Welcome back to Sit/Start, where every Saturday here at Pitcher List, we 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 standard 5×5 ,wins-based 12-teamer, while the other two are self-explanatory. Last year, I modified the ranking system to make designations a little clearer. I implemented a scoring system (1-10) next to each designation. A score of 10 is a top-tier start option and a score of 1 is a bottom-of-the-barrel option. Here are the labels: Start 7-10, Maybe 4-6, and Sit 1-3. For example, Max Scherzer at home against the Marlins would look like this: Start-10. Meanwhile, Mike Fiers against the Rockies in Colorado would have this designation: Sit-1.
There are a few TBD listed below. Once these spots are determined, I’ll update the sheet. Spots in the rotation where a potential opener may be used will be listed as Opener/potential long man. In the final week of the season, anything goes. You’ll want to maximize the number of starts next week but pay attention to the playoff picture. I’d try to stack pitchers early in the week because once teams clinch or are eliminated from the playoffs, probable starters could change. Or worse, starters are limited to an inning or two rendering them nearly useless. I’ve done my best to determine who will fill those extra spots. Let’s dive in and as always, please feel free to question my designations in the comments.
Here’s the massive table containing every Week 10 start from 9/21 – 9/27:
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 09/21 | MIA vs ATL | Rogers | Sit-2 | Tomlin | Sit-3 |
| 09/21 | MIL vs CIN | Anderson | Maybe-4 | DeSclafani | Sit-3 |
| 09/21 | CHW vs CLE | Dunning | Maybe-5 | Civale | Maybe-6 |
| 09/21 | STL vs KCR | Wainwright | Start-7 | C. Hernández | Sit-2 |
| 09/21 | TEX vs LAA | Gibson | Sit-3 | Bundy | Start-8 |
| 09/21 | TBR vs NYM | Fleming | Sit-2 | deGrom | Start-9 |
| 09/21 | CHC vs PIT | Lester | Start-7 | Brubaker | Sit-2 |
| 09/21 | HOU vs SEA | McCullers Jr. | Start-7 | Gonzales | Maybe-6 |
| 09/21 | COL vs SFG | Márquez | Start-8 | Smyly | Start-7 |
| 09/21 | NYY vs TOR | Cole | Start-9 | Roark | Sit-1 |
| 09/21 | PHI vs WSH | Wheeler | Start-7 | Sánchez | Sit-2 |
| TUESDAY – 9/22 | |||||
| 09/22 | TEX vs ARI | Lyles | Sit-2 | Smith | Maybe-5 |
| 09/22 | MIA vs ATL | Ureña | Sit-2 | Hamels | Sit-3 |
| 09/22 | BAL vs BOS | Akin | Sit-3 | Eovaldi | Maybe-5 |
| 09/22 | MIL vs CIN | Woodruff | Start-7 | Castillo | Start-9 |
| 09/22 | CHW vs CLE | Giolito | Start-8 | Bieber | Start-9 |
| 09/22 | STL vs KCR | TBD | Singer | Start-7 | |
| 09/22 | OAK vs LAD | Montas | Sit-3 | May | Maybe-6 |
| 09/22 | DET vs MIN | Skubal | Sit-3 | Maeda | Start-9 |
| 09/22 | TBR vs NYM | Snell | Start-8 | Lugo | Start-7 |
| 09/22 | CHC vs PIT | TBD | Brault | Sit-3 | |
| 09/22 | LAA vs SDP | Canning | Maybe-4 | Davies | Maybe-6 |
| 09/22 | HOU vs SEA | Valdez | Start-7 | Newsome | Sit-2 |
| 09/22 | COL vs SFG | Freeland | Maybe-6 | T. Anderson | Maybe-4 |
| 09/22 | NYY vs TOR | Tanaka | Start-7 | C. Anderson | Sit-1 |
| 09/22 | PHI vs WSH | Nola | Start-8 | Voth | Sit-2 |
| 09/22 | PHI vs WSH | TBD | TBD | ||
| WEDNESDAY – 9/23 | |||||
| 09/23 | TEX vs ARI | Opener/Benjamin | Sit-3 | Young | Sit-2 |
| 09/23 | MIA vs ATL | S. Sánchez | Maybe-6 | Fried | Start-8 |
| 09/23 | BAL vs BOS | Kremer | Sit-3 | Pérez | Maybe-5 |
| 09/23 | MIL vs CIN | Lindblom | Sit-3 | Mahle | Maybe-6 |
| 09/23 | CHW vs CLE | López | Sit-3 | Plesac | Start-8 |
| 09/23 | STL vs KCR | Martínez | Maybe-4 | Duffy | Maybe-5 |
| 09/23 | OAK vs LAD | Manaea | Maybe-4 | Urias | Start-7 |
| 09/23 | DET vs MIN | Mize | Sit-3 | Hill | Start-7 |
| 09/23 | TBR vs NYM | Glasnow | Start-8 | Matz | Sit-2 |
| 09/23 | CHC vs PIT | Hendricks | Start-8 | Williams | Sit-2 |
| 09/23 | LAA vs SDP | Barria | Sit-3 | Paddack | Maybe-6 |
| 09/23 | HOU vs SEA | Greinke | Start-8 | Margevicius | Sit-3 |
| 09/23 | COL vs SFG | Castellani | Sit-2 | Webb | Sit-3 |
| 09/23 | NYY vs TOR | Montgomery | Maybe-5 | Ray | Sit-2 |
| 09/23 | PHI vs WSH | Eflin | Maybe-4 | Fedde | Sit-3 |
| THURSDAY – 9/24 | |||||
| 09/24 | MIA vs ATL | P. Lopez | Maybe-6 | I. Anderson | Start-8 |
| 09/24 | BAL vs BOS | Cobb | Sit-3 | TBD | |
| 09/24 | CHW vs CLE | Stiever | Sit-2 | McKenzie | Maybe-5 |
| 09/24 | DET vs KCR | Fulmer | Sit-2 | Bubic | Start-7 |
| 09/24 | OAK vs LAD | Fiers | Sit-2 | Kershaw | Start-9 |
| 09/24 | CHC vs PIT | Mills | Start-7 | Kuhl | Sit-3 |
| 09/24 | COL vs SFG | Gonzales | Sit-2 | Gausman | Start-7 |
| 09/24 | MIL vs STL | Woodruff | Start-8 | Kim | Maybe-6 |
| 09/24 | HOU vs TEX | Javier | Start-7 | Lynn | Start-8 |
| 09/24 | NYY vs TOR | Happ | Maybe-5 | Ryu | Start-7 |
| 09/24 | NYM vs WSH | Peterson | Sit-2 | Corbin | Start-7 |
| FRIDAY – 9/25 | |||||
| 09/25 | COL vs ARI | Senzatela | Sit-3 | Gallen | Start-8 |
| 09/25 | COL vs ARI | TBD | Weaver | Maybe-4 | |
| 09/25 | BOS vs ATL | Houck | Maybe-4 | Wright | Sit-2 |
| 09/25 | CHC vs CHW | Darvish | Start-9 | Keuchel | Maybe-6 |
| 09/25 | PIT vs CLE | Keller | Maybe-6 | Carrasco | Start-9 |
| 09/25 | DET vs KCR | Turnbull | Maybe-4 | Keller | Start-7 |
| 09/25 | LAA vs LAD | Heaney | Maybe-5 | Kershaw | Start-9 |
| 09/25 | STL vs MIL | Flaherty | Start-7 | Burnes | Start-9 |
| 09/25 | CIN vs MIN | Bauer | Start-9 | Pineda | Start-7 |
| 09/25 | MIA vs NYY | Alcantara | Maybe-5 | Garcia | Start-7 |
| 09/25 | SEA vs OAK | Kikuchi | Sit-3 | Bassitt | Maybe-6 |
| 09/25 | SFG vs SDP | Cahill | Sit-2 | TBD | |
| 09/25 | SDP vs SFG | Clevinger | Start-8 | Cueto | Sit-3 |
| 09/25 | MIL vs STL | Suter | Sit-1 | Ponce de Leon | Maybe-4 |
| 09/25 | PHI vs TBR | Velasquez | Sit-3 | Morton | Start-7 |
| 09/25 | HOU vs TEX | Urquidy | Start-7 | Cody | Sit-1 |
| 09/25 | BAL vs TOR | Lopez | Sit-2 | Walker | Sit-3 |
| 09/25 | NYM vs WSH | Porcello | Sit-2 | Scherzer | Start-8 |
| SATURDAY – 9/26 | |||||
| 09/26 | COL vs ARI | Marquez | Start-8 | Bumgarner | Sit-3 |
| 09/26 | BOS vs ATL | TBD | Tomlin | Sit-2 | |
| 09/26 | CHC vs CHW | Lester | Maybe-5 | Cease | Sit-2 |
| 09/26 | PIT vs CLE | Musgrove | Maybe-5 | Civale | Start-8 |
| 09/26 | DET vs KCR | Boyd | Maybe-6 | C. Hernández | Sit-3 |
| 09/26 | LAA vs LAD | Teheran | Sit-1 | Buehler? | Start-7 |
| 09/26 | CIN vs MIN | DeSclafani | Sit-2 | Berrios | Start-8 |
| 09/26 | MIA vs NYY | Rogers | Sit-2 | Cole | Start-9 |
| 09/26 | SEA vs OAK | Dunn | Sit-3 | Luzardo | Start-7 |
| 09/26 | OAK vs SEA | TBD | Sheffield | Maybe-5 | |
| 09/26 | SDP vs SFG | Lamet | Start-8 | Smyly | Maybe-5 |
| 09/26 | MIL vs STL | B. Anderson | Maybe-4 | Wainwright | Maybe-6 |
| 09/26 | PHI vs TBR | Wheeler | Start-7 | Yarbrough | Maybe-4 |
| 09/26 | HOU vs TEX | McCullers Jr. | Start-7 | Gibson | Sit-2 |
| 09/26 | BAL vs TOR | Means | Maybe-5 | Roark | Sit-3 |
| 09/26 | NYM vs WSH | deGrom | Start-9 | A. Sánchez | Sit-2 |
| SUNDAY – 9/27 | |||||
| 09/27 | COL vs ARI | Freeland | Maybe-6 | Smith | Maybe-5 |
| 09/27 | BOS vs ATL | Eovaldi | Sit-3 | Hamels | Sit-2 |
| 09/27 | CHC vs CHW | Chatwood? | Sit-2 | Dunning | Maybe-6 |
| 09/27 | PIT vs CLE | Brubaker | Sit-3 | Bieber | Start-10 |
| 09/27 | DET vs KCR | Skubal | Maybe-5 | Singer | Start-7 |
| 09/27 | LAA vs LAD | Bundy | Maybe-6 | May | Maybe-5 |
| 09/27 | CIN vs MIN | Lorenzen | Sit-3 | Maeda | Start-8 |
| 09/27 | MIA vs NYY | Urena | Sit-2 | Tanaka | Start-8 |
| 09/27 | SEA vs OAK | Gonzales | Maybe-6 | Minor | Maybe-5 |
| 09/27 | SDP vs SFG | Davies | Maybe-6 | T. Anderson | Sit-2 |
| 09/27 | MIL vs STL | Woodruff | Start-8 | TBD | |
| 09/27 | PHI vs TBR | Nola | Start-7 | Fleming | Sit-3 |
| 09/27 | HOU vs TEX | Valdez | Start-7 | Lyles | Sit-1 |
| 09/27 | BAL vs TOR | Akin | Maybe-4 | C. Anderson | Sit-2 |
| 09/27 | NYM vs WSH | Lugo | Maybe-6 | Voth | Sit-3 |
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