You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 9! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.

Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 9, which will be updated as rotations are inevitably tweaked.

If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against a fierce offense, this is the weekly piece for you. For every week of the fantasy baseball season, we look to analyze all of the projected starting pitcher matchups and put together our optimal lineups. Here at RotoBaller, we believe that it’s key to analyze every SP matchup, each and every week, to help determine which SPs to start/sit and to hopefully find some hidden gems to bolster your teams. Let's set those optimal lineups!

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SP Matchups & Start/Sit Recommendations

This weekly piece considers the pitcher’s opponents, their career stats against the opponent, some ballpark factors and historical splits. With all of this information, we then provide our start/sit recommendations for each starting pitcher matchup for the approaching week of fantasy baseball.

PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/28/18) - MONDAY GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT CHC@PIT Mike Montgomery RP | CHC SIT Chad Kuhl SP | PIT START CHW@CLE Dylan Covey SP | CHW SIT Adam Plutko SP | CLE START CIN@ARI Homer Bailey SP | CIN SIT Matt Koch RP | ARI START HOU@NYY Justin Verlander SP | HOU START Domingo German RP | NYY SIT LAA@DET Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA START Matthew Boyd SP | DET START MIA@SD Caleb Smith RP | MIA START Eric Lauer SP | SD START MIN@KC Lance Lynn SP | MIN SIT Jake Junis SP | KC START NYM@ATL Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START Max Fried RP | ATL SIT PHI@LAD Vince Velasquez SP | PHI START Brock Stewart RP | LAD SIT SF@COL Andrew Suarez SP | SF SIT Chad Bettis SP | COL START STL@MIL Luke Weaver SP | STL START Brent Suter SP | MIL SIT TB@OAK Chris Archer SP | TB START Trevor Cahill SP | OAK START TEX@SEA Doug Fister SP | TEX SIT Marco Gonzales SP | SEA START TOR@BOS Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR SIT David Price SP | BOS START WAS@BAL Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Alex Cobb SP | BAL SIT PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/29/18) - TUESDAY GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT CHC@PIT Jon Lester SP | CHC START Nick Kingham SP | PIT START CHW@CLE Lucas Giolito SP | CHW SIT Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START CIN@ARI Luis Castillo SP | CIN START Zack Godley SP | ARI SIT HOU@NYY Charlie Morton SP | HOU START CC Sabathia SP | NYY SIT LAA@DET Nick Tropeano SP | LAA START Michael Fulmer SP | DET START MIA@SD Dan Straily SP | MIA START Tyson Ross SP | SD START MIN@KC Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT Danny Duffy SP | KC START NYM@ATL Steven Matz SP | NYM SIT Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL SIT PHI@LAD Jake Arrieta SP | PHI START Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START SF@COL Jeff Samardzija SP | SF SIT Kyle Freeland SP | COL START STL@MIL Michael Wacha SP | STL START Zach Davies SP | MIL SIT TB@OAK Blake Snell SP | TB START Daniel Gossett SP | OAK SIT TEX@SEA Austin Bibens-Dirkx RP | TEX SIT Felix Hernandez SP | SEA SIT TOR@BOS Marco Estrada SP | TOR SIT Rick Porcello SP | BOS SIT WAS@BAL Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS START Dylan Bundy SP | BAL START PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/30/18) - WEDNESDAY GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT CHC@PIT Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC START Joe Musgrove RP | PIT START CHW@CLE Reynaldo Lopez SP | CHW START Corey Kluber SP | CLE START CIN@ARI Sal Romano SP | CIN SIT Patrick Corbin SP | ARI START HOU@NYY Dallas Keuchel SP | HOU SIT Luis Severino SP | NYY START LAA@DET TBA TBD Mike Fiers SP | DET SIT MIA@SD Jose Urena SP | MIA SIT Clayton Richard SP | SD SIT MIN@KC Fernando Romero SP | MIN START Brad Keller SP | KC SIT NYM@ATL Noah Syndergaard SP | NYM START Julio Teheran SP | ATL START PHI@LAD Zach Eflin SP | PHI SIT Ross Stripling RP | LAD START SF@COL Derek Holland SP | SF SIT Jon Gray SP | COL START STL@MIL Alex Reyes SP | STL START Junior Guerra SP | MIL START TB@OAK Nathan Eovaldi SP | TB SIT Sean Manaea SP | OAK START TEX@SEA Matt Moore SP | TEX SIT James Paxton SP | SEA START TOR@BOS Sam Gaviglio SP | TOR SIT Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS START WAS@BAL Max Scherzer SP | WAS START David Hess P | BAL SIT PROBABLE PITCHERS (5/31/18) - THURSDAY GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT BOS@HOU Drew Pomeranz SP | BOS SIT Lance McCullers SP | HOU START CHC@NYM Jose Quintana SP | CHC START Jason Vargas SP | NYM SIT CLE@MIN Carlos Carrasco SP | CLE START Jake Odorizzi SP | MIN SIT LAA@DET Andrew Heaney SP | LAA START Francisco Liriano RP | DET SIT MIA@SD Wei-Yin Chen SP | MIA SIT Jordan Lyles RP | SD SIT NYY@BAL Sonny Gray SP | NYY SIT Andrew Cashner SP | BAL SIT PHI@LAD Aaron Nola SP | PHI START Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD START PIT@STL Trevor Williams SP | PIT SIT Jack Flaherty SP | STL START TB@OAK TBA TBD Daniel Mengden SP | OAK START TEX@SEA Mike Minor RP | TEX SIT Wade LeBlanc RP | SEA SIT WAS@ATL Tanner Roark SP | WAS START Sean Newcomb SP | ATL START PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/1/18) - FRIDAY GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT BOS@HOU Chris Sale SP | BOS START Gerrit Cole SP | HOU START CHC@NYM Tyler Chatwood SP | CHC SIT Zack Wheeler SP | NYM START CIN@SD Tyler Mahle SP | CIN SIT TBA TBD CLE@MIN Trevor Bauer SP | CLE START Jose Berrios SP | MIN START LAD@COL Alex Wood SP | LAD START Tyler Anderson SP | COL SIT MIA@ARI Elieser Hernandez RP | MIA SIT Clay Buchholz SP | ARI START MIL@CHW Chase Anderson SP | MIL START Hector Santiago SP | CHW SIT NYY@BAL Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY START Kevin Gausman SP | BAL SIT OAK@KC Frankie Montas RP | OAK START Ian Kennedy SP | KC SIT PHI@SF Nick Pivetta SP | PHI START Chris Stratton SP | SF SIT PIT@STL Jameson Taillon SP | PIT START Miles Mikolas SP | STL START TB@SEA TBA TBD Mike Leake SP | SEA START TEX@LAA Bartolo Colon SP | TEX SIT Garrett Richards SP | LAA START TOR@DET Jaime Garcia SP | TOR SIT Blaine Hardy RP | DET SIT WAS@ATL Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS START Mike Foltynewicz SP | ATL START PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/2/18) - SATURDAY GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT BOS@HOU David Price SP | BOS START Justin Verlander SP | HOU START CHC@NYM Mike Montgomery RP | CHC SIT Jacob deGrom SP | NYM START CIN@SD Matt Harvey SP | CIN SIT Eric Lauer SP | SD START CLE@MIN Adam Plutko SP | CLE START Lance Lynn SP | MIN SIT LAD@COL Walker Buehler RP | LAD START German Marquez SP | COL SIT MIA@ARI Caleb Smith RP | MIA START Zack Greinke SP | ARI START MIL@CHW Jhoulys Chacin SP | MIL START James Shields SP | CHW SIT NYY@BAL Domingo German RP | NYY SIT Alex Cobb SP | BAL SIT OAK@KC Trevor Cahill SP | OAK START Jason Hammel SP | KC SIT PHI@SF Vince Velasquez SP | PHI START Ty Blach SP | SF SIT PIT@STL Chad Kuhl SP | PIT START Luke Weaver SP | STL START TB@SEA Chris Archer SP | TB START Marco Gonzales SP | SEA START TEX@LAA Cole Hamels SP | TEX START Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA START TOR@DET J.A. Happ SP | TOR START Matthew Boyd SP | DET START WAS@ATL Gio Gonzalez SP | WAS START Brandon McCarthy SP | ATL SIT PROBABLE PITCHERS (6/3/18) - SUNDAY GAME VISITING STARTER START/SIT HOME STARTER START/SIT BOS@HOU Rick Porcello SP | BOS SIT Charlie Morton SP | HOU START CHC@NYM Jon Lester SP | CHC START Steven Matz SP | NYM SIT CIN@SD Homer Bailey SP | CIN SIT Tyson Ross SP | SD START CLE@MIN Mike Clevinger SP | CLE START Kyle Gibson SP | MIN SIT LAD@COL Kenta Maeda SP | LAD START Chad Bettis SP | COL SIT MIA@ARI Dan Straily SP | MIA START Matt Koch RP | ARI START MIL@CHW Brent Suter SP | MIL SIT Dylan Covey SP | CHW START NYY@BAL CC Sabathia SP | NYY SIT Dylan Bundy SP | BAL START OAK@KC Daniel Gossett SP | OAK SIT Jake Junis SP | KC START PHI@SF Jake Arrieta SP | PHI START Andrew Suarez SP | SF SIT PIT@STL Nick Kingham SP | PIT START Michael Wacha SP | STL START TB@SEA Blake Snell SP | TB START Felix Hernandez SP | SEA SIT TEX@LAA Doug Fister SP | TEX SIT Nick Tropeano SP | LAA START TOR@DET Aaron Sanchez SP | TOR START Michael Fulmer SP | DET START WAS@ATL Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS START Anibal Sanchez SP | ATL SIT

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