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August is here so let's fire up another summertime round of our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 19 -- Monday, July 29 through Sunday, August 4. This week's edition will take us through the trade deadline so be ready for all sorts of rapid-fire changes. We'll stay on top of things so you can best make those two-start and start/sit 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, 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, and so on. Let's get to it! Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 19 of the fantasy season, which covers July 29 through August 4.
Week 19 Start/Sit Recommendations (July 29 - August 4)
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 |
| 7/29 | TOR@BAL | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/29 | TOR@BAL | BAL | Zach Eflin | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/29 | TOR@BAL | TOR | Bowden Francis | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/29 | TOR@BAL | BAL | Cade Povich | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/29 | CLE@DET | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/29 | CLE@DET | DET | Beau Brieske | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/29 | NYY@PHI | NYY | Luis Gil | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/29 | NYY@PHI | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 75 | START | Y |
| 7/29 | CHC@CIN | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/29 | CHC@CIN | CIN | Carson Spiers | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/29 | SEA@BOS | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 75 | START | Y |
| 7/29 | SEA@BOS | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/29 | MIN@NYM | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/29 | MIN@NYM | NYM | Jose Quintana | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/29 | TEX@STL | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/29 | TEX@STL | STL | Andre Pallante | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/29 | PIT@HOU | PIT | Paul Skenes | 80 | START | Y |
| 7/29 | PIT@HOU | HOU | Tayler Scott | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/29 | KC@CHW | KC | Alec Marsh | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/29 | KC@CHW | CHW | Chris Flexen | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 7/29 | ATL@MIL | ATL | Grant Holmes | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/29 | ATL@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/29 | WAS@ARI | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/29 | WAS@ARI | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/30 | CLE@DET | CLE | Gavin Williams | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/30 | CLE@DET | DET | Tyler Holton | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | TOR@BAL | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | TOR@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 80 | START | Y |
| 7/30 | NYY@PHI | NYY | Will Warren | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | NYY@PHI | PHI | Aaron Nola | 65 | START | N |
| 7/30 | MIA@TB | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/30 | MIA@TB | TB | Jeffrey Springs | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/30 | CHC@CIN | CHC | Justin Steele | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/30 | CHC@CIN | CIN | Nick Martinez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/30 | SEA@BOS | SEA | Luis Castillo | 70 | START | N |
| 7/30 | SEA@BOS | BOS | James Paxton | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/30 | MIN@NYM | MIN | David Festa | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | MIN@NYM | NYM | Sean Manaea | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/30 | TEX@STL | TEX | Max Scherzer | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/30 | TEX@STL | STL | Lance Lynn | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | PIT@HOU | PIT | Bailey Falter | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | PIT@HOU | HOU | Hunter Brown | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/30 | KC@CHW | KC | Michael Wacha | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/30 | KC@CHW | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | ATL@MIL | ATL | Bryce Elder | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/30 | ATL@MIL | MIL | TBD (Montas?) | 0 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | COL@LAA | COL | Cal Quantrill | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/30 | COL@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/30 | WAS@ARI | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | WAS@ARI | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/30 | LAD@SD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 75 | START | N |
| 7/30 | LAD@SD | SD | Matt Waldron | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/30 | OAK@SF | OAK | JP Sears | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/30 | OAK@SF | SF | Robbie Ray | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/31 | MIA@TB | MIA | Roddery Munoz | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/31 | MIA@TB | TB | Taj Bradley | 85 | START | N |
| 7/31 | TOR@BAL | TOR | Paolo Espino | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/31 | TOR@BAL | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 80 | START | N |
| 7/31 | NYY@PHI | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | NYY@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 65 | START | N |
| 7/31 | MIN@NYM | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | MIN@NYM | NYM | Luis Severino | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | KC@CHW | KC | Brady Singer | 70 | START | N |
| 7/31 | KC@CHW | CHW | Drew Thorpe | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/31 | ATL@MIL | ATL | Chris Sale | 80 | START | N |
| 7/31 | ATL@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 70 | START | N |
| 7/31 | TEX@STL | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | TEX@STL | STL | Michael McGreevy | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/31 | WAS@ARI | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/31 | WAS@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 65 | START | N |
| 7/31 | SEA@BOS | SEA | George Kirby | 75 | START | N |
| 7/31 | SEA@BOS | BOS | Brayan Bello | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | CHC@CIN | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/31 | CHC@CIN | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | PIT@HOU | PIT | Jake Woodford | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/31 | PIT@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 75 | START | N |
| 7/31 | LAD@SD | LAD | Clayton Kershaw | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | LAD@SD | SD | Dylan Cease | 70 | START | N |
| 7/31 | COL@LAA | COL | Kyle Freeland | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | COL@LAA | LAA | Davis Daniel | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/31 | OAK@SF | OAK | Ross Stripling | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/31 | OAK@SF | SF | Logan Webb | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/1 | BAL@CLE | BAL | Trevor Rogers | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/1 | BAL@CLE | CLE | Ben Lively | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/1 | KC@DET | KC | Seth Lugo | 80 | START | N |
| 8/1 | KC@DET | DET | Keider Montero | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/1 | MIA@ATL | MIA | Max Meyer | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/1 | MIA@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/1 | STL@CHC | STL | Sonny Gray | 65 | START | N |
| 8/1 | STL@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 65 | START | N |
| 8/1 | COL@LAA | COL | Ryan Feltner | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/1 | COL@LAA | LAA | Carson Fulmer | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | STL@CHC | STL | Erick Fedde | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | STL@CHC | CHC | Javier Assad | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/2 | KC@DET | KC | Cole Ragans | 75 | START | N |
| 8/2 | KC@DET | DET | Tarik Skubal | 75 | START | N |
| 8/2 | ARI@PIT | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | ARI@PIT | PIT | Luis L. Ortiz | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | MIL@WAS | MIL | Frankie Montas | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | MIL@WAS | WAS | Jake Irvin | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | TOR@NYY | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | TOR@NYY | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | BAL@CLE | BAL | Dean Kremer | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | BAL@CLE | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/2 | SF@CIN | SF | Blake Snell | 75 | START | N |
| 8/2 | SF@CIN | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/2 | MIA@ATL | MIA | Valente Bellozo | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | MIA@ATL | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 70 | START | N |
| 8/2 | BOS@TEX | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | BOS@TEX | TEX | Jose Urena | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/2 | TB@HOU | TB | Shane Baz | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | TB@HOU | HOU | Yusei Kikuchi | 65 | START | N |
| 8/2 | CHW@MIN | CHW | Davis Martin | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/2 | CHW@MIN | MIN | Joe Ryan | 80 | START | N |
| 8/2 | NYM@LAA | NYM | Paul Blackburn | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/2 | NYM@LAA | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | LAD@OAK | LAD | Gavin Stone | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | LAD@OAK | OAK | Joey Estes | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/2 | COL@SD | COL | Austin Gomber | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/2 | COL@SD | SD | Randy Vasquez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/2 | PHI@SEA | PHI | Tyler Phillips | 65 | START | N |
| 8/2 | PHI@SEA | SEA | Bryan Woo | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | TOR@NYY | TOR | Jose Berrios | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | TOR@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 65 | START | N |
| 8/3 | STL@CHC | STL | Kyle Gibson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | STL@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/3 | MIL@WAS | MIL | Aaron Civale | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | MIL@WAS | WAS | DJ Herz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | KC@DET | KC | Michael Lorenzen | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | KC@DET | DET | Kenta Maeda | 25 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | ARI@PIT | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/3 | ARI@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | BOS@TEX | BOS | Tanner Houck | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | BOS@TEX | TEX | Dane Dunning | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | CHW@MIN | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 65 | START | N |
| 8/3 | CHW@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 80 | START | N |
| 8/3 | BAL@CLE | BAL | Zach Eflin | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/3 | BAL@CLE | CLE | Joey Cantillo | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | SF@CIN | SF | Kyle Harrison | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | SF@CIN | CIN | Hunter Greene | 75 | START | N |
| 8/3 | TB@HOU | TB | Zack Littell | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | TB@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | MIA@ATL | MIA | Kyle Tyler | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | MIA@ATL | ATL | Grant Holmes | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/3 | COL@SD | COL | Noah Davis | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | COL@SD | SD | Martin Perez | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | LAD@OAK | LAD | Jack Flaherty | 70 | START | N |
| 8/3 | LAD@OAK | OAK | Mitch Spence | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | NYM@LAA | NYM | David Peterson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/3 | NYM@LAA | LAA | Jose Soriano | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | PHI@SEA | PHI | Kolby Allard | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/3 | PHI@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/4 | SF@CIN | SF | Robbie Ray | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/4 | SF@CIN | CIN | Carson Spiers | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | ARI@PIT | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | ARI@PIT | PIT | Paul Skenes | 80 | START | Y |
| 8/4 | MIA@ATL | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | MIA@ATL | ATL | Max Fried | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/4 | TOR@NYY | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | TOR@NYY | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/4 | MIL@WAS | MIL | Tobias Myers | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/4 | MIL@WAS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 8/4 | BAL@CLE | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 85 | START | Y |
| 8/4 | BAL@CLE | CLE | Gavin Williams | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | KC@DET | KC | Michael Wacha | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/4 | KC@DET | DET | Bryan Sammons | 30 | SIT | N |
| 8/4 | TB@HOU | TB | TBD (Bullpen) | 0 | SIT | N |
| 8/4 | TB@HOU | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/4 | CHW@MIN | CHW | Chris Flexen | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 8/4 | CHW@MIN | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/4 | BOS@TEX | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | BOS@TEX | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | NYM@LAA | NYM | Jose Quintana | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | NYM@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 8/4 | LAD@OAK | LAD | River Ryan | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 8/4 | LAD@OAK | OAK | Osvaldo Bido | 20 | SIT | N |
| 8/4 | COL@SD | COL | Cal Quantrill | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 8/4 | COL@SD | SD | Matt Waldron | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 8/4 | PHI@SEA | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 85 | START | Y |
| 8/4 | PHI@SEA | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 65 | START | Y |
| 8/4 | STL@CHC | STL | Miles Mikolas | 35 | SIT | N |
| 8/4 | STL@CHC | CHC | Justin Steele | 65 | START | Y |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (July 29 - August 4)
The below grid shows the same data, but as a color-coded grid:
