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

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!

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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 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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