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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1415 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 8

5/16/25

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WEEK 8

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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 16th, 2025

Credit: Eakin Howard-Imagn Images

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The chart includes their performance for 2025, their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.

Fell asleep early last night and then had the podcast very early this morning so board only. I’m going to try and get a weekend board up for y’all sometime today and I’m happy to answer any questions on guys going today.

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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 15th, 2025

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The chart includes their performance for 2025, their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.

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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – May 14th, 2025

Thanks for coming out, we’ll go the full hour (and maybe more!) next week.

1:04

Paul Sporer: Welcome to the chat, thanks for coming out. Running a little shorter today (40-45 mins)

1:04

CYgano: Any reason to expect positive regression from Altuve?

1:07

Paul Sporer: Ehh, I’m a bit bearish on that. We’re hitting a point where this might just be age-related regression that doesn’t rebound

1:07

Bubic, Get Out the Way: Sell high or hold on Kris Bubic? And if sell, what’s a fair category-agnostic return?

1:08

Paul Sporer: If you have really good pitching and can help the team, I don’t mind shopping him, but chances are he isn’t fetching a mint and I’m inclined to just ride out this goodness

1:08

INsert witty nickname here: No question, just a couple notes: Ben Rice has now caught the 9th inning in 3 blowouts over the last few weeks, including 2 of their last 5 games. Also, Matt Carpenter announced his retirement.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1414 – $100+ FAAB Buys in the Main Event

5/13/25

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$100+ NFBC PICKUPS SO FAR

  • Mar 23 WK 0: none – still before the season started
  • Mar 30 WK 1:
    • Luke Jackson – 37 lgs: 216 AVG, 379 hi, 122 lo | Results: 6 SVs, 4.22 ERA/1.47 WHIP
  • Apr 6 WK 2:
    • Zac Veen – 19 lgs: 199, 333, 77 | Results: .118 AVG, 1 HR/SB
    • Dennis Santana – 16 lgs: 181, 411, 84 | Results: 3 SVs, 1.50 ERA/0.67 WHIP
    • Heston Kjerstad – 20 lgs: 99, 156, 37 | Results: .190 AVG, 3 HR, 9 RBIs
    • Tommy Kahnle – 13 lgs: 118, 201, 48 | Results: 4 SVs, 0.77 ERA/0.98 WHIP

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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 14th, 2025

Brad Mills-Imagn Images

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The chart includes their performance for 2025, their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.

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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 13th, 2025

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

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The chart includes their performance for 2025 (I changed over from 2024 #s on April 15th), their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this changed as of April 14th), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.

JUMP TO 2-START CHART

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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 12th, 2025

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images

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The chart includes their performance for 2025 (I changed over from 2024 #s on April 15th), their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this changed as of April 14th), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.

2-start board update coming Monday morning!

Afternoon update: sorry for the extreme delay on the 2-start board. Charlotte is taking prednisone for a little hip/back issue and the side effects are kickin’ her butt a bit, including needing to go out every 60-90 minutes to do her business so I was up most of the night and then crashed for a bit this morning when my gf woke up and could take care of Char.

JUMP TO 2-START CHART

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1413 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 7

5/9/25

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WEEK 6

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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 9th, 2025

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The chart includes their performance for 2025 (I changed over from 2024 #s on April 15th), their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this changed as of April 14th), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.

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