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, David Hess 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 23 start from 9/9 to 9/15:
Note: These matchups are subject to change.
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 9/9 | NYY vs BOS | Paxton | Start-7 | Rodriguez | Start-7 |
| 9/9 | OAK vs HOU | Fiers | Maybe-4 | Greinke | Start-7 |
| 9/9 | CLE vs LAA | Bieber | Start-8 | Sandoval | Maybe-5 |
| 9/9 | MIL vs MIA | Lyles | Start-7 | Dugger | Maybe-4 |
| 9/9 | ARI vs NYM | Kelly | Maybe-5 | deGrom | Start-9 |
| 9/9 | ATL vs PHI | Foltynewicz | Maybe-5 | Nola | Start-7 |
| 9/9 | CHC vs SDP | Lester | Start-7 | Quantrill | Maybe-6 |
| 9/9 | PIT vs SFG | Williams | Maybe-6 | Bumgarner | Start-8 |
| TUESDAY – 9/10 | |||||
| 9/10 | LAD vs BAL | Buehler | Start-9 | Blach | Sit-1 |
| 9/10 | KCR vs CHW | Junis | Maybe-6 | Nova | Maybe-6 |
| 9/10 | STL vs COL | Wacha | Sit-2 | Gonzalez | Sit-1 |
| 9/10 | NYY vs DET | Green/Cessa? | Maybe-6 | Jackson | Sit-1 |
| 9/10 | OAK vs HOU | Roark | Maybe-4 | Miley | Maybe-6 |
| 9/10 | CLE vs LAA | Plesac | Maybe-4 | Suarez | Sit-3 |
| 9/10 | MIL vs MIA | Anderson | Maybe-6 | Hernandez | Sit-3 |
| 9/10 | WSH vs MIN | Sanchez | Sit-3 | Berrios | Start-7 |
| 9/10 | ARI vs NYM | Gallen | Start-7 | Wheeler | Start-7 |
| 9/10 | ATL vs PHI | Fried | Start-7 | Vargas | Sit-3 |
| 9/10 | CHC vs SDP | Quintana | Start-7 | Paddack | Start-8 |
| 9/10 | CIN vs SEA | Bauer | Start-7 | Sheffield | Maybe-5 |
| 9/10 | PIT vs SFG | Agrazal | Sit-3 | Webb | Maybe-5 |
| 9/10 | TBR vs TEX | Yarbrough | Start-7 | Lynn | Start-7 |
| 9/10 | BOS vs TOR | Eovaldi | Maybe-6 | Font/Bulk | Sit-1 |
| WEDNESDAY – 9/11 | |||||
| 9/11 | LAD vs BAL | Maeda? | Start-7 | Means | Sit-2 |
| 9/11 | KCR vs CHW | Sparkman | Sit-3 | Lopez | Maybe-6 |
| 9/11 | STL vs COL | Hudson | Maybe-5 | Senzatela | Sit-2 |
| 9/11 | NYY vs DET | German | Start-9 | Boyd | Maybe-6 |
| 9/11 | OAK vs HOU | Anderson | Sit-3 | Valdez | Maybe-5 |
| 9/11 | CLE vs LAA | Plutko | Sit-3 | Peters | Maybe-4 |
| 9/11 | MIL vs MIA | Davies | Start-7 | Lopez | Maybe-6 |
| 9/11 | WSH vs MIN | Strasburg | Start-8 | Perez | Maybe-4 |
| 9/11 | ARI vs NYM | Ray | Start-7 | Matz | Start-7 |
| 9/11 | ATL vs PHI | Keuchel | Start-7 | Eflin | Maybe-5 |
| 9/11 | CHC vs SDP | Hamels | Start-7 | Lamet | Start-7 |
| 9/11 | CIN vs SEA | Gray | Start-8 | Gonzales | Maybe-5 |
| 9/11 | PIT vs SFG | Musgrove | Start-7 | Samardzija | Start-7 |
| 9/11 | TBR vs TEX | Pruitt | Maybe-6 | Jurado | Sit-2 |
| 9/11 | BOS vs TOR | Chacin | Sit-3 | Thornton | Sit-2 |
| THURSDAY – 9/12 | |||||
| 9/12 | LAD vs BAL | Hill | Maybe-5 | Bundy | Sit-2 |
| 9/12 | KCR vs CHW | Lopez | Sit-3 | Giolito | Start-9 |
| 9/12 | STL vs COL | Mikolas | Sit-3 | Melville | Sit-2 |
| 9/12 | NYY vs DET | Happ | Start-7 | Turnbull | Sit-2 |
| 9/12 | OAK vs HOU | Bailey | Sit-3 | Verlander | Start-9 |
| 9/12 | MIL vs MIA | Gonzalez | Start-7 | Smith | Start-7 |
| 9/12 | WSH vs MIN | Corbin | Start-7 | Pineda | Maybe-6 |
| 9/12 | ARI vs NYM | Young | Maybe-4 | Stroman | Maybe-5 |
| 9/12 | ATL vs PHI | Teheran | Maybe-5 | Smyly | Sit-3 |
| 9/12 | CHC vs SDP | Darvish | Start-8 | Lucchesi | Maybe-6 |
| 9/12 | CIN vs SEA | Mahle | Start-7 | Milone | Sit-3 |
| 9/12 | PIT vs SFG | Brault | Maybe-6 | Beede | Sit-3 |
| 9/12 | TBR vs TEX | McKay | Maybe-6 | Allard | Start-7 |
| 9/12 | BOS vs TOR | Price | Start-7 | Buchholz | Sit-2 |
| FRIDAY – 9/13 | |||||
| 9/13 | CIN vs ARI | Castillo | Start-8 | Leake | Maybe-5 |
| 9/13 | PIT vs CHC | Keller | Maybe-5 | Hendricks | Start-8 |
| 9/13 | MIN vs CLE | Odorizzi | Start-7 | Civale | Maybe-5 |
| 9/13 | SDP vs COL | Lauer | Maybe-4 | Hoffman | Sit-3 |
| 9/13 | BAL vs DET | Brooks | Maybe-5 | Zimmermann | Sit-3 |
| 9/13 | HOU vs KCR | Cole | Start-9 | Duffy | Sit-3 |
| 9/13 | TBR vs LAA | Morton | Start-8 | Heaney | Start-7 |
| 9/13 | LAD vs NYM | Kershaw | Start-8 | Syndergaard | Start-8 |
| 9/13 | CHW vs SEA | Covey | Sit-2 | Kikuchi | Sit-3 |
| 9/13 | MIA vs SFG | Alcantara | Start-7 | Rodriguez | Maybe-4 |
| 9/13 | MIL vs STL | Houser | Maybe-6 | Wainwright | Maybe-6 |
| 9/13 | OAK vs TEX | Bassitt | Maybe-4 | Burke | Maybe-5 |
| 9/13 | NYY vs TOR | Tanaka | Start-7 | Kay | Sit-3 |
| 9/13 | ATL vs WSH | Soroka | Start-7 | Scherzer | Start-8 |
| SATURDAY – 9/14 | |||||
| 9/14 | CIN vs ARI | DeSclafani | Maybe-6 | Kelly | Start-7 |
| 9/14 | PIT vs CHC | Williams | Maybe-5 | Lester | Start-7 |
| 9/14 | MIN vs CLE | Opener/Thorpe? | Sit-3 | Clevinger | Start-8 |
| 9/14 | SDP vs COL | Quantrill | Sit-3 | Lambert | Sit-3 |
| 9/14 | BAL vs DET | Wojciechowski | Start-7 | Norris | Maybe-5 |
| 9/14 | HOU vs KCR | Greinke | Start-9 | Montgomery | Maybe-4 |
| 9/14 | TBR vs LAA | Glasnow | Start-7 | Barria | Sit-3 |
| 9/14 | LAD vs NYM | Urias | Maybe-6 | deGrom | Start-9 |
| 9/14 | BOS vs PHI | Porcello | Sit-3 | Nola | Start-7 |
| 9/14 | CHW vs SEA | Cease | Start-7 | Hernandez | Maybe-5 |
| 9/14 | MIA vs SFG | Dugger | Maybe-5 | Bumgarner | Start-9 |
| 9/14 | MIL vs STL | Lyles | Start-7 | Flaherty | Start-9 |
| 9/14 | OAK vs TEX | Manaea | Start-7 | Minor | Start-8 |
| 9/14 | NYY vs TOR | Paxton | Start-8 | Waguespack | Sit-3 |
| 9/14 | ATL vs WSH | Foltynewicz | Maybe-6 | Ross | Maybe-4 |
| SUNDAY – 9/15 | |||||
| 9/15 | CIN vs ARI | Bauer | Start-7 | Gallen | Start-8 |
| 9/15 | PIT vs CHC | Agrazal | Sit-2 | Quintana | Start-7 |
| 9/15 | MIN vs CLE | Berrios | Maybe-6 | Bieber | Start-9 |
| 9/15 | SDP vs COL | ???? | Gonzalez | Sit-2 | |
| 9/15 | BAL vs DET | Blach | Sit-3 | Jackson | Sit-2 |
| 9/15 | HOU vs KCR | Miley | Start-7 | Junis | Sit-3 |
| 9/15 | TBR vs LAA | Yarbrough | Start-7 | Sandoval | Maybe-5 |
| 9/15 | LAD vs NYM | Buehler | Start-8 | Wheeler | Start-7 |
| 9/15 | BOS vs PHI | Rodriguez | Start-7 | Velasquez | Sit-3 |
| 9/15 | CHW vs SEA | Nova | Maybe-5 | Hernandez | Maybe-5 |
| 9/15 | MIA vs SFG | Hernandez | Maybe-5 | Webb | Start-7 |
| 9/15 | MIL vs STL | Anderson | Maybe-5 | Wacha | Sit-3 |
| 9/15 | OAK vs TEX | Fiers | Maybe-6 | Lynn | Start-7 |
| 9/15 | NYY vs TOR | Green/Cessa? | Maybe-4 | Font/Bulk | Sit-1 |
| 9/15 | ATL vs WSH | Fried | Start-7 | Sanchez | Sit-3 |
Graphic by Michael Haas (@digitalHaas on Twitter)
