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Join us in kicking off the month of July with its first run of matchups via our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 15 - Monday, July 1 through Sunday, July 7. We hope your fantasy teams are rising with the thermostat as we hit the season's halfway point. If you're looking for help regarding who to start for the week or need to evaluate two-start options, you've come to the right place.
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 goes 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, 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 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, and so on. Let's get to it! Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 15 of the fantasy season, which covers July 1 through July 7.
Week 15 Start/Sit Recommendations (July 1 - July 7)
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 |
| 7/1 | HOU@TOR | HOU | Hunter Brown | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/1 | HOU@TOR | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/1 | NYM@WAS | NYM | David Peterson | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/1 | NYM@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/1 | MIL@COL | MIL | Bryse Wilson | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/1 | MIL@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | STL@PIT | STL | Kyle Gibson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | STL@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/2 | CHW@CLE | CHW | Chris Flexen | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/2 | CHW@CLE | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | BOS@MIA | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 75 | START | Y |
| 7/2 | BOS@MIA | MIA | Valente Bellozo | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/2 | NYM@WAS | NYM | Sean Manaea | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | NYM@WAS | WAS | DJ Herz | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | CIN@NYY | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | CIN@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | HOU@TOR | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | HOU@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | SF@ATL | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | SF@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/2 | DET@MIN | DET | Tarik Skubal | 75 | START | Y |
| 7/2 | DET@MIN | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | SD@TEX | SD | Dylan Cease | 75 | START | Y |
| 7/2 | SD@TEX | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | PHI@CHC | PHI | Michael Mercado | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | PHI@CHC | CHC | Hayden Wesneski | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | TB@KC | TB | Zack Littell | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | TB@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | MIL@COL | MIL | Dallas Keuchel | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | MIL@COL | COL | Ryan Feltner | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | LAA@OAK | LAA | Jose Soriano | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | LAA@OAK | OAK | Mitch Spence | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | BAL@SEA | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/2 | BAL@SEA | SEA | George Kirby | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/2 | ARI@LAD | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 7/2 | ARI@LAD | LAD | Bobby Miller | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | STL@PIT | STL | Miles Mikolas | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | STL@PIT | PIT | Jared Jones | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | CHW@CLE | CHW | Erick Fedde | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | CHW@CLE | CLE | Gavin Williams | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | BOS@MIA | BOS | Brayan Bello | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | BOS@MIA | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | NYM@WAS | NYM | Christian Scott | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | NYM@WAS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | CIN@NYY | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | CIN@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | HOU@TOR | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | HOU@TOR | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | SF@ATL | SF | Jordan Hicks | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | SF@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 80 | START | N |
| 7/3 | SD@TEX | SD | Adam Mazur | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | SD@TEX | TEX | Jon Gray | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | PHI@CHC | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 75 | START | N |
| 7/3 | PHI@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | TB@KC | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 65 | START | N |
| 7/3 | TB@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | DET@MIN | DET | Keider Montero | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | DET@MIN | MIN | David Festa | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | MIL@COL | MIL | Colin Rea | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | MIL@COL | COL | Dakota Hudson | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | LAA@OAK | LAA | Davis Daniel | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | LAA@OAK | OAK | Joey Estes | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | ARI@LAD | ARI | Cristian Mena | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/3 | ARI@LAD | LAD | Gavin Stone | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | BAL@SEA | BAL | Dean Kremer | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/3 | BAL@SEA | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | NYM@WAS | NYM | Jose Quintana | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | NYM@WAS | WAS | Jake Irvin | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | STL@PIT | STL | Andre Pallante | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | STL@PIT | PIT | Martin Perez | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | CIN@NYY | CIN | Frankie Montas | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | CIN@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | HOU@TOR | HOU | Framber Valdez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | HOU@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | CHW@CLE | CHW | TBD (Cannon?) | 0 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | CHW@CLE | CLE | Ben Lively | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | BOS@MIA | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 70 | START | N |
| 7/4 | BOS@MIA | MIA | Kyle Tyler | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | DET@MIN | DET | Kenta Maeda | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | DET@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | PHI@CHC | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 75 | START | N |
| 7/4 | PHI@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | SD@TEX | SD | Michael King | 70 | START | N |
| 7/4 | SD@TEX | TEX | Max Scherzer | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | LAA@OAK | LAA | Roansy Contreras | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | LAA@OAK | OAK | JP Sears | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | BAL@SEA | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 85 | START | N |
| 7/4 | BAL@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | SF@ATL | SF | Logan Webb | 65 | START | N |
| 7/4 | SF@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | TB@KC | TB | Zach Eflin | 65 | START | N |
| 7/4 | TB@KC | KC | Alec Marsh | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | MIL@COL | MIL | Tobias Myers | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | MIL@COL | COL | Cal Quantrill | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/4 | ARI@LAD | ARI | Zac Gallen | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/4 | ARI@LAD | LAD | Landon Knack | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | LAA@CHC | LAA | Griffin Canning | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | LAA@CHC | CHC | Justin Steele | 65 | START | N |
| 7/5 | NYM@PIT | NYM | Luis Severino | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | NYM@PIT | PIT | Paul Skenes | 65 | START | N |
| 7/5 | STL@WAS | STL | Sonny Gray | 70 | START | N |
| 7/5 | STL@WAS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | BOS@NYY | BOS | Tanner Houck | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | BOS@NYY | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | DET@CIN | DET | Reese Olson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | DET@CIN | CIN | Carson Spiers | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | SF@CLE | SF | Erik Miller | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | SF@CLE | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 85 | START | N |
| 7/5 | CHW@MIA | CHW | Drew Thorpe | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | CHW@MIA | MIA | Bryan Hoeing | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | PHI@ATL | PHI | Aaron Nola | 65 | START | N |
| 7/5 | PHI@ATL | ATL | Max Fried | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | TB@TEX | TB | Shane Baz | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | TB@TEX | TEX | Michael Lorenzen | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | KC@COL | KC | Cole Ragans | 65 | START | N |
| 7/5 | KC@COL | COL | Kyle Freeland | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | HOU@MIN | HOU | Shawn Dubin | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | HOU@MIN | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | BAL@OAK | BAL | Albert Suarez | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | BAL@OAK | OAK | Hogan Harris | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | ARI@SD | ARI | Slade Cecconi | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | ARI@SD | SD | Randy Vasquez | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | TOR@SEA | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | TOR@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/5 | MIL@LAD | MIL | Aaron Civale | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/5 | MIL@LAD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 85 | START | N |
| 7/6 | BOS@NYY | BOS | Josh Winckowski | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | BOS@NYY | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | HOU@MIN | HOU | Hunter Brown | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/6 | HOU@MIN | MIN | Joe Ryan | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | LAA@CHC | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | LAA@CHC | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | NYM@PIT | NYM | David Peterson | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/6 | NYM@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/6 | STL@WAS | STL | Lance Lynn | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | STL@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/6 | TB@TEX | TB | Taj Bradley | 65 | START | N |
| 7/6 | TB@TEX | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | BAL@OAK | BAL | Cade Povich | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | BAL@OAK | OAK | Luis Medina | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/6 | DET@CIN | DET | Matt Manning | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | DET@CIN | CIN | Hunter Greene | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | SF@CLE | SF | Kyle Harrison | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/6 | SF@CLE | CLE | Logan Allen | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/6 | TOR@SEA | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/6 | TOR@SEA | SEA | Emerson Hancock | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/6 | CHW@MIA | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 95 | START | N |
| 7/6 | CHW@MIA | MIA | Yonny Chirinos | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/6 | PHI@ATL | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | PHI@ATL | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/6 | MIL@LAD | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | MIL@LAD | LAD | James Paxton | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | KC@COL | KC | Seth Lugo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | KC@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/6 | ARI@SD | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/6 | ARI@SD | SD | Matt Waldron | 65 | START | N |
| 7/7 | NYM@PIT | NYM | Sean Manaea | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | NYM@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | STL@WAS | STL | Kyle Gibson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | STL@WAS | WAS | DJ Herz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | PHI@ATL | PHI | Michael Mercado | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | PHI@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | DET@CIN | DET | Tarik Skubal | 80 | START | Y |
| 7/7 | DET@CIN | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | SF@CLE | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | SF@CLE | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | CHW@MIA | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/7 | CHW@MIA | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/7 | HOU@MIN | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | HOU@MIN | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | LAA@CHC | LAA | Jose Soriano | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | LAA@CHC | CHC | Hayden Wesneski | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | TB@TEX | TB | Zack Littell | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | TB@TEX | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | KC@COL | KC | Brady Singer | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | KC@COL | COL | Tanner Gordon | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/7 | BAL@OAK | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 80 | START | Y |
| 7/7 | BAL@OAK | OAK | Mitch Spence | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | ARI@SD | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | ARI@SD | SD | Dylan Cease | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/7 | TOR@SEA | TOR | Jose Berrios | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | TOR@SEA | SEA | George Kirby | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/7 | MIL@LAD | MIL | Dallas Keuchel | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 7/7 | MIL@LAD | LAD | Justin Wrobleski | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/7 | BOS@NYY | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/7 | BOS@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 35 | SIT | Y |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (July 1 - July 7)
The below grid shows the same data, but as a color-coded grid:
