What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues.Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 23, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. Next to each matchup below, we also have a link to our Premium Starting Pitcher Daily Matchups, Streamers & DFS Tool. For those who aren't aware, our in-house tool analyzes SP matchups based on a variety of stats/metrics, and recommends whether start, sit, or stream any pitcher for seasonal and DFS leagues. It's pretty cool.
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.
SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations
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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 | - Monday 9/5/16 | ||||
Visiting Team | Visiting Starter | Start/Sit | Home Team | Home Starter | Start/Sit |
Toronto | Dickey | Sit | New York (A) | Tanaka | Start |
Baltimore | Jimenez | Sit | Tampa Bay | Andriese | Sit |
Chicago (N) | Hendricks | Start | Milwaukee | Davies | Sit |
New York (N) | Colon | Start | Cincinnati | Stephenson | Sit |
Philadelphia | Eickhoff | Start | Miami | Esch | Start |
Kansas City | Kennedy | Start | Minnesota | Berrios | Sit |
Atlanta | Weber | Sit | Washington | Scherzer | Start |
Los Angeles (A) | Weaver | Sit | Oakland | Alcantara | Sit |
St. Louis | Wainwright | Start | Pittsburgh | Kuhl | Sit |
Detroit | Verlander | Start | Chicago (A) | Sale | Start |
San Francisco | Moore | Start | Colorado | Bettis | Sit |
Texas | Hamels | Start | Seattle | Hernandez | Start |
Boston | Pomeranz | Start | San Diego | Jackson | Sit |
Houston | Fiers | Sit | Cleveland | Clevinger | Sit |
Arizona | Greinke | Start | Los Angeles (N) | Maeda | Start |
Probable Pitchers | - Tuesday (9/6/16) | ||||
Visiting Team | Visiting Starter | Start/Sit | Home Team | Home Starter | Start/Sit |
Atlanta | W. Perez | Sit | Washington | G. Gonzalez | Start |
St. Louis | L. Weaver | Start | Pittsburgh | Vogelsong | Sit |
Toronto | Aa. Sanchez | Start | New York (A) | Cessa | Sit |
Baltimore | Gallardo | Sit | Tampa Bay | Odorizzi | Start |
Houston | Keuchel | Sit | Cleveland | Kluber | Start |
New York (N) | R. Montero | Sit | Cincinnati | Finnegan | Start |
Philadelphia | Morgan | Start | Miami | Urena | Start |
Chicago (N) | Hammel | Start | Milwaukee | Peralta | Sit |
Detroit | Boyd | Sit | Chicago (A) | M. Gonzalez | Sit |
Kansas City | Gee | Start | Minnesota | E. Santana | Sit |
San Francisco | Samardzija | Sit | Colorado | T. Anderson | Start |
Los Angeles (A) | Nolasco | Start | Oakland | TBA | TBD |
Arizona | S. Miller | Sit | Los Angeles (N) | Stripling | Sit |
Boston | Buchholz | Start | San Diego | P. Clemens | Sit |
Texas | M. Perez | Sit | Seattle | Paxton | Sit |
Probable Pitchers | - Wednesday (9/7/16) | ||||
Visiting Team | Visiting Starter | Start/Sit | Home Team | Home Starter | Start/Sit |
Atlanta | Foltynewicz | Sit | Washington | Strasburg | Start |
St. Louis | Al. Reyes | Start | Pittsburgh | Taillon | Start |
Toronto | Stroman | Sit | New York (A) | TBA | TBD |
Baltimore | Bundy | Start | Tampa Bay | Smyly | Sit |
Houston | Fister | Sit | Cleveland | Carrasco | Start |
New York (N) | Syndergaard | Start | Cincinnati | DeSclafani | Start |
Philadelphia | Hellickson | Start | Miami | Cashner | Start |
Chicago (N) | Montgomery | Sit | Milwaukee | Garza | Sit |
Detroit | An. Sanchez | Sit | Chicago (A) | Quintana | Start |
Kansas City | Duffy | Start | Minnesota | Gibson | Sit |
San Francisco | A. Suarez | Sit | Colorado | De La Rosa | Sit |
Los Angeles (A) | A. Meyer | Sit | Oakland | J. Cotton | Sit |
Arizona | Ray | Start | Los Angeles (N) | B. Stewart | Start |
Boston | Price | Start | San Diego | Cosart | Sit |
Texas | Griffin | Sit | Seattle | A. MIranda | Sit |
Probable Pitchers | - Thursday (9/8/16) | ||||
Visiting Team | Visiting Starter | Start/Sit | Home Team | Home Starter | Start/Sit |
Houston | Musgrove | Sit | Cleveland | Bauer | Sit |
Cincinnati | Straily | Start | Pittsburgh | Nova | Start |
Philadelphia | Velasquez | Sit | Washington | A. Cole | Start |
Tampa Bay | Cobb | Start | New York (A) | Sabathia | Sit |
Milwaukee | Guerra | Start | St. Louis | J. Garcia | Start |
Colorado | Hoffman | Sit | San Diego | C. Richard | Sit |
Texas | Holland | Sit | Seattle | T. Walker | Sit |
Probable Pitchers | - Friday (9/9/16) | ||||
Visiting Team | Visiting Starter | Start/Sit | Home Team | Home Starter | Start/Sit |
Cincinnati | Adleman | Sit | Pittsburgh | Brault | Start |
Philadelphia | J. Thompson | Sit | Washington | Roark | Start |
Tampa Bay | Snell | Start | New York (A) | Pineda | Start |
Boston | Porcello | Start | Toronto | Estrada | Sit |
Baltimore | Gausman | Sit | Detroit | Fulmer | Start |
Los Angeles (N) | Kershaw | Start | Miami | J. Fernandez | Start |
New York (N) | Gsellman | Start | Atlanta | Gant | Sit |
Chicago (N) | Lester | Start | Houston | McHugh | Sit |
Cleveland | Salazar | Start | Minnesota | Santiago | Sit |
Kansas City | Ventura | Sit | Chicago (A) | Rodon | Start |
San Francisco | Bumgarner | Start | Arizona | Shipley | Sit |
Seattle | Iwakuma | Start | Oakland | Mengden | Sit |
Texas | Darvish | Start | Los Angeles (A) | Skaggs | Sit |
Colorado | Chatwood | Start | San Diego | Perdomo | Sit |
Probable Pitchers | - Saturday (9/10/16) | ||||
Visiting Team | Visiting Starter | Start/Sit | Home Team | Home Starter | Start/Sit |
Cincinnati | Stephenson | Sit | Pittsburgh | Kuhl | Sit |
Philadelphia | Eickhoff | Start | Washington | Scherzer | Start |
Tampa Bay | Archer | Start | New York (A) | Tanaka | Start |
Boston | E. Rodriguez | Sit | Toronto | Happ | Sit |
Baltimore | Miley | Sit | Detroit | D. Norris | Sit |
Los Angeles (N) | R. Hill | Start | Miami | Koehler | Start |
New York (N) | Lugo | Start | Atlanta | Teheran | Start |
Chicago (N) | Arrieta | Start | Houston | Fiers | Sit |
Cleveland | TBA | TBD | Minnesota | Albers | Sit |
Kansas City | Volquez | Start | Chicago (A) | Shields | Sit |
San Francisco | Cueto | Start | Arizona | Bradley | Sit |
Seattle | F. Hernandez | Start | Oakland | Graveman | Sit |
Texas | Hamels | Start | Los Angeles (A) | TBA | TBD |
Colorado | J. Gray | Start | San Diego | E. Jackson | Sit |
Milwaukee | C. Anderson | Sit | St. Louis | Wainwright | Start |
Probable Pitchers | - Sunday (9/11/16) | ||||
Visiting Team | Visiting Starter | Start/Sit | Home Team | Home Starter | Start/Sit |
Tampa Bay | Andriese | Start | New York (A) | Cessa | Start |
Boston | Pomeranz | Start | Toronto | Dickey | Sit |
Baltimore | U. Jimenez | Sit | Detroit | Verlander | Start |
Los Angeles (N) | Maeda | Start | Miami | Esch | Sit |
Cincinnati | Finnegan | Start | Pittsburgh | Vogelsong | Start |
New York (N) | Colon | Start | Atlanta | Weber | Sit |
Philadelphia | Morgan | Sit | Washington | G. Gonzalez | Start |
Cleveland | Kluber | Start | Minnesota | Berrios | Sit |
Kansas City | Kennedy | Start | Chicago (A) | Ranaudo | Sit |
Milwaukee | Davies | Start | St. Louis | L. Weaver | Start |
Texas | M. Perez | Sit | Los Angeles (A) | J. Weaver | Sit |
Seattle | Paxton | Start | Oakland | R. Alcantara | Sit |
San Francisco | Moore | Start | Arizona | Greinke | Start |
Colorado | Bettis | Start | San Diego | P. Clemens | Sit |
Chicago (N) | Lackey | Sit | Houston | TBA | TBD |
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