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Week 8 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher Matchups

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 8, 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.

Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. Be sure to also check them out!


SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/22/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@ARI Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT Zack Greinke SP | ARI START
CLE@CIN Josh Tomlin SP | CLE SIT Scott Feldman RP | CIN SIT
COL@PHI Jeff Hoffman SP | COL START Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI SIT
DET@HOU Michael Fulmer SP | DET START Brad Peacock SP | HOU SIT
KC@NYY Jason Vargas SP | KC START Michael Pineda SP | NYY START
LAA@TB JC Ramirez RP | LAA START Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START
MIN@BAL TBA TBD Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL SIT
PIT@ATL Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START
SF@CHC Ty Blach SP | SF SIT John Lackey SP | CHC START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/23/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@ARI Dylan Covey SP | CHW SIT Patrick Corbin SP | ARI START
CLE@CIN Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Amir Garrett SP | CIN SIT
COL@PHI German Marquez SP | COL START Zach Eflin SP | PHI SIT
DET@HOU Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET SIT Lance McCullers SP | HOU START
KC@NYY Danny Duffy SP | KC START Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY START
LAA@TB Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START Alex Cobb SP | TB START
MIA@OAK Jose Urena RP | MIA SIT Jesse Hahn SP | OAK START
MIN@BAL Ervin Santana SP | MIN SIT Dylan Bundy RP | BAL START
PIT@ATL Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT START R.A. Dickey SP | ATL SIT
SD@NYM Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD SIT Matt Harvey SP | NYM START
SEA@WAS Christian Bergman RP | SEA START Jacob Turner RP | WAS SIT
SF@CHC Johnny Cueto SP | SF START Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START
STL@LAD Lance Lynn SP | STL START Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START
TEX@BOS Andrew Cashner SP | TEX SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
TOR@MIL Joe Biagini RP | TOR SIT Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/24/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
CHW@ARI Jose Quintana SP | CHW START TBA TBD
CIN@CLE Lisalverto Bonilla SP | CIN SIT Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START
COL@PHI Tyler Chatwood SP | COL SIT Jeremy Hellickson SP | PHI START
DET@HOU Daniel Norris SP | DET SIT Charlie Morton SP | HOU START
KC@NYY Jason Hammel SP | KC SIT Luis Severino SP | NYY START
LAA@TB Ricky Nolasco SP | LAA SIT Erasmo Ramirez RP | TB START
MIA@OAK Edinson Volquez SP | MIA SIT Sonny Gray SP | OAK START
MIN@BAL Jose Berrios SP | MIN START Chris Tillman SP | BAL START
PIT@ATL Trevor Williams RP | PIT SIT Julio Teheran SP | ATL START
SD@NYM Jarred Cosart SP | SD SIT Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START
SEA@WAS Sam Gaviglio RP | SEA SIT Tanner Roark SP | WAS START
SF@CHC Matt Moore SP | SF SIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START
STL@LAD Mike Leake SP | STL START Rich Hill SP | LAD START
TEX@BOS Martin Perez SP | TEX SIT Chris Sale SP | BOS START
TOR@MIL Marcus Stroman SP | TOR START Matt Garza SP | MIL START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/25/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@MIL Robbie Ray SP | ARI START Zach Davies SP | MIL SIT
CIN@CLE Tim Adleman SP | CIN SIT Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START
COL@PHI Tyler Anderson SP | COL START Vince Velasquez SP | PHI SIT
DET@HOU Justin Verlander SP | DET START Mike Fiers SP | HOU SIT
KC@NYY Nate Karns SP | KC START Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START
LAA@TB Alex Meyer SP | LAA SIT Matt Andriese SP | TB START
PIT@ATL Ivan Nova SP | PIT START Bartolo Colon SP | ATL SIT
SD@NYM TBA TBD Zack Wheeler SP | NYM START
SEA@WAS Ariel Miranda SP | SEA START Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START
SF@CHC Jeff Samardzija SP | SF START Eddie Butler SP | CHC SIT
STL@LAD Michael Wacha SP | STL START Hyun-Jin Ryu SP | LAD SIT
TEX@BOS Nick Martinez SP | TEX SIT Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/26/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@MIL Zack Godley RP | ARI START TBD TBA
ATL@SF Jaime Garcia SP | ATL START Matt Cain SP | SF SIT
BAL@HOU Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT Joe Musgrove SP | HOU SIT
CHC@LAD Jake Arrieta SP | CHC START Alex Wood SP | LAD START
CIN@PHI Bronson Arroyo SP | CIN SIT Aaron Nola SP | PHI START
DET@CHW Matthew Boyd SP | DET START Mike Pelfrey SP | CHW SIT
KC@CLE Ian Kennedy SP | KC START Danny Salazar SP | CLE START
LAA@MIA Jesse Chavez RP | LAA START Justin Nicolino SP | MIA SIT
NYM@PIT Tommy Milone SP | NYM SIT Chad Kuhl SP | PIT SIT
OAK@NYY Kendall Graveman SP | OAK SIT CC Sabathia SP | NYY START
SD@WAS Luis Perdomo SP | SD SIT Max Scherzer SP | WAS START
SEA@BOS Yovani Gallardo SP | SEA SIT Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS START
STL@COL Carlos Martinez SP | STL START Antonio Senzatela SP | COL START
TB@MIN Chris Archer SP | TB START Hector Santiago SP | MIN SIT
TEX@TOR A.J. Griffin SP | TEX START Mike Bolsinger SP | TOR SIT
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/27/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@MIL Zack Greinke SP | ARI START Chase Anderson SP | MIL SIT
ATL@SF Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START Ty Blach SP | SF SIT
BAL@HOU Wade Miley SP | BAL START Brad Peacock SP | HOU SIT
CHC@LAD John Lackey SP | CHC START Brandon McCarthy SP | LAD START
CIN@PHI Scott Feldman RP | CIN START Jerad Eickhoff SP | PHI START
DET@CHW Michael Fulmer SP | DET START Miguel Gonzalez SP | CHW SIT
KC@CLE Jason Vargas SP | KC START Josh Tomlin SP | CLE SIT
LAA@MIA JC Ramirez RP | LAA START Dan Straily SP | MIA SIT
NYM@PIT Robert Gsellman SP | NYM SIT Gerrit Cole SP | PIT START
OAK@NYY Sean Manaea SP | OAK SIT Michael Pineda SP | NYY START
SD@WAS Clayton Richard RP | SD SIT Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START
SEA@BOS TBA TBD TBA TBD
STL@COL Adam Wainwright SP | STL SIT Kyle Freeland SP | COL START
TB@MIN Jake Odorizzi SP | TB START Phil Hughes SP | MIN SIT
TEX@TOR Yu Darvish SP | TEX START Marco Estrada SP | TOR START
PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/28/17)  
GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT
ARI@MIL Patrick Corbin SP | ARI START Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL SIT
ATL@SF R.A. Dickey SP | ATL SIT Johnny Cueto SP | SF START
BAL@HOU Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL SIT Lance McCullers SP | HOU START
CHC@LAD Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START
CIN@PHI Amir Garrett SP | CIN START Zach Eflin SP | PHI SIT
DET@CHW Daniel Norris SP | DET SIT Dylan Covey SP | CHW SIT
KC@CLE Danny Duffy SP | KC START Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START
LAA@MIA Matt Shoemaker SP | LAA START Jose Urena RP | MIA SIT
NYM@PIT Matt Harvey SP | NYM SIT Tyler Glasnow SP | PIT START
OAK@NYY Andrew Triggs RP | OAK START Jordan Montgomery SP | NYY SIT
SD@WAS Jhoulys Chacin SP | SD SIT Jacob Turner RP | WAS SIT
SEA@BOS Christian Bergman RP | SEA SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS START
STL@COL Lance Lynn SP | STL START German Marquez SP | COL START
TB@MIN Alex Cobb SP | TB START TBA TBD
TEX@TOR Andrew Cashner SP | TEX SIT Joe Biagini RP | TOR SIT

 

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