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Believe it or not, we're already into the second half of August so let's cook up another edition of our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 22 -- Monday, August 19 through Sunday, August 25. We're putting ourselves in the best position to push towards September's finish line with strength. Let's continue sculpting a winner with robust start/sit calls and any two-start arms as needed.
For 12 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series every week here at RotoBaller. I'm Nick Mariano, your guide through the 2024 season. All sorts of firepower and TLC go into providing this piece each week. We get tons of great feedback on it every year.
If you're new here, read below to catch up on the aim of this piece and how best to use it. Best of luck with your fantasy baseball starting pitcher lineup decisions. Let's get to it!
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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 or actionable arms who may return from the injured list or be called up, but some situations are fluid, and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information.
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 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. Let's get to it!
Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 22 of the fantasy season, which covers August 19 through August 25.
Week 22 Start/Sit Recommendations (August 19 - August 25)
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 |
| 8/19 | ARI@MIA | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 75 | START | N |
| 8/19 | ARI@MIA | MIA | Adam Oller | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 8/19 | CIN@TOR | CIN | Julian Aguiar | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/19 | CIN@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/19 | BAL@NYM | BAL | Trevor Rogers | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/19 | BAL@NYM | NYM | David Peterson | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/19 | PIT@TEX | PIT | Luis L. Ortiz | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/19 | PIT@TEX | TEX | Dane Dunning | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/19 | BOS@HOU | BOS | Tanner Houck | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/19 | BOS@HOU | HOU | Yusei Kikuchi | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/19 | LAA@KC | LAA | Carson Fulmer | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/19 | LAA@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/19 | TB@OAK | TB | Taj Bradley | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/19 | TB@OAK | OAK | Joe Boyle | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/19 | MIN@SD | MIN | Zebby Matthews | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/19 | MIN@SD | SD | Michael King | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/19 | CHW@SF | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/19 | CHW@SF | SF | Kyle Harrison | 70 | START | N |
| 8/19 | SEA@LAD | SEA | Bryan Woo | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/19 | SEA@LAD | LAD | Gavin Stone | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | ARI@MIA | ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | ARI@MIA | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/20 | COL@WAS | COL | Austin Gomber | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/20 | COL@WAS | WAS | DJ Herz | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/20 | CLE@NYY | CLE | Matthew Boyd | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/20 | CLE@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | CIN@TOR | CIN | Carson Spiers | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | CIN@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | BAL@NYM | BAL | Dean Kremer | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/20 | BAL@NYM | NYM | Jose Quintana | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/20 | PHI@ATL | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 75 | START | Y |
| 8/20 | PHI@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | MIL@STL | MIL | Frankie Montas | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | MIL@STL | STL | Erick Fedde | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | DET@CHC | DET | Bryan Sammons | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 8/20 | DET@CHC | CHC | Javier Assad | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/20 | PIT@TEX | PIT | Mitch Keller | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | PIT@TEX | TEX | Cody Bradford | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | BOS@HOU | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | BOS@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | LAA@KC | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | LAA@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 70 | START | N |
| 8/20 | TB@OAK | TB | Shane Baz | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | TB@OAK | OAK | Joey Estes | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | MIN@SD | MIN | Bailey Ober | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | MIN@SD | SD | Martin Perez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/20 | CHW@SF | CHW | Davis Martin | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | CHW@SF | SF | Robbie Ray | 80 | START | Y |
| 8/20 | SEA@LAD | SEA | Bryce Miller | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/20 | SEA@LAD | LAD | Walker Buehler | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | BAL@NYM | BAL | Cole Irvin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | BAL@NYM | NYM | Sean Manaea | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | BOS@HOU | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | BOS@HOU | HOU | Justin Verlander | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | PIT@TEX | PIT | Domingo German | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | PIT@TEX | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | CHW@SF | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | CHW@SF | SF | Logan Webb | 80 | START | N |
| 8/21 | MIN@SD | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | MIN@SD | SD | Matt Waldron | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | ARI@MIA | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | ARI@MIA | MIA | Roddery Munoz | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | COL@WAS | COL | Tanner Gordon | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | COL@WAS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | CLE@NYY | CLE | Joey Cantillo | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | CLE@NYY | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | CIN@TOR | CIN | Nick Martinez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | CIN@TOR | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | PHI@ATL | PHI | Aaron Nola | 65 | START | N |
| 8/21 | PHI@ATL | ATL | Max Fried | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | MIL@STL | MIL | Tobias Myers | 65 | START | N |
| 8/21 | MIL@STL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | DET@CHC | DET | Kenta Maeda | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | DET@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | LAA@KC | LAA | Johnny Cueto | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | LAA@KC | KC | Michael Lorenzen | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | TB@OAK | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | TB@OAK | OAK | Mitch Spence | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/21 | SEA@LAD | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/21 | SEA@LAD | LAD | Jack Flaherty | 90 | START | N |
| 8/22 | COL@WAS | COL | Cal Quantrill | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/22 | COL@WAS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | CLE@NYY | CLE | Gavin Williams | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | CLE@NYY | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 70 | START | N |
| 8/22 | MIL@STL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 65 | START | N |
| 8/22 | MIL@STL | STL | Miles Mikolas | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/22 | DET@CHC | DET | Brant Hurter | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/22 | DET@CHC | CHC | Justin Steele | 70 | START | N |
| 8/22 | TB@OAK | TB | Jeffrey Springs | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | TB@OAK | OAK | Osvaldo Bido | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | CIN@PIT | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | CIN@PIT | PIT | Paul Skenes | 70 | START | N |
| 8/22 | LAA@TOR | LAA | Griffin Canning | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/22 | LAA@TOR | TOR | Ryan Yarbrough | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | HOU@BAL | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | HOU@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 65 | START | N |
| 8/22 | PHI@ATL | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | PHI@ATL | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/22 | NYM@SD | NYM | Luis Severino | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/22 | NYM@SD | SD | Dylan Cease | 80 | START | N |
| 8/23 | CIN@PIT | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | CIN@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | HOU@BAL | HOU | Hunter Brown | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | HOU@BAL | BAL | Cade Povich | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | COL@NYY | COL | Kyle Freeland | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | COL@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 75 | START | N |
| 8/23 | LAA@TOR | LAA | Jack Kochanowicz | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | LAA@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | ARI@BOS | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | ARI@BOS | BOS | Brayan Bello | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | TEX@CLE | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 65 | START | N |
| 8/23 | TEX@CLE | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | CHC@MIA | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | CHC@MIA | MIA | Max Meyer | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | WAS@ATL | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | WAS@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 85 | START | N |
| 8/23 | STL@MIN | STL | Andre Pallante | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | STL@MIN | MIN | David Festa | 65 | START | N |
| 8/23 | PHI@KC | PHI | Taijuan Walker | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | PHI@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | DET@CHW | DET | Keider Montero | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | DET@CHW | CHW | Chris Flexen | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | NYM@SD | NYM | Paul Blackburn | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | NYM@SD | SD | Joe Musgrove | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | MIL@OAK | MIL | Aaron Civale | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | MIL@OAK | OAK | JP Sears | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/23 | SF@SEA | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 65 | START | N |
| 8/23 | SF@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 70 | START | N |
| 8/23 | TB@LAD | TB | Tyler Alexander | 10 | SIT | N |
| 8/23 | TB@LAD | LAD | Bobby Miller | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | COL@NYY | COL | Bradley Blalock | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/24 | COL@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | LAA@TOR | LAA | Carson Fulmer | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/24 | LAA@TOR | TOR | Bowden Francis | 65 | START | N |
| 8/24 | HOU@BAL | HOU | Framber Valdez | 65 | START | N |
| 8/24 | HOU@BAL | BAL | Albert Suarez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | MIL@OAK | MIL | Colin Rea | 65 | START | N |
| 8/24 | MIL@OAK | OAK | Joe Boyle | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/24 | ARI@BOS | ARI | Zac Gallen | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | ARI@BOS | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/24 | SF@SEA | SF | Blake Snell | 95 | START | N |
| 8/24 | SF@SEA | SEA | George Kirby | 70 | START | N |
| 8/24 | CHC@MIA | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 80 | START | N |
| 8/24 | CHC@MIA | MIA | Valente Bellozo | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/24 | CIN@PIT | CIN | Julian Aguiar | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/24 | CIN@PIT | PIT | Jake Woodford | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | TEX@CLE | TEX | Jon Gray | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/24 | TEX@CLE | CLE | Ben Lively | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | STL@MIN | STL | Sonny Gray | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | STL@MIN | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 70 | START | N |
| 8/24 | PHI@KC | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | PHI@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | DET@CHW | DET | Tarik Skubal | 95 | START | N |
| 8/24 | DET@CHW | CHW | Ky Bush | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/24 | WAS@ATL | WAS | Jake Irvin | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | WAS@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/24 | NYM@SD | NYM | David Peterson | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 8/24 | NYM@SD | SD | Michael King | 80 | START | Y |
| 8/24 | TB@LAD | TB | Taj Bradley | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/24 | TB@LAD | LAD | Clayton Kershaw | 65 | START | N |
| 8/25 | WAS@ATL | WAS | DJ Herz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | WAS@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | ARI@BOS | ARI | Merrill Kelly | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/25 | ARI@BOS | BOS | Tanner Houck | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/25 | CIN@PIT | CIN | Carson Spiers | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | CIN@PIT | PIT | Luis L. Ortiz | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | COL@NYY | COL | Austin Gomber | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 8/25 | COL@NYY | NYY | Will Warren | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/25 | LAA@TOR | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | LAA@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | TEX@CLE | TEX | Cody Bradford | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | TEX@CLE | CLE | Matthew Boyd | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | CHC@MIA | CHC | Javier Assad | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | CHC@MIA | MIA | Adam Oller | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 8/25 | STL@MIN | STL | Erick Fedde | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/25 | STL@MIN | MIN | Zebby Matthews | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/25 | PHI@KC | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 70 | START | Y |
| 8/25 | PHI@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | DET@CHW | DET | Bryan Sammons | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | DET@CHW | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/25 | MIL@OAK | MIL | Frankie Montas | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | MIL@OAK | OAK | Joey Estes | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/25 | NYM@SD | NYM | Jose Quintana | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/25 | NYM@SD | SD | Martin Perez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | SF@SEA | SF | Robbie Ray | 75 | START | Y |
| 8/25 | SF@SEA | SEA | Bryan Woo | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/25 | TB@LAD | TB | Shane Baz | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | TB@LAD | LAD | Gavin Stone | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | HOU@BAL | HOU | Yusei Kikuchi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/25 | HOU@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 35 | SIT | Y |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (August 19 - August 25)
The below grid shows the same data, but as a color-coded grid:
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