Sit/Start Week 6: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 8/24-8/30

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. Outings marked with a Maybe are circumstantial and dependent on your needs in a standard 5×5 ,wins-based 12-teamer, while the other two are self-explanatory. Last year, I modified the ranking system to make designations a little clearer. 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, Mike Fiers against the Rockies in Colorado would have this designation: Sit-1.

There are a few TBD listed below. Once these spots are determined, I’ll update the sheet. Spots in the rotation where a potential opener may be used will be listed as Opener/potential long man. The Mets-Yankees Subway Series has been postponed this weekend due to positive COVID cases on the Mets. That leaves their first series in doubt next week but once again, we will be optimistic for the purposes of this article. Let’s dive in and as always, please feel free to question my designations in the comments.

Here’s the massive table containing every Week 6 start from 8/24 – 8/30:

Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
08/24	COL vs ARI	Castellani	Sit-3	Kelly	Start-7
08/24	MIN vs CLE	Hill	Maybe-5	Civale	Start-7
08/24	CHC vs DET	Mills	Maybe-5	Mize	Maybe-5
08/24	LAA vs HOU	Sandoval	Sit-3	Valdez	Maybe-6
08/24	CIN vs MIL	Castillo	Start-7	B. Anderson	Sit-3
08/24	KCR vs STL	Keller	Maybe-6	Flaherty	Start-8
08/24	TOR vs TBR	Roark	Sit-2	Glasnow	Start-8
08/24	OAK vs TEX	Luzardo	Start-7	Lynn	Start-8
08/24	MIA vs WSH	Lopez	Maybe-6	Voth	Maybe-4
TUESDAY – 8/25
08/25	COL vs ARI	Marquez	Start-8	Young	Maybe-5
08/25	NYY vs ATL	Tanaka	Maybe-5	Toussaint	Sit-2
08/25	PIT vs CHW	Brault	Sit-2	Giolito	Start-10
08/25	MIN vs CLE	Berrios	Start-7	Bieber	Start-9
08/25	CHC vs DET	Quintana/TBD?	Sit-3	Turnbull	Maybe-5
08/25	LAA vs HOU	Suarez/Bullpen	Sit-1	Javier	Maybe-5
08/25	CIN vs MIL	Bauer	Start-9	Woodruff	Start-7
08/25	MIA vs NYM	Alcantara/TBD	Sit-3	deGrom	Start-10
08/25	SEA vs SDP	Gonzales	Maybe-5	Paddack	Start-8
08/25	LAD vs SFG	Urias	Start-7	Cueto	Maybe-4
08/25	KCR vs STL	Harvey	Sit-1	Wainwright	Maybe-6
08/25	BAL vs TBR	Milone	Maybe-4	Richards	Sit-3
08/25	OAK vs TEX	Manaea	Maybe-4	Gibson	Sit-3
08/25	BOS vs TOR	Hart	Sit-2	C. Anderson	Sit-3
08/25	PHI vs WSH	Arrieta	Sit-3	Fedde	Sit-1
WEDNESDAY – 8/26
08/26	COL vs ARI	J. Gray	Maybe-4	Ray	Maybe-6
08/26	NYY vs ATL	Cole	Start-9	Fried	Start-7
08/26	PIT vs CHW	Williams	Maybe-5	Keuchel	Start-8
08/26	MIN vs CLE	Odorizzi	Maybe-5	Plutko	Sit-2
08/26	CHC vs DET	Lester	Maybe-6	Fulmer	Sit-2
08/26	LAA vs HOU	Heaney	Maybe-6	McCullers Jr.	Start-7
08/26	CIN vs MIL	S. Gray	Start-8	Houser	Maybe-6
08/26	MIA vs NYM	Hernandez	Maybe-6	Porcello	Sit-3
08/26	SEA vs SDP	Walker	Maybe-5	Lamet	Start-9
08/26	LAD vs SFG	Kershaw	Start-9	Gausman	Maybe-4
08/26	KCR vs STL	Duffy	Maybe-6	Hudson	Maybe-5
08/26	BAL vs TBR	Wojciechowski	Sit-3	Yarbrough	Maybe-4
08/26	OAK vs TEX	Fiers	Sit-2	Allard	Sit-3
08/26	BOS vs TOR	Eovaldi	Maybe-4	Thornton	Sit-3
08/26	PHI vs WSH	Howard	Sit-3	Corbin	Start-7
THURSDAY – 8/27
08/27	COL vs ARI	Freeland	Maybe-6	Gallen	Start-9
08/27	MIN vs DET	Dobnak	Start-7	Boyd	Sit-3
08/27	LAA vs HOU	Canning	Sit-3	Bielak	Maybe-6
08/27	CIN vs MIL	DeSclafani	Maybe-4	Lindblom	Maybe-6
08/27	MIA vs NYM	Castano	Maybe-4	Lugo	Sit-3
08/27	SEA vs SDP	Kikuchi	Sit-3	Richards	Start-7
08/27	LAD vs SFG	Buehler	Start-8	Webb	Sit-2
08/27	PIT vs STL	Kuhl	Start-7	Gomber	Sit-2
08/27	PIT vs STL	Holland	Sit-2	Kim	Maybe-4
08/27	BAL vs TBR	Means	Sit-3	Morton	Start-8
08/27	OAK vs TEX	Bassitt	Maybe-6	Lyles	Sit-2
08/27	BOS vs TOR	Perez	Sit-2	Shoemaker	Sit-3
08/27	PHI vs WSH	Nola	Start-8	Scherzer	Start-9
FRIDAY – 8/28
08/28	SFG vs ARI	Anderson	Sit-3	Weaver	Start-7
08/28	WSH vs BOS	A. Sanchez	Sit-1	Godley	Sit-1
08/28	KCR vs CHW	Singer	Sit-3	Lopez	Sit-2
08/28	CHC vs CIN	Hendricks	Start-7	Miley	Sit-2
08/28	SDP vs COL	Davies	Sit-3	Senzatela	Sit-3
08/28	MIN vs DET	Maeda	Start-9	Skubal	Sit-2
08/28	OAK vs HOU	Montas	Start-7	Greinke	Start-8
08/28	SEA vs LAA	Margevicius	Sit-2	Bundy	Start-9
08/28	TBR vs MIA	Snell	Start-9	S. Sanchez	Maybe-4
08/28	PIT vs MIL	Brubaker	Sit-2	Burnes	Start-8
08/28	NYM vs NYY	Gsellman	Sit-1	Happ	Sit-3
08/28	ATL vs PHI	Erlin	Sit-2	Wheeler	Start-7
08/28	CLE vs STL	McKenzie	Maybe-5	Ponce de Leon	Maybe-5
08/28	LAD vs TEX	May	Start-7	Minor	Sit-3
08/28	BAL vs TOR	Cobb	Maybe-5	Ryu	Start-7
SATURDAY – 8/29
08/29	SFG vs ARI	Cahill	Sit-2	Kelly	Start-7
08/29	WSH vs BOS	Voth	Sit-3	Brewer	Sit-2
08/29	KCR vs CHW	Bubic	Sit-2	Cease	Maybe-6
08/29	CHC vs CIN	Darvish	Start-8	Castillo	Start-8
08/29	CHC vs CIN	Rea	Sit-2	Mahle	Maybe-6
08/29	SDP vs COL	Quantrill?	Sit-2	Castellani	Sit-1
08/29	MIN vs DET	Hill	Maybe-6	Mize	Maybe-4
08/29	OAK vs HOU	Luzardo	Start-7	Valdez	Start-7
08/29	SEA vs LAA	Sheffield	Maybe-5	Sandoval	Maybe-5
08/29	TBR vs MIA	Glasnow	Start-8	P. Lopez	Start-7
08/29	PIT vs MIL	Musgrove(IL)?	Sit-3	B. Anderson	Maybe-4
08/29	NYM vs NYY	Oswalt	Sit-2	Montgomery	Maybe-5
08/29	ATL vs PHI	Tomlin	Sit-3	Eflin	Maybe-5
08/29	CLE vs STL	Carrasco	Start-8	Flaherty	Start-9
08/29	LAD vs TEX	Stripling	Maybe-6	Lynn	Start-7
08/29	BAL vs TOR	LeBlanc	Sit-2	Roark	Sit-2
SUNDAY – 8/30
08/30	SFG vs ARI	Cueto	Maybe-6	Young	Maybe-6
08/30	WSH vs BOS	Fedde	Sit-1	Hart	Sit-1
08/30	KCR vs CHW	Keller	Maybe-5	Giolito	Start-9
08/30	CHC vs CIN	Mills	Maybe-4	Bauer	Start-9
08/30	SDP vs COL	Paddack	Maybe-5	Marquez	Maybe-6
08/30	MIN vs DET	Berrios	Start-8	Turnbull	Maybe-4
08/30	OAK vs HOU	Manaea	Sit-3	Javier	Maybe-6
08/30	SEA vs LAA	Dunn	Sit-1	Suarez/Bullpen	Sit-2
08/30	TBR vs MIA	Richards	Maybe-4	Alcantara/TBD	Maybe-5
08/30	PIT vs MIL	Brault	Sit-3	Woodruff	Start-8
08/30	NYM vs NYY	deGrom	Start-9	Tanaka	Start-7
08/30	ATL vs PHI	Toussaint	Maybe-4	Arrieta	Sit-3
08/30	CLE vs STL	Civale	Start-7	Wainwright	Maybe-6
08/30	LAD vs TEX	Urias	Start-7	Gibson	Sit-2
08/30	BAL vs TOR	Milone	Sit-3	C. Anderson	Sit-3

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