Sit/Start Week 9: Reviewing All Starting Pitcher Matchups From 5/24-5/30

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.

Pitching has been weird this year with the new baseball that MLB using. We’ve had multiple no-hitters already, and it’s hard to maneuver the pitching landscape. 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 – 5/24
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/24	TBR at TOR	Yarbrough	Maybe-4	Stripling	Sit-2
5/24	PHI at MIA	Eflin	Start-8	Rogers	Start-8
5/24	CLE at DET	Hentges	Sit-1	Turnbull	Maybe-5
5/24	COL at NYM	Gomber	Sit-3	Peterson	Maybe-4
5/24	BAL at MIN	Means	Start-7	Shoemaker	Sit-1
5/24	SDP at MIL	Snell	Maybe-6	Woodruff	Start-8
5/24	STL at CHW	Hyun Kim	Maybe-5	Lynn	Start-8
5/24	SEA at OAK	Kikuchi	Maybe-4	Montas	Maybe-4

 

Tuesday – 5/25
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/25	CHC at PIT	Arrieta	Sit-2	Yajure	Sit-2
5/25	PHI at MIA	Velasquez	Maybe-4	Alcantara	Start-7
5/25	TOR at NYY	Matz	Maybe-5	Kluber	Maybe-6
5/25	CIN at WSN	Mahle	Maybe-6	Scherzer	Start-9
5/25	KCR at TBR	Keller	Sit-1	Hill	Sit-3
5/25	CLE at DET	Civale	Start-7	Skubal	Sit-1
5/25	COL at NYM	Freeland	Sit-1	deGrom	Start-10
5/25	ATL at BOS	Morton	Maybe-6	Richards	Sit-3
5/25	BAL at MIN	Kremer	Sit-1	Berrios	Maybe-6
5/25	SDP at MIL	Musgrove	Start-7	Burnes	Start-8
5/25	LAD at HOU	Kershaw	Start-7	Greinke	Maybe-6
5/25	STL at CHW	Flaherty	Start-7	Giolito	Start-7
5/25	TEX at LAA	Yang	Sit-2	Heaney	Maybe-5
5/25	SEA at OAK	Gilbert	Sit-2	Irvin	Maybe-6
5/25	SFG at ARI	Gausman	Start-9	Smith	Sit-1

 

Wednesday – 5/26
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/26	BAL at MIN	Lopez	Sit-1	Pineda	Maybe-5
5/26	STL at CHW	Gant	Sit-3	Rodon	Start-7
5/26	SEA at OAK	Flexen	Sit-3	Kaprielian	Maybe-5
5/26	TEX at LAA	Dunning	Maybe-5	Canning	Maybe-4
5/26	CHC at PIT	Williams	Sit-3	Crowe	Sit-1
5/26	PHI at MIA	Nola	Start-9	Castano	Sit-1
5/26	TOR at NYY	Pearson	Sit-2	German	Maybe-4
5/26	CIN at WSN	Hoffman	Sit-1	Ross	Sit-1
5/26	CLE at DET	Quantrill	Sit-3	Urena	Sit-3
5/26	KCR at TBR	Minor	Sit-2	Glasnow	Start-9
5/26	COL at NYM	Marquez	Sit-3	Stroman	Maybe-5
5/26	ATL at BOS	Smyly	Sit-1	Pivetta	Sit-2
5/26	LAD at HOU	Bauer	Start-7	Garcia	Sit-3
5/26	SDP at MIL	Paddack	Maybe-5	Houser	Sit-3
5/26	SFG at ARI	Cueto	Maybe-5	Kelly	Sit-1

 

Thursday – 5/27
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/27	COL at NYM	Senzatela	Sit-1	Lucchesi	Sit-2
5/27	PHI at MIA	Howard	Sit-3	Lopez	Maybe-6
5/27	CHC at PIT	Hendricks	Start-7	Anderson	Maybe-5
5/27	CLE at DET	Bieber	Start-10	Boyd	Maybe-5
5/27	SDP at MIL	Weathers	Maybe-4	Anderson	Sit-1
5/27	KCR at TBR	Singer	Maybe-4	McClanahan	Maybe-5
5/27	TOR at NYY	Ray	Maybe-5	Montgomery	Maybe-4
5/27	CIN at WSN	Gray	Maybe-6	Strasburg	Sit-3
5/27	BAL at CHW	Zimmermann	Sit-1	Cease	Start-7
5/27	LAA at OAK	Cobb	Maybe-5	Bassitt	Maybe-5
5/27	STL at ARI	Martinez	Sit-1	Frankoff	Sit-1
5/27	TEX at SEA	Gibson	Start-7	Sheffield	Sit-3
5/27	SFG at LAD	Wood	Maybe-6	Buehler	Start-7

 

Friday – 5/28
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/28	CIN at CHC	Gray	Maybe-6	Alzolay	Maybe-5
5/28	COL at PIT	Gray	Maybe-5	Keller	Sit-2
5/28	MIL at WSN	Peralta	Start-8	Lester	Sit-2
5/28	TOR at CLE	Ryu	Start-8	Plesac	Maybe-5
5/28	NYY at DET	Cole	Start-10	Mize	Sit-2
5/28	ATL at NYM	Anderson	Start-7	Walker	Maybe-4
5/28	MIA at BOS	Hernandez	Sit-1	Perez	Maybe-4
5/28	SDP at HOU	Darvish	Start-7	McCullers	Maybe-6
5/28	KCR at MIN	Bubic	Sit-3	Happ	Sit-2
5/28	BAL at CHW	Harvey	Sit-1	Keuchel	Maybe-4
5/28	LAA at OAK	Quintana	Sit-3	Manaea	Maybe-4
5/28	STL at ARI	Mikolas	Sit-2	Bumgarner	Maybe-5
5/28	TEX at SEA	Lyles	Sit-1	Kikuchi	Maybe-6
5/28	SFG at LAD	Menez	Sit-1	Urias	Start-7

 

Saturday – 5/29
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/29	PHI at TBR	Wheeler	Start-9	Fleming	Maybe-4
5/29	KCR at MIN	Lynch	Sit-1	Pineda	Maybe-5
5/29	BAL at CHW	Means	Start-7	Lynn	Start-8
5/29	CIN at CHC	Castillo	Maybe-6	Davies	Sit-1
5/29	COL at PIT	Gomber	Maybe-4	Brubaker	Maybe-5
5/29	LAA at OAK	Bundy	Maybe-5	Montas	Sit-2
5/29	NYY at DET	Taillon	Maybe-6	Turnbull	Maybe-4
5/29	SDP at HOU	Snell	Maybe-5	Javier	Maybe-5
5/29	TOR at CLE	Stripling	Sit-2	Hentges	Sit-1
5/29	MIA at BOS	Rogers	Maybe-6	Eovaldi	Start-7
5/29	SFG at LAD	DeSclafani	Maybe-6	Price	Maybe-4
5/29	ATL at NYM	Fried	Start-7	Peterson	Sit-2
5/29	MIL at WSN	Woodruff	Start-9	Corbin	Sit-2
5/29	TEX at SEA	Foltynewicz	Sit-1	Gonzales	Sit-1
5/29	STL at ARI	Wainwright	Maybe-4	Martin	Sit-1

 

Sunday – 5/30
Date	Game	Away Pitcher	Sit / Start	Home Pitcher	Sit / Start
5/30	MIL at WSN	Burnes	Start-9	Scherzer	Start-9
5/30	COL at PIT	Freeland	Sit-1	Cahill	Maybe-4
5/30	TOR at CLE	Matz	Maybe-5	Civale	Maybe-5
5/30	NYY at DET	Kluber	Start-7	Skubal	Sit-1
5/30	PHI at TBR	Eflin	Start-8	Yarbrough	Maybe-4
5/30	MIA at BOS	Alcantara	Maybe-6	Rodriguez	Start-7
5/30	KCR at MIN	Keller	Sit-1	Shoemaker	Sit-1
5/30	SDP at HOU	Musgrove	Maybe-6	Odorizzi	Sit-2
5/30	BAL at CHW	Kremer	Sit-1	Giolito	Start-7
5/30	CIN at CHC	Miley	Maybe-4	Arrieta	Sit-1
5/30	LAA at OAK	Heaney	Sit-3	Irvin	Maybe-4
5/30	TEX at SEA	Arihara	Sit-1	Dunn	Sit-1
5/30	STL at ARI	Hyun Kim	Maybe-5	Smith	Sit-1
5/30	SFG at LAD	Gausman	Start-7	Kershaw	Start-8
5/30	ATL at NYM	Morton	Start-7	deGrom	Start-8