It’s hard to project how a reliever will turn into a starting pitcher, especially within a season. We expect velocity to decline as a starter, and we imagine arsenals will evolve as they pitch deeper into games. Today, we’ll dive into three pitchers who made this transition in 2026. Two of these pitchers were on fantasy rosters this year and in the past, both entering the season in different roles than they have now. The third’s path to fantasy relevance was through deeper formats.

Like most of my pitching articles, we’re looking at the underlying skills and metrics, diving into the arsenal, movement profiles, locations, and command.

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Among the top 100 hitters on the Fantasy Player Rater, several hitters are highly touted rookies or players who entered the season rookie-eligible. We’ll examine five rookie hitters. The goal is to provide redraft, keeper, and dynasty thoughts on these rookie-eligible hitters to figure out whether fantasy managers should consider holding, selling high, or buying in various formats. Though keeper and dynasty formats can have different rules and scoring, we’ll do our best to consider these differences. 

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Welcome to my debut article, covering three starting pitchers struggling in 2026. Beyond the typical luck and skill factors, we want to examine a pitcher’s pitch mix, movement profile, location, and more to figure out whether these starting pitchers are likely to improve as the season progresses. Two of the struggling pitchers are veterans with a lengthy track record; the third is a less established arm who has teased us with his skills.

Will these starting pitchers perform better soon? Or should we consider dropping or selling low in some formats?

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