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 a lot of new pitchers coming into the fold with injuries and innings limits starting to set in. 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 – 7/26 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 7/26 | ATL at NYM | Muller | Maybe-5 | Hill | Sit-2 |
| 7/26 | WSN at PHI | Espino | Sit-3 | Howard | Sit-1 |
| 7/26 | TOR at BOS | Manoah | Maybe-4 | Pivetta | Sit-2 |
| 7/26 | CIN at CHC | Miley | Start-7 | Hendricks | Maybe-6 |
| 7/26 | CHW at KCR | Keuchel | Sit-3 | Minor | Sit-3 |
| 7/26 | DET at MIN | Manning | Sit-1 | Pineda | Sit-3 |
| 7/26 | ATL at NYM | Wilson | Sit-1 | Banda | Sit-1 |
| 7/26 | COL at LAA | Marquez | Maybe-6 | Ohtani | Start-8 |
| 7/26 | HOU at SEA | Garcia | Start-7 | McCaughan | Sit-1 |
| Tuesday – 7/27 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 7/27 | MIA at BAL | Holloway | Sit-3 | Watkins | Maybe-4 |
| 7/27 | WSN at PHI | Fedde | Sit-2 | Moore | Sit-1 |
| 7/27 | MIL at PIT | Houser | Maybe-5 | Anderson | Maybe-4 |
| 7/27 | TOR at BOS | Ray | Maybe-6 | Richards | Sit-1 |
| 7/27 | ATL at NYM | Morton | Start-7 | Stroman | Start-7 |
| 7/27 | NYY at TBR | Cortes | Sit-1 | Wacha | Sit-1 |
| 7/27 | STL at CLE | Wainwright | Start-8 | Hentges | Sit-1 |
| 7/27 | CIN at CHC | Hoffman | Sit-1 | Alzolay | Maybe-4 |
| 7/27 | ARI at TEX | Widener | Sit-1 | Lyles | Sit-1 |
| 7/27 | CHW at KCR | Cease | Start-7 | Keller | Maybe-4 |
| 7/27 | DET at MIN | Alexander | Sit-2 | Maeda | Start-7 |
| 7/27 | COL at LAA | Gomber | Sit-3 | Suarez | Maybe-4 |
| 7/27 | LAD at SFG | Urias | Start-7 | Webb | Maybe-5 |
| 7/27 | OAK at SDP | Kaprielian | Maybe-4 | Paddack | Sit-3 |
| 7/27 | HOU at SEA | McCullers | Start-8 | Flexen | Sit-2 |
| Wednesday – 7/28 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 7/28 | STL at CLE | Hyun Kim | Maybe-6 | Quantrill | Sit-1 |
| 7/28 | DET at MIN | Peralta | Sit-2 | Happ | Sit-1 |
| 7/28 | HOU at SEA | Odorizzi | Maybe-5 | Kikuchi | Maybe-4 |
| 7/28 | OAK at SDP | Manaea | Maybe-6 | Snell | Maybe-4 |
| 7/28 | MIA at BAL | Thompson | Start-7 | Akin | Sit-1 |
| 7/28 | WSN at PHI | Corbin | Sit-1 | Wheeler | Start-9 |
| 7/28 | MIL at PIT | Anderson | Sit-3 | Oviedo | Sit-1 |
| 7/28 | TOR at BOS | Matz | Maybe-4 | Houck | Maybe-5 |
| 7/28 | ATL at NYM | Fried | Maybe-6 | Megill | Maybe-6 |
| 7/28 | NYY at TBR | Montgomery | Maybe-5 | Patino | Sit-3 |
| 7/28 | CIN at CHC | Mahle | Maybe-5 | Davies | Sit-3 |
| 7/28 | ARI at TEX | Bumgarner | Maybe-4 | Foltynewicz | Sit-1 |
| 7/28 | CHW at KCR | Giolito | Start-8 | Bubic | Sit-1 |
| 7/28 | COL at LAA | Chi Gonzalez | Sit-1 | Heaney | Maybe-5 |
| 7/28 | LAD at SFG | Buehler | Start-8 | DeSclafani | Maybe-5 |
| Thursday – 7/29 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 7/29 | ATL at NYM | Smyly | Sit-2 | Walker | Maybe-4 |
| 7/29 | WSN at PHI | Scherzer | Start-8 | Velasquez | Sit-1 |
| 7/29 | NYY at TBR | Cole | Start-8 | Fleming | Maybe-4 |
| 7/29 | CHW at KCR | Rodon | Start-10 | Hernandez | Sit-2 |
| 7/29 | CIN at CHC | Castillo | Start-7 | Mills | Maybe-4 |
| 7/29 | LAD at SFG | Price | Maybe-5 | Cueto | Sit-3 |
| 7/29 | MIL at PIT | Lauer | Maybe-5 | Kuhl | Sit-1 |
| 7/29 | TOR at BOS | Ryu | Maybe-6 | Rodriguez | Maybe-5 |
| 7/29 | BAL at DET | Lopez | Sit-1 | Mize | Maybe-4 |
| 7/29 | OAK at LAA | Montas | Maybe-5 | Cobb | Maybe-5 |
| 7/29 | COL at SDP | Freeland | Sit-1 | Musgrove | Start-9 |
| Friday – 7/30 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 7/30 | CHC at WSN | Williams | Sit-1 | Lester | Sit-1 |
| 7/30 | PHI at PIT | Nola | Start-9 | Crowe | Sit-1 |
| 7/30 | KCR at TOR | Lynch | Sit-1 | Stripling | Sit-1 |
| 7/30 | CIN at NYM | Gray | Maybe-6 | Carrasco | Maybe-4 |
| 7/30 | NYY at MIA | Taillon | Maybe-6 | Alcantara | Start-7 |
| 7/30 | BOS at TBR | Eovaldi | Start-7 | Yarbrough | Sit-3 |
| 7/30 | BAL at DET | Harvey | Sit-1 | Skubal | Maybe-5 |
| 7/30 | MIL at ATL | Peralta | Start-8 | Toussaint | Maybe-4 |
| 7/30 | SEA at TEX | Gilbert | Start-8 | Allard | Maybe-5 |
| 7/30 | CLE at CHW | Plesac | Maybe-6 | Lynn | Start-10 |
| 7/30 | MIN at STL | Berrios | Start-8 | LeBlanc | Sit-1 |
| 7/30 | OAK at LAA | Bassitt | Maybe-6 | Sandoval | Maybe-5 |
| 7/30 | LAD at ARI | Gonsolin | Maybe-6 | Gallen | Sit-3 |
| 7/30 | HOU at SFG | Valdez | Maybe-6 | Gausman | Start-7 |
| 7/30 | COL at SDP | Gray | Maybe-6 | Weathers | Maybe-4 |
| Saturday – 7/31 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 7/31 | KCR at TOR | Minor | Sit-2 | Manoah | Start-8 |
| 7/31 | HOU at SFG | Greinke | Maybe-6 | Wood | Maybe-5 |
| 7/31 | OAK at LAA | Irvin | Maybe-5 | Barria | Sit-1 |
| 7/31 | NYY at MIA | German | Maybe-4 | Rogers | Start-7 |
| 7/31 | BOS at TBR | Perez | Sit-2 | McClanahan | Maybe-6 |
| 7/31 | BAL at DET | Means | Maybe-6 | Manning | Sit-1 |
| 7/31 | CHC at WSN | Hendricks | Start-7 | Ross | Maybe-5 |
| 7/31 | PHI at PIT | Eflin | Start-8 | Brubaker | Maybe-4 |
| 7/31 | SEA at TEX | Gonzales | Maybe-4 | Gibson | Start-7 |
| 7/31 | CIN at NYM | Miley | Start-7 | Hill | Sit-2 |
| 7/31 | CLE at CHW | Mejia | Sit-1 | Keuchel | Maybe-4 |
| 7/31 | MIN at STL | Ober | Sit-2 | Woodford | Sit-1 |
| 7/31 | MIL at ATL | Burnes | Start-8 | Muller | Maybe-5 |
| 7/31 | LAD at ARI | Gray | Maybe-6 | Kelly | Sit-1 |
| 7/31 | COL at SDP | Marquez | Maybe-5 | Darvish | Start-10 |
| Sunday – 8/1 | |||||
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 8/1 | CHC at WSN | Alzolay | Maybe-4 | Fedde | Sit-2 |
| 8/1 | PHI at PIT | Moore | Sit-2 | Anderson | Sit-3 |
| 8/1 | KCR at TOR | Keller | Sit-3 | Ray | Start-8 |
| 8/1 | CIN at NYM | Hoffman | Sit-1 | Stroman | Start-7 |
| 8/1 | NYY at MIA | Cortes | Sit-1 | Holloway | Sit-2 |
| 8/1 | BAL at DET | Watkins | Maybe-4 | Alexander | Sit-3 |
| 8/1 | MIL at ATL | Woodruff | Start-9 | Morton | Start-8 |
| 8/1 | CLE at CHW | McKenzie | Sit-1 | Cease | Start-7 |
| 8/1 | MIN at STL | Pineda | Sit-3 | Oviedo | Sit-1 |
| 8/1 | SEA at TEX | McCaughan | Sit-1 | Dunning | Maybe-5 |
| 8/1 | HOU at SFG | Garcia | Maybe-6 | Webb | Maybe-5 |
| 8/1 | OAK at LAA | Kaprielian | Sit-3 | Ohtani | Start-7 |
| 8/1 | LAD at ARI | Urias | Start-8 | Smith | Sit-1 |
| 8/1 | COL at SDP | Gomber | Maybe-4 | Paddack | Maybe-5 |
| 8/1 | BOS at TBR | Pivetta | Sit-2 | Wacha | Sit-1 |