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 5 start from 4/30 – 5/6:
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 4/30 | LAD vs ARI | Brock Stewart? | Sit | Zack Greinke | Start |
| 4/30 | KCR vs BOS | Jason Hammel | Sit | Eduardo Rodriguez | Start |
| 4/30 | COL vs CHC | Kyle Freeland | Sit | Jon Lester | Start |
| 4/30 | MIL vs CIN | Jhoulys Chacin | Maybe | Brandon Finnegan | Sit |
| 4/30 | TEX vs CLE | Cole Hamels | Sit | Trevor Bauer | Start |
| 4/30 | TBR vs DET | Jacob Faria | Sit | Jordan Zimmermann | Sit |
| 4/30 | NYY vs HOU | Sonny Gray | Sit | Charlie Morton | Start |
| 4/30 | PHI vs MIA | Jake Arrieta | Start | Dan Straily | Sit |
| 4/30 | TOR vs MIN | Aaron Sanchez | Start | Lance Lynn | Sit |
| 4/30 | SDP vs SFG | Eric Lauer | Sit | Jeff Samardzija | Start |
| 4/30 | PIT vs WSH | Jameson Taillon | Start | Tanner Roark | Start |
| 5/1 | LAD vs ARI | Clayton Kershaw | Start | Matt Koch | Sit |
| 5/1 | KCR vs BOS | Jakob Junis | Sit | Chris Sale | Start |
| 5/1 | COL vs CHC | Jon Gray | Start | Kyle Hendricks | Start |
| 5/1 | MIL vs CIN | Chase Anderson | Start | Homer Bailey | Sit |
| 5/1 | TEX vs CLE | Doug Fister | Sit | Mike Clevinger | Start |
| 5/1 | TBR vs DET | Chris Archer | Start | Matthew Boyd | Sit |
| 5/1 | NYY vs HOU | Jordan Montgomery | Start | Justin Verlander | Start |
| 5/1 | BAL vs LAA | Alex Cobb | Sit | Nick Tropeano | Start |
| 5/1 | PHI vs MIA | Zach Eflin? | Sit | Jarlin Garcia | Sit |
| 5/1 | TOR vs MIN | Marco Estrada | Maybe | Kyle Gibson | Maybe |
| 5/1 | ATL vs NYM | Sean Newcomb | Maybe | Noah Syndergaard | Start |
| 5/1 | OAK vs SEA | Andrew Triggs | Maybe | Felix Hernandez | Maybe |
| 5/1 | SDP vs SFG | Tyson Ross | Start | ??? | Sit |
| 5/1 | CHW vs STL | James Shields | Sit | Michael Wacha | Maybe |
| 5/1 | PIT vs WSH | Chad Kuhl | Sit | Max Scherzer | Start |
| 5/2 | LAD vs ARI | Hyun-Jin Ryu | Maybe | Zack Godley | Start |
| 5/2 | KCR vs BOS | Danny Duffy | Sit | Drew Pomeranz | Start |
| 5/2 | COL vs CHC | Tyler Anderson | Sit | Yu Darvish | Start |
| 5/2 | MIL vs CIN | Brent Suter | Sit | Luis Castillo | Sit |
| 5/2 | TEX vs CLE | Matt Moore | Sit | Corey Kluber | Start |
| 5/2 | TBR vs DET | Blake Snell | Start | Michael Fulmer | Start |
| 5/2 | NYY vs HOU | Luis Severino | Start | Dallas Keuchel | Start |
| 5/2 | BAL vs LAA | Dylan Bundy | Start | Andrew Heaney | Maybe |
| 5/2 | PHI vs MIA | Aaron Nola | Start | Jose Urena | Sit |
| 5/2 | TOR vs MIN | Marcus Stroman | Sit | Phil Hughes | Sit |
| 5/2 | ATL vs NYM | Julio Teheran | Sit | Jacob Degrom | Start |
| 5/2 | OAK vs SEA | Sean Manaea | Start | James Paxton | Start |
| 5/2 | SDP vs SFG | Clayton Richard | Sit | Derek Holland | Sit |
| 5/2 | CHW vs STL | Lucas Giolito | Sit | Carlos Martinez | Start |
| 5/2 | PIT vs WSH | Ivan Nova | Maybe | Stephen Strasburg | Start |
| 5/3 | LAD vs ARI | Alex Wood | Start | Patrick Corbin | Start |
| 5/3 | MIN vs CHW | Jake Odorizzi | Sit | Reynaldo Lopez | Start |
| 5/3 | TOR vs CLE | Jaime Garcia | Sit | Carlos Carrasco | Start |
| 5/3 | NYY vs HOU | Masahiro Tanaka | Start | Lance McCullers | Start |
| 5/3 | DET vs KCR | Mike Fiers | Sit | Eric Skoglund | Sit |
| 5/3 | BAL vs LAA | Chris Tillman | Sit | ??? | Sit |
| 5/3 | ATL vs NYM | Mike Foltynewicz | Start | Steven Matz | Maybe |
| 5/3 | OAK vs SEA | Daniel Mengden | Maybe | Erasmo Ramirez | Sit |
| 5/3 | BOS vs TEX | David Price | Start | Mike Minor | Sit |
| 5/3 | PIT vs WSH | Steven Brault | Sit | Jeremy Hellickson | Sit |
| 5/4 | HOU vs ARI | Gerrit Cole | Start | ??? | Sit |
| 5/4 | SFG vs ATL | Johnny Cueto | Start | Brandon McCarthy | Maybe |
| 5/4 | MIN vs CHW | Jose Berrios | Start | Carson Fulmer | Sit |
| 5/4 | MIA vs CIN | Wei-Yin Chen | Sit | Sal Romano | Sit |
| 5/4 | DET vs KCR | Francisco Liriano | Sit | Ian Kennedy | Maybe |
| 5/4 | PIT vs MIL | Trevor Williams | Sit | Junior Guerra | Maybe |
| 5/4 | COL vs NYM | German Marquez | Sit | Jason Vargas | Sit |
| 5/4 | CLE vs NYY | Josh Tomlin | Sit | CC Sabathia | Sit |
| 5/4 | BAL vs OAK | Andrew Cashner | Sit | Trevor Cahill | Maybe |
| 5/4 | LAD vs SDP | Kenta Maeda | Start | Joey Lucchesi | Start |
| 5/4 | LAA vs SEA | Garrett Richards | Start | Mike Leake | Sit |
| 5/4 | CHC vs STL | Jose Quintana | Start | Miles Mikolas | Start |
| 5/4 | TOR vs TBR | J.A. Happ | Start | Yonny Chirinos | Maybe |
| 5/4 | BOS vs TEX | Rick Porcello | Start | Bartolo Colon | Sit |
| 5/4 | PHI vs WSH | Nick Pivetta | Start | Gio Gonzalez | Start |
| 5/5 | HOU vs ARI | Charlie Morton | Start | Zack Greinke | Start |
| 5/5 | SFG vs ATL | Chris Stratton | Maybe | ??? | Sit |
| 5/5 | MIN vs CHW | Lance Lynn | Sit | Hector Santiago | Sit |
| 5/5 | MIA vs CIN | Caleb Smith | Maybe | Tyler Mahle | Maybe |
| 5/5 | DET vs KCR | Jordan Zimmermann | Sit | Jason Hammel | Sit |
| 5/5 | PIT vs MIL | Jameson Taillon | Start | Zach Davies | Maybe |
| 5/5 | COL vs NYM | Chad Bettis | Maybe | Zack Wheeler | Maybe |
| 5/5 | CLE vs NYY | Trevor Bauer | Start | Sonny Gray | Sit |
| 5/5 | BAL vs OAK | Kevin Gausman | Maybe | Trevor Cahill | Maybe |
| 5/5 | LAD vs SDP | Walker Buehler? | Start | Bryan Mitchell | Sit |
| 5/5 | LAA vs SEA | Tyler Skaggs | Maybe | Marco Gonzales | Maybe |
| 5/5 | CHC vs STL | Tyler Chatwood | Sit | Luke Weaver | Start |
| 5/5 | TOR vs TBR | Aaron Sanchez | Start | ??? | Sit |
| 5/5 | BOS vs TEX | Eduardo Rodriguez | Start | Cole Hamels | Sit |
| 5/5 | PHI vs WSH | Vince Velasquez | Maybe | Tanner Roark | Maybe |
| 5/6 | HOU vs ARI | Justin Verlander | Start | Matt Koch | Sit |
| 5/6 | SFG vs ATL | Ty Blach | Sit | Sean Newcomb | Maybe |
| 5/6 | MIN vs CHW | Kyle Gibson | Maybe | James Shields | Sit |
| 5/6 | MIA vs CIN | Dan Straily | Maybe | Brandon Finnegan | Sit |
| 5/6 | DET vs KCR | Matthew Boyd | Sit | Jakob Junis | Maybe |
| 5/6 | PIT vs MIL | Chad Kuhl | Sit | Jhoulys Chacin | Maybe |
| 5/6 | COL vs NYM | Kyle Freeland | Sit | Noah Syndergaard | Start |
| 5/6 | CLE vs NYY | Mike Clevinger | Maybe | Jordan Montgomery | Maybe |
| 5/6 | BAL vs OAK | Alex Cobb | Sit | Andrew Triggs | Maybe |
| 5/6 | LAD vs SDP | Clayton Kershaw | Start | Eric Lauer | Sit |
| 5/6 | LAA vs SEA | Nick Tropeano | Maybe | Felix Hernandez | Maybe |
| 5/6 | CHC vs STL | Jon Lester | Start | Michael Wacha | Maybe |
| 5/6 | TOR vs TBR | Marco Estrada | Maybe | Jacob Faria | Sit |
| 5/6 | BOS vs TEX | Chris Sale | Start | Martin Perez | Sit |
| 5/6 | PHI vs WSH | Jake Arrieta | Start | Max Scherzer | Start |
Do you like Heaney long term over Tyson Ross, Mike Minor, Kyle Gibson, or Trevor Cahill?
Hey Nick, between two high K/ high BB guys in Newcomb and Caleb Smith, whose upside do you prefer (QS points league)
Not Nick, but I own both and will be starting Newcomb and sitting Smith due to Mets vs LHP and Reds vs LHP (reds are good (115 wrc+), mets are trash (71 wrc+))
The 5/5 cubs game lists the wrong opposing pitcher….should be luke weaver
I might be missing something, Luke Weaver is the one listed for 5/5 here.
Taillon (@WSH and @MIL) or Clevinger (TEX and @NYY) this week in H2H points league? roster locks this eve. thanks, enjoy your work.
Thanks for the great insight, just thought Morton would be on today’s start list ,,regardless, I’m following your suggestions