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As the calendar flips to the next week of MLB action, it's time for another edition of our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 8 - from Monday, May 13 through Sunday, May 19. Each and every start can be a difference maker for fantasy baseball managers, whether you're playing in a H2H matchup or roto scoring, so let's make sure you're making the right start/sit lineup decisions.
For 12 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series every week right here at RotoBaller. I'm JB Branson, filling in for Nick Mariano this week, and we'll be your captains for this journey through the 2024 season. There's tons of firepower and TLC that mix together to provide this piece each week, including looking at stats, trends matchups, and more to get our picks ready. We're here as always to guide you with our start/sit recommendations for the week ahead, and to help you make those winning lineup decisions.
If you're new here, read below to get caught up on what this all is and how to best use it. Good luck with your fantasy baseball starting pitcher lineup decisions!
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Start/Sit Data Overview
Ahead of each week of the fantasy baseball season, we publish the table below. We have the probable starters for every game of the week and a grade for them on a 0-100 scale. The intent is to give you advice and to inspire some confidence (or lack thereof) in your decisions to start or sit certain pitchers.
Please note that beyond the usual "Start" and "Sit" labels, there is a third category called "context-dependent." This is because different leagues call for different actions and those in start-sit purgatory may be worth the gamble to some. Also, we put the arms best projected to start or get bulk innings, but some situations are fluid and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information, especially at the outset of the season.
The "starts" category includes pitchers you'd likely start in every league. The "sits" are pitchers that you likely sit in every league. The "context-dependent" means we're on the fence and it's up to you to decide based on your league settings. How deep your league is, which roto/points categories, and so on. Let's get to it! Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 8 of the fantasy season, which covers May 13 through May 19.
Week 8 Start/Sit Recommendations (May 13 - May 19)
Updated start/sit recommendations for this week's MLB games. This chart is updated daily as probable starters are constantly changing with game postponements, injuries, and other events. If you can't see the chart below, click here to see the starts/sits on a separate page:
Week 8 Start/Sit Recommendations (May 13 - May 19)
| Date | Game | Team | Pitcher | Grade | Start/Sit | 2 Starts |
| 5/13 | TOR@BAL | TOR | Jose Berrios | 65 | START | N |
| 5/13 | TOR@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 80 | START | Y |
| 5/13 | MIA@DET | MIA | Sixto Sanchez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/13 | MIA@DET | DET | Matt Manning | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/13 | TB@BOS | TB | Zach Eflin | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/13 | TB@BOS | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/13 | PHI@NYM | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/13 | PHI@NYM | NYM | Sean Manaea | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/13 | CHC@ATL | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 75 | START | Y |
| 5/13 | CHC@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/13 | PIT@MIL | PIT | Mitch Keller | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/13 | PIT@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/13 | CLE@TEX | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/13 | CLE@TEX | TEX | Michael Lorenzen | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/13 | OAK@HOU | OAK | Ross Stripling | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/13 | OAK@HOU | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/13 | STL@LAA | STL | Matthew Liberatore | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/13 | STL@LAA | LAA | Jose Soriano | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/13 | CIN@ARI | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/13 | CIN@ARI | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/13 | COL@SD | COL | Dakota Hudson | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 5/13 | COL@SD | SD | Randy Vasquez | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/13 | KC@SEA | KC | Brady Singer | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/13 | KC@SEA | SEA | George Kirby | 80 | START | Y |
| 5/13 | LAD@SF | LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 75 | START | N |
| 5/13 | LAD@SF | SF | Jordan Hicks | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/14 | PHI@NYM | PHI | Aaron Nola | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/14 | PHI@NYM | NYM | Jose Butto | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/14 | MIA@DET | MIA | Ryan Weathers | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | MIA@DET | DET | Reese Olson | 70 | START | N |
| 5/14 | TB@BOS | TB | Aaron Civale | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/14 | TB@BOS | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/14 | CHC@ATL | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/14 | CHC@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 80 | START | N |
| 5/14 | WAS@CWS | WAS | Trevor Williams | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/14 | WAS@CWS | CWS | Chris Flexen | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/14 | WAS@CWS | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | WAS@CWS | CWS | Erick Fedde | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | NYY@MIN | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/14 | NYY@MIN | MIN | Chris Paddack | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/14 | PIT@MIL | PIT | Quinn Priester | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/14 | PIT@MIL | MIL | Joe Ross | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | CLE@TEX | CLE | Ben Lively | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/14 | CLE@TEX | TEX | Jack Leiter | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | OAK@HOU | OAK | JP Sears | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/14 | OAK@HOU | HOU | Ronel Blanco | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | STL@LAA | STL | Sonny Gray | 80 | START | N |
| 5/14 | STL@LAA | LAA | Reid Detmers | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | CIN@ARI | CIN | Hunter Greene | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/14 | CIN@ARI | ARI | Slade Cecconi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | COL@SD | COL | Cal Quantrill | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/14 | COL@SD | SD | Dylan Cease | 85 | START | N |
| 5/14 | KC@SEA | KC | Michael Wacha | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/14 | KC@SEA | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 65 | START | N |
| 5/14 | LAD@SF | LAD | Gavin Stone | 65 | START | N |
| 5/14 | LAD@SF | SF | Keaton Winn | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/15 | TOR@BAL | TOR | Yusei Kikuchi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | TOR@BAL | BAL | Kyle Bradish | 70 | START | N |
| 5/15 | MIA@DET | MIA | Trevor Rogers | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/15 | MIA@DET | DET | Casey Mize | 65 | START | N |
| 5/15 | PIT@MIL | PIT | Martin Perez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | PIT@MIL | MIL | Robert Gasser | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | WAS@CWS | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | WAS@CWS | CWS | Garrett Crochet | 70 | START | N |
| 5/15 | CIN@ARI | CIN | Andrew Abbott | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | CIN@ARI | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 65 | START | N |
| 5/15 | COL@SD | COL | Austin Gomber | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | COL@SD | SD | Michael King | 65 | START | N |
| 5/15 | KC@SEA | KC | Alec Marsh | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | KC@SEA | SEA | Bryan Woo | 65 | START | N |
| 5/15 | NYM@PHI | NYM | Joey Lucchesi | 30 | SIT | N |
| 5/15 | NYM@PHI | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 85 | START | N |
| 5/15 | TB@BOS | TB | Taj Bradley | 65 | START | N |
| 5/15 | TB@BOS | BOS | Tanner Houck | 70 | START | N |
| 5/15 | CHC@ATL | CHC | Javier Assad | 65 | START | N |
| 5/15 | CHC@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 70 | START | N |
| 5/15 | NYY@MIN | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | NYY@MIN | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 70 | START | N |
| 5/15 | CLE@TEX | CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/15 | CLE@TEX | TEX | Jon Gray | 65 | START | N |
| 5/15 | OAK@HOU | OAK | Aaron Brooks | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/15 | OAK@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 65 | START | N |
| 5/15 | STL@LAA | STL | Lance Lynn | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | STL@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/15 | LAD@SF | LAD | Elieser Hernandez | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/15 | LAD@SF | SF | Logan Webb | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/16 | NYY@MIN | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | 65 | START | N |
| 5/16 | NYY@MIN | MIN | Joe Ryan | 70 | START | N |
| 5/16 | NYM@PHI | NYM | Jose Quintana | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/16 | NYM@PHI | PHI | Taijuan Walker | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/16 | TB@BOS | TB | Zack Littell | 65 | START | N |
| 5/16 | TB@BOS | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 65 | START | N |
| 5/16 | PIT@CHC | PIT | Jared Jones | 80 | START | N |
| 5/16 | PIT@CHC | CHC | Justin Steele | 70 | START | N |
| 5/16 | OAK@HOU | OAK | Joey Estes | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/16 | OAK@HOU | HOU | Cristian Javier | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/16 | CIN@LAD | CIN | Nick Martinez | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/16 | CIN@LAD | LAD | Tyler Glasnow | 85 | START | N |
| 5/17 | PIT@CHC | PIT | Paul Skenes | 70 | START | N |
| 5/17 | PIT@CHC | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | WAS@PHI | WAS | Jake Irvin | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | WAS@PHI | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 85 | START | N |
| 5/17 | SEA@BAL | SEA | Bryce Miller | 75 | START | N |
| 5/17 | SEA@BAL | BAL | John Means | 75 | START | N |
| 5/17 | CWS@NYY | CWS | Mike Clevinger | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | CWS@NYY | NYY | Nestor Cortes | 75 | START | N |
| 5/17 | TB@TOR | TB | Tyler Alexander | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | TB@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | MIN@CLE | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | MIN@CLE | CLE | Triston McKenzie | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | NYM@MIA | NYM | Christian Scott | 65 | START | N |
| 5/17 | NYM@MIA | MIA | Jesus Luzardo | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | SD@ATL | SD | Matt Waldron | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | SD@ATL | ATL | Max Fried | 80 | START | N |
| 5/17 | OAK@KC | OAK | Kyle Muller | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/17 | OAK@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 80 | START | N |
| 5/17 | LAA@TEX | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/17 | LAA@TEX | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 65 | START | N |
| 5/17 | MIL@HOU | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 65 | START | N |
| 5/17 | MIL@HOU | HOU | Hunter Brown | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | BOS@STL | BOS | Brayan Bello | 65 | START | N |
| 5/17 | BOS@STL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | DET@ARI | DET | Tarik Skubal | 85 | START | N |
| 5/17 | DET@ARI | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | CIN@LAD | CIN | Frankie Montas | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | CIN@LAD | LAD | James Paxton | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | COL@SF | COL | Ryan Feltner | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/17 | COL@SF | SF | Mason Black | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/18 | CWS@NYY | CWS | Brad Keller | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/18 | CWS@NYY | NYY | Luis Gil | 70 | START | N |
| 5/18 | PIT@CHC | PIT | Bailey Falter | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/18 | PIT@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 80 | START | Y |
| 5/18 | TB@TOR | TB | Zach Eflin | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/18 | TB@TOR | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 70 | START | N |
| 5/18 | SEA@BAL | SEA | Luis Castillo | 80 | START | N |
| 5/18 | SEA@BAL | BAL | Grayson Rodriguez | 65 | START | N |
| 5/18 | COL@SF | COL | Ty Blach | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/18 | COL@SF | SF | Kyle Harrison | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/18 | NYM@MIA | NYM | Luis Severino | 70 | START | N |
| 5/18 | NYM@MIA | MIA | Braxton Garrett | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/18 | WAS@PHI | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/18 | WAS@PHI | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/18 | MIN@CLE | MIN | Bailey Ober | 65 | START | N |
| 5/18 | MIN@CLE | CLE | Logan Allen | 35 | SIT | N |
| 5/18 | OAK@KC | OAK | Ross Stripling | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/18 | OAK@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 75 | START | N |
| 5/18 | MIL@HOU | MIL | Bryse Wilson | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/18 | MIL@HOU | HOU | Justin Verlander | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/18 | BOS@STL | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/18 | BOS@STL | STL | Miles Mikolas | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 5/18 | LAA@TEX | LAA | Patrick Sandoval | 65 | START | N |
| 5/18 | LAA@TEX | TEX | Jose Urena | 25 | SIT | N |
| 5/18 | DET@ARI | DET | Jack Flaherty | 80 | START | N |
| 5/18 | DET@ARI | ARI | Zac Gallen | 70 | START | N |
| 5/18 | CIN@LAD | CIN | Graham Ashcraft | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/18 | CIN@LAD | LAD | Walker Buehler | 65 | START | N |
| 5/19 | BOS@STL | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | BOS@STL | STL | Matthew Liberatore | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/19 | SEA@BAL | SEA | George Kirby | 80 | START | Y |
| 5/19 | SEA@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 90 | START | Y |
| 5/19 | WAS@PHI | WAS | Trevor Williams | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/19 | WAS@PHI | PHI | Aaron Nola | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/19 | CWS@NYY | CWS | Chris Flexen | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | CWS@NYY | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/19 | TB@TOR | TB | Aaron Civale | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | TB@TOR | TOR | Alek Manoah | 20 | SIT | N |
| 5/19 | MIN@CLE | MIN | Chris Paddack | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | MIN@CLE | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | NYM@MIA | NYM | Sean Manaea | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | NYM@MIA | MIA | Sixto Sanchez | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 5/19 | OAK@KC | OAK | JP Sears | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | OAK@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/19 | MIL@HOU | MIL | Colin Rea | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | MIL@HOU | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/19 | PIT@CHC | PIT | Mitch Keller | 65 | START | Y |
| 5/19 | PIT@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 70 | START | Y |
| 5/19 | LAA@TEX | LAA | Jose Soriano | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 5/19 | LAA@TEX | TEX | Michael Lorenzen | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | COL@SF | COL | Dakota Hudson | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 5/19 | COL@SF | SF | Jordan Hicks | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | DET@ARI | DET | Matt Manning | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | DET@ARI | ARI | Jordan Montgomery | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | CIN@LAD | CIN | Hunter Greene | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 5/19 | CIN@LAD | LAD | TBD (Landon Knack?) |
0 | SIT | N |
| 5/19 | SD@ATL | SD | Yu Darvish | 65 | START | N |
| 5/19 | SD@ATL | ATL | Bryce Elder | 25 | SIT | N |
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