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 19 start from 8/13 – 8/19:
Note: These matchups are subject to change.
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
8/13 | MIA vs ATL | Pablo Lopez | Maybe | Touki Toussaint | Bench |
8/13 | MIA vs ATL | Merandy Gonzalez | Bench | Mike Foltynewicz | Start |
8/13 | CLE vs CIN | Mike Clevinger | Start | Homer Bailey | Bench |
8/13 | CHW vs DET | Reynaldo Lopez | Maybe | Artie Lewicki | Bench |
8/13 | TOR vs KCR | Sean-Reid Foley | Bench | Brad Keller | Bench |
8/13 | SFG vs LAD | Madison Bumgarner | Start | Clayton Kershaw | Start |
8/13 | NYM vs NYY | Jacob deGrom | Start | Luis Severino | Start |
8/13 | SEA vs OAK | Marco Gonzales | Maybe | Sean Manaea | Start |
8/13 | LAA vs SDP | Andrew Heaney | Start | Clayton Richard | Bench |
8/13 | WSH vs STL | Tommy Milone | Bench | Miles Mikolas | Start |
8/13 | ARI vs TEX | Zack Greinke | Start | Bartolo Colon | Bench |
8/14 | MIA vs ATL | Trevor Richards | Maybe | Anibal Sanchez | Start |
8/14 | NYM vs BAL | Jason Vargas | Bench | Andrew Cashner | Bench |
8/14 | MIL vs CHC | Jhoulys Chacin | Maybe | Jose Quintana | Maybe |
8/14 | CLE vs CIN | Corey Kluber | Start | Sal Romano | Bench |
8/14 | CHW vs DET | Lucas Giolito | Maybe | Blaine Hardy | Bench |
8/14 | COL vs HOU | German Marquez | Maybe | Justin Verlander | Start |
8/14 | TOR vs KCR | Ryan Borucki | Maybe | Heath Fillmyer | Bench |
8/14 | SFG vs LAD | Andrew Suarez | Bench | Alex Wood | Maybe |
8/14 | PIT vs MIN | Jameson Taillon | Start | Jake Odorizzi | Maybe |
8/14 | TBR vs NYY | Bullpen | Bench | J.A. Happ | Start |
8/14 | SEA vs OAK | James Paxton | Start | Mike Fiers | Maybe |
8/14 | BOS vs PHI | Brian Johnson | Bench | Nick Pivetta | Maybe |
8/14 | LAA vs SDP | Jaime Barria | Maybe | Brett Kennedy | Bench |
8/14 | WSH vs STL | Gio Gonzalez | Maybe | John Gant | Bench |
8/14 | ARI vs TEX | Patrick Corbin | Start | Yovani Gallardo | Bench |
8/15 | MIA vs ATL | Jose Urena | Bench | Kevin Gausman | Start |
8/15 | NYM vs BAL | Zack Wheeler | Start | David Hess | Bench |
8/15 | MIL vs CHC | Junior Guerra | Maybe | Kyle Hendricks | Start |
8/15 | CLE vs CIN | Shane Bieber | Start | Anthony Desclafani | Bench |
8/15 | CHW vs DET | Carlos Rodon | Start | Jordan Zimmermann | Bench |
8/15 | COL vs HOU | Tyler Anderson | Bench | Gerrit Cole | Start |
8/15 | TOR vs KCR | Marco Estrada | Bench | Burch Smith | Bench |
8/15 | SFG vs LAD | Derek Holland | Maybe | Hyun-Jin Ryu | Bench |
8/15 | PIT vs MIN | Chris Archer | Start | Jose Berrios | Start |
8/15 | TBR vs NYY | Bullpen | Bench | Masahiro Tanaka | Start |
8/15 | SEA vs OAK | Mike Leake | Bench | Brett Anderson | Bench |
8/15 | BOS vs PHI | Rick Porcello | Start | Vince Velasquez | Bench |
8/15 | LAA vs SDP | Felix Pena | Bench | Robbie Erlin | Bench |
8/15 | WSH vs STL | Jeremy Hellickson | Bench | Austin Gomber | Bench |
8/16 | COL vs ATL | Jon Gray | Start | Julio Teheran | Bench |
8/16 | TOR vs KCR | Sam Gaviglio | Maybe | Danny Duffy | Bench |
8/16 | DET vs MIN | Francisco Liriano | Bench | Ervin Santana | Bench |
8/16 | TBR vs NYY | Blake Snell | Start | Lance Lynn | Maybe |
8/16 | NYM vs PHI | Steven Matz | Bench | Aaron Nola | Start |
8/16 | NYM vs PHI | Corey Oswalt | Bench | Zach Eflin | Start |
8/16 | CHC vs PIT | Jon Lester | Maybe | Ivan Nova | Bench |
8/16 | ARI vs SDP | Clay Buchholz | Start | Jacob Nix | Bench |
8/16 | WSH vs STL | Tanner Roark | Start | Jack Flaherty | Start |
8/16 | LAA vs TEX | Tyler Skaggs? | Maybe | Ariel Jurado | Bench |
8/17 | COL vs ATL | Kyle Freeland | Start | Sean Newcomb | Start |
8/17 | TBR vs BOS | Bullpen | Bench | Nathan Eovaldi | Start |
8/17 | KCR vs CHW | Jakob Junis | Bench | James Shields | Bench |
8/17 | SFG vs CIN | Dereck Rodriguez | Start | Matt Harvey | Maybe |
8/17 | BAL vs CLE | Dylan Bundy | Maybe | Trevor Bauer | Start |
8/17 | DET vs MIN | Matthew Boyd | Maybe | Kyle Gibson | Start |
8/17 | TOR vs NYY | Marcus Stroman | Bench | CC Sabathia | Start |
8/17 | HOU vs OAK | Charlie Morton | Start | Edwin Jackson | Bench |
8/17 | NYM vs PHI | Noah Syndergaard | Start | Jake Arrieta | Start |
8/17 | CHC vs PIT | Cole Hamels | Start | Trevor Williams | Bench |
8/17 | ARI vs SDP | Robbie Ray | Start | Joey Lucchesi | Maybe |
8/17 | LAD vs SEA | Walker Buehler | Start | Wade LeBlanc | Bench |
8/17 | MIL vs STL | Freddy Peralta | Maybe | Luke Weaver | Bench |
8/17 | LAA vs TEX | ??? | Bench | Mike Minor | Maybe |
8/17 | MIA vs WSH | Dan Straily | Bench | Max Scherzer | Start |
8/18 | COL vs ATL | Chad Bettis | Bench | Mike Foltynewicz | Start |
8/18 | TBR vs BOS | Tyler Glasnow | Bench | David Price | Start |
8/18 | KCR vs CHW | Brad Keller | Bench | Dylan Covey | Bench |
8/18 | SFG vs CIN | Madison Bumgarner | Start | Luis Castillo | Start |
8/18 | BAL vs CLE | Yefry Ramirez | Bench | Carlos Carrasco | Start |
8/18 | DET vs MIN | Artie Lewicki | Bench | Kohl Stewart | Bench |
8/18 | TOR vs NYY | Sean Reid-Foley | Bench | Luis Severino | Start |
8/18 | HOU vs OAK | Dallas Keuchel | Start | Trevor Cahill | Maybe |
8/18 | NYM vs PHI | Jacob degrom | Start | ??? | Bench |
8/18 | CHC vs PIT | Mike Montgomery | Bench | Joe Musgrove | Bench |
8/18 | ARI vs SDP | Zack Godley | Start | Clayton Richard | Bench |
8/18 | LAD vs SEA | Rich Hill | Start | Erasmo Ramirez | Bench |
8/18 | MIL vs STL | Wade Miley | Bench | Miles Mikolas | Start |
8/18 | LAA vs TEX | Andrew Heaney | Start | Drew Hutchison | Bench |
8/18 | MIA vs WSH | Wei-Yin Chen | Bench | Tommy Milone | Bench |
8/19 | COL vs ATL | German Marquez | Maybe | Anibal Sanchez | Start |
8/19 | TBR vs BOS | Bullpen | Bench | Chris Sale | Start |
8/19 | KCR vs CHW | Heath Fillmyer | Bench | Reynaldo Lopez | Maybe |
8/19 | SFG vs CIN | Andrew Suarez | Bench | Homer Bailey | Bench |
8/19 | BAL vs CLE | Alex Cobb | Bench | Mike Clevinger | Start |
8/19 | DET vs MIN | Blaine Hardy | Bench | Jake Odorizzi | Bench |
8/19 | TOR vs NYY | Ryan Borucki | Bench | J.A. Happ | Start |
8/19 | HOU vs OAK | Justin Verlander | Start | Sean Manaea | Maybe |
8/19 | NYM vs PHI | Jason Vargas | Bench | Nick Pivetta | Start |
8/19 | CHC vs PIT | Jose Quintana | Maybe | Jameson Taillon | Start |
8/19 | ARI vs SDP | Zack Greinke | Start | Brett Kennedy | Bench |
8/19 | LAD vs SEA | Clayton Kershaw | Start | Marco Gonzales | Maybe |
8/19 | MIL vs STL | Chase Anderson | Maybe | John Gant | Bench |
8/19 | LAA vs TEX | Jaime Barria | Maybe | Martin Perez | Bench |
8/19 | MIA vs WSH | Pablo Lopez | Bench | Gio Gonzalez | Maybe |
Nick, an SP/RP question – with Stripling’s move to the bullpen (ostensibly for long relief), would you rather (a) hang on to him and hope for good usage, (b) try to grab another available SP from among Wheeler/Rodon/Lynn/Buehler via FAAB, or (c) replace Stripling – or even the shaky Knebel – with Ken Giles? Context: 9-team mixed roto, and I’m in a tight pack in Ks, small cushion in Ws; have Jansen and CarMart on the DL, SPs Severino, Paxton, Heaney, Holland, Hill & Stripling, with Iglesias, Knebel, Will Smith and Alexander as my current RPs. Thanks for any help on this.
Update: went with Wheeler for the Wed. start @BAL. But Rodon/Lynn/Buehler and Giles are still out there on the wire for next FAAB run on Wednesday AM, and I’d still have a shot to get Stripling back.
190 matchups, 69 (nice) starts, 36 maybes, 85 benches… SP is not in a good place these days.
Pick one start:
Lucchesi at home for Arizona
Cahill at home for Houston