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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 | Nate Pearson | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/23 | CHC@PHI | PHI | Aaron Nola | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/23 | BOS@TOR | BOS | Tanner Houck | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/23 | BOS@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 70 | START | N |
| 9/23 | SEA@HOU | SEA | Bryce Miller | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 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 | Carson Spiers | 30 | SIT | 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 | N |
| 9/24 | CHC@PHI | CHC | Justin Steele | 65 | START | N |
| 9/24 | CHC@PHI | PHI | Tanner Banks (Walker/Allard bulk) |
25 | SIT | N |
| 9/24 | MIL@PIT | MIL | Tobias Myers | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | MIL@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/24 | KC@WAS | KC | Cole Ragans | 80 | START | N |
| 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 | Clarke Schmidt | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | BOS@TOR | BOS | Brayan Bello | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/24 | BOS@TOR | TOR | Bowden Francis | 70 | 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 | Ryan Weathers | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | MIA@MIN | MIN | Bailey Ober | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/24 | SEA@HOU | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/24 | SEA@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 75 | START | N |
| 9/24 | STL@COL | STL | Michael McGreevy | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| 9/24 | TEX@OAK | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 70 | START | Y |
| 9/24 | TEX@OAK | OAK | Mitch Spence | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/24 | SD@LAD | SD | Michael King | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 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 | Javier Assad | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | CHC@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 65 | START | N |
| 9/25 | CIN@CLE | CIN | Jakob Junis | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | CIN@CLE | CLE | Andrew Walter | 15 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | TB@DET | TB | Zack Littell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | TB@DET | DET | Keider Montero | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | MIL@PIT | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 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 | Marcus Stroman | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | BOS@TOR | BOS | Richard Fitts | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | BOS@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 65 | 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 | Edward Cabrera | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | MIA@MIN | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/25 | STL@COL | STL | Erick Fedde | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | STL@COL | COL | Austin Gomber | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/25 | SF@ARI | SF | Mason Black | 25 | SIT | 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 | Brady Basso | 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 | Aaron Civale | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | 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 | Reese Olson | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | LAA@CHW | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | LAA@CHW | CHW | Chris Flexen | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/26 | STL@COL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | 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 | MIA@MIN | MIA | Valente Bellozo | 25 | SIT | 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 | Walker Buehler | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | CIN@CHC | CIN | Nick Martinez | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | CIN@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | CHW@DET | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | CHW@DET | DET | Brenan Hanifee (Bullpen, Hurter?) |
50 | 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 | Adam Oller | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/27 | MIA@TOR | TOR | Jose Berrios | 75 | START | N |
| 9/27 | HOU@CLE | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | HOU@CLE | CLE | Joey Cantillo | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | TB@BOS | TB | Taj Bradley | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | TB@BOS | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 60 | 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 | Ryan Brasier | 10 | 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 | Sean Manaea | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | NYM@MIL | MIL | Frankie Montas | 55 | 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 | Yu Darvish | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | 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 | Luis Castillo | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | STL@SF | STL | Miles Mikolas | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/27 | STL@SF | SF | Landen Roupp | 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 | Beau Brieske Maeda bulk? |
20 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | BAL@MIN | BAL | TBD - Bowman? Suarez bulk? |
25 | 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 | Kyle Hendricks | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | MIA@TOR | MIA | Xzavion Curry | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | MIA@TOR | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | STL@SF | STL | Andre Pallante | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | STL@SF | SF | Tristan Beck (Bullpen) |
15 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 80 | 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 | Kutter Crawford | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | HOU@CLE | HOU | Justin Verlander | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | HOU@CLE | CLE | Ben Lively | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | NYM@MIL | NYM | Jose Quintana | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | NYM@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | KC@ATL | KC | Seth Lugo | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | KC@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | LAD@COL | LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/28 | LAD@COL | COL | Antonio Senzatela | 10 | SIT | N |
| 9/28 | SD@ARI | SD | Martin Perez | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 9/28 | SD@ARI | ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/28 | TEX@LAA | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 75 | START | 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 | Emerson Hancock | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | STL@SF | STL | Michael McGreevy | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 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 | Quinn Priester | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | PHI@WAS | PHI | Aaron Nola | 65 | 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 | Clarke Schmidt | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | TEX@LAA | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | TEX@LAA | LAA | Jack Kochanowicz | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | MIA@TOR | MIA | Ryan Weathers | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | MIA@TOR | TOR | TBD (Yarbrough?) | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | HOU@CLE | HOU | Ryan Gusto | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | HOU@CLE | CLE | Opener then Gavin Williams |
35 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | LAD@COL | LAD | Anthony Banda | 15 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | LAD@COL | COL | Ryan Feltner | 15 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | SD@ARI | SD | Martin Perez | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | SD@ARI | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/29 | OAK@SEA | OAK | Mitch Spence | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | OAK@SEA | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 80 | START | Y |
| 9/29 | BAL@MIN | BAL | Albert Suarez | 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 | TBD (Madden?) | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | NYM@MIL | NYM | David Peterson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | NYM@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/29 | CIN@CHC | CIN | Hunter Greene | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/29 | CIN@CHC | CHC | Caleb Kilian | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | KC@ATL | KC | Alec Marsh | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/29 | KC@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/30 | NYM@ATL | NYM | Tylor Megill | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/30 | NYM@ATL | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 75 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/30 | NYM@ATL | NYM | Luis Severino | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/30 | NYM@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 85 | 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:
