Welcome back to Sit/Start, where every Saturday here at Pitcher List, we review all expected starting pitcher matchups for the week ahead. I will be carrying over Max Freeze’s ranking system from last year.
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.
Pitching has been extremely volatile this year, and that is to be expected. The homer-heavy environment makes any starter liable to have a bad outing. Some are maneuvering well, and others aren’t. 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 – 5/3 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/3 | MIL at PHI | Bettinger | Sit-1 | Moore | Sit-1 |
| 5/3 | TEX at MIN | Dunning | Maybe-5 | Maeda | Maybe-5 |
| 5/3 | LAD at CHC | Buehler | Start-9 | Hendricks | Sit-2 |
| 5/3 | NYM at STL | deGrom | Start-10 | Martinez | Maybe-4 |
| 5/3 | CLE at KCR | Civale | Start-7 | Junis | Maybe-5 |
| 5/3 | SFG at COL | Sanchez | Maybe-4 | Marquez | Maybe-4 |
| 5/3 | TBR at LAA | Wacha | Maybe-4 | Ohtani | Maybe-5 |
| 5/3 | TOR at OAK | Matz | Maybe-5 | Montas | Maybe-5 |
| 5/3 | BAL at SEA | Kremer | Sit-1 | Dunn | Sit-1 |
| 5/3 | PIT at SDP | Anderson | Maybe-4 | Paddack | Maybe-6 |
| Tuesday – 5/4 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/4 | CHW at CIN | Rodon | Maybe-6 | Hoffman | Sit-2 |
| 5/4 | ARI at MIA | Weaver | Sit-2 | Neidert | Sit-1 |
| 5/4 | HOU at NYY | Greinke | Maybe-6 | German | Maybe-4 |
| 5/4 | ATL at WSN | Ynoa | Start-7 | Ross | Sit-2 |
| 5/4 | MIL at PHI | Lauer | Sit-1 | Nola | Start-9 |
| 5/4 | DET at BOS | Mize | Sit-3 | Pivetta | Maybe-4 |
| 5/4 | TEX at MIN | Gibson | Maybe-5 | Happ | Sit-2 |
| 5/4 | LAD at CHC | Kershaw | Start-9 | Alzolay | Sit-3 |
| 5/4 | NYM at STL | Lucchesi | Maybe-4 | Hyun Kim | Maybe-4 |
| 5/4 | CLE at KCR | Quantrill | Sit-1 | Minor | Sit-3 |
| 5/4 | SFG at COL | Wood | Maybe-5 | Senzatela | Sit-1 |
| 5/4 | TBR at LAA | Glasnow | Start-8 | Quintana | Sit-1 |
| 5/4 | TOR at OAK | Kay | Sit-1 | Irvin | Maybe-4 |
| 5/4 | BAL at SEA | Lopez | Sit-2 | Kikuchi | Maybe-4 |
| 5/4 | PIT at SDP | Keller | Sit-1 | Weathers | Maybe-4 |
| Wednesday – 5/5 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/5 | CHW at CIN | Cease | Sit-2 | Gray | Maybe-6 |
| 5/5 | SFG at COL | Webb | Sit-3 | Gray | Maybe-5 |
| 5/5 | BAL at SEA | Means | Start-7 | Flexen | Maybe-5 |
| 5/5 | ARI at MIA | Bumgarner | Sit-3 | Alcantara | Start-8 |
| 5/5 | HOU at NYY | Garcia | Maybe-4 | Montgomery | Sit-3 |
| 5/5 | MIL at PHI | Peralta | Start-7 | Anderson | Sit-1 |
| 5/5 | ATL at WSN | Fried | Sit-3 | Fedde | Sit-2 |
| 5/5 | DET at BOS | Boyd | Maybe-4 | Perez | Sit-2 |
| 5/5 | LAD at CHC | Bauer | Start-9 | Arrieta | Sit-3 |
| 5/5 | TEX at MIN | Arihara | Sit-1 | Pineda | Start-7 |
| 5/5 | NYM at STL | Stroman | Maybe-6 | Gant | Maybe-4 |
| 5/5 | CLE at KCR | Bieber | Start-10 | Singer | Start-7 |
| 5/5 | PIT at SDP | Brubaker | Maybe-4 | Darvish | Start-10 |
| 5/5 | TBR at LAA | McClanahan | Maybe-4 | Cobb | Maybe-6 |
| 5/5 | TOR at OAK | Ray | Maybe-4 | Bassitt | Maybe-4 |
| Thursday – 5/6 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/6 | MIL at PHI | Woodruff | Start-9 | Wheeler | Start-8 |
| 5/6 | HOU at NYY | McCullers | Maybe-5 | Cole | Start-8 |
| 5/6 | TEX at MIN | Lyles | Sit-1 | Shoemaker | Sit-1 |
| 5/6 | DET at BOS | Fulmer | Maybe-5 | Eovaldi | Start-8 |
| 5/6 | NYM at STL | Walker | Maybe-5 | Flaherty | Start-8 |
| 5/6 | CLE at KCR | McKenzie | Sit-1 | Duffy | Start-7 |
| 5/6 | TOR at OAK | Ryu | Maybe-6 | Luzardo | Sit-3 |
| 5/6 | ATL at WSN | Smyly | Sit-1 | Lester | Sit-1 |
| 5/6 | ARI at MIA | Widener | Maybe-4 | Lopez | Start-8 |
| 5/6 | TBR at LAA | Yarbrough | Maybe-5 | Heaney | Maybe-6 |
| Friday – 5/7 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/7 | PIT at CHC | Cahill | Maybe-4 | Davies | Sit-1 |
| 5/7 | WSN at NYY | Corbin | Sit-1 | Taillon | Maybe-5 |
| 5/7 | BOS at BAL | Rodriguez | Start-8 | Harvey | Sit-3 |
| 5/7 | MIN at DET | Berrios | Start-9 | Turnbull | Maybe-4 |
| 5/7 | CIN at CLE | Miley | Maybe-6 | Plesac | Maybe-5 |
| 5/7 | ARI at NYM | Gallen | Start-7 | Peterson | Sit-1 |
| 5/7 | MIL at MIA | Houser | Maybe-6 | Campbell | Sit-1 |
| 5/7 | PHI at ATL | Eflin | Maybe-5 | Morton | Start-7 |
| 5/7 | SEA at TEX | Newsome | Maybe-5 | Foltynewicz | Sit-2 |
| 5/7 | TOR at HOU | Stripling | Sit-1 | Urquidy | Maybe-4 |
| 5/7 | CHW at KCR | Keuchel | Start-7 | Keller | Sit-1 |
| 5/7 | COL at STL | Gomber | Sit-1 | Wainwright | Start-7 |
| 5/7 | LAD at LAA | May | Start-8 | Canning | Sit-2 |
| 5/7 | TBR at OAK | Fleming | Maybe-4 | Manaea | Start-7 |
| 5/7 | SDP at SFG | Snell | Start-9 | DeSclafani | Start-8 |
| Saturday – 5/8 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/8 | WSN at NYY | Scherzer | Start-8 | Kluber | Sit-2 |
| 5/8 | COL at STL | Freeland | Sit-1 | Martinez | Maybe-4 |
| 5/8 | PIT at CHC | Kuhl | Sit-1 | Williams | Maybe-5 |
| 5/8 | SDP at SFG | Musgrove | Start-9 | Gausman | Maybe-6 |
| 5/8 | TBR at OAK | Hill | Sit-1 | Montas | Sit-3 |
| 5/8 | MIN at DET | Maeda | Maybe-6 | Urena | Sit-2 |
| 5/8 | CIN at CLE | Castillo | Maybe-5 | Civale | Maybe-5 |
| 5/8 | MIL at MIA | Burnes | Start-10 | Rogers | Start-9 |
| 5/8 | SEA at TEX | Sheffield | Sit-2 | Dunning | Maybe-6 |
| 5/8 | BOS at BAL | Richards | Sit-2 | Zimmermann | Sit-1 |
| 5/8 | TOR at HOU | Matz | Maybe-4 | Javier | Start-7 |
| 5/8 | ARI at NYM | Kelly | Sit-1 | deGrom | Start-9 |
| 5/8 | CHW at KCR | Lynn | Start-10 | Junis | Maybe-5 |
| 5/8 | PHI at ATL | Moore | Sit-1 | Anderson | Start-8 |
| 5/8 | LAD at LAA | Urias | Start-7 | Bundy | Maybe-6 |
| Sunday – 5/9 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/9 | BOS at BAL | Pivetta | Maybe-4 | Kremer | Sit-1 |
| 5/9 | WSN at NYY | Ross | Sit-1 | German | Maybe-4 |
| 5/9 | MIN at DET | Happ | Sit-3 | Mize | Sit-1 |
| 5/9 | CIN at CLE | Mahle | Start-8 | Quantrill | Sit-1 |
| 5/9 | ARI at NYM | Weaver | Sit-2 | Lucchesi | Sit-2 |
| 5/9 | MIL at MIA | Lauer | Sit-1 | Neidert | Sit-1 |
| 5/9 | TOR at HOU | Pearson | Sit-3 | Greinke | Maybe-6 |
| 5/9 | CHW at KCR | Giolito | Start-9 | Minor | Sit-2 |
| 5/9 | COL at STL | Marquez | Maybe-6 | Hyun Kim | Maybe-5 |
| 5/9 | PIT at CHC | Anderson | Maybe-4 | Hendricks | Maybe-6 |
| 5/9 | SEA at TEX | Dunn | Sit-1 | Gibson | Maybe-6 |
| 5/9 | SDP at SFG | Paddack | Start-7 | Sanchez | Sit-3 |
| 5/9 | TBR at OAK | Wacha | Maybe-4 | Irvin | Maybe-4 |
| 5/9 | LAD at LAA | Buehler | Start-8 | Ohtani | Maybe-6 |
| 5/9 | PHI at ATL | Nola | Start-8 | Ynoa | Maybe-6 |