Sit/Start Week 3: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 4/12-4/18

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.

Starts are sure-fire starts for those particular pitchers. This does not mean that they are incapable of having a bad outing, but I consider them more likely than not to have a good outing if they are designated as a Start. However, the degree of confidence I have in a pitcher to have a strong outing is judged by their number in the tier. For example, I am much more confident that a Start-10 will have a good outing over a Start-7, even though I expect both to perform well.

The same goes for the other tiers. Maybes are starts that are a bit riskier, but depending on your league size or roster requirements, they may need to be used. A Start-10 is a pitcher who I believe will almost definitely have a strong outing, for example, Shane Bieber at the Detroit Tigers. A Sit-1 is a pitcher who under no circumstances you should consider starting.

We are now moving into the season and have performances from most of these starters to go off of! It is still early and is a little harder to tell if a pitcher is the real deal or fool’s gold. Take a look below, and see how your rotation shapes up this week. Feel free to question my rankings in the comments, and let’s discuss!

Monday – 4/12
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/12	BOS at MIN	Perez	Sit-1	Happ	Maybe-4
4/12	SDP at PIT	Darvish	Start-9	Cahill	Sit-1
4/12	SEA at BAL	Sheffield	Maybe-4	Kremer	Sit-1
4/12	NYY at TOR	Cole	Start-9	Ryu	Start-8
4/12	TEX at TBR	Dunning	Maybe-4	Glasnow	Start-9
4/12	PHI at NYM	Anderson	Sit-1	Peterson	Sit-1
4/12	MIA at ATL	Alcantara	Start-8	Fried	Start-7
4/12	CHC at MIL	Alzolay	Sit-2	Peralta	Start-7
4/12	WSN at STL	Strasburg	Start-8	Gant	Maybe-4
4/12	DET at HOU	Mize	Maybe-5	Greinke	Start-8
4/12	LAA at KCR	Quintana	Sit-3	Duffy	Sit-2
4/12	CLE at CHW	Bieber	Start-9	Giolito	Start-9
4/12	OAK at ARI	Bassitt	Sit-1	Bumgarner	Sit-1
4/12	CIN at SFG	Miley	Maybe-5	Sanchez	Maybe-4

 

Tuesday – 4/13
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/13	BOS at MIN	Eovaldi	Maybe-5	Maeda	Start-8
4/13	OAK at ARI	Luzardo	Sit-3	Kelly	Sit-1
4/13	SDP at PIT	Snell	Start-10	Kuhl	Sit-1
4/13	SEA at BAL	Margevicius	Sit-2	Means	Start-7
4/13	NYY at TOR	Taillon	Start-7	Stripling	Sit-1
4/13	TEX at TBR	Gibson	Sit-2	Yarbrough	Sit-3
4/13	PHI at NYM	Nola	Start-8	Walker	Maybe-4
4/13	MIA at ATL	Lopez	Start-7	Ynoa	Maybe-6
4/13	CHC at MIL	Hendricks	Start-7	Woodruff	Start-8
4/13	WSN at STL	Fedde	Sit-1	Flaherty	Maybe-6
4/13	DET at HOU	Boyd	Maybe-5	Odorizzi	Maybe-4
4/13	LAA at KCR	Bundy	Start-8	Junis	Maybe-4
4/13	CLE at CHW	McKenzie	Maybe-5	Keuchel	Maybe-5
4/13	CIN at SFG	Castillo	Maybe-6	Gausman	Maybe-6
4/13	COL at LAD	Senzatela	Sit-1	Kershaw	Start-10

 

Wednesday – 4/14
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/14	NYY at TOR	Kluber	Maybe-4	Matz	Maybe-6
4/14	WSN at STL	Ross	Sit-1	Wainwright	Sit-1
4/14	CHC at MIL	Arrieta	Maybe-4	Burnes	Start-8
4/14	LAA at KCR	Canning	Maybe-4	Keller	Sit-2
4/14	BOS at MIN	Rodriguez	Maybe-4	Berrios	Start-7
4/14	CIN at SFG	Mahle	Start-7	Cueto	Maybe-4
4/14	SDP at PIT	Musgrove	Start-9	Anderson	Sit-2
4/14	SEA at BAL	Dunn	Sit-1	Harvey	Sit-2
4/14	TEX at TBR	Arihara	Sit-1	Hill	Sit-1
4/14	DET at HOU	Teheran	Sit-1	Javier	Maybe-4
4/14	PHI at NYM	Wheeler	Start-8	Lucchesi	Sit-1
4/14	MIA at ATL	Neidert	Sit-1	Morton	Maybe-6
4/14	CLE at CHW	Plesac	Maybe-6	Lynn	Start-7
4/14	COL at LAD	Gray	Sit-2	Bauer	Start-9

 

Thursday – 4/15
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/15	PHI at NYM	Eflin	Start-7	deGrom	Start-9
4/15	MIA at ATL	Rogers	Maybe-4	Anderson	Start-7
4/15	SDP at PIT	Paddack	Maybe-5	Keller	Sit-1
4/15	SEA at BAL	Gonzales	Sit-3	Zimmermann	Maybe-5
4/15	BOS at MIN	Richards	Sit-1	Pineda	Start-7
4/15	CLE at CHW	Civale	Maybe-5	Cease	Sit-2
4/15	ARI at WSN	Widener	Sit-2	Corbin	Maybe-5
4/15	TEX at TBR	Lyles	Sit-3	Archer	Sit-2
4/15	TOR at KCR	Roark	Sit-1	Minor	Sit-2
4/15	DET at OAK	Skubal	Maybe-5	Irvin	Sit-1
4/15	COL at LAD	Gomber	Sit-1	Buehler	Start-7

 

Friday – 4/16
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/16	ATL at CHC	Smyly	Start-7	Davies	Maybe-4
4/16	STL at PHI	Martinez	Sit-2	Moore	Sit-1
4/16	TBR at NYY	Wacha	Sit-2	German	Sit-3
4/16	ARI at WSN	Weaver	Sit-1	Scherzer	Start-7
4/16	SFG at MIA	Webb	Sit-2	Castano	Sit-1
4/16	CHW at BOS	Rodon	Maybe-6	Pivetta	Sit-2
4/16	CLE at CIN	Allen	Sit-1	Gray	Maybe-4
4/16	BAL at TEX	Lopez	Sit-1	Foltynewicz	Sit-1
4/16	PIT at MIL	Brubaker	Sit-1	Houser	Maybe-5
4/16	TOR at KCR	Ray	Sit-3	Singer	Sit-2
4/16	NYM at COL	Stroman	Maybe-4	Chi Gonzalez	Sit-1
4/16	MIN at LAA	Shoemaker	Maybe-5	Heaney	Sit-2
4/16	DET at OAK	Urena	Sit-1	Manaea	Sit-1
4/16	HOU at SEA	McCullers	Start-7	Kikuchi	Maybe-6
4/16	LAD at SDP	Urias	Start-7	Morejon	Sit-2

 

Saturday – 4/17
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/17	ARI at WSN	Bumgarner	Sit-1	Strasburg	Start-9
4/17	TBR at NYY	Glasnow	Start-8	Montgomery	Start-7
4/17	TOR at KCR	Ryu	Start-9	Duffy	Sit-3
4/17	ATL at CHC	Fried	Start-7	Williams	Maybe-5
4/17	CHW at BOS	Giolito	Start-9	Perez	Sit-2
4/17	STL at PHI	Hyun Kim	Sit-2	Anderson	Sit-1
4/17	DET at OAK	Mize	Maybe-6	Montas	Sit-3
4/17	CLE at CIN	Bieber	Start-8	Hoffman	Sit-2
4/17	SFG at MIA	DeSclafani	Maybe-4	Alcantara	Start-9
4/17	BAL at TEX	Kremer	Sit-1	Dunning	Maybe-4
4/17	PIT at MIL	Cahill	Sit-1	Anderson	Sit-1
4/17	NYM at COL	Peterson	Sit-1	Marquez	Sit-3
4/17	LAD at SDP	May	Start-7	Darvish	Start-7
4/17	MIN at LAA	Happ	Sit-3	Cobb	Maybe-4
4/17	HOU at SEA	Urquidy	Maybe-6	Flexen	Sit-2

 

Sunday – 4/18
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/18	ARI at WSN	Kelly	Sit-1	Lester	Sit-1
4/18	TBR at NYY	Yarbrough	Sit-3	Cole	Start-9
4/18	STL at PHI	Gant	Sit-3	Nola	Start-7
4/18	SFG at MIA	Sanchez	Maybe-5	Lopez	Start-7
4/18	CHW at BOS	Keuchel	Maybe-5	Eovaldi	Maybe-5
4/18	CLE at CIN	McKenzie	Maybe-4	Miley	Maybe-5
4/18	TOR at KCR	Stripling	Sit-1	Junis	Maybe-5
4/18	PIT at MIL	Kuhl	Sit-1	Peralta	Start-8
4/18	BAL at TEX	Means	Start-7	Gibson	Sit-2
4/18	NYM at COL	Walker	Sit-2	Senzatela	Sit-1
4/18	DET at OAK	Boyd	Maybe-5	Bassitt	Sit-1
4/18	MIN at LAA	Maeda	Start-7	Ohtani	Maybe-5
4/18	LAD at SDP	Kershaw	Start-7	Snell	Start-7
4/18	HOU at SEA	Greinke	Start-8	Sheffield	Sit-2
4/18	ATL at CHC	Ynoa	Maybe-5	Alzolay	Sit-2