Sit/Start Week 4: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 4/24 - 4/30

Welcome back to Sit/Start, where we review all expected starting pitcher matchups for the week ahead. I will be carrying over the ranking system from last year. There are three labels: Start, Maybe, and Sit.

Starts are surefire 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 than 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, a healthy Jacob deGrom at the Oakland Athletics. A Sit-1 is a pitcher who, under no circumstances, should you consider starting.

It is still a volatile pitching landscape. The juiced ball might be back, and pitchers that you can rely on are few and far between. If it’s any consolation, you can’t really beat yourself up for making any pitching decision right now. Most are a coin flip at best. Hopefully things normalize as we continue the season, but with the weather warming up, I feel like the best we can hope for at the moment is maintaining the current landscape.

For some housekeeping, I will try my best to update these at least once after they go live, but there is a ton of schedule and rotation shuffling. I apologize ahead of time if something is not currently in the table below.

Without further ado, let’s see how your rotation is shaping up for this week. Feel free to question my rankings in the comments, and let’s discuss!

Monday – 4/24
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/24	COL at CLE	A. Gomber	Sit-1	P. Battenfield	Maybe-5
4/24	BOS at BAL	C. Sale	Maybe-6	D. Kremer	Sit-3
4/24	TEX at CIN	N. Eovaldi	Maybe-6	N. Lodolo	Start-8
4/24	HOU at TBR	J. Urquidy	Maybe-5	T. Bradley	Maybe-6
4/24	CHW at TOR	L. Lynn	Maybe-5	C. Bassitt	Maybe-5
4/24	MIA at ATL	E. Cabrera	Maybe-4	S. Strider	Start-10
4/24	DET at MIL	M. Boyd	Sit-2	C. Rea	Maybe-4
4/24	NYY at MIN	J. Brito	Sit-3	J. Ryan	Start-7
4/24	OAK at LAA	K. Waldichuk	Maybe-4	J. Suarez	Sit-1
4/24	KCR at ARI	B. Keller	Maybe-5	T. Henry	Sit-1
4/24	STL at SFG	J. Montgomery	Start-7	A. Cobb	Maybe-6

Tuesday – 4/25
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/25	COL at CLE	R. Feltner	Maybe-5	C. Quantrill	Maybe-6
4/25	BOS at BAL	C. Kluber	Sit-3	K. Bradish	Maybe-4
4/25	LAD at PIT	N. Syndergaard	Maybe-5	J. Oviedo	Maybe-6
4/25	TEX at CIN	M. Pérez	Maybe-5	L. Weaver	Sit-1
4/25	SEA at PHI	L. Gilbert	Start-7	B. Falter	Maybe-5
4/25	HOU at TBR	L. Garcia	Maybe-6	D. Rasmussen	Start-8
4/25	CHW at TOR	M. Clevinger	Maybe-4	J. Berríos	Sit-1
4/25	WSN at NYM	J. Gray	Maybe-4	J. Butto	Sit-1
4/25	MIA at ATL	S. Alcantara	Start-7	C. Morton	Maybe-6
4/25	DET at MIL	S. Turnbull	Sit-2	E. Lauer	Maybe-4
4/25	NYY at MIN	N. Cortes	Start-8	K. Maeda	Maybe-5
4/25	SDP at CHC	B. Snell	Maybe-4	J. Steele	Maybe-6
4/25	OAK at LAA	M. Miller	Maybe-5	G. Canning	Maybe-6
4/25	KCR at ARI	B. Singer	Sit-2	R. Nelson	Maybe-4
4/25	STL at SFG	J. Woodford	Sit-1	S. Manaea	Sit-3

Wednesday – 4/26
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/26	TEX at CIN	J. Gray	Maybe-4	G. Ashcraft	Start-7
4/26	BOS at BAL	T. Houck	Maybe-4	T. Wells	Maybe-6
4/26	CHW at TOR	M. Kopech	Sit-1	Y. Kikuchi	Maybe-4
4/26	COL at CLE	N. Davis	Sit-3	K. Pilkington	Sit-1
4/26	NYY at MIN	D. German	Maybe-5	T. Mahle	Maybe-6
4/26	DET at MIL	M. Lorenzen	Sit-2	F. Peralta	Start-8
4/26	KCR at ARI	R. Yarbrough	Sit-1	Z. Gallen	Start-10
4/26	LAD at PIT	J. Urías	Start-9	R. Contreras	Maybe-4
4/26	SEA at PHI	M. Gonzales	Maybe-5	T. Walker	Maybe-5
4/26	HOU at TBR	H. Brown	Start-7	C. Faucher	Sit-1
4/26	WSN at NYM	M. Gore	Maybe-4	K. Senga	Maybe-5
4/26	MIA at ATL	B. Hoeing	Sit-1	B. Elder	Maybe-6
4/26	SDP at CHC	N. Martinez	Maybe-5	D. Smyly	Maybe-5
4/26	OAK at LAA	J. Sears	Maybe-5	P. Sandoval	Start-8
4/26	STL at SFG	S. Matz	Maybe-5	A. DeSclafani	Maybe-4

Thursday – 4/27
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/27	MIA at ATL	B. Garrett	Maybe-4	K. Wright	Maybe-6
4/27	LAD at PIT	D. May	Start-7	M. Keller	Maybe-5
4/27	SEA at PHI	G. Kirby	Start-7	M. Strahm	Maybe-4
4/27	SDP at CHC	M. Wacha	Sit-3	H. Wesneski	Maybe-4
4/27	STL at SFG	M. Mikolas	Sit-1	L. Webb	Maybe-5
4/27	OAK at LAA	J. Kaprielian	Sit-1	S. Ohtani	Start-10
4/27	BAL at DET	K. Gibson	Maybe-4	J. Wentz	Sit-3
4/27	TBR at CHW	S. McClanahan	Start-9	D. Cease	Start-8
4/27	WSN at NYM	T. Williams	Sit-3	J. Lucchesi	Sit-1
4/27	KCR at MIN	Z. Greinke	Sit-3	P. López	Start-10
4/27	NYY at TEX	G. Cole	Start-10	A. Heaney	Maybe-5

Friday – 4/28
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/28	KCR at MIN	J. Lyles	Sit-3	S. Gray	Start-8
4/28	BAL at DET	G. Rodriguez	Maybe-4	E. Rodríguez	Maybe-5
4/28	CHC at MIA	M. Stroman	Start-7	J. Luzardo	Start-7
4/28	PIT at WSN	R. Hill	Maybe-4	C. Kuhl	Sit-1
4/28	SEA at TOR	L. Castillo	Start-8	A. Manoah	Maybe-6
4/28	CLE at BOS	S. Bieber	Start-7	G. Whitlock	Maybe-5
4/28	TBR at CHW	Z. Eflin	Maybe-5	L. Giolito	Maybe-6
4/28	ATL at NYM	M. Fried	Start-7	D. Peterson	Sit-3
4/28	NYY at TEX	C. Schmidt	Sit-2	J. deGrom	Start-8
4/28	LAA at MIL	T. Anderson	Sit-3	W. Miley	Maybe-5
4/28	PHI at HOU	A. Nola	Maybe-6	F. Valdez	Start-7
4/28	ARI at COL	M. Kelly	Sit-1	K. Freeland	Sit-1
4/28	CIN at OAK	L. Cessa	Sit-1	K. Muller	Sit-1
4/28	STL at LAD	J. Flaherty	Maybe-4	C. Kershaw	Start-8

Saturday – 4/29
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/29	PIT at WSN	V. Velasquez	Maybe-6	P. Corbin	Sit-1
4/29	BAL at DET	D. Kremer	Sit-3	M. Boyd	Sit-3
4/29	KCR at MIN	B. Keller	Maybe-5	J. Ryan	Start-8
4/29	SEA at TOR	C. Flexen	Sit-2	K. Gausman	Start-8
4/29	ATL at NYM	S. Strider	Start-8	T. Megill	Maybe-4
4/29	CHC at MIA	A. Sampson	Sit-1	E. Cabrera	Maybe-4
4/29	CIN at OAK	H. Greene	Maybe-5	S. Fujinami	Sit-1
4/29	CLE at BOS	L. Taylor Allen	Sit-1	B. Bello	Sit-2
4/29	PHI at HOU	Z. Wheeler	Maybe-6	C. Javier	Maybe-6
4/29	SFG at SDP	R. Stripling	Sit-2	J. Musgrove	Maybe-4
4/29	NYY at TEX	J. Brito	Sit-3	N. Eovaldi	Maybe-5
4/29	LAA at MIL	R. Detmers	Start-7	C. Burnes	Start-8
4/29	TBR at CHW	T. Bradley	Start-7	L. Lynn	Maybe-6
4/29	ARI at COL	D. Jameson	Sit-2	J. Urena	Sit-1
4/29	STL at LAD	J. Montgomery	Maybe-5	G. Stone	Maybe-4

Sunday – 4/30
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
4/30	CHC at MIA	J. Steele	Start-7	S. Alcantara	Start-8
4/30	CLE at BOS	P. Battenfield	Maybe-4	C. Sale	Start-7
4/30	PIT at WSN	J. Oviedo	Start-7	J. Gray	Maybe-5
4/30	SEA at TOR	L. Gilbert	Start-7	C. Bassitt	Maybe-5
4/30	BAL at DET	K. Bradish	Maybe-6	S. Turnbull	Sit-2
4/30	ATL at NYM	C. Morton	Maybe-5	J. Butto	Sit-1
4/30	LAA at MIL	J. Suarez	Sit-1	C. Rea	Sit-3
4/30	KCR at MIN	B. Singer	Sit-2	K. Maeda	Start-7
4/30	TBR at CHW	D. Rasmussen	Start-8	M. Clevinger	Maybe-5
4/30	NYY at TEX	N. Cortes	Start-8	M. Pérez	Maybe-4
4/30	ARI at COL	T. Henry	Sit-1	A. Gomber	Sit-1
4/30	SFG at SDP	A. Cobb	Start-7	Y. Darvish	Start-8
4/30	CIN at OAK	N. Lodolo	Start-9	K. Waldichuk	Maybe-4
4/30	STL at LAD	A. Wainwright	Sit-1	N. Syndergaard	Maybe-5
4/30	PHI at HOU	B. Falter	Maybe-4	J. Urquidy	Maybe-5

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3 responses to “Sit/Start Week 4: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 4/24 – 4/30”

Bill Corfield says:

April 23, 2023 at 7:50 PM

What about Lugo??

Gifford Nutbrown says:

April 24, 2023 at 7:04 AM

What about multiple pitchers that aren’t pitching until Wednesday that are erroneously listed as double starts?

Joe Mulvey says:

April 24, 2023 at 8:43 AM

Ryan and Nestor on Tuesday.

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Sit/Start Week 4: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 4/24 – 4/30

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