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Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 7, 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.
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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 (5/15/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@TOR | Bartolo Colon SP | ATL | SIT | Mike Bolsinger SP | TOR | START |
| CHW@LAA | Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW | SIT | Jesse Chavez RP | LAA | SIT |
| HOU@MIA | Joe Musgrove SP | HOU | START | Dan Straily SP | MIA | START |
| LAD@SF | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | START | Matt Cain SP | SF | SIT |
| MIL@SD | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| NYM@ARI | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START | Zack Godley RP | ARI | START |
| OAK@SEA | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | START | Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA | START |
| TB@CLE | Chris Archer SP | TB | START | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/16/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ATL@TOR | Jaime Garcia SP | ATL | SIT | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START |
| BAL@DET | Wade Miley SP | BAL | START | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
| BOS@STL | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START | Lance Lynn SP | STL | START |
| CHW@LAA | Derek Holland SP | CHW | START | JC Ramirez RP | LAA | START |
| CIN@CHC | Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN | SIT | John Lackey SP | CHC | START |
| COL@MIN | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | SIT |
| HOU@MIA | Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU | START | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT |
| LAD@SF | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START | Ty Blach SP | SF | SIT |
| MIL@SD | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | SIT | Clayton Richard RP | SD | SIT |
| NYM@ARI | Tommy Milone SP | NYM | SIT | Zack Greinke SP | ARI | START |
| NYY@KC | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT |
| OAK@SEA | Andrew Triggs RP | OAK | START | Chase De Jong SP | SEA | SIT |
| PHI@TEX | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | SIT | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START |
| TB@CLE | Jake Odorizzi SP | TB | START | Danny Salazar SP | CLE | START |
| WAS@PIT | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/17/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@DET | Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL | SIT | Michael Fulmer SP | DET | START |
| BOS@STL | Rick Porcello SP | BOS | START | Mike Leake SP | STL | START |
| CHW@LAA | Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW | SIT | Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA | START |
| CIN@CHC | Scott Feldman RP | CIN | START | Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC | START |
| COL@MIN | German Marquez SP | COL | START | Ervin Santana SP | MIN | START |
| HOU@MIA | Lance McCullers SP | HOU | START | Jose Urena RP | MIA | SIT |
| LAD@SF | Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD | START | Johnny Cueto SP | SF | START |
| MIL@SD | Matt Garza SP | MIL | START | Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD | SIT |
| NYM@ARI | Matt Harvey SP | NYM | SIT | Patrick Corbin SP | ARI | START |
| NYY@KC | Michael Pineda SP | NYY | START | Jason Vargas SP | KC | SIT |
| OAK@SEA | Jesse Hahn SP | OAK | SIT | Christian Bergman RP | SEA | SIT |
| PHI@TEX | Zach Eflin SP | PHI | SIT | Andrew Cashner SP | TEX | SIT |
| TB@CLE | Alex Cobb SP | TB | START | Josh Tomlin SP | CLE | START |
| TOR@ATL | Joe Biagini RP | TOR | START | Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL | START |
| WAS@PIT | TBA | TBD | Gerrit Cole SP | PIT | START |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/18/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| BAL@DET | Dylan Bundy RP | BAL | START | Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET | SIT |
| BOS@OAK | Chris Sale SP | BOS | START | Sonny Gray SP | OAK | SIT |
| CHW@SEA | Dylan Covey SP | CHW | SIT | Ryan Weber RP | SEA | SIT |
| CIN@CHC | Lisalverto Bonilla SP | CIN | SIT | Jon Lester SP | CHC | START |
| COL@MIN | Tyler Chatwood SP | COL | SIT | Jose Berrios SP | MIN | START |
| MIA@LAD | Edinson Volquez SP | MIA | SIT | Alex Wood SP | LAD | START |
| MIL@SD | Zach Davies SP | MIL | SIT | Trevor Cahill RP | SD | SIT |
| NYY@KC | Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY | SIT | Danny Duffy SP | KC | START |
| PHI@TEX | Nick Pivetta SP | PHI | SIT | Martin Perez SP | TEX | START |
| TOR@ATL | Marcus Stroman SP | TOR | START | Julio Teheran SP | ATL | SIT |
| WAS@PIT | Tanner Roark SP | WAS | START | Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/19/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Taijuan Walker SP | ARI | START | Jered Weaver SP | SD | SIT |
| BOS@OAK | Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS | SIT | Kendall Graveman SP | OAK | START |
| CHW@SEA | Jose Quintana SP | CHW | START | Ariel Miranda SP | SEA | START |
| CLE@HOU | Mike Clevinger SP | CLE | SIT | Mike Fiers SP | HOU | SIT |
| COL@CIN | Tyler Anderson SP | COL | START | Tim Adleman SP | CIN | SIT |
| KC@MIN | Nate Karns SP | KC | START | Hector Santiago SP | MIN | START |
| LAA@NYM | Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA | SIT | Robert Gsellman SP | NYM | SIT |
| MIA@LAD | Justin Nicolino SP | MIA | SIT | Julio Urias SP | LAD | START |
| MIL@CHC | Wily Peralta SP | MIL | SIT | Eddie Butler SP | CHC | SIT |
| NYY@TB | Luis Severino SP | NYY | START | TBA | TBD |
| PHI@PIT | Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI | START | Trevor Williams RP | PIT | SIT |
| SF@STL | Matt Moore SP | SF | SIT | Carlos Martinez SP | STL | START |
| TEX@DET | Nick Martinez SP | TEX | SIT | Daniel Norris SP | DET | SIT |
| TOR@BAL | Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR | START | Chris Tillman SP | BAL | START |
| WAS@ATL | Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS | START | R.A. Dickey SP | ATL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/20/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Robbie Ray SP | ARI | START | Luis Perdomo SP | SD | SIT |
| BOS@OAK | TBA | TBD | Sean Manaea SP | OAK | SIT |
| CHW@SEA | Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW | SIT | Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA | SIT |
| CLE@HOU | Trevor Bauer SP | CLE | SIT | Charlie Morton SP | HOU | START |
| COL@CIN | Antonio Senzatela SP | COL | START | Amir Garrett SP | CIN | SIT |
| KC@MIN | Chris Young RP | KC | SIT | TBA | TBD |
| LAA@NYM | Alex Meyer SP | LAA | SIT | Jacob deGrom SP | NYM | START |
| MIA@LAD | Dan Straily SP | MIA | START | Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD | START |
| MIL@CHC | Chase Anderson SP | MIL | SIT | Jake Arrieta SP | CHC | START |
| NYY@TB | Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY | START | Matt Andriese SP | TB | START |
| PHI@PIT | Vince Velasquez SP | PHI | SIT | Ivan Nova SP | PIT | START |
| SF@STL | Jeff Samardzija SP | SF | START | Adam Wainwright SP | STL | SIT |
| TEX@DET | A.J. Griffin SP | TEX | START | Justin Verlander SP | DET | START |
| TOR@BAL | Mike Bolsinger SP | TOR | SIT | Kevin Gausman SP | BAL | SIT |
| WAS@ATL | Max Scherzer SP | WAS | START | Bartolo Colon SP | ATL | SIT |
| PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/21/17) | ||||
| GAME | VISITING STARTER | START/SIT | HOME STARTER | START/SIT |
| ARI@SD | Zack Godley RP | ARI | START | Clayton Richard RP | SD | SIT |
| BOS@OAK | Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS | START | Andrew Triggs RP | OAK | START |
| CHW@SEA | Derek Holland SP | CHW | SIT | Chase De Jong SP | SEA | SIT |
| CLE@HOU | Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE | START | Joe Musgrove SP | HOU | START |
| COL@CIN | Kyle Freeland SP | COL | START | Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN | SIT |
| KC@MIN | Jason Hammel SP | KC | SIT | Phil Hughes SP | MIN | SIT |
| LAA@NYM | Jesse Chavez RP | LAA | SIT | Zack Wheeler SP | NYM | START |
| MIA@LAD | Tom Koehler SP | MIA | SIT | Rich Hill SP | LAD | START |
| MIL@CHC | Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL | SIT | John Lackey SP | CHC | START |
| NYY@TB | CC Sabathia SP | NYY | SIT | Chris Archer SP | TB | START |
| PHI@PIT | Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI | START | Chad Kuhl SP | PIT | START |
| SF@STL | Matt Cain SP | SF | SIT | Lance Lynn SP | STL | START |
| TEX@DET | Yu Darvish SP | TEX | START | Matthew Boyd SP | DET | START |
| TOR@BAL | Marco Estrada SP | TOR | START | Wade Miley SP | BAL | START |
| WAS@ATL | Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS | START | Jaime Garcia SP | ATL | SIT |
