Welcome back to Sit/Start, where every Saturday here at Pitcher List, we review all expected starting pitcher matchups for the week ahead. 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.
We are now moving into the season and have performances from most of these starters to go off of! It is still early and is a little harder to tell if a pitcher is the real deal or fool’s gold. 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 – 4/12 | |||||
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
4/12 | BOS at MIN | Perez | Sit-1 | Happ | Maybe-4 |
4/12 | SDP at PIT | Darvish | Start-9 | Cahill | Sit-1 |
4/12 | SEA at BAL | Sheffield | Maybe-4 | Kremer | Sit-1 |
4/12 | NYY at TOR | Cole | Start-9 | Ryu | Start-8 |
4/12 | TEX at TBR | Dunning | Maybe-4 | Glasnow | Start-9 |
4/12 | PHI at NYM | Anderson | Sit-1 | Peterson | Sit-1 |
4/12 | MIA at ATL | Alcantara | Start-8 | Fried | Start-7 |
4/12 | CHC at MIL | Alzolay | Sit-2 | Peralta | Start-7 |
4/12 | WSN at STL | Strasburg | Start-8 | Gant | Maybe-4 |
4/12 | DET at HOU | Mize | Maybe-5 | Greinke | Start-8 |
4/12 | LAA at KCR | Quintana | Sit-3 | Duffy | Sit-2 |
4/12 | CLE at CHW | Bieber | Start-9 | Giolito | Start-9 |
4/12 | OAK at ARI | Bassitt | Sit-1 | Bumgarner | Sit-1 |
4/12 | CIN at SFG | Miley | Maybe-5 | Sanchez | Maybe-4 |
Tuesday – 4/13 | |||||
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
4/13 | BOS at MIN | Eovaldi | Maybe-5 | Maeda | Start-8 |
4/13 | OAK at ARI | Luzardo | Sit-3 | Kelly | Sit-1 |
4/13 | SDP at PIT | Snell | Start-10 | Kuhl | Sit-1 |
4/13 | SEA at BAL | Margevicius | Sit-2 | Means | Start-7 |
4/13 | NYY at TOR | Taillon | Start-7 | Stripling | Sit-1 |
4/13 | TEX at TBR | Gibson | Sit-2 | Yarbrough | Sit-3 |
4/13 | PHI at NYM | Nola | Start-8 | Walker | Maybe-4 |
4/13 | MIA at ATL | Lopez | Start-7 | Ynoa | Maybe-6 |
4/13 | CHC at MIL | Hendricks | Start-7 | Woodruff | Start-8 |
4/13 | WSN at STL | Fedde | Sit-1 | Flaherty | Maybe-6 |
4/13 | DET at HOU | Boyd | Maybe-5 | Odorizzi | Maybe-4 |
4/13 | LAA at KCR | Bundy | Start-8 | Junis | Maybe-4 |
4/13 | CLE at CHW | McKenzie | Maybe-5 | Keuchel | Maybe-5 |
4/13 | CIN at SFG | Castillo | Maybe-6 | Gausman | Maybe-6 |
4/13 | COL at LAD | Senzatela | Sit-1 | Kershaw | Start-10 |
Wednesday – 4/14 | |||||
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
4/14 | NYY at TOR | Kluber | Maybe-4 | Matz | Maybe-6 |
4/14 | WSN at STL | Ross | Sit-1 | Wainwright | Sit-1 |
4/14 | CHC at MIL | Arrieta | Maybe-4 | Burnes | Start-8 |
4/14 | LAA at KCR | Canning | Maybe-4 | Keller | Sit-2 |
4/14 | BOS at MIN | Rodriguez | Maybe-4 | Berrios | Start-7 |
4/14 | CIN at SFG | Mahle | Start-7 | Cueto | Maybe-4 |
4/14 | SDP at PIT | Musgrove | Start-9 | Anderson | Sit-2 |
4/14 | SEA at BAL | Dunn | Sit-1 | Harvey | Sit-2 |
4/14 | TEX at TBR | Arihara | Sit-1 | Hill | Sit-1 |
4/14 | DET at HOU | Teheran | Sit-1 | Javier | Maybe-4 |
4/14 | PHI at NYM | Wheeler | Start-8 | Lucchesi | Sit-1 |
4/14 | MIA at ATL | Neidert | Sit-1 | Morton | Maybe-6 |
4/14 | CLE at CHW | Plesac | Maybe-6 | Lynn | Start-7 |
4/14 | COL at LAD | Gray | Sit-2 | Bauer | Start-9 |
Thursday – 4/15 | |||||
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
4/15 | PHI at NYM | Eflin | Start-7 | deGrom | Start-9 |
4/15 | MIA at ATL | Rogers | Maybe-4 | Anderson | Start-7 |
4/15 | SDP at PIT | Paddack | Maybe-5 | Keller | Sit-1 |
4/15 | SEA at BAL | Gonzales | Sit-3 | Zimmermann | Maybe-5 |
4/15 | BOS at MIN | Richards | Sit-1 | Pineda | Start-7 |
4/15 | CLE at CHW | Civale | Maybe-5 | Cease | Sit-2 |
4/15 | ARI at WSN | Widener | Sit-2 | Corbin | Maybe-5 |
4/15 | TEX at TBR | Lyles | Sit-3 | Archer | Sit-2 |
4/15 | TOR at KCR | Roark | Sit-1 | Minor | Sit-2 |
4/15 | DET at OAK | Skubal | Maybe-5 | Irvin | Sit-1 |
4/15 | COL at LAD | Gomber | Sit-1 | Buehler | Start-7 |
Friday – 4/16 | |||||
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
4/16 | ATL at CHC | Smyly | Start-7 | Davies | Maybe-4 |
4/16 | STL at PHI | Martinez | Sit-2 | Moore | Sit-1 |
4/16 | TBR at NYY | Wacha | Sit-2 | German | Sit-3 |
4/16 | ARI at WSN | Weaver | Sit-1 | Scherzer | Start-7 |
4/16 | SFG at MIA | Webb | Sit-2 | Castano | Sit-1 |
4/16 | CHW at BOS | Rodon | Maybe-6 | Pivetta | Sit-2 |
4/16 | CLE at CIN | Allen | Sit-1 | Gray | Maybe-4 |
4/16 | BAL at TEX | Lopez | Sit-1 | Foltynewicz | Sit-1 |
4/16 | PIT at MIL | Brubaker | Sit-1 | Houser | Maybe-5 |
4/16 | TOR at KCR | Ray | Sit-3 | Singer | Sit-2 |
4/16 | NYM at COL | Stroman | Maybe-4 | Chi Gonzalez | Sit-1 |
4/16 | MIN at LAA | Shoemaker | Maybe-5 | Heaney | Sit-2 |
4/16 | DET at OAK | Urena | Sit-1 | Manaea | Sit-1 |
4/16 | HOU at SEA | McCullers | Start-7 | Kikuchi | Maybe-6 |
4/16 | LAD at SDP | Urias | Start-7 | Morejon | Sit-2 |
Saturday – 4/17 | |||||
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
4/17 | ARI at WSN | Bumgarner | Sit-1 | Strasburg | Start-9 |
4/17 | TBR at NYY | Glasnow | Start-8 | Montgomery | Start-7 |
4/17 | TOR at KCR | Ryu | Start-9 | Duffy | Sit-3 |
4/17 | ATL at CHC | Fried | Start-7 | Williams | Maybe-5 |
4/17 | CHW at BOS | Giolito | Start-9 | Perez | Sit-2 |
4/17 | STL at PHI | Hyun Kim | Sit-2 | Anderson | Sit-1 |
4/17 | DET at OAK | Mize | Maybe-6 | Montas | Sit-3 |
4/17 | CLE at CIN | Bieber | Start-8 | Hoffman | Sit-2 |
4/17 | SFG at MIA | DeSclafani | Maybe-4 | Alcantara | Start-9 |
4/17 | BAL at TEX | Kremer | Sit-1 | Dunning | Maybe-4 |
4/17 | PIT at MIL | Cahill | Sit-1 | Anderson | Sit-1 |
4/17 | NYM at COL | Peterson | Sit-1 | Marquez | Sit-3 |
4/17 | LAD at SDP | May | Start-7 | Darvish | Start-7 |
4/17 | MIN at LAA | Happ | Sit-3 | Cobb | Maybe-4 |
4/17 | HOU at SEA | Urquidy | Maybe-6 | Flexen | Sit-2 |
Sunday – 4/18 | |||||
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
4/18 | ARI at WSN | Kelly | Sit-1 | Lester | Sit-1 |
4/18 | TBR at NYY | Yarbrough | Sit-3 | Cole | Start-9 |
4/18 | STL at PHI | Gant | Sit-3 | Nola | Start-7 |
4/18 | SFG at MIA | Sanchez | Maybe-5 | Lopez | Start-7 |
4/18 | CHW at BOS | Keuchel | Maybe-5 | Eovaldi | Maybe-5 |
4/18 | CLE at CIN | McKenzie | Maybe-4 | Miley | Maybe-5 |
4/18 | TOR at KCR | Stripling | Sit-1 | Junis | Maybe-5 |
4/18 | PIT at MIL | Kuhl | Sit-1 | Peralta | Start-8 |
4/18 | BAL at TEX | Means | Start-7 | Gibson | Sit-2 |
4/18 | NYM at COL | Walker | Sit-2 | Senzatela | Sit-1 |
4/18 | DET at OAK | Boyd | Maybe-5 | Bassitt | Sit-1 |
4/18 | MIN at LAA | Maeda | Start-7 | Ohtani | Maybe-5 |
4/18 | LAD at SDP | Kershaw | Start-7 | Snell | Start-7 |
4/18 | HOU at SEA | Greinke | Start-8 | Sheffield | Sit-2 |
4/18 | ATL at CHC | Ynoa | Maybe-5 | Alzolay | Sit-2 |
Where can we find weekly sit/start advice for individual starting pitchers? Not matchups.
Why do you want to sit Bassit against Detroit?
5.56 K/9 5.56 ERA 7.00 xERA 5.55 FIP 5.07 xFIP
There is no way I’m starting him. The underlying numbers have always been pretty lackluster for Bassitt, and they are pretty similar again. I don’t expect these numbers, while only reflecting 11 innings, to massively improve to a must-start pitcher. I think these results are more in line with the pitcher Bassit actually is than what he has been. That’s why I feel comfortable using them even over a short sample.
Hi Lucas.
Don’t know if you mentioned this somewhere before, but from a fantasy perspective how should we be viewing these rankings in relation to our fantasy league size? I would think the rankings would have to scale differently based on how deep your league is correct?