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We're into the thick of summer as we turn to August with another edition of our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 20 -- Monday, August 5 through Sunday, August 11. We've battled through the trade deadline's chaos and have emerged on the other side ready for action. Whether you're eyeing two-start options or simply weighing start/sit decisions, you've come to the right place!
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 squad leader 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.
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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, but some situations are fluid, especially with the trade deadline here, 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 20 of the fantasy season, which covers August 5 through August 11.
Week 20 Start/Sit Recommendations (August 5 - August 11)
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 |
| 8/5 | NYM@STL | NYM | Sean Manaea | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/5 | NYM@STL | STL | Andre Pallante | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/5 | ARI@CLE | ARI | Zac Gallen | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/5 | ARI@CLE | CLE | Logan Allen | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/5 | CIN@MIA | CIN | Nick Martinez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/5 | CIN@MIA | MIA | Roddery Munoz | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/5 | SF@WAS | SF | Logan Webb | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/5 | SF@WAS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/5 | HOU@TEX | HOU | Hunter Brown | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/5 | HOU@TEX | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/5 | MIN@CHC | MIN | David Festa | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/5 | MIN@CHC | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/5 | BOS@KC | BOS | James Paxton | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 8/5 | BOS@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/5 | CHW@OAK | CHW | Ky Bush | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/5 | CHW@OAK | OAK | JP Sears | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/5 | PHI@LAD | PHI | Aaron Nola | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/5 | PHI@LAD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 70 | START | Y |
| 8/6 | SD@PIT | SD | Dylan Cease | 80 | START | Y |
| 8/6 | SD@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/6 | CIN@MIA | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/6 | CIN@MIA | MIA | Max Meyer | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/6 | SF@WAS | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/6 | SF@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/6 | BAL@TOR | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 70 | START | N |
| 8/6 | BAL@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/6 | MIL@ATL | MIL | Colin Rea | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/6 | MIL@ATL | ATL | Bryce Elder | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/6 | TB@STL | TB | Jeffrey Springs | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/6 | TB@STL | STL | Sonny Gray | 65 | START | N |
| 8/6 | HOU@TEX | HOU | Framber Valdez | 75 | START | N |
| 8/6 | HOU@TEX | TEX | Tyler Mahle | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/6 | MIN@CHC | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 70 | START | N |
| 8/6 | MIN@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 70 | START | N |
| 8/6 | BOS@KC | BOS | Brayan Bello | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/6 | BOS@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 65 | START | N |
| 8/6 | NYM@COL | NYM | Luis Severino | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 8/6 | NYM@COL | COL | Kyle Freeland | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/6 | DET@SEA | DET | Keider Montero | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/6 | DET@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 75 | START | Y |
| 8/6 | CHW@OAK | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/6 | CHW@OAK | OAK | Ross Stripling | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/6 | PHI@LAD | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/6 | PHI@LAD | LAD | Clayton Kershaw | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | ARI@CLE | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 65 | START | N |
| 8/7 | ARI@CLE | CLE | Ben Lively | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | ARI@CLE | ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | ARI@CLE | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | MIN@CHC | MIN | Joe Ryan | 70 | START | N |
| 8/7 | MIN@CHC | CHC | Javier Assad | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | HOU@TEX | HOU | Yusei Kikuchi | 70 | START | N |
| 8/7 | HOU@TEX | TEX | Jose Urena | 15 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | CHW@OAK | CHW | Davis Martin | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | CHW@OAK | OAK | Joey Estes | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | SD@PIT | SD | Michael King | 70 | START | N |
| 8/7 | SD@PIT | PIT | Marco Gonzales | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | CIN@MIA | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | CIN@MIA | MIA | Valente Bellozo | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | SF@WAS | SF | Blake Snell | 80 | START | N |
| 8/7 | SF@WAS | WAS | Jake Irvin | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | LAA@NYY | LAA | Davis Daniel | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 8/7 | LAA@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 70 | START | N |
| 8/7 | LAA@NYY | LAA | Carson Fulmer | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | LAA@NYY | NYY | Will Warren | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | BAL@TOR | BAL | Trevor Rogers | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | BAL@TOR | TOR | Bowden Francis | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | MIL@ATL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | MIL@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 80 | START | Y |
| 8/7 | TB@STL | TB | Taj Bradley | 65 | START | N |
| 8/7 | TB@STL | STL | Erick Fedde | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | BOS@KC | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | BOS@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 70 | START | N |
| 8/7 | NYM@COL | NYM | Paul Blackburn | 15 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | NYM@COL | COL | Ryan Feltner | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/7 | DET@SEA | DET | Tarik Skubal | 90 | START | N |
| 8/7 | DET@SEA | SEA | George Kirby | 85 | START | N |
| 8/7 | PHI@LAD | PHI | Tyler Phillips | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/7 | PHI@LAD | LAD | Gavin Stone | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/8 | MIL@ATL | MIL | Frankie Montas | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | MIL@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | SD@PIT | SD | Randy Vasquez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | SD@PIT | PIT | Luis L. Ortiz | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | NYM@COL | NYM | David Peterson | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/8 | NYM@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/8 | SF@WAS | SF | Kyle Harrison | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | SF@WAS | WAS | DJ Herz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | CIN@MIA | CIN | Hunter Greene | 80 | START | N |
| 8/8 | CIN@MIA | MIA | Kyle Tyler | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/8 | LAA@NYY | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | LAA@NYY | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | BAL@TOR | BAL | Dean Kremer | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/8 | BAL@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | TB@STL | TB | Shane Baz | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | TB@STL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/8 | DET@SEA | DET | Kenta Maeda/Pen | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/8 | DET@SEA | SEA | Bryan Woo | 65 | START | N |
| 8/8 | PHI@ARI | PHI | Kolby Allard | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/8 | PHI@ARI | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | CLE@MIN | CLE | Joey Cantillo | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | CLE@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 75 | START | N |
| 8/9 | CLE@MIN | CLE | Alex Cobb | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | CLE@MIN | MIN | Louie Varland | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | LAA@WAS | LAA | Jose Soriano | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | LAA@WAS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | BAL@TB | BAL | Zach Eflin | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | BAL@TB | TB | Zack Littell | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | OAK@TOR | OAK | Mitch Spence | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | OAK@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | HOU@BOS | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | HOU@BOS | BOS | Tanner Houck | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | SD@MIA | SD | Martin Perez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | SD@MIA | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | STL@KC | STL | Miles Mikolas | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | STL@KC | KC | Michael Lorenzen | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | CHC@CHW | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 70 | START | N |
| 8/9 | PHI@ARI | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 65 | START | N |
| 8/9 | PHI@ARI | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | CHC@CHW | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 65 | START | N |
| 8/9 | CIN@MIL | CIN | Carson Spiers | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | PIT@LAD | PIT | Mitch Keller | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | PIT@LAD | LAD | Jack Flaherty | 65 | START | N |
| 8/9 | CIN@MIL | MIL | Aaron Civale | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | ATL@COL | ATL | Grant Holmes | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | DET@SF | DET | Beau Brieske/Pen | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | NYM@SEA | NYM | Jose Quintana | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | ATL@COL | COL | Tanner Gordon | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/9 | NYM@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/9 | DET@SF | SF | Robbie Ray | 65 | START | N |
| 8/10 | TEX@NYY | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | TEX@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 65 | START | N |
| 8/10 | TEX@NYY | TEX | Cody Bradford | 15 | SIT | N |
| 8/10 | TEX@NYY | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | OAK@TOR | OAK | Osvaldo Bido | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/10 | OAK@TOR | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | DET@SF | DET | Brant Hurter/Pen | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/10 | DET@SF | SF | Logan Webb | 75 | START | Y |
| 8/10 | HOU@BOS | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | HOU@BOS | BOS | Josh Winckowski | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/10 | SD@MIA | SD | Matt Waldron | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | SD@MIA | MIA | Roddery Munoz | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 8/10 | LAA@WAS | LAA | Griffin Canning | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/10 | LAA@WAS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/10 | STL@KC | STL | Andre Pallante | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/10 | STL@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | CLE@MIN | CLE | Gavin Williams | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | CLE@MIN | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | CIN@MIL | CIN | Nick Martinez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/10 | CIN@MIL | MIL | Tobias Myers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | BAL@TB | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 75 | START | N |
| 8/10 | BAL@TB | TB | Drew Rasmussen | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/10 | CHC@CHW | CHC | Justin Steele | 80 | START | N |
| 8/10 | CHC@CHW | CHW | Chris Flexen | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/10 | PHI@ARI | PHI | Aaron Nola | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/10 | PHI@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/10 | ATL@COL | ATL | Max Fried | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | ATL@COL | COL | Dakota Hudson | 15 | SIT | N |
| 8/10 | PIT@LAD | PIT | Paul Skenes | 65 | START | N |
| 8/10 | PIT@LAD | LAD | River Ryan | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/10 | NYM@SEA | NYM | Sean Manaea | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/10 | NYM@SEA | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 70 | START | N |
| 8/11 | LAA@WAS | LAA | Davis Daniel | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | LAA@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/11 | HOU@BOS | HOU | Hunter Brown | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | HOU@BOS | BOS | James Paxton | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/11 | TEX@NYY | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/11 | TEX@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/11 | OAK@TOR | OAK | JP Sears | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | OAK@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/11 | BAL@TB | BAL | Albert Suarez | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/11 | BAL@TB | TB | Jeffrey Springs | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | SD@MIA | SD | Dylan Cease | 90 | START | Y |
| 8/11 | SD@MIA | MIA | Max Meyer | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/11 | CLE@MIN | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/11 | CLE@MIN | MIN | David Festa | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | CIN@MIL | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | CIN@MIL | MIL | DL Hall | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/11 | ATL@COL | ATL | Chris Sale | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/11 | ATL@COL | COL | Kyle Freeland | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | DET@SF | DET | Keider Montero | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/11 | DET@SF | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | PIT@LAD | PIT | Bailey Falter | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 8/11 | PIT@LAD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 80 | START | Y |
| 8/11 | PHI@ARI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/11 | PHI@ARI | ARI | Merrill Kelly | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/11 | NYM@SEA | NYM | Luis Severino | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/11 | NYM@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 65 | START | Y |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (August 5 - August 11)
The below grid shows the same data, but as a color-coded grid:
