Every Sunday here at Pitcher List, I review all expected starting pitcher matchups for the week ahead. There are three labels: Start, Maybe, and Sit. Outings marked with a Maybe are circumstantial and dependent on your needs in a 12-teamer, while the other two are self-explanatory. Feel free to question my designations in the comments and we’ll dive into it together.
Here’s the massive table containing every Week 1.5 start from 4/2 – 4/8:
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
4/2 | LAD vs ARI | Hyun-Jin Ryu | Sit | Taijuan Walker | Start |
4/2 | WSH vs ATL | Tanner Roark | Maybe | Sean Newcomb | Maybe |
4/2 | CHC vs CIN | Tyler Chatwood | Sit | Tyler Mahle | Sit |
4/2 | KCR vs DET | Jakob Junis | Start | Matthew Boyd | Sit |
4/2 | BAL vs HOU | Chris Tillman | Sit | Charlie Morton | Start |
4/2 | CLE vs LAA | Mike Clevinger | Start | JC Ramirez | Sit |
4/2 | BOS vs MIA | Brian Johnson | Sit | ??? | Sit |
4/2 | STL vs MIL | Miles Mikolas | Start | Zach Davies | Maybe |
4/2 | PHI vs NYM | Ben Lively | Sit | Matt Harvey | Sit |
4/2 | TBR vs NYY | ??? | Sit | Jordan Montgomery | Start |
4/2 | TEX vs OAK | Bartolo Colon | Sit | Andrew Triggs | Start |
4/2 | MIN vs PIT | Lance Lynn | Start | Jameson Taillon | Start |
4/2 | COL vs SDP | Chad Bettis | Sit | Bryan Mitchell | Sit |
4/2 | CHW vs TOR | Miguel Gonzalez | Sit | Jaime Garcia | Sit |
4/3 | LAD vs ARI | Clayton Kershaw | Start | Zack Godley | Start |
4/3 | WSH vs ATL | A.J. Cole | Sit | Julio Teheran | Sit |
4/3 | CHC vs CIN | Jon Lester | Start | Cody Reed | Sit |
4/3 | KCR vs DET | Eric Skoglund | Sit | Daniel Norris | Sit |
4/3 | BAL vs HOU | Dylan Bundy | Start | Justin Verlander | Start |
4/3 | CLE vs LAA | Josh Tomlin | Sit | ??? | Sit |
4/3 | BOS vs MIA | Chris Sale | Start | Jose Urena | Sit |
4/3 | STL vs MIL | Jack Flaherty | Start | Brandon Woodruff | Sit |
4/3 | PHI vs NYM | Aaron Nola | Start | Seth Lugo | Sit |
4/3 | TEX vs OAK | Cole Hamels | Maybe | Kendall Graveman | Sit |
4/3 | COL vs SDP | Kyle Freeland | Sit | Tyson Ross | Sit |
4/3 | SEA vs SFG | Marco Gonzales | Maybe | Ty Blach | Sit |
4/3 | CHW vs TOR | Carson Fulmer | Sit | J.A. Happ | Start |
4/4 | LAD vs ARI | Alex Wood | Start | Patrick Corbin | Start |
4/4 | WSH vs ATL | Max Scherzer | Start | Mike Foltynewicz | Sit |
4/4 | KCR vs DET | Danny Duffy | Start | Jordan Zimmermann | Sit |
4/4 | BAL vs HOU | Mike Wright | Sit | Dallas Keuchel | Start |
4/4 | CLE vs LAA | Corey Kluber | Start | ??? | Sit |
4/4 | STL vs MIL | Carlos Martinez | Start | Chase Anderson | Start |
4/4 | PHI vs NYM | Nick Pivetta | Sit | Noah Syndergaard | Start |
4/4 | TBR vs NYY | Chris Archer | Start | Luis Severino | Start |
4/4 | TEX vs OAK | Doug Fister | Sit | Sean Manaea | Start |
4/4 | MIN vs PIT | Jake Odorizzi | Start | Ivan Nova | Sit |
4/4 | COL vs SDP | Jon Gray | Start | Clayton Richard | Sit |
4/4 | SEA vs SFG | Felix Hernandez | Maybe | Johnny Cueto | Start |
4/4 | CHW vs TOR | James Shields | Sit | Aaron Sanchez | Start |
4/5 | TBR vs BOS | Blake Snell | Start | David Price | Start |
4/5 | DET vs CHW | Michael Fulmer | Start | Lucas Giolito | Maybe |
4/5 | CHC vs MIL | Kyle Hendricks | Start | Jhoulys Chacin | Sit |
4/5 | SEA vs MIN | James Paxton | Start | Kyle Gibson | Maybe |
4/5 | BAL vs NYY | Andrew Cashner | Sit | Masahiro Tanaka | Start |
4/5 | TEX vs OAK | Martin Perez | Sit | Daniel Mengden | Sit |
4/5 | MIA vs PHI | Caleb Smith | Sit | Vince Velasquez | Sit |
4/5 | CIN vs PIT | Homer Bailey | Maybe | ??? | Sit |
4/5 | COL vs SDP | Tyler Anderson | Sit | Joey Lucchesi | Sit |
4/5 | ARI vs STL | Robbie Ray | Start | Michael Wacha | Maybe |
4/5 | NYM vs WSH | Jacob Degrom | Start | Stephen Strasburg | Start |
4/6 | KCR vs CLE | Ian Kennedy | Sit | Carlos Carrasco | Start |
4/6 | ATL vs COL | Brandon McCarthy | Sit | German Marquez | Sit |
4/6 | SDP vs HOU | Luis Perdomo | Sit | Lance McCullers Jr. | Start |
4/6 | OAK vs LAA | Daniel Gossett | Sit | ??? | Sit |
4/6 | CHC vs MIL | Yu Darvish | Start | Brent Suter | Sit |
4/6 | BAL vs NYY | Kevin Gausman | Sit | CC Sabathia | Maybe |
4/6 | CIN vs PIT | Luis Castillo | Start | Chad Kuhl | Sit |
4/6 | LAD vs SFG | Kenta Maeda | Start | Derek Holland | Sit |
4/6 | TOR vs TEX | Marco Estrada | Maybe | Matt Moore | Sit |
4/7 | TBR vs BOS | ??? | Sit | Rick Porcello | Sit |
4/7 | DET vs CHW | Francisco Liriano | Sit | Reynaldo Lopez | Maybe |
4/7 | KCR vs CLE | Jason Hammel | Sit | Trevor Bauer | Start |
4/7 | ATL vs COL | Sean Newcomb | Maybe | Chad Bettis | Sit |
4/7 | SDP vs HOU | Bryan Mitchell | Sit | Gerrit Cole | Start |
4/7 | OAK vs LAA | Andrew Triggs | Maybe | ??? | Sit |
4/7 | CHC vs MIL | Jose Quintana | Start | Zach Davies | Maybe |
4/7 | SEA vs MIN | Mike Leake | Maybe | Jose Berrios | Start |
4/7 | BAL vs NYY | Chris Tillman | Sit | Sonny Gray | Start |
4/7 | MIA vs PHI | Odrisamer Despaigne | Sit | Ben Lively | Sit |
4/7 | CIN vs PIT | Sal Romano | Sit | Jameson Taillon | Start |
4/7 | LAD vs SFG | Rich Hill | Start | Chris Stratton | Maybe |
4/7 | ARI vs STL | Zack Greinke | Start | Luke Weaver | Start |
4/7 | TOR vs TEX | Marcus Stroman | Start | Mike Minor | Maybe |
4/7 | NYM vs WSH | Steven Matz | Sit | Gio Gonzalez | Start |
4/8 | TBR vs BOS | Jacob Faria | Start | Hector Velazquez | Sit |
4/8 | DET vs CHW | Matthew Boyd | Sit | Miguel Gonzalez | Sit |
4/8 | KCR vs CLE | Jakob Junis | Maybe | Mike Clevinger | Start |
4/8 | ATL vs COL | Julio Teheran | Sit | Kyle Freeland | Sit |
4/8 | SDP vs HOU | Tyson Ross | Sit | Charlie Morton | Start |
4/8 | OAK vs LAA | Kendall Graveman | Sit | Shohei Ohtani | Start |
4/8 | CHC vs MIL | Tyler Chatwood | Sit | Brandon Woodruff | Sit |
4/8 | SEA vs MIN | Marco Gonzales | Maybe | Lance Lynn | Maybe |
4/8 | BAL vs NYY | Dylan Bundy | Maybe | Jordan Montgomery | Start |
4/8 | MIA vs PHI | Dillon Peters | Sit | Jake Arrieta | Start |
4/8 | CIN vs PIT | Tyler Mahle | Sit | Joe Musgrove | Maybe |
4/8 | LAD vs SFG | Hyun-Jin Ryu | Maybe | Ty Blach | Maybe |
4/8 | ARI vs STL | Taijuan Walker | Maybe | Miles Mikolas | Maybe |
4/8 | TOR vs TEX | Jaime Garcia | Sit | Cole Hamels | Maybe |
4/8 | NYM vs WSH | Matt Harvey | Sit | Tanner Roark | Maybe |
why sit chatwood?
Because I think he’ll do more harm than good in a 12-teamer.
A lot of people in the industry are high on Chatwood, but Nick doesn’t have him in his top 100. I tend to think he at least has the upside to be a top 50 option, but he didn’t really do anything to merit a jump in the ranks besides leaving Coors. I’d be more excited to have him on my roster than to start him this week.
14 team h2h categories league with kd9. I’m ahead in ratios, behind in wins and ks. I had thought to start Roark tomorrow at home against ATL, but your ‘maybe’ has me shook. What was your thought to list him that way?
Aren’t you PREviewing the upcoming starts? Or have you been to the future?
Hey Nick, with the new site tables are not viewable on mobile. I’m specifically in Chrome on an Android phone. I noticed the same for the injury report article. For this article it’s cut off at the home pitcher column – I can only see “Ho” and nothing to the right. Same for all rows. For example, I only see “Taij” in the first row. And I cannot scroll to the right.
Am I doing something wrong?
Rotate the screen so its horizontal, not vertical.
Tempted to sit Lance Lynn vs Pirates. Was that a close call for you?
I think that has a decent floor. I’m not scared of the Pirates and Lynn isn’t prone to blowups.
Need advice on a Weekly Locked Roto Lineup…do I bench any of my current SP for any of my Bench 2 Start Pitchers this week? Starters: Berrios, Rich Hill, C. Martinez, Luke Weaver – Bench 2 start pitchers Taillon and Roark.
I’d roll Taillon over Weaver. (Sorry I’m late!)
Nice call on that. Very solid start from Taillon today. Thanks.
Can you add “SIT OR START” and “SP STREAMERS” to the “ARTICLES” menu? Thanks!
Great call JC! Just added.
Tyler Anderson has fantastic #s vs. the Padres but he’s listed as a sit? And here’s another Pitcherlist writer saying to stream him. You guys should get on the same page…
http://pitcherlist.com/sp-streamers-which-streamers-to-consider-and-which-to-avoid/
Well, there are a lot of voices at this site nowadays and I think it’s good that we have different opinions. After all, fantasy baseball wouldn’t be what it is without its lively debate and massive fluctuations through the year.
Not every article on the site is going to feel the same way. I encourage that, and it’s up to you to decide which arguments you believe in for your teams.
Regarding the actual start in question, I don’t think quoting Anderson’s numbers against the Padres is enough to overlook that he’s a very mediocre pitcher and a high risk for a detrimental outing.
Is Faria still a start having been changed to the 7th with Porcello on the other side?
That makes it better!
Okay fine, not actually better, but it’s pretty much that same from Velazquez.
Awesome, and thank you. Been following your sit and start since last year and you helped me HUGE in fantasy. I feel like I struck gold!