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 |
