Sit/Start Week 7: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 5/10-5/16

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.

This may be the highest average rank I’ve had for a week. Some of these hot starters are establishing themselves as forces to be reckoned with, and we have to begin to take some of them seriously. 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 – 5/10
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/10	CIN at PIT	Hoffman	Sit-2	Keller	Sit-2
5/10	BOS at BAL	Perez	Maybe-4	Lopez	Sit-1
5/10	LAA at HOU	Cobb	Maybe-6	Garcia	Maybe-5
5/10	SDP at COL	Weathers	Maybe-4	Senzatela	Sit-1
5/10	MIA at ARI	Castano	Sit-1	Weaver	Sit-1
5/10	TEX at SFG	Gibson	Start-7	Sanchez	Start-7

 

Tuesday – 5/11
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/11	TEX at SFG	Lyles	Sit-1	Wood	Start-8
5/11	CHC at CLE	Alzolay	Maybe-6	Bieber	Start-9
5/11	CIN at PIT	Gray	Start-8	Brubaker	Maybe-4
5/11	PHI at WSN	Anderson	Sit-1	Fedde	Sit-2
5/11	NYY at TBR	Montgomery	Maybe-4	Yarbrough	Maybe-4
5/11	KCR at DET	Singer	Maybe-6	Mize	Sit-3
5/11	OAK at BOS	Bassitt	Maybe-5	Eovaldi	Maybe-6
5/11	BAL at NYM	Means	Start-8	Stroman	Maybe-6
5/11	TOR at ATL	Ray	Maybe-4	Fried	Maybe-5
5/11	STL at MIL	Hyun Kim	Maybe-5	Peralta	Start-7
5/11	LAA at HOU	Ohtani	Maybe-6	McCullers	Maybe-6
5/11	MIN at CHW	Happ	Sit-3	Cease	Maybe-6
5/11	SDP at COL	Darvish	Start-7	Gray	Maybe-4
5/11	MIA at ARI	Lopez	Start-7	Bumgarner	Maybe-5
5/11	SEA at LAD	Swanson	Sit-1	Bauer	Start-10

 

Wednesday – 5/12
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/12	BAL at NYM	Harvey	Sit-3	Walker	Maybe-6
5/12	CIN at PIT	Miley	Maybe-5	Cahill	Sit-2
5/12	CHC at CLE	Davies	Sit-1	McKenzie	Sit-2
5/12	SDP at COL	Snell	Maybe-6	Gomber	Sit-1
5/12	PHI at WSN	Wheeler	Start-8	Lester	Sit-2
5/12	KCR at DET	Duffy	Start-7	Turnbull	Maybe-4
5/12	NYY at TBR	Cole	Start-9	Fleming	Sit-3
5/12	OAK at BOS	Fiers	Sit-1	Rodriguez	Start-7
5/12	TOR at ATL	Ryu	Start-7	Smyly	Sit-1
5/12	STL at MIL	Gant	Sit-3	Woodruff	Start-8
5/12	LAA at HOU	Heaney	Maybe-5	Urquidy	Maybe-5
5/12	MIN at CHW	Pineda	Maybe-6	Keuchel	Maybe-4
5/12	MIA at ARI	Rogers	Start-7	Gallen	Start-7
5/12	SEA at LAD	Dunn	Sit-1	Buehler	Start-8

 

Thursday – 5/13
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/13	TOR at ATL	Stripling	Sit-1	Morton	Maybe-6
5/13	PHI at WSN	Eflin	Maybe-6	Corbin	Sit-1
5/13	KCR at DET	Keller	Sit-2	Skubal	Sit-1
5/13	STL at MIL	Flaherty	Start-8	Burnes	Start-9
5/13	MIN at CHW	Shoemaker	Sit-1	Rodon	Start-7
5/13	SFG at PIT	DeSclafani	Start-7	Crowe	Sit-1
5/13	NYY at TBR	Taillon	Maybe-4	Hill	Sit-3
5/13	OAK at BOS	Manaea	Maybe-6	Richards	Maybe-4
5/13	TEX at HOU	Foltynewicz	Sit-2	Javier	Maybe-5
5/13	CIN at COL	Castillo	Maybe-5	Chi Gonzalez	Sit-1
5/13	MIA at ARI	Neidert	Sit-1	Kelly	Sit-2
5/13	CLE at SEA	Plesac	Maybe-5	Kikuchi	Maybe-4

 

Friday – 5/14
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/14	KCR at CHW	Lynch	Sit-2	Lynn	Start-9
5/14	SFG at PIT	Gausman	Start-7	Anderson	Maybe-5
5/14	NYY at BAL	Kluber	Maybe-5	Kremer	Sit-2
5/14	CHC at DET	Williams	Sit-2	Urena	Maybe-4
5/14	NYM at TBR	Lucchesi	Sit-2	Glasnow	Start-9
5/14	LAA at BOS	Canning	Sit-3	Pivetta	Maybe-4
5/14	PHI at TOR	Velasquez	Sit-2	Matz	Sit-3
5/14	KCR at CHW	Junis	Sit-3	Kopech	Start-7
5/14	OAK at MIN	Montas	Maybe-4	Berrios	Start-7
5/14	ATL at MIL	Anderson	Start-7	Houser	Maybe-4
5/14	TEX at HOU	Arihara	Sit-1	Greinke	Start-7
5/14	CIN at COL	Mahle	Maybe-6	Marquez	Sit-1
5/14	WSN at ARI	Scherzer	Start-7	Widener	Sit-2
5/14	CLE at SEA	Civale	Maybe-5	Flexen	Maybe-4
5/14	STL at SDP	Martinez	Sit-3	Musgrove	Start-8
5/14	MIA at LAD	Alcantara	Maybe-6	Urias	Start-8

 

Saturday – 5/15
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/15	NYM at TBR	deGrom	Start-9	McClanahan	Maybe-5
5/15	OAK at MIN	Irvin	Maybe-4	Maeda	Maybe-6
5/15	CHC at DET	Hendricks	Maybe-6	Boyd	Maybe-4
5/15	LAA at BOS	Bundy	Maybe-6	Perez	Sit-3
5/15	SFG at PIT	Cueto	Maybe-4	Keller	Sit-2
5/15	NYY at BAL	German	Maybe-5	Lopez	Sit-1
5/15	TEX at HOU	Dunning	Maybe-5	Garcia	Maybe-6
5/15	ATL at MIL	Ynoa	Maybe-6	Lauer	Sit-1
5/15	KCR at CHW	Minor	Sit-2	Giolito	Start-8
5/15	PHI at TOR	Nola	Start-9	Kay	Sit-1
5/15	CIN at COL	Hoffman	Sit-1	Senzatela	Sit-1
5/15	WSN at ARI	Ross	Sit-1	Weaver	Sit-1
5/15	STL at SDP	Wainwright	Sit-2	Lamet	Sit-3
5/15	CLE at SEA	Hentges	Sit-1	Newsome	Sit-1
5/15	MIA at LAD	Castano	Sit-1	Kershaw	Start-9

 

Sunday – 5/16
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/16	NYY at BAL	Montgomery	Maybe-4	Means	Start-7
5/16	SFG at PIT	Sanchez	Start-7	Brubaker	Maybe-4
5/16	PHI at TOR	Anderson	Sit-1	Ray	Maybe-4
5/16	CHC at DET	Alzolay	Start-7	Mize	Sit-3
5/16	LAA at BOS	Quintana	Sit-2	Eovaldi	Maybe-6
5/16	NYM at TBR	Peterson	Maybe-4	Yarbrough	Maybe-4
5/16	TEX at HOU	Gibson	Maybe-6	McCullers	Start-7
5/16	OAK at MIN	Bassitt	Maybe-5	Happ	Sit-3
5/16	ATL at MIL	Fried	Maybe-5	Peralta	Maybe-5
5/16	KCR at CHW	Singer	Maybe-5	Cease	Start-7
5/16	CIN at COL	Gray	Maybe-6	Gray	Maybe-4
5/16	CLE at SEA	Bieber	Start-10	Sheffield	Sit-2
5/16	WSN at ARI	Fedde	Sit-1	Bumgarner	Maybe-5
5/16	MIA at LAD	Lopez	Maybe-5	Bauer	Start-10
5/16	STL at SDP	Hyun Kim	Maybe-4	Weathers	Maybe-6

 

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