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Week 2 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Bill Dubiel's Week 2 (2017) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.

Did you survive the first week of games? Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 2, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against a fierce offense, this is the weekly piece for you.

For every week of the fantasy baseball season, we look to analyze all of the projected starting pitcher matchups and put together our optimal lineups. Here at RotoBaller, we believe that it’s key to analyze every SP matchup, each and every week, to help determine which SPs to start/sit and to hopefully find some hidden gems to bolster your teams.

This weekly piece considers the pitcher’s opponents, their career stats against the opponent, some ballpark factors and historical splits. With all of this information, we then provide our start/sit recommendations for each starting pitcher matchup for the approaching week of fantasy baseball.

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

 

SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

Note that MLB teams usually shuffle their rotations, so I’ll be updating the matchups throughout the day and week. This is based on 10-14-team league sizes:

PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/10/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SF Taijuan Walker SP | ARI START Matt Moore SP | SF SIT
BOS@DET Chris Sale SP | BOS START Justin Verlander SP | DET START
CIN@PIT Brandon Finnegan SP | CIN SIT Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT START
HOU@SEA Charlie Morton SP | HOU SIT James Paxton SP | SEA START
LAD@CHC Alex Wood SP | LAD SIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START
NYM@PHI Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START
OAK@KC Jharel Cotton SP | OAK START Ian Kennedy SP | KC SIT
SD@COL Zach Lee SP | SD SIT Tyler Chatwood SP | COL START
STL@WAS Adam Wainwright SP | STL START Tanner Roark SP | WAS SIT
TB@NYY Alex Cobb SP | TB START Michael Pineda SP | NYY SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/11/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SF Robbie Ray SP | ARI SIT Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START
ATL@MIA Bartolo Colon SP | ATL START Dan Straily SP | MIA SIT
BAL@BOS Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS SIT
CHW@CLE James Shields SP | CHW SIT Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START
CIN@PIT Rookie Davis SP | CIN START Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START
HOU@SEA Joe Musgrove SP | HOU SIT Ariel Miranda SP | SEA START
MIL@TOR Wily Peralta SP | MIL SIT J.A. Happ SP | TOR START
MIN@DET Hector Santiago SP | MIN SIT Matthew Boyd SP | DET START
NYM@PHI Matt Harvey SP | NYM START Clay Buchholz SP | PHI SIT
SD@COL Jered Weaver SP | SD SIT Antonio Senzatela SP | COL START
STL@WAS Lance Lynn SP | STL START Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START
TEX@LAA Cole Hamels SP | TEX START Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/12/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@SF Shelby Miller SP | ARI SIT Matt Cain SP | SF SIT
ATL@MIA Jaime Garcia SP | ATL SIT Tom Koehler SP | MIA START
BAL@BOS Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL SIT Steven Wright SP | BOS SIT
CHW@CLE Derek Holland SP | CHW SIT Danny Salazar SP | CLE START
CIN@PIT Amir Garrett SP | CIN START Ivan Nova SP | PIT START
HOU@SEA Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA SIT
LAD@CHC Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD START John Lackey SP | CHC SIT
MIL@TOR Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START
MIN@DET Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Michael Fulmer SP | DET START
NYM@PHI Zack Wheeler SP | NYM SIT Vince Velasquez SP | PHI START
OAK@KC Andrew Triggs RP | OAK START Jason Hammel SP | KC SIT
SD@COL Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Kyle Freeland SP | COL START
STL@WAS Mike Leake SP | STL START Max Scherzer SP | WAS START
TB@NYY Blake Snell SP | TB START Luis Severino SP | NYY SIT
TEX@LAA A.J. Griffin SP | TEX START Jesse Chavez RP | LAA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/13/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@TOR Kevin Gausman SP | BAL START Francisco Liriano SP | TOR SIT
CHW@CLE Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT Josh Tomlin SP | CLE START
COL@SF Jon Gray SP | COL START Madison Bumgarner SP | SF START
LAD@CHC Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD SIT Brett Anderson SP | CHC SIT
MIL@CIN Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL START Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN SIT
MIN@DET Phil Hughes SP | MIN SIT Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET START
NYM@MIA Robert Gsellman SP | NYM SIT Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA START
OAK@KC Raul Alcantara SP | OAK START Jason Vargas SP | KC SIT
PIT@BOS Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS SIT
TB@NYY Matt Andriese SP | TB SIT Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START
TEX@LAA Yu Darvish SP | TEX START Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/14/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Zack Greinke SP | ARI START Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START
BAL@TOR Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR START
CHW@MIN Jose Quintana SP | CHW START Adalberto Mejia RP | MIN SIT
COL@SF Tyler Anderson SP | COL SIT Johnny Cueto SP | SF START
DET@CLE Daniel Norris SP | DET START Trevor Bauer SP | CLE SIT
HOU@OAK Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START Kendall Graveman SP | OAK START
LAA@KC Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START Danny Duffy SP | KC START
MIL@CIN Tommy Milone SP | MIL SIT Scott Feldman RP | CIN SIT
NYM@MIA Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START Adam Conley SP | MIA SIT
PHI@WAS Aaron Nola SP | PHI START TBA TBD
PIT@CHC Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START
SD@ATL Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD SIT Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START
STL@NYY Michael Wacha SP | STL START CC Sabathia SP | NYY SIT
TB@BOS Chris Archer SP | TB START Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
TEX@SEA Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT Felix Hernandez SP | SEA START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/15/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Patrick Corbin SP | ARI SIT Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START
BAL@TOR TBA TBD Marco Estrada SP | TOR START
CHW@MIN TBA TBD Ervin Santana SP | MIN START
COL@SF Tyler Chatwood SP | COL START Matt Moore SP | SF SIT
DET@CLE Justin Verlander SP | DET START Corey Kluber SP | CLE START
HOU@OAK Lance McCullers SP | HOU START Sean Manaea SP | OAK START
LAA@KC TBA TBD Ian Kennedy SP | KC SIT
MIL@CIN Zach Davies SP | MIL SIT Brandon Finnegan SP | CIN SIT
NYM@MIA Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Edinson Volquez SP | MIA SIT
PHI@WAS Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI SIT Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START
PIT@CHC Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT START Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START
SD@ATL Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT R.A. Dickey SP | ATL SIT
STL@NYY Carlos Martinez SP | STL START Michael Pineda SP | NYY SIT
TB@BOS Jake Odorizzi SP | TB SIT Chris Sale SP | BOS START
TEX@SEA TBA TBD Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (4/16/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@LAD Taijuan Walker SP | ARI SIT Alex Wood SP | LAD START
BAL@TOR Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START J.A. Happ SP | TOR SIT
CHW@MIN James Shields SP | CHW SIT Hector Santiago SP | MIN SIT
COL@SF Antonio Senzatela SP | COL SIT Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START
DET@CLE Matthew Boyd SP | DET START Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START
HOU@OAK Charlie Morton SP | HOU SIT Jharel Cotton SP | OAK SIT
LAA@KC Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA START Nathan Karns SP | KC START
MIL@CIN Wily Peralta SP | MIL SIT Rookie Davis SP | CIN SIT
NYM@MIA Matt Harvey SP | NYM START Dan Straily SP | MIA SIT
PHI@WAS Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START Tanner Roark SP | WAS START
PIT@CHC Jameson Taillon SP | PIT SIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START
SD@ATL Zach Lee SP | SD SIT Julio Teheran SP | ATL START
STL@NYY Adam Wainwright SP | STL START Luis Severino SP | NYY SIT
TB@BOS Alex Cobb SP | TB START Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS SIT
TEX@SEA Cole Hamels SP | TEX START James Paxton SP | SEA SIT

 




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