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Allow us to welcome you to the first full week of the second half with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 18 -- Monday, July 22 through Sunday, July 28. We're approaching the trade deadline and some key prospects are expected to debut soon, both out of necessity (River Ryan) and because their "team control" deadlines are passing (Max Meyer?). You've come to the right place to weigh your two-start options and tough roster 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 or actionable arms who may return from the injured list, 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, and so on. Let's get to it! Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 18 of the fantasy season, which covers July 22 through July 28.
Week 18 Start/Sit Recommendations (July 22 - July 28)
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 |
| 7/22 | TB@NYY | TB | Zack Littell | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/22 | TB@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | DET@CLE | DET | Tarik Skubal | 80 | START | Y |
| 7/22 | DET@CLE | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | STL@PIT | STL | Andre Pallante | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/22 | STL@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/22 | NYM@MIA | NYM | David Peterson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | NYM@MIA | MIA | Yonny Chirinos | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/22 | CIN@ATL | CIN | Hunter Greene | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/22 | CIN@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/22 | PHI@MIN | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | PHI@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | CHW@TEX | CHW | Erick Fedde | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | CHW@TEX | TEX | Michael Lorenzen | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | MIL@CHC | MIL | Tobias Myers | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | MIL@CHC | CHC | Javier Assad | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/22 | ARI@KC | ARI | Yilber Diaz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | ARI@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/22 | BOS@COL | BOS | Tanner Houck | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | BOS@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/22 | HOU@OAK | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/22 | HOU@OAK | OAK | Hogan Harris | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/22 | LAA@SEA | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | LAA@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/22 | SF@LAD | SF | Blake Snell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/22 | SF@LAD | LAD | River Ryan | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/23 | DET@CLE | DET | Tyler Holton | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | DET@CLE | CLE | Xzavion Curry | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/23 | STL@PIT | STL | Lance Lynn | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/23 | STL@PIT | PIT | Paul Skenes | 80 | START | N |
| 7/23 | BAL@MIA | BAL | Albert Suarez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/23 | BAL@MIA | MIA | Kyle Tyler | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 7/23 | SD@WAS | SD | Randy Vasquez | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/23 | SD@WAS | WAS | DJ Herz | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/23 | NYM@NYY | NYM | Jose Quintana | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/23 | NYM@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/23 | TB@TOR | TB | Shawn Armstrong | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | TB@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/23 | PHI@MIN | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 65 | START | N |
| 7/23 | PHI@MIN | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | CHW@TEX | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 85 | START | Y |
| 7/23 | CHW@TEX | TEX | Jon Gray | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/23 | MIL@CHC | MIL | Colin Rea | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | MIL@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/23 | ARI@KC | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | ARI@KC | KC | Alec Marsh | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | BOS@COL | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | BOS@COL | COL | Ty Blach | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | HOU@OAK | HOU | Jake Bloss | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | HOU@OAK | OAK | Osvaldo Bido | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/23 | LAA@SEA | LAA | Jose Soriano | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/23 | LAA@SEA | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 85 | START | N |
| 7/23 | SF@LAD | SF | Jordan Hicks | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/23 | SF@LAD | LAD | Landon Knack | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | CIN@ATL | CIN | Frankie Montas | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | CIN@ATL | ATL | Allan Winans | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | STL@PIT | STL | Matthew Liberatore | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | STL@PIT | PIT | Martin Perez | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | PHI@MIN | PHI | Aaron Nola | 65 | START | N |
| 7/24 | PHI@MIN | MIN | Steven Okert | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | MIL@CHC | MIL | Rob Zastryzny | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | MIL@CHC | CHC | Justin Steele | 70 | START | N |
| 7/24 | BOS@COL | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 65 | START | N |
| 7/24 | BOS@COL | COL | Cal Quantrill | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | HOU@OAK | HOU | Hunter Brown | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | HOU@OAK | OAK | JP Sears | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | LAA@SEA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | LAA@SEA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 75 | START | N |
| 7/24 | DET@CLE | DET | Jack Flaherty | 70 | START | N |
| 7/24 | DET@CLE | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 70 | START | N |
| 7/24 | BAL@MIA | BAL | Chayce McDermott | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | BAL@MIA | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | SD@WAS | SD | Matt Waldron | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | SD@WAS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | NYM@NYY | NYM | Sean Manaea | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | NYM@NYY | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 65 | START | N |
| 7/24 | TB@TOR | TB | Zach Eflin | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | TB@TOR | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | CHW@TEX | CHW | Chris Flexen | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | CHW@TEX | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 80 | START | N |
| 7/24 | ARI@KC | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | ARI@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/24 | SF@LAD | SF | Robbie Ray | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/24 | SF@LAD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 80 | START | N |
| 7/25 | SD@WAS | SD | Dylan Cease | 70 | START | N |
| 7/25 | SD@WAS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/25 | BAL@MIA | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 90 | START | N |
| 7/25 | BAL@MIA | MIA | Roddery Munoz | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/25 | DET@CLE | DET | Tyler Holton/Bullpen | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/25 | DET@CLE | CLE | Gavin Williams | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/25 | CHW@TEX | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/25 | CHW@TEX | TEX | Max Scherzer | 65 | START | N |
| 7/25 | TB@TOR | TB | Taj Bradley | 70 | START | N |
| 7/25 | TB@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/25 | SF@LAD | SF | Logan Webb | 65 | START | N |
| 7/25 | SF@LAD | LAD | Clayton Kershaw | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/25 | ATL@NYM | ATL | Chris Sale | 75 | START | N |
| 7/25 | ATL@NYM | NYM | Luis Severino | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/25 | OAK@LAA | OAK | Ross Stripling | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/25 | OAK@LAA | LAA | Kenny Rosenberg | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/26 | MIN@DET | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 70 | START | N |
| 7/26 | MIN@DET | DET | Keider Montero | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/26 | CLE@PHI | CLE | Ben Lively | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/26 | CLE@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 65 | START | N |
| 7/26 | CIN@TB | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | CIN@TB | TB | Shane Baz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | SD@BAL | SD | Adam Mazur | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/26 | SD@BAL | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 75 | START | N |
| 7/26 | TEX@TOR | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 65 | START | N |
| 7/26 | TEX@TOR | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | ATL@NYM | ATL | Charlie Morton | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | ATL@NYM | NYM | Kodai Senga | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | NYY@BOS | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | NYY@BOS | BOS | Brayan Bello | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/26 | CHC@KC | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | CHC@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | LAD@HOU | LAD | Gavin Stone | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | LAD@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | SEA@CHW | SEA | George Kirby | 90 | START | N |
| 7/26 | SEA@CHW | CHW | Drew Thorpe | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | MIA@MIL | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/26 | MIA@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 70 | START | N |
| 7/26 | WAS@STL | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | WAS@STL | STL | Sonny Gray | 70 | START | N |
| 7/26 | OAK@LAA | OAK | Mitch Spence | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | OAK@LAA | LAA | Carson Fulmer | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/26 | PIT@ARI | PIT | Luis L. Ortiz | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | PIT@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 65 | START | N |
| 7/26 | COL@SF | COL | Kyle Freeland | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/26 | COL@SF | SF | Kyle Harrison | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/27 | TEX@TOR | TEX | Michael Lorenzen | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/27 | TEX@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | SD@BAL | SD | Michael King | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | SD@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/27 | CIN@TB | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | CIN@TB | TB | Zack Littell | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/27 | ATL@NYM | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | ATL@NYM | NYM | Tylor Megill | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/27 | CLE@PHI | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/27 | CLE@PHI | PHI | Tyler Phillips | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | MIN@DET | MIN | Joe Ryan | 65 | START | N |
| 7/27 | MIN@DET | DET | Tarik Skubal | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/27 | COL@SF | COL | Ryan Feltner | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | COL@SF | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | COL@SF | COL | Tanner Gordon | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/27 | COL@SF | SF | Blake Snell | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/27 | CHC@KC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 65 | START | N |
| 7/27 | CHC@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 70 | START | N |
| 7/27 | LAD@HOU | LAD | Justin Wrobleski | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/27 | LAD@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | MIA@MIL | MIA | Max Meyer | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | MIA@MIL | MIL | Aaron Civale | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | WAS@STL | WAS | Jake Irvin | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | WAS@STL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | SEA@CHW | SEA | Bryan Woo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | SEA@CHW | CHW | Erick Fedde | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/27 | NYY@BOS | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/27 | NYY@BOS | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | PIT@ARI | PIT | Marco Gonzales | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/27 | PIT@ARI | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | OAK@LAA | OAK | Joey Estes | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/27 | OAK@LAA | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | CIN@TB | CIN | Hunter Greene | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/28 | CIN@TB | TB | TBD (Alexander?) | 0 | SIT | N |
| 7/28 | SD@BAL | SD | Randy Vasquez | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 7/28 | SD@BAL | BAL | Albert Suarez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | CLE@PHI | CLE | Joey Cantillo | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/28 | CLE@PHI | PHI | Kolby Allard | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/28 | TEX@TOR | TEX | Jon Gray | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | TEX@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/28 | MIN@DET | MIN | Bailey Ober | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/28 | MIN@DET | DET | Alex Faedo | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/28 | ATL@NYM | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/28 | ATL@NYM | NYM | David Peterson | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/28 | CHC@KC | CHC | Javier Assad | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | CHC@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 75 | START | Y |
| 7/28 | LAD@HOU | LAD | River Ryan | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | LAD@HOU | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/28 | SEA@CHW | SEA | Bryce Miller | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/28 | SEA@CHW | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 85 | START | Y |
| 7/28 | MIA@MIL | MIA | Kyle Tyler | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/28 | MIA@MIL | MIL | Tobias Myers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | WAS@STL | WAS | DJ Herz | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | WAS@STL | STL | Miles Mikolas | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/28 | COL@SF | COL | Austin Gomber | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/28 | COL@SF | SF | Jordan Hicks | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/28 | OAK@LAA | OAK | Hogan Harris | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/28 | OAK@LAA | LAA | Jose Soriano | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | PIT@ARI | PIT | Mitch Keller | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | PIT@ARI | ARI | Yilber Diaz | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | NYY@BOS | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/28 | NYY@BOS | BOS | Tanner Houck | 65 | START | Y |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (July 22 - July 28)
The below grid shows the same data, but as a color-coded grid:
