Sit/Start Week 1: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 4/1-4/4

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.

There are quite a few TBD pitchers this week. Since it is opening weekend, a lot of teams have yet to solidify their starting rotation and order. In the coming weeks, there should be significantly fewer of these. I will try to update the TBDs as they are defined. 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!

Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
Thursday – 4/1
4/1	TOR at NYY	Ryu	Start-7	Cole	Start-9
4/1	CLE at DET	Bieber	Start-10	Boyd	Sit-3
4/1	BAL at BOS	Means	Maybe-5	Eovaldi	Start-7
4/1	MIN at MIL	Maeda	Start-8	Woodruff	Start-7
4/1	PIT at CHC	Kuhl	Sit-2	Hendricks	Start-9
4/1	ATL at PHI	Fried	Maybe-6	Nola	Start-7
4/1	ARI at SDP	Bumgarner	Sit-1	Darvish	Start-10
4/1	LAD at COL	Kershaw	Start-7	Marquez	Sit-2
4/1	STL at CIN	Flaherty	Start-7	Castillo	Start-8
4/1	TBR at MIA	Glasnow	Start-7	Alcantara	Maybe-6
4/1	TEX at KCR	Gibson	Maybe-4	Keller	Start-7
4/1	NYM at WSN	deGrom	Start-9	Scherzer	Start-8
4/1	CHW at LAA	Giolito	Start-9	Bundy	Start-7
4/1	HOU at OAK	Greinke	Start-8	Bassitt	Maybe-4
4/1	SFG at SEA	Gausman	Start-8	Gonzales	Start-7
Friday – 4/2
4/2	TBR at MIA	Yarbrough	Maybe-5	Lopez	Start-8
4/2	LAD at COL	Bauer	Start-7	Senzatela	Sit-1
4/2	CHW at LAA	Keuchel	Maybe-6	Heaney	Maybe-4
4/2	HOU at OAK	Javier	Sit-3	Luzardo	Maybe-6
4/2	ARI at SDP	Kelly	Sit-2	Snell	Start-8
4/2	SFG at SEA	Cueto	Maybe-4	Paxton	Maybe-6
Saturday – 4/3
4/3	TOR at NYY	TBD		Kluber	Maybe-6
4/3	CLE at DET	Plesac	Start-8	Teheran	Sit-1
4/3	BAL at BOS	Harvey	Sit-1	TBD
4/3	MIN at MIL	Berrios	Maybe-6	Burnes	Start-7
4/3	PIT at CHC	TBD		Arrieta	Maybe-5
4/3	ATL at PHI	Morton	Maybe-6	Wheeler	Maybe-6
4/3	ARI at SDP	Smith	Sit-1	TBD
4/3	LAD at COL	Buehler	Start-7	Gray	Sit-1
4/3	STL at CIN	Wainwright	Maybe-5	Mahle	Maybe-6
4/3	TBR at MIA	Hill	Sit-3	TBD
4/3	TEX at KCR	Arihara	Sit-3	Minor	Maybe-4
4/3	NYM at WSN	Stroman	Maybe-5	TBD
4/3	CHW at LAA	Lynn	Maybe-6	Cobb	Sit-2
4/3	HOU at OAK	McCullers Jr.	Maybe-5	TBD
4/3	SFG at SEA	Webb	Sit-3	Flexen	Sit-1
Sunday – 4/4
4/4	TOR at NYY	TBD		German	Maybe-5
4/4	CLE at DET	Civale	Start-8	Skubal	Sit-3
4/4	BAL at BOS	Zimmerman	Sit-3	TBD
4/4	MIN at MIL	TBD		Houser	Sit-3
4/4	PIT at CHC	TBD		Davies	Maybe-6
4/4	ATL at PHI	Anderson	Start-8	Eflin	Maybe-5
4/4	ARI at SDP	Widener	Sit-1	TBD
4/4	LAD at COL	Urias	Maybe-4	Gomber	Sit-1
4/4	STL at CIN	Martinez	Sit-2	TBD
4/4	TEX at KCR	Lyles	Sit-1	Singer	Maybe-6
4/4	NYM at WSN	Peterson	Sit-2	TBD
4/4	CHW at LAA	Cease	Sit-1	Ohtani	Maybe-5
4/4	HOU at OAK	Urquidy	Maybe-4	TBD

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