Every Sunday 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 circumstantial and dependent on your needs in a 12-teamer, while the other two are self-explanatory. Feel free to question my designations in the comments and we’ll dive into it together.
Here’s the massive table containing every Week 16 start from 7/23 – 7/29:
Note: There is a lot of confusion about rotations this week with rainouts and injuries. These matchups are subject to change.
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
7/23 | BOS vs BAL | Rick Porcello | Start | Kevin Gausman | Sit |
7/23 | ARI vs CHC | Patrick Corbin | Start | Luke Farrell | Sit |
7/23 | STL vs CIN | Daniel Poncedeleon | Sit | Luis Castillo | Maybe |
7/23 | PIT vs CLE | Trevor Williams | Sit | Corey Kluber | Start |
7/23 | DET vs KCR | Francisco Liriano | Sit | Heath Fillmyer | Sit |
7/23 | CHW vs LAA | Lucas Giolito | Sit | Jaime Barria | Start |
7/23 | ATL vs MIA | Sean Newcomb | Start | Jose Urena | Sit |
7/23 | WSH vs MIL | Gio Gonzalez | Maybe | Jhoulys Chacin | Maybe |
7/23 | SDP vs NYM | Eric Lauer | Sit | Zack Wheeler | Start |
7/23 | LAD vs PHI | Ross Stripling | Start | Zach Eflin | Maybe |
7/23 | NYY vs TBR | Luis Severino | Start | Bullpen | Sit |
7/23 | OAK vs TEX | Brett Anderson | Sit | Cole Hamels | Maybe |
7/23 | MIN vs TOR | Adalberto Mejia | Sit | Marco Estrada | Sit |
7/24 | BOS vs BAL | Drew Pomeranz | Sit | Yefry Ramirez | Sit |
7/24 | ARI vs CHC | Clay Buchholz | Sit | Kyle Hendricks | Maybe |
7/24 | STL vs CIN | Austin Gomber | Sit | Homer Bailey | Sit |
7/24 | PIT vs CLE | Joe Musgrove | Sit | Shane Bieber | Start |
7/24 | HOU vs COL | Gerrit Cole | Start | Tyler Anderson | Sit |
7/24 | DET vs KCR | Jordan Zimmermann | Sit | Burch Smith | Sit |
7/24 | CHW vs LAA | Carlos Rodon | Start | Felix Pena | Maybe |
7/24 | ATL vs MIA | Julio Teheran | Maybe | Wei-Yin Chen | Sit |
7/24 | WSH vs MIL | Jeremy Hellickson | Maybe | Junior Guerra | Maybe |
7/24 | SDP vs NYM | Joey Lucchesi | Start | Jason Vargas | Sit |
7/24 | LAD vs PHI | Kenta Maeda | Start | Aaron Nola | Start |
7/24 | SFG vs SEA | Andrew Suarez | Maybe | James Paxton | Start |
7/24 | NYY vs TBR | Cc Sabathia | Start | Blake Snell | Start |
7/24 | OAK vs TEX | Frankie Montas | Maybe | Mike Minor | Maybe |
7/24 | MIN vs TOR | Jose Berrios | Start | Ryan Borucki | Maybe |
7/25 | BOS vs BAL | David Price | Start | Dylan Bundy | Sit |
7/25 | ARI vs CHC | Robbie Ray | Start | Jon Lester | Maybe |
7/25 | STL vs CIN | Jack Flaherty | Start | Tyler Mahle | Maybe |
7/25 | PIT vs CLE | Jameson Taillon | Start | Trevor Bauer | Start |
7/25 | HOU vs COL | Charlie Morton | Start | Jon Gray | Sit |
7/25 | DET vs KCR | Matthew Boyd | Sit | Danny Duffy | Maybe |
7/25 | CHW vs LAA | James Shields | Sit | Tyler Skaggs | Maybe |
7/25 | WSH vs MIL | Tanner Roark | Sit | Wade Miley | Sit |
7/25 | SDP vs NYM | Clayton Richard | Sit | Corey Oswalt | Sit |
7/25 | LAD vs PHI | Rich Hill | Start | Jake Arrieta | Start |
7/25 | SFG vs SEA | Derek Holland? | Sit | Mike Leake | Sit |
7/25 | NYY vs TBR | Luis Cessa | Sit | Nathan Eovaldi | Maybe |
7/25 | OAK vs TEX | Edwin Jackson | Sit | Martin Perez | Sit |
7/25 | MIN vs TOR | Kyle Gibson | Start | Sam Gaviglio | Sit |
7/26 | LAD vs ATL | Clayton Kershaw | Start | Anibal Sanchez | Maybe |
7/26 | TBR vs BAL | Bullpen | Sit | Alex Cobb | Sit |
7/26 | MIN vs BOS | Lance Lynn | Sit | Brian Johnson | Sit |
7/26 | ARI vs CHC | Zack Godley | Sit | Mike Montgomery | Sit |
7/26 | PHI vs CIN | ??? | Sit | Anthony Desclafani | Sit |
7/26 | CHW vs LAA | Dylan Covey | Sit | Nick Tropeano | Sit |
7/26 | WSH vs MIA | Stephen Strasburg | Start | Dan Straily | Sit |
7/26 | KCR vs NYY | Jakob Junis | Sit | Sonny Gray | Sit |
7/26 | NYM vs PIT | Steven Matz | Maybe | Nick Kingham | Start |
7/26 | MIL vs SFG | Chase Anderson | Maybe | Dereck Rodriguez | Maybe |
7/26 | OAK vs TEX | Trevor Cahill | Maybe | Bartolo Colon | Sit |
7/27 | LAD vs ATL | Alex Wood | Start | Mike Foltynewicz | Start |
7/27 | TBR vs BAL | Chris Archer | Start | Andrew Cashner | Sit |
7/27 | MIN vs BOS | Jake Odorizzi | Sit | Chris Sale | Start |
7/27 | TOR vs CHW | Marcus Stroman | Start | Reynaldo Lopez | Sit |
7/27 | PHI vs CIN | Nick Pivetta | Start | Matt Harvey | Maybe |
7/27 | OAK vs COL | Sean Manaea | Sit | German Marquez | Sit |
7/27 | CLE vs DET | Carlos Carrasco | Start | Mike Fiers | Sit |
7/27 | TEX vs HOU | Yovani Gallardo | Sit | Dallas Keuchel | Start |
7/27 | SEA vs LAA | Wade LeBlanc | Maybe | Andrew Heaney | Start |
7/27 | WSH vs MIA | Max Scherzer | Start | Pablo Lopez | Sit |
7/27 | KCR vs NYY | Brad Keller | Sit | Masahiro Tanaka | Start |
7/27 | NYM vs PIT | Jacob Degrom | Start | Ivan Nova | Maybe |
7/27 | ARI vs SDP | Zack Greinke | Start | Tyson Ross | Maybe |
7/27 | MIL vs SFG | Brent Suter | Sit | Madison Bumgarner | Start |
7/27 | CHC vs STL | Tyler Chatwood | Sit | John Gant | Sit |
7/28 | LAD vs ATL | Ross Stripling | Start | Sean Newcomb | Maybe |
7/28 | TBR vs BAL | Bullpen | Sit | Kevin Gausman | Maybe |
7/28 | MIN vs BOS | Adalberto Mejia | Sit | Rick Porcello | Start |
7/28 | TOR vs CHW | J.A. Happ | Start | Lucas Giolito | Sit |
7/28 | PHI vs CIN | Vince Velasquez | Maybe | Luis Castillo | Maybe |
7/28 | OAK vs COL | Brett Anderson | Sit | Kyle Freeland | Sit |
7/28 | CLE vs DET | Mike Clevinger | Start | Blaine Hardy | Sit |
7/28 | TEX vs HOU | Cole Hamels | Sit | Justin Verlander | Start |
7/28 | SEA vs LAA | Felix Hernandez | Sit | Adalberto Mejia | Sit |
7/28 | WSH vs MIA | Gio Gonzalez | Start | Trevor Richards | Sit |
7/28 | KCR vs NYY | Heath Fillmyer | Sit | Luis Severino | Start |
7/28 | NYM vs PIT | Zack Wheeler | Start | Trevor Williams | Sit |
7/28 | ARI vs SDP | Patrick Corbin | Start | Luis Perdomo | Sit |
7/28 | MIL vs SFG | Jhoulys Chacin | Maybe | Johnny Cueto | Sit |
7/28 | CHC vs STL | Jose Quintana | Maybe | Jaime Barria | Sit |
7/29 | LAD vs ATL | Kenta Maeda | Start | Julio Teheran | Sit |
7/29 | TBR vs BAL | Blake Snell | Start | Yefry Ramirez | Sit |
7/29 | MIN vs BOS | Jose Berrios | Start | Drew Pomeranz | Sit |
7/29 | TOR vs CHW | Marco Estrada | Maybe | Carlos Rodon | Start |
7/29 | PHI vs CIN | Zach Eflin | Start | Homer Bailey | Sit |
7/29 | OAK vs COL | Frankie Montas | Sit | Antonio Senzatela | Sit |
7/29 | CLE vs DET | Corey Kluber | Start | Francisco Liriano | Sit |
7/29 | TEX vs HOU | Mike Minor | Sit | Lance McCullers | Start |
7/29 | SEA vs LAA | Marco Gonzales | Maybe | Felix Pena | Sit |
7/29 | WSH vs MIA | Jeremy Hellickson | Maybe | Jose Urena | Sit |
7/29 | KCR vs NYY | Burch Smith | Sit | CC Sabathia | Start |
7/29 | NYM vs PIT | Jason Vargas | Sit | Joe Musgrove | Start |
7/29 | ARI vs SDP | Clay Buchholz | Sit | Eric Lauer | Sit |
7/29 | MIL vs SFG | Junior Guerra? | Maybe | Andrew Suarez | Sit |
7/29 | CHC vs STL | Kyle Hendricks | Maybe | Miles Mikolas | Start |
Arrieta is a start vs the Dodgers but Nola only a maybe!?!
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Yeah that’s completely wrong. Arrieta is still a start, but Nola is clearly one too.
Thanks for catching it!
Max Fried vs Miami on Wednesday. What ya got?
I’m sitting.
Man, start Ray vs. the Cubs? I’m on the verge of dropping him in my 10 team league. He’s been getting hammered most of the year. Why do you still believe?
Robbie Ray against the Cubs has to be the maybe-est ‘start’ ever.
Yeah, I’m completely fine with playing that one safe and I probably should have listed that one as a “maybe”.
I’m not ready to give up on Ray though, and even against the Cubs and his recent performance, I still think it’s worth your while to chase his ceiling there.
Buehler is expected to get the start Wednesday. I don’t know what the plan is for the rest of the staff, but I would guess Hill pitches Thursday and Kershaw on Friday.
VV or Castillo ROS?
SP Roundup after his last start you weren’t high on Rodon but here he’s a start. Confident in him @ LAA?
Thanks for this column, Nick. It looks like Gibson is starting on Thurs. at Boston. How does that change his sit/start status? Which start would you pick out of J. Gray vs. HOU, Quintana @STL, and Gibson @BOS?
Ever thought about keeping this updated throughout the week? It’s a phenomenal resource, and I would love to have it as starts get moved around…
Martin, have been thinking of this too and meaning to ask. Would be awesome if it was updated! Appreciate everyone who works on this site, it’s amazing!
Noticed it says that Jaime Barria is pitching for STL on the 28th, just wanted to point that out. Also is he a sit against Seattle on the 28th?
Great site Nick, thanks for all you guys do!
Was wondering about some streaming options for tomorrow (sunday) as I have too many on the DL and need help. Looking at Wheeler vs. Musgrove, Elfin vs. Castillo, Buchholz vs. Lucchesi…….all of these guys are available.