Every Sunday 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 circumstantial and dependent on your needs in a 12-teamer, while the other two are self-explanatory. Feel free to question my designations in the comments and we’ll dive into it together.
Here’s the massive table containing every Week 8 start from 5/21 – 5/27:
Note: There is a lot of confusion about rotations this week with rainouts and injuries. These matchups are subject to change.
Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
5/21 | BAL vs CHW | Andrew Cashner | Sit | Hector Santiago | Sit |
5/21 | COL vs LAD | German Marquez | Maybe | Walker Buehler | Start |
5/21 | ARI vs MIL | Zack Greinke | Start | Chase Anderson | Sit |
5/21 | DET vs MIN | Blaine Hardy | Sit | Jose Berrios | Start |
5/21 | MIA vs NYM | Elieser Hernandez | Sit | Jason Vargas | Sit |
5/21 | ATL vs PHI | Mike Foltynewicz | Maybe | Nick Pivetta | Start |
5/21 | KCR vs STL | Ian Kennedy | Maybe | Miles Mikolas | Start |
5/21 | NYY vs TEX | Masahiro Tanaka | Start | Bartolo Colon | Sit |
5/21 | SDP vs WSH | Robbie Erlin | Sit | Gio Gonzalez | Start |
5/22 | CLE vs CHC | Trevor Bauer | Start | Tyler Chatwood | Sit |
5/22 | BAL vs CHW | Kevin Gausman | Start | James Shields | Sit |
5/22 | PIT vs CIN | Jameson Taillon | Start | Matt Harvey | Sit |
5/22 | SFG vs HOU | Andrew Suarez | Sit | Gerrit Cole | Start |
5/22 | COL vs LAD | Chad Bettis | Maybe | Kenta Maeda | Start |
5/22 | ARI vs MIL | Matt Koch | Sit | Jhoulys Chacin | Sit |
5/22 | DET vs MIN | Matthew Boyd | Maybe | Lance Lynn | Sit |
5/22 | MIA vs NYM | Caleb Smith | Start | Zack Wheeler | Maybe |
5/22 | SEA vs OAK | Mike Leake | Sit | Trevor Cahill | Maybe |
5/22 | ATL vs PHI | Brandon McCarthy | Sit | Vince Velasquez | Sit |
5/22 | KCR vs STL | Jason Hammel | Sit | Luke Weaver | Maybe |
5/22 | BOS vs TBR | Chris Sale | Start | Jacob Faria | Sit |
5/22 | NYY vs TEX | Domingo German | Maybe | Doug Fister | Sit |
5/22 | LAA vs TOR | Garrett Richards | Start | J.A. Happ | Start |
5/22 | SDP vs WSH | Eric Lauer | Sit | Jeremy Hellickson | Sit |
5/23 | CLE vs CHC | Adam Plutko | Sit | Jon Lester | Start |
5/23 | BAL vs CHW | Alex Cobb | Sit | ??? | Sit |
5/23 | PIT vs CIN | Chad Kuhl | Sit | Homer Bailey | Sit |
5/23 | SFG vs HOU | Jeff Samardzija | Sit | Justin Verlander | Start |
5/23 | COL vs LAD | Kyle Freeland | Maybe | ??? | Sit |
5/23 | ARI vs MIL | Zack Godley | Start | Brent Suter | Sit |
5/23 | DET vs MIN | Michael Fulmer | Start | Kyle Gibson | Start |
5/23 | MIA vs NYM | Dan Straily | Maybe | Jacob Degrom | Start |
5/23 | SEA vs OAK | Marco Gonzales | Maybe | ??? | Sit |
5/23 | ATL vs PHI | Luiz Gohara | Maybe | Jake Arrieta | Start |
5/23 | KCR vs STL | Jakob Junis | Maybe | Michael Wacha | Start |
5/23 | BOS vs TBR | David Price | Start | Chris Archer | Sit |
5/23 | NYY vs TEX | CC Sabathia | Maybe | Cole Hamels | Sit |
5/23 | LAA vs TOR | Tyler Skaggs | Maybe | Aaron Sanchez | Sit |
5/23 | SDP vs WSH | Tyson Ross | Start | ??? | Sit |
5/24 | BAL vs CHW | Dylan Bundy | Start | Lucas Giolito | Sit |
5/24 | PIT vs CIN | Ivan Nova | Sit | Luis Castillo | Start |
5/24 | HOU vs CLE | Charlie Morton | Start | Mike Clevinger | Start |
5/24 | NYM vs MIL | Steven Matz | Sit | Zach Davies? | Sit |
5/24 | SEA vs OAK | Felix Hernandez | Sit | Sean Manaea | Start |
5/24 | BOS vs TBR | Drew Pomeranz | Maybe | Blake Snell | Start |
5/24 | KCR vs TEX | Danny Duffy | Sit | ??? | Sit |
5/24 | LAA vs TOR | Nick Tropeano | Maybe | Marco Estrada | Sit |
5/25 | ATL vs BOS | Sean Newcomb | Sit | Rick Porcello | Start |
5/25 | SFG vs CHC | Derek Holland | Sit | Kyle Hendricks | Start |
5/25 | HOU vs CLE | Dallas Keuchel | Start | Corey Kluber | Start |
5/25 | CIN vs COL | Sal Romano | Sit | Jon Gray | Maybe |
5/25 | CHW vs DET | Reynaldo Lopez | Maybe | Mike Fiers | Sit |
5/25 | SDP vs LAD | Clayton Richard | Sit | Ross Stripling | Maybe |
5/25 | WSH vs MIA | Max Scherzer | Start | Jose Urena | Sit |
5/25 | NYM vs MIL | Noah Syndergaard | Start | Junior Guerra | Maybe |
5/25 | LAA vs NYY | Andrew Heaney | Maybe | Luis Severino | Start |
5/25 | ARI vs OAK | Patrick Corbin | Start | Daniel Mengden | Maybe |
5/25 | TOR vs PHI | Sam Gaviglio | Sit | Zach Eflin | Sit |
5/25 | STL vs PIT | John Gant? | Sit | Joe Musgrove | Sit |
5/25 | MIN vs SEA | Fernando Romero | Maybe | James Paxton | Start |
5/25 | BAL vs TBR | ??? | Sit | Ryan Yarbrough | Sit |
5/25 | KCR vs TEX | Eric Skoglund | Sit | Mike Minor | Sit |
5/26 | ATL vs BOS | Julio Teheran | Sit | Eduardo Rodriguez | Start |
5/26 | SFG vs CHC | Chris Stratton | Sit | Jose Quintana | Start |
5/26 | HOU vs CLE | Lance McCullers | Start | Carlos Carrasco | Start |
5/26 | CIN vs COL | Tyler Mahle | Sit | Tyler Anderson | Maybe |
5/26 | CHW vs DET | Hector Santiago | Sit | Francisco Liriano | Sit |
5/26 | SDP vs LAD | Jordan Lyles | Maybe | Alex Wood | Start |
5/26 | WSH vs MIA | Tanner Roark | Start | Wei-Yin Chen | Sit |
5/26 | NYM vs MIL | Jason Vargas | Sit | Chase Anderson | Maybe |
5/26 | LAA vs NYY | Shohei Ohtani | Start | Sonny Gray | Sit |
5/26 | ARI vs OAK | Zack Greinke | Start | Trevor Cahill | Maybe |
5/26 | TOR vs PHI | Joe Biagini | Sit | Aaron Nola | Start |
5/26 | STL vs PIT | Jack Flaherty | Start | Trevor Williams | Sit |
5/26 | MIN vs SEA | Jake Odorizzi | Sit | Wade Leblanc | Sit |
5/26 | BAL vs TBR | Andrew Cashner | Sit | Bullpen? | Sit |
5/26 | KCR vs TEX | Ian Kennedy | Maybe | Bartolo Colon | Sit |
5/27 | ATL vs BOS | Mike Foltynewicz | Sit | Chris Sale | Start |
5/27 | SFG vs CHC | Ty Blach | Sit | Yu Darvish | Start |
5/27 | HOU vs CLE | Gerrit Cole | Start | Trevor Bauer | Start |
5/27 | CIN vs COL | Matt Harvey | Sit | German Marquez | Maybe |
5/27 | CHW vs DET | James Shields | Sit | Blaine Hardy | Sit |
5/27 | SDP vs LAD | ??? | Sit | ??? | Sit |
5/27 | WSH vs MIA | Stephen Strasburg | Start | ??? | Sit |
5/27 | NYM vs MIL | Zack Wheeler | Sit | Jhoulys Chacin | Sit |
5/27 | LAA vs NYY | Garrett Richards | Maybe | Masahiro Tanaka | Start |
5/27 | ARI vs OAK | Matt Koch | Sit | ??? | Sit |
5/27 | TOR vs PHI | J.A. Happ | Start | Nick Pivetta | Start |
5/27 | STL vs PIT | Miles Mikolas | Start | Jameson Taillon | Start |
5/27 | MIN vs SEA | Jose Berrios | Start | Mike Leake | Sit |
5/27 | BAL vs TBR | Kevin Gausman | Start | Jacob Faria | Sit |
5/27 | KCR vs TEX | Jason Hammel | Sit | Doug Fister | Sit |
H2H points league, pick 2 options please, i have them listed in order of personal thoughts. thanks in advance.
McCullers 1 start @ CLE
Manaea 1 start vs SEA
Taillon 2 starts @ CIN and vs. STL
Gotta start Manaea, did you see what Liriano did to the Mariners?
i thought I posted this already but cant find it again. pick 2 for weekly h2h points league.
mccullers 1 start @ CLE
taillon 2 starts @ CIN and vs. STL
manaea 1 start vs. SEA.
thanks a ton
Why is Velasquez a sit this week?