Sit/Start Week 4: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 4/19-4/25

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 have been some interesting developments with pitcher performances so far this season. It’s hard to see who is for real, who is getting lucky, and who you need to be worried about. 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 – 4/19
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/19	CHW at BOS	Rodon	Start-7	Eovaldi	Maybe-6
4/19	SFG at PHI	Gausman	Maybe-5	Anderson	Sit-1
4/19	STL at WSN	Flaherty	Start-7	Ross	Maybe-5
4/19	TBR at KCR	Fleming	Sit-2	Keller	Sit-2
4/19	TEX at LAA	Arihara	Maybe-4	Bundy	Start-8
4/19	MIN at OAK	Maeda	Start-9	Luzardo	Maybe-4
4/19	LAD at SEA	May	Start-8	Margevicius	Sit-1
4/19	MIL at SDP	Woodruff	Start-8	Musgrove	Start-9

 

Tuesday – 4/20
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/20	LAD at SEA	Urias	Start-8	Dunn	Sit-1
4/20	CHW at CLE	Lynn	Start-9	Plesac	Maybe-5
4/20	ATL at NYY	Morton	Start-7	Taillon	Maybe-4
4/20	PIT at DET	Anderson	Maybe-4	Fulmer	Maybe-5
4/20	BAL at MIA	Zimmermann	Maybe-4	Neidert	Sit-1
4/20	ARI at CIN	Gallen	Start-8	Castillo	Maybe-6
4/20	SFG at PHI	TBD		Wheeler	Start-8
4/20	STL at WSN	Wainwright	Sit-3	Corbin	Sit-2
4/20	TOR at BOS	Zeuch	Sit-1	Rodriguez	Start-7
4/20	NYM at CHC	Walker	Start-7	Hendricks	Start-8
4/20	TBR at KCR	Hill	Maybe-4	Junis	Maybe-4
4/20	HOU at COL	McCullers	Maybe-5	Gray	Sit-2
4/20	TEX at LAA	Lyles	Sit-1	Ohtani	Maybe-6
4/20	MIN at OAK	Berrios	Start-9	Manaea	Sit-1
4/20	MIL at SDP	Burnes	Start-9	Paddack	Maybe-5

 

Wednesday – 4/21
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/21	SFG at PHI	DeSclafani	Start-7	Eflin	Maybe-5
4/21	BAL at MIA	Harvey	Maybe-4	Rogers	Start-8
4/21	HOU at COL	Urquidy	Maybe-5	Gomber	Sit-1
4/21	MIN at OAK	Pineda	Maybe-5	Montas	Sit-3
4/21	STL at WSN	Martinez	Sit-2	Scherzer	Start-7
4/21	TEX at LAA	Foltynewicz	Sit-1	Canning	Maybe-6
4/21	MIL at SDP	Houser	Sit-3	Lamet	Maybe-4
4/21	CHW at CLE	Cease	Maybe-4	Civale	Maybe-6
4/21	ATL at NYY	Anderson	Maybe-6	Kluber	Sit-2
4/21	PIT at DET	Keller	Sit-2	Skubal	Sit-1
4/21	ARI at CIN	Widener	Sit-1	Mahle	Start-8
4/21	TOR at BOS	Matz	Maybe-6	Richards	Sit-1
4/21	NYM at CHC	Peterson	Maybe-4	Arrieta	Maybe-4
4/21	TBR at KCR	Wacha	Maybe-4	Minor	Maybe-4

 

Thursday – 4/22
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/22	ARI at CIN	Weaver	Maybe-4	Hoffman	Sit-3
4/22	PIT at DET	Brubaker	Sit-3	Urena	Sit-2
4/22	NYY at CLE	Montgomery	Maybe-6	Allen	Maybe-4
4/22	SEA at BOS	Gonzales	Sit-1	Pivetta	Sit-1
4/22	NYM at CHC	deGrom	Start-10	Davies	Sit-1
4/22	LAA at HOU	Heaney	Maybe-4	Greinke	Maybe-5
4/22	MIA at SFG	Alcantara	Start-9	Sanchez	Maybe-4
4/22	SDP at LAD	Darvish	Start-7	Buehler	Start-7

 

Friday – 4/23
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/23	MIL at CHC	Anderson	Sit-2	Williams	Sit-2
4/23	OAK at BAL	Irvin	Sit-1	Means	Maybe-6
4/23	NYY at CLE	Cole	Start-10	McKenzie	Maybe-4
4/23	KCR at DET	Singer	Maybe-4	Mize	Maybe-6
4/23	WSN at NYM	Strasburg	Maybe-4	Lucchesi	Sit-1
4/23	SEA at BOS	Kikuchi	Maybe-5	Perez	Sit-3
4/23	TOR at TBR	Ray	Sit-2	Glasnow	Start-9
4/23	ARI at ATL	Bumgarner	Sit-1	Smyly	Maybe-4
4/23	PIT at MIN	Cahill	Sit-2	Shoemaker	Sit-3
4/23	LAA at HOU	Quintana	Sit-3	Odorizzi	Sit-1
4/23	TEX at CHW	Dunning	Maybe-5	Keuchel	Maybe-4
4/23	CIN at STL	Gray	Maybe-5	Hyun Kim	Sit-2
4/23	PHI at COL	Moore	Sit-1	Marquez	Maybe-4
4/23	MIA at SFG	Lopez	Maybe-5	Wood	Sit-3
4/23	SDP at LAD	Snell	Maybe-5	Kershaw	Start-7

 

Saturday – 4/24
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/24	SEA at BOS	Flexen	Sit-2	Eovaldi	Start-7
4/24	KCR at DET	Duffy	Maybe-4	Boyd	Maybe-5
4/24	PIT at MIN	Kuhl	Sit-1	Happ	Sit-2
4/24	CIN at STL	Miley	Maybe-4	Gant	Maybe-4
4/24	MIL at CHC	Peralta	Start-7	Alzolay	Maybe-4
4/24	WSN at NYM	Lester	Sit-1	Stroman	Maybe-5
4/24	LAA at HOU	Cobb	Maybe-5	Javier	Maybe-5
4/24	NYY at CLE	German	Sit-2	Bieber	Start-9
4/24	TOR at TBR	Ryu	Start-8	Yarbrough	Maybe-4
4/24	OAK at BAL	Bassitt	Sit-2	Lopez	Sit-1
4/24	TEX at CHW	Gibson	Sit-2	Giolito	Start-9
4/24	ARI at ATL	Kelly	Sit-1	Ynoa	Maybe-6
4/24	PHI at COL	Nola	Start-7	Senzatela	Sit-1
4/24	MIA at SFG	Castano	Sit-1	Gausman	Maybe-6
4/24	SDP at LAD	Musgrove	Start-7	Bauer	Start-8

 

Sunday – 4/25
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/25	OAK at BAL	Luzardo	Maybe-5	Kremer	Sit-2
4/25	KCR at DET	Keller	Sit-2	Turnbull	Sit-1
4/25	NYY at CLE	Taillon	Maybe-4	Plesac	Maybe-5
4/25	TOR at TBR	Pearson	Sit-3	Fleming	Sit-1
4/25	SEA at BOS	Sheffield	Sit-2	Rodriguez	Start-8
4/25	WSN at NYM	Ross	Maybe-5	Walker	Maybe-6
4/25	ARI at ATL	Gallen	Start-7	Fried	Sit-3
4/25	PIT at MIN	Anderson	Sit-2	Maeda	Start-9
4/25	TEX at CHW	Arihara	Sit-3	Rodon	Start-8
4/25	LAA at HOU	Bundy	Start-7	McCullers	Maybe-5
4/25	CIN at STL	Castillo	Maybe-5	Flaherty	Maybe-6
4/25	MIL at CHC	Woodruff	Start-10	Hendricks	Start-8
4/25	PHI at COL	Anderson	Sit-1	Gray	Maybe-4
4/25	MIA at SFG	Neidert	Sit-1	TBD
4/25	SDP at LAD	Paddack	Sit-3	May	Start-7