Welcome to Sit/Start where, every Saturday 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 contingent and dependent on your needs in a standard 5×5 Wins 12-teamer, while the other two are self-explanatory. You’ll notice a few question marks next to some of the names. These are either probable starters that have not been confirmed or is a situation where the team will use the bullpen to fill innings.
There has been a lot of action this week. Several rotations have seen pitchers sent back to the minors (Swanson, Beede), some have dealt with injuries (Williams, Meada, Banuelos, and possibly Sanchez). Starters have not been confirmed yet to fill their spots, so feel free to comment throughout the weekend. As I discussed last week, a few teams have elected to use an opener including the Rays, Brewers, Angels, and potentially the Nationals. These spots in the rotation will be listed as Opener/potential long man. Feel free to question my designations in the comments and we’ll dive into it together.
Here’s the massive table containing every Week 8 start from 5/20 – 5/26:
Note: These matchups are subject to change.
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 5/20 | NYY vs BAL | Happ | Maybe | Hess | Sit |
| 5/20 | PHI vs CHC | Arrieta | Maybe | Darvish | Maybe |
| 5/20 | OAK vs CLE | Anderson | Sit | Carrasco | Start |
| 5/20 | CHW vs HOU | Detwiler? | Sit | Miley | Maybe |
| 5/20 | MIN vs LAA | Odorizzi | Maybe | Opener/Pena | Maybe |
| 5/20 | WSH vs NYM | Corbin | Start | Font/Gagnon | Sit |
| 5/20 | ARI vs SDP | Weaver | Start | Paddack | Start |
| 5/20 | ATL vs SFG | Soroka | Start | Anderson | Sit |
| 5/20 | SEA vs TEX | Leake | Sit | Minor | Maybe |
| 5/20 | BOS vs TOR | Price | Start | Jackson | Sit |
| 5/21 | NYY vs BAL | German | Start | Cashner | Sit |
| 5/21 | PHI vs CHC | Eflin | Maybe | Quintana | Start |
| 5/21 | OAK vs CLE | Bassitt | Start | Bauer | Start |
| 5/21 | MIA vs DET | Smith | Start | Turnbull | Start |
| 5/21 | CHW vs HOU | Covey | Sit | Verlander | Start |
| 5/21 | MIN vs LAA | Pineda | Sit | Cahill | Sit |
| 5/21 | CIN vs MIL | Gray | Maybe | Gonzalez | Maybe |
| 5/21 | WSH vs NYM | Opener/Fedde? | Sit | Wheeler | Maybe |
| 5/21 | COL vs PIT | Marquez | Start | Archer | Start |
| 5/21 | ARI vs SDP | Greinke | Start | Strahm | Start |
| 5/21 | ATL vs SFG | Teheran | Start | Opener/Rodriguez? | Sit |
| 5/21 | KCR vs STL | Lopez | Sit | Wacha | Maybe |
| 5/21 | LAD vs TBR | Kershaw | Start | Opener/Beeks | Sit |
| 5/21 | SEA vs TEX | Milone/Sadzeck? | Sit | Lynn | Maybe |
| 5/21 | BOS vs TOR | Rodriguez | Start | Stroman | Sit |
| 5/22 | NYY vs BAL | Sabathia | Maybe | Straily | Sit |
| 5/22 | PHI vs CHC | Irvin | Sit | Hamels | Start |
| 5/22 | OAK vs CLE | Montas | Start | Rodriguez | Maybe |
| 5/22 | MIA vs DET | Urena | Maybe | Norris | Maybe |
| 5/22 | CHW vs HOU | Nova | Sit | Cole | Start |
| 5/22 | MIN vs LAA | Perez | Start | Harvey | Maybe |
| 5/22 | CIN vs MIL | Castillo | Start | Davies | Maybe |
| 5/22 | WSH vs NYM | Scherzer | Start | deGrom | Start |
| 5/22 | COL vs PIT | Gray | Start | Holmes | Sit |
| 5/22 | ARI vs SDP | Kelly | Maybe | Lauer | Sit |
| 5/22 | ATL vs SFG | Fried | Start | Samardzija | Sit |
| 5/22 | KCR vs STL | Bailey | Sit | Wainwright | Maybe |
| 5/22 | LAD vs TBR | Hill | Start | Opener/Chrinos | Sit |
| 5/22 | SEA vs TEX | Gonzales | Sit | Sampson | Sit |
| 5/22 | BOS vs TOR | Porcello | Maybe | Sanchez | Sit |
| 5/23 | NYY vs BAL | Tanaka | Start | Bundy | Maybe |
| 5/23 | PHI vs CHC | Nola | Start | Lester | Start |
| 5/23 | TBR vs CLE | Snell | Start | Plutko | Sit |
| 5/23 | MIA vs DET | Richards | Maybe | Boyd | Start |
| 5/23 | CHW vs HOU | Giolito | Maybe | Martin | Start |
| 5/23 | WSH vs NYM | Strasburg | Start | Matz | Maybe |
| 5/23 | COL vs PIT | Senzatela | Sit | Lyles | Start |
| 5/23 | ATL vs SFG | Gausman | Start | Bumgarner | Start |
| 5/23 | BOS vs TOR | Velazquez | Maybe | Richard/Bullpen? | Sit |
| 5/24 | CIN vs CHC | DeSclafani | Maybe | Hendricks | Start |
| 5/24 | TBR vs CLE | Morton | Start | Bieber | Maybe |
| 5/24 | BAL vs COL | Means | Sit | Freeland | Sit |
| 5/24 | BOS vs HOU | Sale | Start | Peacock | Sit |
| 5/24 | NYY vs KCR | Paxton | Maybe | Keller | Sit |
| 5/24 | TEX vs LAA | Jurado | Sit | Canning | Maybe |
| 5/24 | PHI vs MIL | Eickhoff | Maybe | Chacin | Sit |
| 5/24 | CHW vs MIN | Lopez | Maybe | Berrios | Start |
| 5/24 | DET vs NYM | Soto/Ramirez? | Sit | Syndergaard | Start |
| 5/24 | SEA vs OAK | LeBlanc | Sit | Mengden | Sit |
| 5/24 | LAD vs PIT | Buehler | Start | Brault | Sit |
| 5/24 | ARI vs SFG | Godley | Maybe | Pomeranz | Sit |
| 5/24 | ATL vs STL | Foltynewicz | Maybe | Mikolas | Sit |
| 5/24 | SDP vs TOR | Lucchesi | Maybe | Thornton | Maybe |
| 5/24 | MIA vs WSH | Lopez | Maybe | Hellickson | Maybe |
| 5/25 | CIN vs CHC | Mahle | Maybe | Darvish | Maybe |
| 5/25 | TBR vs CLE | Bullpen?? | Sit | Carrasco | Start |
| 5/25 | BAL vs COL | Hess | Sit | Hoffman | Sit |
| 5/25 | BOS vs HOU | Price | Maybe | Miley | Sit |
| 5/25 | NYY vs KCR | Happ | Maybe | Junis | Sit |
| 5/25 | TEX vs LAA | Smyly | Sit | Skaggs | Maybe |
| 5/25 | PHI vs MIL | Arrieta | Sit | Anderson | Sit |
| 5/25 | CHW vs MIN | Detwiler? | Sit | Gibson | Start |
| 5/25 | DET vs NYM | Bullpen? | Sit | Font/Vargas | Maybe |
| 5/25 | SEA vs OAK | Kikuchi | Start | Fiers | Maybe |
| 5/25 | LAD vs PIT | Ryu | Start | Musgrove | Start |
| 5/25 | ARI vs SFG | Ray | Start | Anderson | Sit |
| 5/25 | ATL vs STL | Soroka | Start | Hudson | Sit |
| 5/25 | SDP vs TOR | Margevicius | Sit | Jackson | Sit |
| 5/25 | MIA vs WSH | Alcantara | Sit | Corbin | Start |
| 5/26 | CIN vs CHC | Roark | Maybe | Quintana | Start |
| 5/26 | TBR vs CLE | Opener/Beeks? | Sit | Bauer | Start |
| 5/26 | BAL vs COL | Cashner | Sit | Marquez | Start |
| 5/26 | BOS vs HOU | Rodriguez | Maybe | Verlander | Start |
| 5/26 | NYY vs KCR | German | Start | Duffy | Sit |
| 5/26 | TEX vs LAA | Minor | Start | Opener/Pena? | Maybe |
| 5/26 | PHI vs MIL | Eflin | Maybe | Woodruff | Start |
| 5/26 | CHW vs MIN | Covey | Sit | Odorizzi | Start |
| 5/26 | DET vs NYM | Turnbull | Maybe | Wheeler | Start |
| 5/26 | SEA vs OAK | Leake | Maybe | Anderson | Sit |
| 5/26 | LAD vs PIT | Maeda | Start | Archer | Sit |
| 5/26 | ARI vs SFG | Weaver | Start | Rodriguez | Sit |
| 5/26 | ATL vs STL | Teheran | Start | Flaherty | Start |
| 5/26 | SDP vs TOR | Paddack | Start | Stroman | Start |
| 5/26 | MIA vs WSH | Smith | Start | Opener/Fedde? | Maybe |
Max, I love this report.
Please list the games using @ instead of Versus. It will make the matchup clearer. I think it will really improve the information for the reader, especially players that are new to the report.
Thank you for the report. It is listed on my toolbar.
James
Thanks James! I’ll look into it. I’m trying to figure out ways to improve the article, so I’ll make include this as an note.
Can start 6 SP and already have these 5 set – Verlander (2 starts) , Nola, Berrios, German(2 starts) and Turnbull (2 starts).
You have all 3 of my other options as starts, who should I go with; Bumgarner, Kikucki, or Straham?
I’m going with Bumgarner of that group.
Where are the St. Louis pitchers?
My fantasy website and mlb app says it’s Skaggs against Texas on Sunday… is that a start, sit, or maybe? He threw well against them his last time out but that was like a month ago. What do you think?
Sorry. Skaggs against Texas on Saturday.
Texas has been much better than they were a month ago (.378 wOBA & 24 HR over the last 2 weeks) and Skags has been struggling with walks in recent starts. That being said, he could give you a fair amount of strikeouts if that’s what you need. If you’re looking for ratios, I’d look elsewhere.