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As you can imagine, we here at RotoBaller.com are EXTREMELY excited for the start of the 2013 baseball and fantasy baseball season.
To celebrate the kick-off, our staff experts have given their 'sit or start' picks for week one's fantasy SP hurlers.
As you can see, we are taking a "tread carefully" approach. A lot of pitchers are still rusty or making adjustments, and can get blown up early in the year. You don't want that statistical clunker in your lineup off the bat...
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Sunday, 3/31/2013 - Fantasy Baseball SP Matchups
| Start Em' (Solid Matchup) |
Sit Em' (Wait & See) |
Game | Probable Home SP | Probably Away SP |
| Harrison | Norris | TEX@HOU | Norris, Bud SP HOU | Harrison, Matt SP TEX |
Monday, 4/1/2013 - Fantasy Baseball SP Matchups
| Start Em' (Solid Matchup) |
Sit Em' (Wait & See) |
Game | Probable Home SP | Probably Away SP |
| Sabathia, Lester | N/A | BOS@NYY | Sabathia, CC SP NYY | Lester, Jon SP BOS |
| Samardzija, Burnett | N/A | CHC@PIT | Burnett, A.J. SP PIT | Samardzija, Jeff SP CHC |
| Gallardo | Chacin | COL@MIL | Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL | Chacin, Jhoulys SP COL |
| Verlander | Worley | DET@MIN | Worley, Vance SP MIN | Verlander, Justin SP DET |
| Sale, Shields | N/A | KC@CHW | Sale, Chris SP CHW | Shields, James SP KC |
| Weaver, Cueto | N/A | LAA@CIN | Cueto, Johnny SP CIN | Weaver, Jered SP LAA |
| Strasburg | Nolasco | MIA@WAS | Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS | Nolasco, Ricky SP MIA |
| Hamels, Hudson | N/A | PHI@ATL | Hudson, Tim SP ATL | Hamels, Cole SP PHI |
| Niese | Volquez | SD@NYM | Niese, Jonathon SP NYM | Volquez, Edinson SP SD |
| Hernandez, Anderson | N/A | SEA@OAK | Anderson, Brett SP OAK | Hernandez, Felix SP SEA |
| Kershaw, Cain | N/A | SF@LAD | Kershaw, Clayton SP LAD | Cain, Matt SP SF |
| Wainwright | Kennedy | STL@ARI | Kennedy, Ian SP ARI | Wainwright, Adam SP STL |
Tuesday, 4/2/2013 - Fantasy Baseball SP Matchups
| Start Em' (Solid Matchup) |
Sit Em' (Wait & See) |
Game | Probable Home SP | Probably Away SP |
| Price | Hammel | BAL@TB | Price, David SP TB | Hammel, Jason SP BAL |
| Dickey | Masterson | CLE@TOR | Dickey, R.A. SP TOR | Masterson, Justin SP CLE |
| N/A | Estrada, De La Rosa | COL@MIL | Estrada, Marco SP MIL | De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL |
| Parker, Iwakuma | N/A | SEA@OAK | Parker, Jarrod SP OAK | Iwakuma, Hisashi SP SEA |
| Bumgarner | Ryu | SF@LAD | Ryu, Hyun-Jin SP LAD | Bumgarner, Madison SP SF |
| N/A | Garcia, Cahill | STL@ARI | Cahill, Trevor SP ARI | Garcia, Jaime SP STL |
| Darvish | Harrell | TEX@HOU | Harrell, Lucas SP HOU | Darvish, Yu SP TEX |
By the way: some of the pitchers we recommend benching in week 1 could easily be solid as the year moves along. But a wait-and-see approach in the first week of the season usually spares you much heart ache and pain in the ERA / WHIP departments. It's tough to recover in ERA and WHIP the more you get blown up early on in the year. Basically we are recommending that you bench most guys in unfavorable matchups in the first week, where we would be less bearish on them later on in the season...
Wednesday, 4/3/2013 - Fantasy Baseball SP Matchups
| Start Em' (Solid Matchup) |
Sit Em (Wait & See) |
Game | Probable Home SP | Probably Away SP |
| Hellickson | Chen | BAL@TB | Hellickson, Jeremy SP TB | Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL |
| Kuroda | Buchholz | BOS@NYY | Kuroda, Hiroki SP NYY | Buchholz, Clay SP BOS |
| Rodriguez | Jackson | CHC@PIT | Rodriguez, Wandy SP PIT | Jackson, Edwin SP CHC |
| Morrow | Jimenez | CLE@TOR | Morrow, Brandon SP TOR | Jimenez, Ubaldo SP CLE |
| N/A | Nicasio, Peralta | COL@MIL | Peralta, Wily SP MIL | Nicasio, Juan SP COL |
| Sanchez | Correia | DET@MIN | Correia, Kevin SP MIN | Sanchez, Anibal SP DET |
| Peavy | Santana | KC@CHW | Peavy, Jake SP CHW | Santana, Ervin SP KC |
| N/A | Wilson, Latos | LAA@CIN | Latos, Mat SP CIN | Wilson, C.J. SP LAA |
| Gonzalez | Eovaldi | MIA@WAS | Gonzalez, Gio SP WAS | Eovaldi, Nate SP MIA |
| N/A | Halladay, Maholm | PHI@ATL | Maholm, Paul SP ATL | Halladay, Roy SP PHI |
| Harvey | Richard | SD@NYM | Harvey, Matt SP NYM | Richard, Clayton SP SD |
| N/A | Saunders, Milone | SEA@OAK | Milone, Tommy SP OAK | Saunders, Joe SP SEA |
| Lincecum, Beckett | N/A | SF@LAD | Beckett, Josh SP LAD | Lincecum, Tim SP SF |
| Lynn | McCarthy | STL@ARI | McCarthy, Brandon SP ARI | Lynn, Lance SP STL |
| Ogando | Humber | TEX@HOU | Humber, Philip SP HOU | Ogando, Alexi RP TEX |
Thusday, 4/4/2013 - Fantasy Baseball SP Matchups
| Start Em' (Solid Matchup) |
Sit Em' (Wait & See) |
Game | Probable Home SP | Probably Away SP |
| Moore | Gonzalez | BAL@TB | Moore, Matt SP TB | Gonzalez, Miguel SP BAL |
| N/A | Pettitte, Dempster | BOS@NYY | Pettitte, Andy SP NYY | Dempster, Ryan SP BOS |
| N/A | Wood, McDonald | CHC@PIT | McDonald, James SP PIT | Wood, Travis SP CHC |
| N/A | Buehrle, Myers | CLE@TOR | Buehrle, Mark SP TOR | Myers, Brett RP CLE |
| N/A | Porcello, Pelfrey | DET@MIN | Pelfrey, Mike SP MIN | Porcello, Rick SP DET |
| N/A | Guthrie, Floyd | KC@CHW | Floyd, Gavin SP CHW | Guthrie, Jeremy SP KC |
| N/A | Arroyo, Blanton | LAA@CIN | Arroyo, Bronson SP CIN | Blanton, Joe SP LAA |
| Zimmerman | LeBlanc | MIA@WAS | Zimmermann, Jordan SP WAS | LeBlanc, Wade RP MIA |
| Lee, Medlen | N/A | PHI@ATL | Medlen, Kris RP ATL | Lee, Cliff SP PHI |
| Gee | Stults | SD@NYM | Gee, Dillon SP NYM | Stults, Eric SP SD |
| Griffin | Maurer | SEA@OAK | Griffin, A.J. SP OAK | Maurer, Brandon P SEA |
Friday, 4/5/2013 - Fantasy Baseball SP Matchups
| Start Em' (Solid Matchup) |
Sit Em' (Wait & See) |
Game | Probable Home SP | Probably Away SP |
| Johnson | Doubront | BOS@TOR | Johnson, Josh SP TOR | Doubront, Felix SP BOS |
| Minor | Feldman | CHC@ATL | Minor, Mike SP ATL | Feldman, Scott SP CHC |
| N/A | Cobb, McAllister | CLE@TB | Cobb, Alex SP TB | McAllister, Zach SP CLE |
| N/A | Davis, Kendrick | KC@PHI | Kendrick, Kyle SP PHI | Davis, Wade RP KC |
| N/A | Hefner, Alvarez | MIA@NYM | Hefner, Jeremy SP NYM | Alvarez, Henderson SP MIA |
| N/A | Arrieta, De Vries | MIN@BAL | Arrieta, Jake SP BAL | De Vries, Cole SP MIN |
| N/A | Nova, Fister | NYY@DET | Fister, Doug SP DET | Nova, Ivan SP NYY |
| Straily | Peacock | OAK@HOU | Peacock, Brad SP HOU | Straily, Dan SP OAK |
| Greinke | Sanchez | PIT@LAD | Greinke, Zack SP LAD | Sanchez, Jonathan SP PIT |
| N/A | Francis, Marquis | SD@COL | Francis, Jeff SP COL | Marquis, Jason SP SD |
| N/A | Quintana, Beavan | SEA@CHW | Quintana, Jose SP CHW | Beavan, Blake SP SEA |
| Haren | Bailey | WAS@CIN | Bailey, Homer SP CIN | Haren, Dan SP WAS |
Saturday, 4/6/2013 - Fantasy Baseball SP Matchups
| Start Em' (Solid Matchup) |
Sit Em' (Wait & See) |
Game | Probable Home SP | Probably Away SP |
| N/A | Lackey, Happ | BOS@TOR | Happ, J.A. SP TOR | Lackey, John SP BOS |
| Teheran | Vullanueva | CHC@ATL | Teheran, Julio SP ATL | Villanueva, Carlos RP CHC |
| N/A | Kazmir, Hernandez | CLE@TB | Hernandez, Roberto SP TB | Kazmir, Scott SP CLE |
| N/A | Lanna, Mendoza | KC@PHI | Lannan, John SP PHI | Mendoza, Luis SP KC |
| Niese | Slowey | MIA@NYM | Niese, Jonathon SP NYM | Slowey, Kevin SP MIA |
| Scherzer | Phelps | NYY@DET | Scherzer, Max SP DET | Phelps, David RP NYY |
| Anderson | Bedard | OAK@HOU | Bedard, Erik SP HOU | Anderson, Brett SP OAK |
| N/A | Locke, Harang | PIT@LAD | Harang, Aaron SP LAD | Locke, Jeff SP PIT |
| N/A | Chacin, Volquez | SD@COL | Chacin, Jhoulys SP COL | Volquez, Edinson SP SD |
| Hernandez | Axelrod | SEA@CHW | Axelrod, Dylan SP CHW | Hernandez, Felix SP SEA |
| Detwiler | Leake | WAS@CIN | Leake, Mike SP CIN | Detwiler, Ross SP WAS |
