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. With several double-headers, three teams have eight games next week: Tigers, Cardinals, and Rangers. Meanwhile, the White Sox, Brewers, Dodgers, and Pirates are slatted for just five games and the Twins have two straight off days in the middle of the week. Once again, odd scheduling in 2020. 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 8 start from 9/7 – 9/13:
| Date | Game | Away Pitcher | Sit / Start | Home Pitcher | Sit / Start |
| 09/07 | MIA vs ATL | Ureña | Sit-3 | Anderson | Start-7 |
| 09/07 | STL vs CHC | Oviedo | Sit-3 | Hendricks | Start-8 |
| 09/07 | KCR vs CLE | Harvey | Sit-1 | Plesac | Start-8 |
| 09/07 | DET vs MIN | Fulmer | Sit-1 | Pineda | Start-7 |
| 09/07 | PHI vs NYM | Wheeler | Start-8 | Wacha | Sit-3 |
| 09/07 | HOU vs OAK | Javier | Maybe-6 | Bassitt | Sit-3 |
| 09/07 | COL vs SDP | Gonzalez/Mujica | Sit-2 | Lamet | Start-8 |
| 09/07 | TEX vs SEA | Allard | Maybe-5 | Gonzales | Start-8 |
| 09/07 | ARI vs SFG | Gallen | Start-8 | Gausman | Start-7 |
| 09/07 | NYY vs TOR | Montgomery | Maybe-4 | Ryu | Start-7 |
| 09/07 | TBR vs WSH | Richards | Sit-3 | Scherzer | Start-9 |
| TUESDAY – 9/8 | |||||
| 09/08 | LAD vs ARI | Buehler | Start-9 | Weaver | Sit-3 |
| 09/08 | MIA vs ATL | Sanchez | Start-7 | Erlin | Maybe-4 |
| 09/08 | CIN vs CHC | Gray | Start-8 | Mills | Sit-3 |
| 09/08 | KCR vs CLE | Junis | Sit-3 | McKenzie | Start-7 |
| 09/08 | MIL vs DET | Lindblom | Start-7 | Turnbull | Sit-3 |
| 09/08 | OAK vs HOU | Montas | Maybe-5 | TBD | |
| 09/08 | BAL vs NYM | Means | Sit-2 | Gsellman | Sit-2 |
| 09/08 | HOU vs OAK | Greinke | Start-8 | Minor | Sit-3 |
| 09/08 | BOS vs PHI | Weber | Sit-2 | Eflin | Maybe-6 |
| 09/08 | BOS vs PHI | Perez | Sit-2 | Velasquez | Sit-3 |
| 09/08 | CHW vs PIT | TBD | Musgrove | Maybe-4 | |
| 09/08 | COL vs SDP | Freeland | Maybe-5 | Clevinger | Start-8 |
| 09/08 | SEA vs SFG | Newsome | Sit-2 | Webb | Maybe-5 |
| 09/08 | MIN vs STL | Berríos | Start-7 | TBD | |
| 09/08 | MIN vs STL | Odorizzi | Maybe-5 | Martínez | Sit-2 |
| 09/08 | LAA vs TEX | Teheran | Maybe-4 | Lynn | Start-7 |
| 09/08 | NYY vs TOR | Happ | Sit-2 | Walker | Maybe-5 |
| 09/08 | TBR vs WSH | Morton | Start-7 | Sánchez | Sit-2 |
| WEDNESDAY – 9/9 | |||||
| 09/09 | LAD vs ARI | Kershaw | Start-9 | Clarke | Sit-2 |
| 09/09 | MIA vs ATL | López | Start-7 | Milone | Sit-3 |
| 09/09 | CIN vs CHC | Mahle | Start-7 | Darvish | Start-9 |
| 09/09 | KCR vs CLE | Duffy | Maybe-5 | Carrasco | Start-9 |
| 09/09 | MIL vs DET | Houser | Start-7 | Boyd | Maybe-6 |
| 09/09 | BAL vs NYM | Eshelman | Sit-1 | Porcello | Sit-3 |
| 09/09 | HOU vs OAK | McCullers Jr. | Start-7 | Luzardo | Start-7 |
| 09/09 | CHW vs PIT | Cease | Maybe-4 | Brubaker | Sit-3 |
| 09/09 | COL vs SDP | Senzatela | Maybe-4 | Davies | Start-7 |
| 09/09 | SEA vs SFG | Margevicius | Sit-3 | Anderson | Maybe-5 |
| 09/09 | LAA vs TEX | Heaney | Start-8 | Cody | Sit-1 |
| 09/09 | NYY vs TOR | Garcia | Maybe-6 | Roark | Sit-2 |
| THURSDAY – 9/10 | |||||
| 09/10 | LAD vs ARI | May | Start-7 | Bumgarner | Sit-3 |
| 09/10 | CIN vs CHC | Bauer | Start-8 | Alzolay | Sit-2 |
| 09/10 | KCR vs CLE | Singer | Sit-3 | Civale | Start-8 |
| 09/10 | PHI vs MIA | Arrieta | Maybe-4 | Alcantara | Maybe-5 |
| 09/10 | BAL vs NYY | López | Sit-1 | Cole | Start-8 |
| 09/10 | HOU vs OAK | Urquidy | Start-7 | Manaea | Maybe-4 |
| 09/10 | SFG vs SDP | Cahill | Sit-3 | Paddack | Start-7 |
| 09/10 | DET vs STL | Skubal | Maybe-4 | Flaherty | Start-7 |
| 09/10 | DET vs STL | TBD | Wainwright | Start-7 | |
| 09/10 | BOS vs TBR | Godley | Sit-2 | Fleming | Maybe-6 |
| 09/10 | LAA vs TEX | Bundy | Start-8 | Gibson | Sit-3 |
| 09/10 | ATL vs WSH | Fried | Start-8 | Voth | Sit-2 |
| FRIDAY – 9/11 | |||||
| 09/11 | SEA vs ARI | Kikuchi | Start-7 | Young | Maybe-6 |
| 09/11 | DET vs CHW | Mize | Maybe-5 | Dunning | Start-7 |
| 09/11 | LAA vs COL | Canning | Sit-3 | Márquez | Sit-3 |
| 09/11 | PIT vs KCR | Brault | Maybe-6 | Bubic | Maybe-6 |
| 09/11 | PHI vs MIA | Nola | Start-9 | Rogers | Sit-3 |
| 09/11 | PHI vs MIA | Howard | Start-7 | TBD | |
| 09/11 | CHC vs MIL | Lester | Sit-2 | Burnes | Start-8 |
| 09/11 | CLE vs MIN | Bieber | Start-9 | Dobnak | Start-7 |
| 09/11 | BAL vs NYY | Akin | Sit-1 | Tanaka | Maybe-6 |
| 09/11 | SFG vs SDP | Cueto | Maybe-4 | Richards | Maybe-5 |
| 09/11 | CIN vs STL | Castillo | Start-8 | Hudson | Start-7 |
| 09/11 | BOS vs TBR | Mazza | Sit-1 | Snell | Start-8 |
| 09/11 | OAK vs TEX | Fiers | Maybe-4 | Lyles | Sit-2 |
| 09/11 | NYM vs TOR | Lugo | Sit-3 | Anderson | Sit-3 |
| 09/11 | ATL vs WSH | Tomlin | Sit-2 | Fedde | Sit-1 |
| SATURDAY – 9/12 | |||||
| 09/12 | SEA vs ARI | Sheffield | Start-7 | Gallen | Start-9 |
| 09/12 | DET vs CHW | Fulmer | Sit-2 | Giolito | Start-9 |
| 09/12 | LAA vs COL | Barria | Sit-1 | Castellani | Sit-2 |
| 09/12 | PIT vs KCR | Williams | Maybe-5 | Keller | Start-7 |
| 09/12 | HOU vs LAD | Valdez | Maybe-6 | Gonsolin | Maybe-5 |
| 09/12 | PHI vs MIA | Wheeler | Start-9 | Ureña | Sit-3 |
| 09/12 | CHC vs MIL | Hendricks | Start-7 | Woodruff | Start-7 |
| 09/12 | CLE vs MIN | Plesac | Start-7 | Maeda | Start-8 |
| 09/12 | BAL vs NYY | Wojciechowski | Sit-3 | Montgomery | Maybe-6 |
| 09/12 | SFG vs SDP | Gausman | Maybe-6 | Lamet | Start-8 |
| 09/12 | CIN vs STL | DeSclafani | Maybe-4 | Kim | Start-7 |
| 09/12 | BOS vs TBR | Brewer | Sit-2 | Glasnow | Start-8 |
| 09/12 | OAK vs TEX | Bassitt | Maybe-5 | Allard | Sit-3 |
| 09/12 | OAK vs TEX | TBD | TBD | ||
| 09/12 | NYM vs TOR | deGrom | Start-9 | Ray | Sit-3 |
| 09/12 | ATL vs WSH | Anderson | Start-7 | Corbin | Start-7 |
| SUNDAY – 9/13 | |||||
| 09/13 | SEA vs ARI | Dunn | Start-7 | Weaver | Start-7 |
| 09/13 | DET vs CHW | Turnbull | Sit-3 | Keuchel | Start-8 |
| 09/13 | LAA vs COL | Teheran | Sit-1 | Gray | Sit-2 |
| 09/13 | PIT vs KCR | Kuhl | Start-7 | Harvey | Sit-2 |
| 09/13 | HOU vs LAD | Javier | Maybe-6 | Urías | Start-7 |
| 09/13 | PHI vs MIA | Eflin | Start-7 | Sanchez | Start-7 |
| 09/13 | PHI vs MIA | Velasquez | Maybe-4 | TBD | |
| 09/13 | CHC vs MIL | Mills | Sit-2 | Anderson | Sit-3 |
| 09/13 | CLE vs MIN | McKenzie | Maybe-6 | Hill | Start-7 |
| 09/13 | BAL vs NYY | Means | Sit-2 | Happ | Sit-3 |
| 09/13 | SFG vs SDP | Webb | Maybe-4 | Clevinger | Start-8 |
| 09/13 | CIN vs STL | Gray | Start-8 | Oviedo | Sit-3 |
| 09/13 | BOS vs TBR | Perez | Sit-2 | Richards | Sit-2 |
| 09/13 | OAK vs TEX | Montas | Start-7 | Lynn | Start-8 |
| 09/13 | NYM vs TOR | Wacha | Sit-3 | Ryu | Start-8 |
| 09/13 | ATL vs WSH | Erlin | Sit-2 | Scherzer | Start-9 |
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