Sit/Start Week 17: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 7/29-8/4

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 dependent on your needs in a standard 5×5 Wins 12-teamer, while the other two are self-explanatory. I’ve recently changed the ranking system to make designations a little clearer. Here’s an overview. I’m implementing a scoring system (1-10) next to each designation. A 10 is a top-tier start option and a 1 is a bottom-of-the-barrel option. Here are the labels: Start 7-10, Maybe 4-6, and Sit 1-3. For example, Max Scherzer at home against the Marlins would look like this: Start-10. Meanwhile, Ivan Nova against the Yankees in New York would have this designation Sit-1.

You’ll notice a few question marks next to some of the names. These are either probable starters who have not been confirmed or are situations where the team will use the bullpen to fill innings. As with the past several Sit/Start articles, spots in the rotation where a potential opener may be used 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 17 start from 7/29 to 8/4:

Note: These matchups are subject to change.

Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
7/29	PIT vs CIN	Lyles	Sit-3	S. Gray	Start-8
7/29	LAD vs COL	Maeda	Sit-3	J. Gray	Sit-3
7/29	TOR vs KCR	Pannone	Sit-2	Keller	Maybe-5
7/29	DET vs LAA	Zimmermann	Sit-2	Barria	Start-7
7/29	ARI vs MIA	Kelly	Start-7	Smith	Start-8
7/29	BAL vs SDP	Ynoa?	Sit-3	Lamet	Start-7
7/29	ATL vs WSH	Keuchel	Start-7	Corbin	Start-8
Tuesday – 7/30
7/30	TBR vs BOS	Morton	Start-8	Price	Start-7
7/30	NYM vs CHW	Syndergaard	Start-8	Lopez	Start-7
7/30	PIT vs CIN	Musgrove	Maybe-4	Roark	Maybe-4
7/30	HOU vs CLE	Verlander	Start-9	Bieber	Start-7
7/30	LAD vs COL	Stripling	Sit-3	Freeland	Sit-1
7/30	TOR vs KCR	Stroman	Start-8	Montgomery	Sit-3
7/30	DET vs LAA	VerHagen	Sit-2	Canning	Start-7
7/30	MIN vs MIA	Odorizzi	Start-7	Gallen	Start-7
7/30	ARI vs NYY	Clarke	Sit-2	Happ	Maybe-5
7/30	MIL vs OAK	????		Bassitt	Sit-3
7/30	SFG vs PHI	Beede	Maybe-5	Smyly	Start-7
7/30	BAL vs SDP	Eshelman	Sit-3	Lauer	Sit-3
7/30	CHC vs STL	Darvish	Maybe-6	Wainwright	Sit-3
7/30	SEA vs TEX	Leake	Maybe-4	Minor	Start-7
7/30	ATL vs WSH	Teheran	Sit-3	Scherzer	Start-8
Wednesday – 7/31
7/31	TBR vs BOS	Yarbrough	Maybe-5	Porcello	Sit-3
7/31	NYM vs CHW	deGrom	Start-9	Giolito	Start-7
7/31	PIT vs CIN	Agrazal	Sit-3	Castillo	Start-8
7/31	HOU vs CLE	Urquidy	Start-7	Plutko	Sit-2
7/31	LAD vs COL	Ryu	Start-7	Hoffman	Sit-1
7/31	TOR vs KCR	Waguespack	Maybe-4	Junis	Maybe-5
7/31	DET vs LAA	Norris	Sit-3	Suarez	Maybe-5
7/31	MIN vs MIA	Berrios	Start-9	Alcantara	Sit-2
7/31	ARI vs NYY	Greinke	Start-7	Tanaka	Maybe-5
7/31	MIL vs OAK	Gonzalez	Maybe-5	B. Anderson	Sit-3
7/31	SFG vs PHI	Samardzija	Sit-3	Velasquez	Start-7
7/31	CHC vs STL	Hendricks	Start-7	Mikolas	Maybe-6
7/31	SEA vs TEX	LeBlanc?	Sit-2	Jurado	Sit-3
7/31	ATL vs WSH	Soroka	Start-7	Sanchez	Maybe-5
Thursday – 8/1
8/1	CIN vs ATL	DeSclafani	Maybe-5	Fried	Maybe-6
8/1	TOR vs BAL	Borucki	Sit-2	Wojciechowski	Maybe-6
8/1	TBR vs BOS	Opener/Beeks?	Sit-2	Cashner	Maybe-4
8/1	NYM vs CHW	Wheeler	Start-7	Cease	Maybe-4
8/1	HOU vs CLE	Cole	Start-9	Plesac	Sit-3
8/1	SDP vs LAD	Lucchesi	Sit-3	Kershaw	Start-9
8/1	MIN vs MIA	Pineda	Start-8	Yamamoto	Sit-3
8/1	MIL vs OAK	Anderson	Maybe-5	Mengden	Sit-3
8/1	SFG vs PHI	Anderson	Sit-3	Arrieta	Maybe-6
8/1	CHC vs STL	Lester	Maybe-6	Flaherty	Start-7
Friday – 8/2
8/2	WSH vs ARI	Strasburg	Start-8	Young	Sit-3
8/2	CIN vs ATL	Wood	Maybe-4	Gausman	Maybe-6
8/2	TOR vs BAL	Sanchez	Sit-1	Brooks	Sit-2
8/2	MIL vs CHC	Davies	Sit-3	Quintana	Maybe-4
8/2	LAA vs CLE	Tropeano	Sit-3	Clevinger	Start-8
8/2	SFG vs COL	Bumgarner	Start-7	Marquez	Maybe-5
8/2	SEA vs HOU	Kikuchi	Sit-1	Miley	Start-7
8/2	SDP vs LAD	Quantrill?	Sit-3	Buehler	Start-9
8/2	KCR vs MIN	Sparkman	Sit-2	Perez	Start-7
8/2	BOS vs NYY	Rodriguez	Start-7	Paxton	Maybe-5
8/2	CHW vs PHI	Nova	Sit-2	Eflin	Maybe-6
8/2	NYM vs PIT	Matz	Maybe-5	Williams	Maybe-6
8/2	DET vs TEX	Alexander	Sit-2	Lynn	Start-9
Saturday – 8/3
8/3	WSH vs ARI	Corbin	Start-8	Ray	Start-7
8/3	CIN vs ATL	Gray	Start-7	Keuchel	Start-7
8/3	TOR vs BAL	Pannone	Sit-2	Bundy	Sit-3
8/3	MIL vs CHC	????		Hamels?	Maybe-6
8/3	LAA vs CLE	Pena	Maybe-4	Bauer	Start-8
8/3	SFG vs COL	????		Lambert	Sit-2
8/3	SEA vs HOU	Gonzales	Sit-2	Armenteros?	Maybe-5
8/3	SDP vs LAD	Paddack	Start-7	Maeda	Start-7
8/3	KCR vs MIN	Duffy	Sit-3	Gibson	Start-7
8/3	BOS vs NYY	Sale	Start-8	Sabathia	Maybe-6
8/3	BOS vs NYY	????		German	Maybe-4
8/3	STL vs OAK	Ponce de Leon	Maybe-5	Bailey	Sit-3
8/3	CHW vs PHI	Covey	Sit-2	Nola	Start-9
8/3	NYM vs PIT	Vargas	Maybe-6	Archer	Maybe-6
8/3	MIA vs TBR	Richards	Sit-3	Chirinos	Start-7
8/3	DET vs TEX	Boyd	Start-7	Sampson	Maybe-4
Sunday – 8/4
8/4	WSH vs ARI	Scherzer	Start-9	Kelly	Sit-3
8/4	CIN vs ATL	Roark	Sit-3	Teheran	Sit-3
8/4	TOR vs BAL	Stroman	Start-7	Ynoa?	Sit-2
8/4	MIL vs CHC	????		Darvish	Maybe-5
8/4	LAA vs CLE	Barria	Maybe-5	Bieber	Start-8
8/4	SFG vs COL	Beede	Sit-2	Gray	Maybe-6
8/4	SEA vs HOU	Milone	Sit-2	Verlander	Start-9
8/4	SDP vs LAD	Lamet	Maybe-4	Stripling	Start-7
8/4	KCR vs MIN	Keller	Sit-2	Odorizzi	Start-7
8/4	BOS vs NYY	Price	Maybe-4	Happ	Sit-3
8/4	STL vs OAK	Hudson	Sit-3	Fiers	Maybe-6
8/4	CHW vs PHI	Lopez	Maybe-5	Smyly	Maybe-6
8/4	NYM vs PIT	Syndergaard	Start-8	Lyles	Maybe-4
8/4	MIA vs TBR	Smith	Start-7	Morton	Start-10
8/4	DET vs TEX	Zimmermann	Sit-1	Payano?	Maybe-5

Graphic by Michael Haas (@digitalHaas on Twitter)