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Welcome back for another summertime roundtable centered on starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 16 - Monday, July 8 through Sunday, July 14. This is the final week before you get a quick breather at the All-Star break so don't take your foot off the gas pedal now! You've come to the right place if you're seeking guidance over who to start or need to break down your two-start options.
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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 16 of the fantasy season, which covers July 8 through July 14.
Week 16 Start/Sit Recommendations (July 8 - July 14)
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 |
| 7/8 | NYM@PIT | NYM | Christian Scott | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/8 | NYM@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/8 | STL@WAS | STL | Miles Mikolas | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/8 | STL@WAS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/8 | CLE@DET | CLE | Gavin Williams | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/8 | CLE@DET | DET | Keider Montero | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/8 | COL@CIN | COL | Ryan Feltner | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/8 | COL@CIN | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/8 | MIN@CHW | MIN | Chris Paddack | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/8 | MIN@CHW | CHW | Chris Flexen | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 7/8 | TEX@LAA | TEX | Jon Gray | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/8 | TEX@LAA | LAA | Davis Daniel | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/8 | ATL@ARI | ATL | Bryce Elder | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/8 | ATL@ARI | ARI | Yilber Diaz | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/9 | CHC@BAL | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/9 | CHC@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/9 | CLE@DET | CLE | Ben Lively | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | CLE@DET | DET | Kenta Maeda | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/9 | LAD@PHI | LAD | Bobby Miller | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/9 | LAD@PHI | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/9 | NYY@TB | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | NYY@TB | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | COL@CIN | COL | Cal Quantrill | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 7/9 | COL@CIN | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | WAS@NYM | WAS | Jake Irvin | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | WAS@NYM | NYM | Jose Quintana | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | OAK@BOS | OAK | Joey Estes | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | OAK@BOS | BOS | Brayan Bello | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | MIA@HOU | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 7/9 | MIA@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/9 | PIT@MIL | PIT | Josh Fleming | 10 | SIT | N |
| 7/9 | PIT@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | TEX@LAA | TEX | Max Scherzer | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/9 | TEX@LAA | LAA | Roansy Contreras | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/9 | SEA@SD | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/9 | SEA@SD | SD | Adam Mazur | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/9 | ATL@ARI | ATL | Chris Sale | 70 | START | Y |
| 7/9 | ATL@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/9 | TOR@SF | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/9 | TOR@SF | SF | Blake Snell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/10 | MIN@CHW | MIN | Bailey Ober | 70 | START | N |
| 7/10 | MIN@CHW | CHW | Erick Fedde | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | MIN@CHW | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 70 | START | N |
| 7/10 | MIN@CHW | CHW | Drew Thorpe | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | CHC@BAL | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | CHC@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 90 | START | N |
| 7/10 | CLE@DET | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 85 | START | N |
| 7/10 | CLE@DET | DET | Reese Olson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | SEA@SD | SEA | Bryce Miller | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | SEA@SD | SD | Michael King | 80 | START | N |
| 7/10 | NYY@TB | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | NYY@TB | TB | Zach Eflin | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | LAD@PHI | LAD | Gavin Stone | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | LAD@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | COL@CIN | COL | Kyle Freeland | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | COL@CIN | CIN | Frankie Montas | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | WAS@NYM | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | WAS@NYM | NYM | Luis Severino | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | OAK@BOS | OAK | JP Sears | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | OAK@BOS | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 70 | START | N |
| 7/10 | KC@STL | KC | Alec Marsh | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | KC@STL | STL | Andre Pallante | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | KC@STL | KC | Michael Wacha | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | KC@STL | STL | Gordon Graceffo | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | MIA@HOU | MIA | Bryan Hoeing | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | MIA@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 70 | START | N |
| 7/10 | PIT@MIL | PIT | Martin Perez | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | PIT@MIL | MIL | Tobias Myers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | TEX@LAA | TEX | Michael Lorenzen | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | TEX@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/10 | ATL@ARI | ATL | Charlie Morton | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | ATL@ARI | ARI | Slade Cecconi | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | TOR@SF | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/10 | TOR@SF | SF | Logan Webb | 65 | START | N |
| 7/11 | COL@CIN | COL | Austin Gomber | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/11 | COL@CIN | CIN | Carson Spiers | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | CLE@DET | CLE | Spencer Howard | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/11 | CLE@DET | DET | Jack Flaherty | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | WAS@NYM | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | WAS@NYM | NYM | David Peterson | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/11 | PIT@MIL | PIT | Paul Skenes | 70 | START | N |
| 7/11 | PIT@MIL | MIL | Aaron Civale | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | TOR@SF | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | TOR@SF | SF | Jordan Hicks | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | LAD@PHI | LAD | Landon Knack | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | LAD@PHI | PHI | Aaron Nola | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | CHC@BAL | CHC | Justin Steele | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | CHC@BAL | BAL | Albert Suarez | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | NYY@TB | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | NYY@TB | TB | Shane Baz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | OAK@BOS | OAK | Luis Medina | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/11 | OAK@BOS | BOS | Tanner Houck | 75 | START | N |
| 7/11 | MIA@HOU | MIA | Roddery Munoz | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/11 | MIA@HOU | HOU | Jake Bloss | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | SEA@LAA | SEA | Luis Castillo | 65 | START | N |
| 7/11 | SEA@LAA | LAA | Jack Kochanowicz | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/11 | ATL@ARI | ATL | Max Fried | 65 | START | N |
| 7/11 | ATL@ARI | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | LAD@DET | LAD | James Paxton | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | LAD@DET | DET | Tarik Skubal | 65 | START | N |
| 7/12 | OAK@PHI | OAK | Hogan Harris | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/12 | OAK@PHI | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 65 | START | N |
| 7/12 | CLE@TB | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/12 | CLE@TB | TB | Taj Bradley | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | NYY@BAL | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | NYY@BAL | BAL | Cade Povich | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/12 | KC@BOS | KC | Cole Ragans | 70 | START | N |
| 7/12 | KC@BOS | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | COL@NYM | COL | Tanner Gordon | 15 | SIT | N |
| 7/12 | COL@NYM | NYM | Sean Manaea | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | MIA@CIN | MIA | Yonny Chirinos | 25 | SIT | N |
| 7/12 | MIA@CIN | CIN | Hunter Greene | 70 | START | N |
| 7/12 | TEX@HOU | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | TEX@HOU | HOU | Hunter Brown | 70 | START | N |
| 7/12 | PIT@CHW | PIT | Marco Gonzales | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | PIT@CHW | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 90 | START | N |
| 7/12 | WAS@MIL | WAS | Jackson Rutledge | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/12 | WAS@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | CHC@STL | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | CHC@STL | STL | Sonny Gray | 80 | START | N |
| 7/12 | SEA@LAA | SEA | Bryan Woo | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | SEA@LAA | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | TOR@ARI | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | TOR@ARI | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/12 | ATL@SD | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | ATL@SD | SD | Matt Waldron | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/12 | MIN@SF | MIN | Joe Ryan | 70 | START | N |
| 7/12 | MIN@SF | SF | Kyle Harrison | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | LAD@DET | LAD | Justin Wrobleski | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | LAD@DET | DET | Keider Montero | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/13 | PIT@CHW | PIT | Luis L. Ortiz | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | PIT@CHW | CHW | Chris Flexen | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/13 | CHC@STL | CHC | Hayden Wesneski | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | CHC@STL | STL | Lance Lynn | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | CHC@STL | CHC | Javier Assad | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | CHC@STL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | OAK@PHI | OAK | Mitch Spence | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | OAK@PHI | PHI | Tyler Phillips | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | NYY@BAL | NYY | Luis Gil | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | NYY@BAL | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 65 | START | N |
| 7/13 | KC@BOS | KC | Seth Lugo | 70 | START | N |
| 7/13 | KC@BOS | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 65 | START | N |
| 7/13 | COL@NYM | COL | Ryan Feltner | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 7/13 | COL@NYM | NYM | Christian Scott | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/13 | CLE@TB | CLE | Gavin Williams | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/13 | CLE@TB | TB | Zack Littell | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | TEX@HOU | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | TEX@HOU | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | MIA@CIN | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | MIA@CIN | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/13 | WAS@MIL | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/13 | WAS@MIL | MIL | Dallas Keuchel | 35 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | MIN@SF | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | MIN@SF | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 20 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | ATL@SD | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/13 | ATL@SD | SD | Dylan Cease | 75 | START | N |
| 7/13 | SEA@LAA | SEA | George Kirby | 80 | START | N |
| 7/13 | TOR@ARI | TOR | Jose Berrios | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/13 | TOR@ARI | ARI | Yilber Diaz | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/13 | SEA@LAA | LAA | Jose Soriano | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/14 | NYY@BAL | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/14 | NYY@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | KC@BOS | KC | Brady Singer | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/14 | KC@BOS | BOS | Brayan Bello | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/14 | OAK@PHI | OAK | Joey Estes | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/14 | OAK@PHI | PHI | Michael Mercado | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 7/14 | LAD@DET | LAD | Bullpen | 0 | SIT | N |
| 7/14 | LAD@DET | DET | Bullpen Game | 0 | SIT | N |
| 7/14 | COL@NYM | COL | Cal Quantrill | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 7/14 | COL@NYM | NYM | Jose Quintana | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/14 | CLE@TB | CLE | Ben Lively | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/14 | CLE@TB | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | MIA@CIN | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 7/14 | MIA@CIN | CIN | Nick Lodolo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | TEX@HOU | TEX | Max Scherzer | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 7/14 | TEX@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | PIT@CHW | PIT | Mitch Keller | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/14 | PIT@CHW | CHW | Chad Kuhl | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/14 | WAS@MIL | WAS | Jake Irvin | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | WAS@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | CHC@STL | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | CHC@STL | STL | Miles Mikolas | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | MIN@SF | MIN | Chris Paddack | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | MIN@SF | SF | Blake Snell | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | SEA@LAA | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 80 | START | Y |
| 7/14 | SEA@LAA | LAA | Carson Fulmer | 30 | SIT | N |
| 7/14 | TOR@ARI | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | TOR@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 7/14 | ATL@SD | ATL | Chris Sale | 65 | START | Y |
| 7/14 | ATL@SD | SD | Randy Vasquez | 35 | SIT | N |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (July 8 - July 14)
The below grid shows the same data, but as a color-coded grid:
