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Week 6 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Bill Dubiel's Week 6 (2017) fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) matchups - starts, sits, plays and benches. MLB streamers, two start pitchers and sleepers, based on matchups.

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 6, 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 (5/8/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHC@COL Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START Antonio Senzatela SP | COL START
CLE@TOR Trevor Bauer SP | CLE SIT Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START
KC@TB Nate Karns SP | KC SIT Blake Snell SP | TB START
LAA@OAK Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT Kendall Graveman SP | OAK START
NYY@CIN Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START Rookie Davis SP | CIN SIT
PIT@LAD Trevor Williams RP | PIT SIT Alex Wood SP | LAD START
SF@NYM Matt Moore SP | SF SIT Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START
STL@MIA Carlos Martinez SP | STL START Adam Conley SP | MIA SIT
TEX@SD Nick Martinez SP | TEX SIT Jered Weaver SP | SD SIT
WAS@BAL Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/9/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@HOU Bartolo Colon SP | ATL SIT Charlie Morton SP | HOU START
BOS@MIL Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS START Wily Peralta SP | MIL SIT
CHC@COL John Lackey SP | CHC SIT Kyle Freeland SP | COL START
CLE@TOR Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START TBA TBD
DET@ARI Justin Verlander SP | DET START Robbie Ray SP | ARI START
KC@TB Chris Young RP | KC SIT Matt Andriese SP | TB START
LAA@OAK Alex Meyer SP | LAA SIT Jharel Cotton SP | OAK SIT
MIN@CHW Hector Santiago SP | MIN START Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW SIT
NYY@CIN CC Sabathia SP | NYY START Tim Adleman SP | CIN SIT
PIT@LAD Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Julio Urias SP | LAD START
SEA@PHI Ariel Miranda SP | SEA START Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START
SF@NYM Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START Zack Wheeler SP | NYM SIT
STL@MIA Adam Wainwright SP | STL SIT Dan Straily SP | MIA SIT
TEX@SD A.J. Griffin SP | TEX START Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT
WAS@BAL Max Scherzer SP | WAS START Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/10/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@HOU Jaime Garcia SP | ATL SIT Joe Musgrove SP | HOU SIT
BAL@WAS Wade Miley SP | BAL SIT Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START
BOS@MIL Kyle Kendrick SP | BOS SIT Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT
CHC@COL Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START German Marquez SP | COL SIT
CLE@TOR Danny Salazar SP | CLE START Francisco Liriano SP | TOR START
DET@ARI Matthew Boyd SP | DET START TBA TBD
KC@TB Jason Hammel SP | KC START Chris Archer SP | TB START
LAA@OAK Jesse Chavez RP | LAA SIT Andrew Triggs RP | OAK START
MIN@CHW Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Derek Holland SP | CHW START
PIT@LAD Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START
SD@TEX Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD SIT Yu Darvish SP | TEX START
SEA@PHI Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA START Zach Eflin SP | PHI SIT
SF@NYM Matt Cain SP | SF START Rafael Montero RP | NYM SIT
STL@MIA Lance Lynn SP | STL START Tom Koehler SP | MIA SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/11/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
BAL@WAS Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START A.J. Cole SP | WAS SIT
BOS@MIL Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS START Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL SIT
CIN@SF Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN SIT Ty Blach SP | SF SIT
DET@LAA Michael Fulmer SP | DET START JC Ramirez RP | LAA SIT
HOU@NYY Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU START Michael Pineda SP | NYY START
KC@TB Jason Vargas SP | KC START Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START
LAD@COL Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START Tyler Anderson SP | COL SIT
MIN@CHW Phil Hughes SP | MIN SIT Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT
PIT@ARI Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START Zack Greinke SP | ARI START
SD@TEX Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT Martin Perez SP | TEX START
SEA@TOR Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA START Marco Estrada SP | TOR START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/12/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@MIA Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START TBA TBD
BAL@KC Chris Tillman SP | BAL SIT Danny Duffy SP | KC START
CHC@STL Brett Anderson SP | CHC SIT Mike Leake SP | STL START
CIN@SF Amir Garrett SP | CIN START Johnny Cueto SP | SF START
DET@LAA Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET START Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START
HOU@NYY Lance McCullers SP | HOU START Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY SIT
LAD@COL Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD START Tyler Chatwood SP | COL SIT
MIN@CLE Nick Tepesch SP | MIN SIT Josh Tomlin SP | CLE START
NYM@MIL Robert Gsellman SP | NYM SIT Matt Garza SP | MIL START
OAK@TEX Jesse Hahn SP | OAK START Andrew Cashner SP | TEX START
PHI@WAS Vince Velasquez SP | PHI SIT Tanner Roark SP | WAS START
PIT@ARI Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT SIT Patrick Corbin SP | ARI START
SD@CHW Trevor Cahill RP | SD START Dylan Covey SP | CHW SIT
SEA@TOR Chase De Jong SP | SEA SIT Joe Biagini RP | TOR SIT
TB@BOS Alex Cobb SP | TB SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/13/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@MIA Julio Teheran SP | ATL START Jose Urena RP | MIA SIT
BAL@KC Kevin Gausman SP | BAL START Nate Karns SP | KC SIT
CHC@STL Jon Lester SP | CHC START Michael Wacha SP | STL START
CIN@SF Scott Feldman RP | CIN SIT Matt Moore SP | SF START
DET@LAA Daniel Norris SP | DET START Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT
HOU@NYY Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT Luis Severino SP | NYY START
LAD@COL Alex Wood SP | LAD SIT Antonio Senzatela SP | COL START
MIN@CLE Ervin Santana SP | MIN START Mike Clevinger SP | CLE SIT
NYM@MIL Matt Harvey SP | NYM START Zach Davies SP | MIL START
OAK@TEX Sonny Gray SP | OAK SIT Nick Martinez SP | TEX SIT
PHI@WAS Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI SIT Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START
PIT@ARI Trevor Williams RP | PIT SIT Taijuan Walker SP | ARI START
SD@CHW Jered Weaver SP | SD SIT Jose Quintana SP | CHW START
SEA@TOR TBA TBD Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START
TB@BOS Blake Snell SP | TB START Chris Sale SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/14/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ATL@MIA R.A. Dickey SP | ATL SIT Adam Conley SP | MIA START
BAL@KC Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL START Chris Young RP | KC SIT
CHC@STL Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START Carlos Martinez SP | STL START
CIN@SF Rookie Davis SP | CIN SIT Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START
DET@LAA Justin Verlander SP | DET START Alex Meyer SP | LAA SIT
HOU@NYY Charlie Morton SP | HOU SIT Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START
LAD@COL Julio Urias SP | LAD START Kyle Freeland SP | COL SIT
MIN@CLE Hector Santiago SP | MIN START Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START
NYM@MIL Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Wily Peralta SP | MIL SIT
OAK@TEX Kendall Graveman SP | OAK SIT A.J. Griffin SP | TEX START
PHI@WAS Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START Max Scherzer SP | WAS START
PIT@ARI Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Robbie Ray SP | ARI START
SD@CHW Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW SIT
SEA@TOR Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA START TBA TBD
TB@BOS Matt Andriese SP | TB START Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS START

 

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