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Week 25 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

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It's crunch time, 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 25, 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 9/19/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@KC Carlos Rodon START Yordano Ventura SIT
BOS@BAL Rick Porcello START Dylan Bundy SIT
WAS@MIA A.J. Cole START Wei-Yin Chen SIT
ATL@NYM Aaron Blair SIT Noah Syndergaard START
LAA@TEX Jhoulys Chacin SIT Martin Perez START
CIN@CHC Tim Adleman SIT Jason Hammel START
STL@COL Carlos Martinez START Tyler Anderson START
HOU@OAK Brad Peacock START Jharel Cotton SIT
SF@LAD Madison Bumgarner START Clayton Kershaw START
ARI@SD Braden Shipley SIT Clayton Richard START
TOR@SEA Marco Estrada SIT Taijuan Walker SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - TUESDAY 9/20/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@PHI James Shields START Jake Thompson SIT
BOS@BAL Eduardo Rodriguez SIT Kevin Gausman START
ATL@NYM Julio Teheran START Robert Gsellman START
KC@CLE Edinson Volquez SIT Josh Tomlin SIT
NYY@TB Michael Pineda SIT Drew Smyly SIT
WAS@MIA Tanner Roark START Jose Fernandez START
CIN@CHC TBA SIT Jon Lester START
LAA@TEX Daniel Wright SIT A.J. Griffin START
PIT@MIL Steven Brault START Matt Garza START
DET@MIN Matt Boyd START Hector Sanitago START
STL@COL Adam Wainwright SIT Jorge De La Rosa SIT
HOU@OAK Joe Musgrove START Sean Manaea SIT
TOR@SEA J.A. Happ START Hisashi Iwakuma START
SF@LAD Johnny Cueto START Rich Hill START
ARI@SD Archie Bradley START Paul Clemens SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - WEDNESDAY 9/22/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
STL@COL Luke Weaver SIT German Marquez SIT
HOU@OAK Colin McHugh START Daniel Mengden SIT
TOR@SEA Aaron Sanchez START Felix Hernandez START
CHW@PHI Chris Sale START Jerad Eickhoff START
BOS@BAL Clay Buchholz SIT TBA TBD
NYY@TB Masahiro Tanaka START Alex Cobb START
KC@CLE Ian Kennedy SIT Corey Kluber START
WAS@MIA Max Scherzer START Tom Koehler SIT
ATL@NYM TBA TBD Bartolo Colon START
LAA@TEX Jered Weaver SIT Derek Holland SIT
CIN@CHC Robert Stephenson SIT John Lackey START
DET@MIN TBA TBD Jose Berrios SIT
PIT@MIL Chad Kuhl START Jimmy Nelson SIT
ARI@SD Zack Greinke START Luis Perdomo SIT
SF@LAD Matt Moore START Kenta Maeda START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - THURSDAY 9/23/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BOS@BAL David Price START Chris Tillman START
PHI@NYM Adam Morgan SIT Seth Lugo START
NYY@TB Luis Cessa SIT Blake Snell START
KC@CLE Jason Vargas SIT Mike Clevinger SIT
ATL@MIA TBA TBD Jose Urena SIT
DET@MIN Justin Verlander START Ervin Santana START
PIT@MIL Ryan Vogelsong SIT Chase Anderson SIT
LAA@HOU Ricky Nolasco SIT Mike Fiers START
COL@LAD Tyler Chatwood START Bud Norris SIT
SF@SD Jeff Samardzija START Christian Friedrich SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - FRIDAY 9/24/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
STL@CHC Mike Leake SIT Mike Montgomery START
ARI@BAL Shelby Miller SIT Wade Miley SIT
WAS@PIT Gio Gonzalez SIT Jameson Taillon START
NYY@TOR Bryan Mitchell SIT R.A. Dickey SIT
BOS@TB Drew Pomeranz START Chris Archer START
KC@DET Danny Duffy START Daniel Norris START
CHW@CLE Miguel Gonzalez START Trevor Bauer SIT
ATL@MIA Matt Wisler START Andrew Cashner SIT
PHI@NYM Jeremy Hellickson START Gabriel Ynoa SIT
SEA@MIN James Paxton START Kyle Gibson SIT
CIN@MIL Anthony Desclafani START Zach Davies START
LAA@HOU Alex Meyer SIT Doug Fister SIT
TEX@OAK Cole Hamels START Kendall Graveman SIT
COL@LAD Jon Gray START Jose De Leon SIT
SF@SD Albert Suarez START Edwin Jackson SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SATURDAY 9/25/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
STL@CHC Alex Reyes START Jake Arrieta START
KC@DET Yordano Ventura SIT TBA TBD
TEX@OAK Yu Darvish START Raul Alcantara SIT
NYY@TOR C.C. Sabathia SIT Francisco Lirano SIT
BOS@TB Rick Porcello START Matt Andriese SIT
WAS@PIT Joe Ross START Ivan Nova START
ARI@BAL Robbie Ray SIT Dylan Bundy SIT
SEA@MIN Ariel Miranda START TBA TBD
PHI@NYM Alec Asher SIT Noah Syndergaard START
CHW@CLE Jose Quintana START TBA TBD
CIN@MIL Brandon Finnegan START Wily Peralta SIT
ATL@MIA Aaron Blair SIT Wei-Yin Chen START
LAA@HOU Jhoulys Chacin SIT Brad Peacock START
SF@SD Madison Bumgarner START Jarred Cosart SIT
COL@LAD Chad Bettis SIT Clayton Kershaw START
PROBABLE PITCHERS - SUNDAY 9/26/16      
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
NYY@TOR Michael Pineda SIT Marcus Stroman START
PHI@NYM Jake Thompson SIT Robert Gsellman START
BOS@TB Eduardo Rodriguez SIT Jake Odorizzi START
KC@DET Edinson Volquez SIT Matt Boyd START
ATL@MIA Julio Teheran START Jose Fernandez START
CHW@CLE Carlos Rodon START Josh Tomlin SIT
WAS@PIT A.J. Cole SIT Steven Brault SIT
ARI@BAL Braden Shipley SIT Kevin Gausman START
SEA@MIN Taijuan Walker START Hector Santiago SIT
LAA@HOU Daniel Wright SIT Joe Musgrove START
CIN@MIL Dan Straily START Matt Garza START
TEX@OAK Colby Lewis START Ross Detwiler SIT
COL@LAD Tyler Anderson START Rich Hill START
SF@SD Johnny Cueto START Clayton Richard SIT
STL@CHC Carlos Martinez START Kyle Hendricks START

 

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