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Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (March 27 - March 30)

Jacob deGrom - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Nick's fantasy baseball starts/sits, expert advice for all starting pitcher matchups for March 27-March 30 (2025). Set your winning fantasy baseball lineups.

Opening Day is here! Welcome back to the party in 2025, as we finally unwrap the first week of the MLB season with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 1 -- Thursday, March 27 through Sunday, March 30. Most are excited to see what their pitchers can do and want to deploy them immediately! Bookmark us for every start/sit option and possible two-start decisions for your rosters.

For 13 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series weekly here at RotoBaller. I'm Nick Mariano, and I'll lead you through the 2025 season. All kinds of firepower go into supplying this piece each week to produce a beloved series for our readers.

New readers should absorb the section below to learn the column's goal and how best to use it. We wish you the best of luck with your fantasy baseball starting pitcher lineup decisions to start the year off right. Finally, it is time to play ball!

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:

 

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 inspire 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 or be called up. Still, some situations are fluid, and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information. The early season comes with perceived rotation plans, but we know things can change quickly and often, so check back frequently!

The "starts" category includes pitchers you'd likely start in every league. The "sits" are pitchers 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 are scored, and so on.

Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 1 of the fantasy season, which covers March 27 through March 30. Let's get to it!

 

Week 1 Start/Sit Recommendations (March 27 - March 30)

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
3/27 MIL@NYY MIL Freddy Peralta 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/27 MIL@NYY NYY Carlos Rodon 70 START N
3/27 BAL@TOR BAL Zach Eflin 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/27 BAL@TOR TOR Jose Berrios 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/27 BOS@TEX BOS Garrett Crochet 90 START N
3/27 BOS@TEX TEX Nathan Eovaldi 65 START N
3/27 PHI@WAS PHI Zack Wheeler 85 START N
3/27 PHI@WAS WAS MacKenzie Gore 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/27 CLE@KC CLE Ben Lively 35 SIT N
3/27 CLE@KC KC Cole Ragans 80 START N
3/27 NYM@HOU NYM Clay Holmes 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/27 NYM@HOU HOU Framber Valdez 70 START N
3/27 SF@CIN SF Logan Webb 70 START N
3/27 SF@CIN CIN Hunter Greene 65 START N
3/27 ATL@SD ATL Chris Sale 85 START N
3/27 ATL@SD SD Michael King 70 START N
3/27 LAA@CHW LAA Yusei Kikuchi 80 START N
3/27 LAA@CHW CHW Sean Burke 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/27 PIT@MIA PIT Paul Skenes 100 START N
3/27 PIT@MIA MIA Sandy Alcantara 75 START N
3/27 MIN@STL MIN Pablo Lopez 75 START N
3/27 MIN@STL STL Sonny Gray 70 START N
3/27 DET@LAD DET Tarik Skubal 75 START N
3/27 DET@LAD LAD Blake Snell 80 START N
3/27 CHC@ARI CHC Justin Steele 65 START N
3/27 CHC@ARI ARI Zac Gallen 65 START N
3/27 ATH@SEA ATH Luis Severino 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/27 ATH@SEA SEA Logan Gilbert 90 START N
3/28 COL@TB COL Kyle Freeland 30 SIT N
3/28 COL@TB TB Ryan Pepiot 75 START N
3/28 BAL@TOR BAL Charlie Morton 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 BAL@TOR TOR Kevin Gausman 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 PIT@MIA PIT Mitch Keller 65 START N
3/28 PIT@MIA MIA Connor Gillispie 30 SIT N
3/28 BOS@TEX BOS Tanner Houck 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 BOS@TEX TEX Jack Leiter 40 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 NYM@HOU NYM Tylor Megill 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 NYM@HOU HOU Hunter Brown 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 CHC@ARI CHC Jameson Taillon 40 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 CHC@ARI ARI Merrill Kelly 40 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 ATH@SEA ATH Jeffrey Springs 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 ATH@SEA SEA Luis Castillo 80 START N
3/28 ATL@SD ATL Reynaldo Lopez 70 START N
3/28 ATL@SD SD Dylan Cease 70 START N
3/28 DET@LAD DET Jack Flaherty 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/28 DET@LAD LAD Yoshinobu Yamamoto 75 START N
3/29 MIL@NYY MIL Nestor Cortes 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 MIL@NYY NYY Max Fried 70 START N
3/29 LAA@CHW LAA Jose Soriano 65 START N
3/29 LAA@CHW CHW Jonathan Cannon 25 SIT N
3/29 MIN@STL MIN Joe Ryan 75 START N
3/29 MIN@STL STL Erick Fedde 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 BAL@TOR BAL Dean Kremer 40 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 BAL@TOR TOR Max Scherzer 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 PHI@WAS PHI Jesus Luzardo 65 START N
3/29 PHI@WAS WAS Jake Irvin 30 SIT N
3/29 CLE@KC CLE Gavin Williams 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 CLE@KC KC Seth Lugo 65 START N
3/29 SF@CIN SF Justin Verlander 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 SF@CIN CIN Nick Lodolo 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 COL@TB COL German Marquez 30 SIT N
3/29 COL@TB TB Zack Littell 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 PIT@MIA PIT Andrew Heaney 65 START N
3/29 PIT@MIA MIA Valente Bellozo 35 SIT N
3/29 BOS@TEX BOS Walker Buehler 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 BOS@TEX TEX Tyler Mahle 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 NYM@HOU NYM Griffin Canning 35 SIT N
3/29 NYM@HOU HOU Spencer Arrighetti 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 ATL@SD ATL Spencer Schwellenbach 75 START N
3/29 ATL@SD SD Randy Vasquez 30 SIT N
3/29 CHC@ARI CHC Shota Imanaga 65 START N
3/29 CHC@ARI ARI Brandon Pfaadt 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 DET@LAD DET Reese Olson 35 SIT N
3/29 DET@LAD LAD Roki Sasaki 65 START N
3/29 ATH@SEA ATH Osvaldo Bido 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/29 ATH@SEA SEA Bryce Miller 80 START N
3/30 PHI@WAS PHI Aaron Nola 75 START N
3/30 PHI@WAS WAS Trevor Williams 40 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 MIL@NYY MIL Aaron Civale 35 SIT N
3/30 MIL@NYY NYY Marcus Stroman 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 BAL@TOR BAL Tomoyuki Sugano 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 BAL@TOR TOR Chris Bassitt 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 SF@CIN SF Robbie Ray 65 START N
3/30 SF@CIN CIN Nick Martinez 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 COL@TB COL Ryan Feltner 25 SIT N
3/30 COL@TB TB Taj Bradley 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 PIT@MIA PIT Bailey Falter 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 PIT@MIA MIA Max Meyer 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 CLE@KC CLE Tanner Bibee 70 START N
3/30 CLE@KC KC Michael Wacha 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 LAA@CHW LAA Tyler Anderson 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 LAA@CHW CHW Davis Martin 35 SIT N
3/30 MIN@STL MIN Bailey Ober 70 START N
3/30 MIN@STL STL Andre Pallante 40 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 BOS@TEX BOS Richard Fitts 35 SIT N
3/30 BOS@TEX TEX Jacob deGrom 70 START N
3/30 CHC@ARI CHC Matthew Boyd 50 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 CHC@ARI ARI Eduardo Rodriguez 40 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 ATH@SEA ATH JP Sears 45 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 ATH@SEA SEA Bryan Woo 75 START N
3/30 ATL@SD ATL AJ Smith-Shawver 55 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N
3/30 ATL@SD SD Nick Pivetta 60 CONTEXT DEPENDENT N

 

Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (March 27 - March 30)

The below grid shows the same data but as a color-coded grid:



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