Sit/Start Week 18: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 8/5-8/11

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. A few months ago, I implemented a scoring system (1-10) next to each designation. A score of 10 is a top-tier start option and a score of 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 18 start from 8/5 to 8/11:

Note: These matchups are subject to change.

Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
8/5	PHI vs ARI	Velasquez	Maybe-6	Leake	Maybe-5
8/5	NYY vs BAL	Tanaka	Maybe-6	Means	Sit-2
8/5	KCR vs BOS	Montgomery	Sit-1	Porcello	Maybe-6
8/5	OAK vs CHC	Bassitt	Maybe-6	Hendricks	Start-8
8/5	LAA vs CIN	Canning	Start-7	Castillo	Start-9
8/5	TEX vs CLE	Jurado	Sit-3	Civale	Maybe-4
8/5	CHW vs DET	Giolito	Start-9	VerHagen	Sit-3
8/5	STL vs LAD	Wacha	Sit-1	Gonsolin	Sit-3
8/5	ATL vs MIN	Soroka	Start-7	Berrios	Start-8
8/5	MIA vs NYM	Alcantara	Sit-3	deGrom	Start-10
8/5	MIA vs NYM	Chen?	Sit-2	????
8/5	MIL vs PIT	Lyles	Maybe-5	Agrazal	Sit-3
8/5	WSH vs SFG	Fedde	Maybe-5	Samardzija	Maybe-6
8/5	TOR vs TBR	Waguespack	Sit-2	Morton	Start-9
Tuesday – 8/6
8/6	PHI vs ARI	Arrieta	Maybe-6	Gallen	Start-7
8/6	NYY vs BAL	Opener/Cortes?	Maybe-4	Wojciechowski	Sit-3
8/6	KCR vs BOS	Junis	Sit-2	Cashner	Maybe-6
8/6	OAK vs CHC	Anderson	Sit-3	Lester	Start-7
8/6	LAA vs CIN	Suarez	Sit-3	DeSclafani	Start-7
8/6	TEX vs CLE	Minor	Maybe-6	Plesac	Maybe-4
8/6	CHW vs DET	Cease	Start-7	Norris	Maybe-5
8/6	CHW vs DET	Nova	Maybe-4	????
8/6	COL vs HOU	Marquez	Start-7	Greinke	Start-8
8/6	STL vs LAD	Mikolas	Sit-3	Kershaw	Start-9
8/6	ATL vs MIN	Fried	Maybe-5	Pineda	Maybe-6
8/6	MIA vs NYM	????		Wheeler	Start-9
8/6	MIL vs PIT	Anderson	Start-7	Williams	Maybe-6
8/6	SDP vs SEA	Lamet	Maybe-5	LeBlanc	Maybe-4
8/6	WSH vs SFG	Sanchez	Start-7	Rodriguez	Sit-2
8/6	TOR vs TBR	Thornton	Sit-2	Yarbrough	Start-7
Wednesday 8/7
8/7	PHI vs ARI	Vargas	Maybe-5	Young	Maybe-6
8/7	NYY vs BAL	Paxton	Start-7	Brooks	Sit-1
8/7	KCR vs BOS	Sparkman	Sit-2	Rodriguez	Start-8
8/7	OAK vs CHC	Bailey	Sit-2	Quintana	Maybe-5
8/7	TEX vs CLE	Lynn	Start-7	Clevinger	Start-9
8/7	CHW vs DET	Detwiler	Sit-2	Alexander	Sit-3
8/7	COL vs HOU	Lambert	Sit-2	Cole	Start-10
8/7	STL vs LAD	Flaherty	Start-7	May	Maybe-4
8/7	ATL vs MIN	Gausman	Sit-3	Perez	Maybe-5
8/7	MIA vs NYM	Yamamoto	Maybe-4	Matz	Start-7
8/7	MIL vs PIT	Davies	Maybe-5	Archer	Maybe-4
8/7	SDP vs SEA	Lucchesi	Maybe-6	Kikuchi	Sit-3
8/7	WSH vs SFG	Ross	Sit-3	Anderson	Sit-3
8/7	TOR vs TBR	Font/Kingham?	Sit-3	McKay	Maybe-6
Thursday – 8/8
8/8	LAA vs BOS	Peters	Sit-1	Sale	Start-9
8/8	CHC vs CIN	Hamels	Start-7	Wood	Maybe-5
8/8	KCR vs DET	Duffy	Start-7	Boyd	Start-9
8/8	ATL vs MIA	Keuchel	Start-8	Hernandez	Maybe-5
8/8	CLE vs MIN	Plutko	Sit-2	Gibson	Maybe-6
8/8	COL vs SDP	Gray	Start-7	Lauer	Sit-3
8/8	PHI vs SFG	Nola	Start-9	Bumgarner	Start-8
8/8	NYY vs TOR	German	Start-7	Pannone	Sit-2
Friday – 8/9
8/9	HOU vs BAL	Miley	Start-7	Bundy	Sit-2
8/9	LAA vs BOS	Pena	Sit-2	Price	Start-8
8/9	OAK vs CHW	Fiers	Start-7	Lopez	Maybe-5
8/9	CHC vs CIN	Darvish	Start-7	Bauer	Start-8
8/9	KCR vs DET	Keller	Start-7	Zimmermann	Maybe-4
8/9	ARI vs LAD	Ray	Maybe-6	Buehler	Start-9
8/9	ATL vs MIA	Teheran	Start-7	Smith	Start-7
8/9	TEX vs MIL	Sampson	Sit-2	Gonzalez	Sit-3
8/9	CLE vs MIN	Bieber	Start-8	Odorizzi	Start-7
8/9	WSH vs NYM	Strasburg	Start-9	Stroman	Maybe-6
8/9	COL vs SDP	Freeland	Sit-3	Quantrill	Start-7
8/9	TBR vs SEA	Opener/Beeks	Maybe-4	Gonzales	Maybe-4
8/9	PHI vs SFG	Smyly	Maybe-6	Beede	Maybe-5
8/9	PIT vs STL	Musgrove	Maybe-6	Hudson	Sit-3
8/9	NYY vs TOR	Happ	Sit-3	Reid-Foley	Sit-2
Saturday – 8/10
8/10	HOU vs BAL	Sanchez	Sit-3	Eshelman	Sit-1
8/10	LAA vs BOS	Barria	Sit-1	Porcello	Maybe-4
8/10	OAK vs CHW	Roark	Maybe-5	Giolito	Start-8
8/10	CHC vs CIN	Hendricks	Start-7	Gray	Start-7
8/10	KCR vs DET	Montgomery	Maybe-6	VerHagen	Sit-3
8/10	ARI vs LAD	Kelly	Sit-3	Maeda	Start-7
8/10	ATL vs MIA	Soroka	Start-8	Alcantara	Sit-3
8/10	TEX vs MIL	Payano	Sit-1	Houser	Sit-2
8/10	CLE vs MIN	Civale	Sit-3	Berrios	Start-8
8/10	WSH vs NYM	Corbin	Start-9	Syndergaard	Start-8
8/10	COL vs SDP	????		Paddack	Start-9
8/10	TBR vs SEA	Chirinos	Start-7	Wisler	Sit-2
8/10	PHI vs SFG	Velasquez	Start-7	Samardzija	Maybe-6
8/10	PIT vs STL	????		Wainwright	Maybe-5
8/10	NYY vs TOR	Tanaka	Start-7	Waguespack	Sit-2
Sunday – 8/11
8/11	HOU vs BAL	Verlander	Start-9	Means	Sit-3
8/11	LAA vs BOS	Canning	Maybe-4	Cashner	Maybe-5
8/11	OAK vs CHW	Bassitt	Start-7	Cease	Start-7
8/11	CHC vs CIN	Lester	Maybe-6	Castillo	Start-8
8/11	KCR vs DET	Junis	Maybe-6	Norris	Maybe-5
8/11	ARI vs LAD	Leake	Sit-3	Gonsolin	Maybe-4
8/11	ATL vs MIA	Fried	Start-8	????
8/11	TEX vs MIL	Jurado	Sit-2	Lyles	Sit-3
8/11	CLE vs MIN	Plesac	Maybe-4	Pineda	Start-7
8/11	WSH vs NYM	Fedde	Sit-3	deGrom	Start-9
8/11	COL vs SDP	Marquez	Start-8	Lamet	Start-7
8/11	TBR vs SEA	Morton	Start-8	LeBlanc	Sit-2
8/11	PHI vs SFG	Arrieta	Start-7	????
8/11	PIT vs STL	Agrazal	Sit-3	Wacha	Sit-3
8/11	NYY vs TOR	Opener/Cortes?	Sit-3	Thornton	Sit-2