIN@DET	MIN	Bailey Ober	70	START	Y
4/13	MIN@DET	DET	Jack Flaherty	80	START	N
4/13	KC@NYM	KC	Alec Marsh	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	KC@NYM	NYM	Sean Manaea	65	START	N
4/13	CIN@CHW	CIN	Nick Lodolo	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	CIN@CHW	CHW	Garrett Crochet	80	START	N
4/13	COL@TOR	COL	Dakota Hudson	25	SIT	N
4/13	COL@TOR	TOR	Bowden Francis	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	TEX@HOU	TEX	Andrew Heaney	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/13	TEX@HOU	HOU	Ronel Blanco	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	PIT@PHI	PIT	Marco Gonzales	35	SIT	N
4/13	PIT@PHI	PHI	Spencer Turnbull	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/13	MIL@BAL	MIL	DL Hall	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	MIL@BAL	BAL	Dean Kremer	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	WAS@OAK	WAS	MacKenzie Gore	65	START	N
4/13	WAS@OAK	OAK	Joe Boyle	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	LAA@BOS	LAA	Reid Detmers	60	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	LAA@BOS	BOS	Cooper Criswell	20	SIT	N
4/13	SF@TB	SF	Logan Webb	80	START	N
4/13	SF@TB	TB	Ryan Pepiot	65	START	N
4/13	ATL@MIA	ATL	Chris Sale	80	START	N
4/13	ATL@MIA	MIA	Max Meyer	25	SIT	N
4/13	NYY@CLE	NYY	Luis Gil	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/13	NYY@CLE	CLE	Triston McKenzie	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/13	STL@ARI	STL	Kyle Gibson	30	SIT	N
4/13	STL@ARI	ARI	Ryne Nelson	30	SIT	N
4/13	SD@LAD	SD	Matt Waldron	15	SIT	N
4/13	SD@LAD	LAD	Gavin Stone	65	START	N
4/13	CHC@SEA	CHC	Shota Imanaga	75	START	N
4/13	CHC@SEA	SEA	Emerson Hancock	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/14	LAA@BOS	LAA	Tyler Anderson	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	LAA@BOS	BOS	Brayan Bello	70	START	Y
4/14	PIT@PHI	PIT	Mitch Keller	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	PIT@PHI	PHI	Zack Wheeler	85	START	Y
4/14	MIL@BAL	MIL	Colin Rea	35	SIT	N
4/14	MIL@BAL	BAL	Corbin Burnes	90	START	Y
4/14	COL@TOR	COL	Kyle Freeland	20	SIT	Y
4/14	COL@TOR	TOR	Jose Berrios	80	START	Y
4/14	KC@NYM	KC	Cole Ragans	90	START	Y
4/14	KC@NYM	NYM	Jose Butto	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	N
4/14	SF@TB	SF	Blake Snell	65	START	Y
4/14	SF@TB	TB	Zach Eflin	75	START	Y
4/14	MIN@DET	MIN	Louie Varland	65	START	Y
4/14	MIN@DET	DET	Reese Olson	75	START	Y
4/14	ATL@MIA	ATL	Charlie Morton	75	START	Y
4/14	ATL@MIA	MIA	Jesus Luzardo	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	NYY@CLE	NYY	Nestor Cortes	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	NYY@CLE	CLE	Logan Allen	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	TEX@HOU	TEX	Nathan Eovaldi	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	TEX@HOU	HOU	Cristian Javier	50	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	CIN@CHW	CIN	Graham Ashcraft	65	START	Y
4/14	CIN@CHW	CHW	Mike Soroka	30	SIT	Y
4/14	WAS@OAK	WAS	Trevor Williams	40	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	WAS@OAK	OAK	Alex Wood	45	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	CHC@SEA	CHC	Javier Assad	65	START	Y
4/14	CHC@SEA	SEA	Luis Castillo	70	START	Y
4/14	STL@ARI	STL	Sonny Gray	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	STL@ARI	ARI	Zac Gallen	75	START	Y
4/14	SD@LAD	SD	Yu Darvish	55	CONTEXT DEPENDENT	Y
4/14	SD@LAD	LAD	James Paxton	65	START	Y

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