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.
We’re starting to see some new pitchers coming into the mix. 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 – 5/17 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/17 | SFG at CIN | Webb | Maybe-6 | Gray | Start-8 |
| 5/17 | NYM at ATL | Walker | Maybe-4 | Fried | Maybe-6 |
| 5/17 | CHW at MIN | Keuchel | Maybe-4 | Happ | Sit-1 |
| 5/17 | WSN at CHC | Lester | Sit-3 | Alzolay | Start-7 |
| 5/17 | NYY at TEX | Cole | Start-10 | Lyles | Sit-1 |
| 5/17 | CLE at LAA | Hentges | Sit-1 | Cobb | Maybe-5 |
| 5/17 | DET at SEA | Mize | Sit-2 | Kikuchi | Start-8 |
| 5/17 | ARI at LAD | Bumgarner | Maybe-4 | Buehler | Start-8 |
| 5/17 | COL at SDP | Gray | Maybe-4 | Darvish | Start-8 |
| Tuesday – 5/18 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/18 | SFG at CIN | DeSclafani | Start-7 | Castillo | Maybe-5 |
| 5/18 | MIA at PHI | Neidert | Sit-1 | Wheeler | Start-9 |
| 5/18 | TBR at BAL | Patino | Sit-3 | Harvey | Sit-2 |
| 5/18 | NYM at ATL | Szapucki | Sit-1 | Davidson | Sit-1 |
| 5/18 | BOS at TOR | Rodriguez | Start-7 | Ryu | Start-7 |
| 5/18 | CHW at MIN | Lynn | Start-8 | Pineda | Maybe-5 |
| 5/18 | WSN at CHC | Corbin | Sit-1 | Davies | Sit-1 |
| 5/18 | PIT at STL | Brubaker | Maybe-5 | Gant | Maybe-4 |
| 5/18 | NYY at TEX | Taillon | Start-7 | Foltynewicz | Sit-2 |
| 5/18 | MIL at KCR | Woodruff | Start-10 | Bubic | Maybe-5 |
| 5/18 | CLE at LAA | Plesac | Maybe-6 | Heaney | Maybe-5 |
| 5/18 | HOU at OAK | Javier | Maybe-4 | Manaea | Maybe-6 |
| 5/18 | DET at SEA | Turnbull | Maybe-5 | Dunn | Sit-2 |
| 5/18 | COL at SDP | Gomber | Sit-2 | Snell | Maybe-6 |
| 5/18 | ARI at LAD | Kelly | Sit-1 | Urias | Start-7 |
| Wednesday – 5/19 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/19 | CHW at MIN | Giolito | Maybe-6 | Shoemaker | Sit-1 |
| 5/19 | COL at SDP | Chi Gonzalez | Sit-1 | Musgrove | Start-9 |
| 5/19 | SFG at CIN | Gausman | Start-7 | Miley | Maybe-5 |
| 5/19 | MIA at PHI | Rogers | Start-8 | Eflin | Start-7 |
| 5/19 | TBR at BAL | Yarbrough | Maybe-4 | Means | Start-8 |
| 5/19 | NYM at ATL | Peterson | Sit-1 | Morton | Start-7 |
| 5/19 | BOS at TOR | Richards | Maybe-5 | Stripling | Sit-1 |
| 5/19 | WSN at CHC | Scherzer | Start-9 | Arrieta | Sit-2 |
| 5/19 | PIT at STL | Cahill | Sit-2 | Flaherty | Start-8 |
| 5/19 | NYY at TEX | Kluber | Maybe-6 | Yang | Sit-1 |
| 5/19 | CLE at LAA | Civale | Maybe-5 | Ohtani | Maybe-6 |
| 5/19 | MIL at KCR | Burnes | Start-10 | Keller | Sit-2 |
| 5/19 | HOU at OAK | Greinke | Maybe-6 | Montas | Maybe-4 |
| 5/19 | DET at SEA | Skubal | Sit-1 | Gilbert | Sit-3 |
| 5/19 | ARI at LAD | Smith | Sit-1 | Kershaw | Start-9 |
| Thursday – 5/20 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/20 | SFG at CIN | Cueto | Maybe-4 | Mahle | Maybe-6 |
| 5/20 | TBR at BAL | Hill | Maybe-4 | Kremer | Sit-2 |
| 5/20 | NYY at TEX | German | Maybe-5 | Dunning | Maybe-6 |
| 5/20 | WSN at CHC | Ross | Sit-1 | Williams | Sit-1 |
| 5/20 | HOU at OAK | Garcia | Maybe-5 | Irvin | Maybe-4 |
| 5/20 | MIN at LAA | Thorpe | Sit-1 | Cobb | Maybe-4 |
| 5/20 | MIA at PHI | Alcantara | Start-8 | Velasquez | Maybe-4 |
| 5/20 | PIT at ATL | Crowe | Sit-2 | Smyly | Sit-3 |
| 5/20 | MIN at LAA | Berrios | Maybe-6 | Canning | Maybe-4 |
| 5/20 | BOS at TOR | Pivetta | Maybe-4 | Matz | Sit-3 |
| 5/20 | ARI at LAD | Kelly | Sit-1 | Price | Sit-3 |
| Friday – 5/21 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/21 | BAL at WSN | Lopez | Sit-1 | Strasburg | Sit-2 |
| 5/21 | CHW at NYY | Rodon | Start-7 | Montgomery | Maybe-4 |
| 5/21 | BOS at PHI | Perez | Maybe-4 | Nola | Start-7 |
| 5/21 | MIN at CLE | Maeda | Maybe-5 | McKenzie | Sit-1 |
| 5/21 | MIL at CIN | Houser | Maybe-4 | Hoffman | Sit-2 |
| 5/21 | NYM at MIA | Stroman | Start-7 | Holloway | Maybe-4 |
| 5/21 | PIT at ATL | Anderson | Sit-3 | Anderson | Start-8 |
| 5/21 | TBR at TOR | Glasnow | Start-8 | Kay | Sit-1 |
| 5/21 | HOU at TEX | Ivey | Sit-3 | Gibson | Maybe-5 |
| 5/21 | DET at KCR | Urena | Maybe-4 | Minor | Sit-2 |
| 5/21 | CHC at STL | Hendricks | Maybe-4 | Martinez | Maybe-4 |
| 5/21 | ARI at COL | Frankoff | Sit-2 | Marquez | Sit-2 |
| 5/21 | OAK at LAA | Kaprielian | Maybe-4 | Quintana | Sit-3 |
| 5/21 | LAD at SFG | Bauer | Start-8 | Wood | Maybe-6 |
| 5/21 | SEA at SDP | Flexen | Sit-2 | Paddack | Maybe-6 |
| Saturday – 5/22 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/22 | CHW at NYY | Cease | Maybe-6 | Cole | Start-9 |
| 5/22 | ARI at COL | Bumgarner | Maybe-4 | Senzatela | Sit-1 |
| 5/22 | HOU at TEX | McCullers | Start-8 | Lyles | Sit-1 |
| 5/22 | BAL at WSN | Zimmermann | Sit-1 | Lester | Sit-3 |
| 5/22 | PIT at ATL | Keller | Sit-1 | Wilson | Sit-1 |
| 5/22 | DET at KCR | Boyd | Maybe-4 | Singer | Maybe-5 |
| 5/22 | MIN at CLE | Happ | Sit-3 | Bieber | Start-8 |
| 5/22 | NYM at MIA | Lucchesi | Sit-2 | Lopez | Start-7 |
| 5/22 | MIL at CIN | Anderson | Sit-1 | Gray | Start-8 |
| 5/22 | LAD at SFG | Buehler | Start-7 | Menez | Sit-1 |
| 5/22 | CHC at STL | Alzolay | Maybe-6 | Mikolas | Sit-2 |
| 5/22 | BOS at PHI | Eovaldi | Maybe-6 | Anderson | Sit-1 |
| 5/22 | TBR at TOR | McClanahan | Maybe-5 | Ray | Start-7 |
| 5/22 | SEA at SDP | Sheffield | Sit-1 | Weathers | Maybe-5 |
| 5/22 | OAK at LAA | Bassitt | Maybe-6 | Bundy | Maybe-6 |
| Sunday – 5/23 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/23 | CHW at NYY | Keuchel | Maybe-4 | Taillon | Maybe-6 |
| 5/23 | BOS at PHI | Rodriguez | Maybe-6 | Wheeler | Start-7 |
| 5/23 | BAL at WSN | Harvey | Sit-2 | Corbin | Sit-3 |
| 5/23 | TBR at TOR | Fleming | Maybe-4 | Ryu | Start-8 |
| 5/23 | MIN at CLE | Ober | Sit-1 | Plesac | Maybe-5 |
| 5/23 | NYM at MIA | Reid-Foley | Maybe-4 | Poteet | Sit-3 |
| 5/23 | MIL at CIN | Peralta | Start-8 | Castillo | Maybe-5 |
| 5/23 | PIT at ATL | Brubaker | Maybe-5 | Fried | Start-8 |
| 5/23 | DET at KCR | Mize | Sit-2 | Bubic | Maybe-5 |
| 5/23 | HOU at TEX | Javier | Maybe-5 | Foltynewicz | Sit-1 |
| 5/23 | ARI at COL | Martin | Sit-1 | Gray | Maybe-4 |
| 5/23 | LAD at SFG | Urias | Start-8 | DeSclafani | Maybe-6 |
| 5/23 | OAK at LAA | Manaea | Maybe-5 | Heaney | Maybe-5 |
| 5/23 | SEA at SDP | Kikuchi | Maybe-4 | Darvish | Start-9 |
| 5/23 | CHC at STL | Davies | Sit-1 | Wainwright | Maybe-4 |
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