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Welcome to the final week of the season, where we all finish with our best decisions thanks to our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 27 -- Monday, September 23 through Sunday, September 29. Keep it locked in here as teams shuffle their rotations for playoff assignments. We'll do our best to lay out every start/sit option and possible two-start decision for you.
For 12 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series every week here at RotoBaller. I'm Nick Mariano, here to lead you through the 2024 season. All sorts of firepower and TLC go into supplying this piece each week. We get tons of great feedback on it every year.
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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, but some situations are fluid, and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information. Playoff teams could shorten or skip starts for their aces, with teams out of contention shutting down their star arms entirely. We'll do our best to track probables.
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 are scored, and so on. Let's get to it!
Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 27 of the fantasy season, which covers September 23 through September 29.
Week 27 Start/Sit Recommendations (September 23 - September 29)
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 |
| 9/23 | CHC@PHI | CHC | Justin Steele | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/23 | CHC@PHI | PHI | Aaron Nola | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/23 | BOS@TOR | BOS | Tanner Houck | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/23 | BOS@TOR | TOR | Bowden Francis | 70 | START | Y |
| 9/23 | SEA@HOU | SEA | Bryce Miller | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/23 | SEA@HOU | HOU | Hunter Brown | 65 | START | N |
| 9/23 | SF@ARI | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 9/23 | SF@ARI | ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | CIN@CLE | CIN | Jakob Junis | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/24 | CIN@CLE | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 70 | START | N |
| 9/24 | TB@DET | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | TB@DET | DET | Tarik Skubal | 90 | START | Y |
| 9/24 | CHC@PHI | CHC | Javier Assad | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/24 | CHC@PHI | PHI | Taijuan Walker | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/24 | MIL@PIT | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | MIL@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/24 | KC@WAS | KC | Cole Ragans | 80 | START | Y |
| 9/24 | KC@WAS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/24 | BAL@NYY | BAL | Dean Kremer | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | BAL@NYY | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | BOS@TOR | BOS | Brayan Bello | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/24 | BOS@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 65 | START | N |
| 9/24 | NYM@ATL | NYM | Luis Severino | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | NYM@ATL | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/24 | LAA@CHW | LAA | Jack Kochanowicz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | LAA@CHW | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 9/24 | MIA@MIN | MIA | Braxton Garrett | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/24 | MIA@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/24 | SEA@HOU | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 65 | START | N |
| 9/24 | SEA@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 75 | START | N |
| 9/24 | STL@COL | STL | Michael McGreevy | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/24 | STL@COL | COL | Ryan Feltner | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 9/24 | SF@ARI | SF | Logan Webb | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/24 | SF@ARI | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 65 | START | N |
| 9/24 | TEX@OAK | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 70 | START | N |
| 9/24 | TEX@OAK | OAK | Brady Basso | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | SD@LAD | SD | Michael King | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | SD@LAD | LAD | Landon Knack | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/25 | SEA@HOU | SEA | George Kirby | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | SEA@HOU | HOU | Yusei Kikuchi | 70 | START | N |
| 9/25 | CHC@PHI | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | CHC@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 65 | START | N |
| 9/25 | CIN@CLE | CIN | Julian Aguiar | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | CIN@CLE | CLE | Joey Cantillo | 65 | START | N |
| 9/25 | TB@DET | TB | Zack Littell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | TB@DET | DET | Casey Mize | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | MIL@PIT | MIL | Tobias Myers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | MIL@PIT | PIT | Luis L. Ortiz | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | KC@WAS | KC | Michael Lorenzen | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | KC@WAS | WAS | DJ Herz | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | BAL@NYY | BAL | Zach Eflin | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | BAL@NYY | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | BOS@TOR | BOS | Richard Fitts | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | BOS@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 65 | START | N |
| 9/25 | NYM@ATL | NYM | David Peterson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | NYM@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 80 | START | N |
| 9/25 | LAA@CHW | LAA | Jose Suarez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | LAA@CHW | CHW | Davis Martin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | MIA@MIN | MIA | Ryan Weathers | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | MIA@MIN | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | STL@COL | STL | Sonny Gray | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | STL@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | SF@ARI | SF | Robbie Ray | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | SF@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 80 | START | N |
| 9/25 | TEX@OAK | TEX | Cody Bradford | 65 | START | N |
| 9/25 | TEX@OAK | OAK | Mitch Spence | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | SD@LAD | SD | Dylan Cease | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | SD@LAD | LAD | Jack Flaherty | 65 | START | N |
| 9/26 | MIL@PIT | MIL | Colin Rea | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/26 | MIL@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | KC@WAS | KC | Michael Wacha | 70 | START | N |
| 9/26 | KC@WAS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | TB@DET | TB | Tyler Alexander | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/26 | TB@DET | DET | Brant Hurter | 65 | START | N |
| 9/26 | LAA@CHW | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | LAA@CHW | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | STL@COL | STL | Erick Fedde | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/26 | STL@COL | COL | Kyle Freeland | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/26 | TEX@OAK | TEX | Kumar Rocker | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | TEX@OAK | OAK | J.T. Ginn | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | BAL@NYY | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | BAL@NYY | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 65 | START | N |
| 9/26 | NYM@ATL | NYM | Sean Manaea | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | NYM@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | MIA@MIN | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | MIA@MIN | MIN | David Festa | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | SD@LAD | SD | Joe Musgrove | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | SD@LAD | LAD | Clayton Kershaw | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | CIN@CHC | CIN | Nick Martinez | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | CIN@CHC | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | CHW@DET | CHW | Chris Flexen | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | CHW@DET | DET | Reese Olson | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 65 | START | N |
| 9/27 | PHI@WAS | WAS | Trevor Williams | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | PIT@NYY | PIT | Jared Jones | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | PIT@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 70 | START | N |
| 9/27 | MIA@TOR | MIA | Valente Bellozo | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | MIA@TOR | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | HOU@CLE | HOU | Justin Verlander | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | HOU@CLE | CLE | Ben Lively | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | TB@BOS | TB | Taj Bradley | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | TB@BOS | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | KC@ATL | KC | Brady Singer | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | KC@ATL | ATL | Max Fried | 65 | START | N |
| 9/27 | LAD@COL | LAD | Walker Buehler | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | LAD@COL | COL | Cal Quantrill | 10 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | BAL@MIN | BAL | Cade Povich | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | BAL@MIN | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 65 | START | N |
| 9/27 | NYM@MIL | NYM | Jose Quintana | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | NYM@MIL | MIL | Aaron Civale | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | TEX@LAA | TEX | Jacob deGrom | 90 | START | N |
| 9/27 | TEX@LAA | LAA | Reid Detmers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | SD@ARI | SD | Martin Perez | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | SD@ARI | ARI | Merrill Kelly | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | OAK@SEA | OAK | JP Sears | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | OAK@SEA | SEA | Emerson Hancock | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | STL@SF | STL | Kyle Gibson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | STL@SF | SF | Mason Black | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | PIT@NYY | PIT | Paul Skenes | 65 | START | N |
| 9/28 | PIT@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 65 | START | N |
| 9/28 | CHW@DET | CHW | Sean Burke | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | CHW@DET | DET | Keider Montero | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | BAL@MIN | BAL | Albert Suarez | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | BAL@MIN | MIN | Zebby Matthews | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | CIN@CHC | CIN | Rhett Lowder | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | CIN@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 75 | START | N |
| 9/28 | MIA@TOR | MIA | Adam Oller | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | MIA@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 70 | START | N |
| 9/28 | STL@SF | STL | Miles Mikolas | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | STL@SF | SF | Blake Snell | 75 | START | N |
| 9/28 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 85 | START | N |
| 9/28 | PHI@WAS | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | TB@BOS | TB | Shane Baz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | TB@BOS | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | HOU@CLE | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | HOU@CLE | CLE | Matthew Boyd | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | NYM@MIL | NYM | Tylor Megill | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | NYM@MIL | MIL | Frankie Montas | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | KC@ATL | KC | Seth Lugo | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | KC@ATL | ATL | Grant Holmes | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | LAD@COL | LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | LAD@COL | COL | Antonio Senzatela | 10 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | SD@ARI | SD | Yu Darvish | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | SD@ARI | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | TEX@LAA | TEX | Max Scherzer | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | TEX@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | OAK@SEA | OAK | Joey Estes | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | OAK@SEA | SEA | Bryan Woo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | STL@SF | STL | Andre Pallante | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | STL@SF | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | TB@BOS | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | TB@BOS | BOS | Tanner Houck | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Aaron Nola | 70 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | PHI@WAS | WAS | Jake Irvin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | PIT@NYY | PIT | Bailey Falter | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | PIT@NYY | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | TEX@LAA | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 75 | START | N |
| 9/29 | TEX@LAA | LAA | Jack Kochanowicz | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | MIA@TOR | MIA | Darren McCaughan | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | MIA@TOR | TOR | Bowden Francis | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | HOU@CLE | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | HOU@CLE | CLE | Gavin Williams | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | LAD@COL | LAD | Landon Knack | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | LAD@COL | COL | Ryan Feltner | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | SD@ARI | SD | Michael King | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | SD@ARI | ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | OAK@SEA | OAK | Brady Basso | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | OAK@SEA | SEA | Bryce Miller | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | BAL@MIN | BAL | Dean Kremer | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | BAL@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | CHW@DET | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | CHW@DET | DET | Tarik Skubal | 90 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | NYM@MIL | NYM | Luis Severino | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | NYM@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | CIN@CHC | CIN | Hunter Greene | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | CIN@CHC | CHC | Justin Steele | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | KC@ATL | KC | Cole Ragans | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | KC@ATL | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 75 | START | Y |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (September 23 - September 29)
The below grid shows the same data but as a color-coded grid:
