Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (July 22 - July 28)

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2. Week 18 Start/Sit Recommendations (July 22 - July 28)

3. Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (July 22 - July 28)

4. More Fantasy Baseball Analysis

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.

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. 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!

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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