Starting Pitcher Chart – May 30th, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 30, 2024
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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – May 29th, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 29, 2024
Thanks for coming out!
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: How’s it going, y’all? Thanks for coming out! |
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: even his sprint speed is down (or is that just crappier contact => less reason to run fast?) |
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: Yeah, I’m not too worried about the speed. I definitely think if he were healthy and hitting like expected, we’d be seeing the 2Bs and 3Bs w/his blazing speed |
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: Do I give up on Corbin Carroll and try to trade him for a 3rd/4th rounder? |
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: You can. As long as you’ll be comfortable if he rebounds. Just got weigh the two and decide how you’ll feel. |
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: Cubs had 6 years to fix Estrada. Padres get in done in 4 months? What is with that? |
Starting Pitcher Chart – May 29th, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 28, 2024
Starting Pitcher Chart – May 28th, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 27, 2024
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Taking a partial holiday in that I skipped out on comments tonight so I can head back to the couch to enjoy HOU/SEA plus the hockey and basketball games going on. As always, I’ll gladly answer questions in the comments section if you want to know more about anyone. Heavy stud slate definitely makes it easier to skip doing the commentary, too!
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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 27th, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 27, 2024
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Sorry there was no chart on Friday. I wasn’t feeling well Thursday night and by the time I got to feeling better, it was around noon on Friday.
2-Start Rankings for the Week
| RANK | TYPE | PITCHER | MATCHUPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tarik Skubal | PIT/at BOS |
| 2 | 1 | Cole Ragans | at MIN/SDP |
| 3 | 1 | Freddy Peralta | CHC/CHW |
| 4 | 1 | Max Fried | WSN/OAK |
| 5 | 1 | Luis Castillo | HOU/LAA |
| 6 | 1 | Joe Ryan | KCR/at HOU |
| 7 | 1 | Framber Valdez | at SEA/MIN |
| 8 | 2 | Justin Steele | at MIL/CIN |
| 9 | 2 | Bryce Miller | HOU/LAA |
| 10 | 2 | Nick Lodolo | STL/at CHC |
| 11 | 2 | Chris Bassitt | at CHW/PIT |
| 12 | 3 | Nestor Cortes | at LAA/at SFG |
| 13 | 3 | Brayan Bello | at BAL/DET |
| 14 | 3 | Robert Gasser | CHC/CHW |
| 15 | 3 | Charlie Morton | WSN/OAK |
| 16 | 3 | Michael King | MIA/at KCR |
| 17 | 3 | Blake Snell | PHI/NYY |
| 18 | 3 | Gavin Stone | at NYM/COL |
| 19 | 3 | Zack Littell | OAK/at BAL |
| 20 | 4 | Brandon Pfaadt | at TEX/at NYM |
| 21 | 4 | Alec Marsh | at MIN/SDP |
| 22 | 4 | Griffin Canning | NYY/at SEA |
| 23 | 4 | Mitchell Parker | at ATL/at CLE |
| 24 | 4 | Cooper Criswell | at BAL/DET |
| 25 | 4 | Simeon Woods Richardson | KCR/at HOU |
| 26 | 4 | Lance Lynn | at CIN/at PHI |
| 27 | 4 | Cole Irvin | BOS/TBR |
| 28 | 4 | Trevor Rogers | at SDP/TEX |
| 29 | 5 | Taijuan Walker | at SFG/STL |
| 30 | 5 | Tylor Megill | LAD/ARI |
| 31 | 5 | Mitch Spence | at TBR/at ATL |
| 32 | 6 | Jake Irvin | at ATL/at CLE |
| 33 | 6 | Austin Gomber | CLE/at LAD |
| 34 | 6 | Nick Nastrini | TOR/at MIL |
| 35 | 6 | Xzavion Curry | at COL/WSN |
TYPE Key:
1 – Auto-Start | 2- All Formats | 3 – Most Formats |
4 – Some Formats | 5 – YOLO | 6 – Hard Pass
1 – Auto-Start | 2- All Formats | 3 – Most Formats |
4 – Some Formats | 5 – YOLO | 6 – Hard Pass
The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1300 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 9
by Paul Sporer
May 25, 2024
5/24/24
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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 23rd, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 22, 2024
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It’s a pretty straightforward board on Thursday. Be careful with the landmines out there, even the 1-x recos but also guys like Waldron, Black, and Smith-Shawver who have moderately intriguing matchups. I just don’t trust them in any of those road setups. If you want to discuss anyone further, drop a comment and I’ll get to ’em throughout Thursday!
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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – May 22nd, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 22, 2024
Thanks for coming out!!
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: Good afternoon, y’all! We’ve got Skubal/Ragans on the iPad ready to talk some baseball!!! |
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: Why does MLB hate home runs now?? |
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: lol, no idea… they can’t get their balls right! |
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: Who says no … Tigers send Skubal to the Orioles for Westburg and Kjerstad |
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: Maaannnn, if we got BOTH of them, I’d have to be on board for that. That’d be really compelling |
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: Another one .. who says no- Tigers send Tork and Foley to the Blue Jays for Vladdy |
Starting Pitcher Chart – May 22nd, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 22, 2024
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I wanted to see what kind of pitching has been available on the wire this year so I took a quick look. I used the NFBC’s Rotowire Online Championship which is a 12-team setup with 9 pitcher slots in the starting lineup and just 7 reserves, no IL or minor leaguers. I took the pitchers who were picked up in at least 25% of the 228 leagues in the contest, so 57 or more leagues. From there, I just calculated their results from the time they were picked up through May 21st. I realize that’s not perfect because some guys have definitely been cut so many teams might’ve missed some of the ugliness.
Just a note that the date listed in the chart is the Sunday they were picked up so the data starts the day after which is definitely worth noting because several of these guys threw gems on that Sunday which no doubt raised their bid price that night. Also there are some guys listed twice and that’s not an error, they had more than one period where they met the 57-league threshold. Obviously in comparison to last year’s non-stop rush of pitching prospects who came up and succeeded, this feels light, but even compared to a standard year it feels like we aren’t getting much. Streaming is no doubt a grind in 15-teamers right now and it feels like that is trickling down to 12-teamers, too.
April SP Pickups
| PITCHER | PICKUP PERIOD | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 31-Mar | 49.2 | 3.08 | 1.20 | 17% |
| Garrett Crochet | 31-Mar | 45.2 | 4.53 | 1.04 | 27% |
| Brady Singer | 7-Apr | 43.1 | 3.32 | 1.30 | 17% |
| Graham Ashcraft | 7-Apr | 42.2 | 4.43 | 1.52 | 9% |
| Javier Assad | 7-Apr | 42.1 | 1.70 | 1.07 | 13% |
| Spencer Turnbull | 7-Apr | 34.1 | 2.88 | 1.06 | 14% |
| Ronel Blanco | 7-Apr | 32.1 | 3.06 | 1.34 | 14% |
| Steven Matz | 7-Apr | 17.1 | 8.83 | 2.11 | 3% |
| Cody Bradford | 7-Apr | 6.2 | 0.00 | 0.97 | 22% |
| Javier Assad | 14-Apr | 31.2 | 1.14 | 1.09 | 11% |
| Martín Pérez | 14-Apr | 31 | 6.68 | 1.68 | 11% |
| Paul Blackburn | 14-Apr | 26.2 | 7.09 | 1.49 | 13% |
| Keaton Winn | 14-Apr | 26.1 | 6.84 | 1.38 | 11% |
| José Buttó | 14-Apr | 26 | 4.15 | 1.31 | 5% |
| Ben Brown | 14-Apr | 25 | 2.52 | 1.16 | 18% |
| Steven Matz | 14-Apr | 12.2 | 11.37 | 2.30 | 2% |
| Yariel Rodríguez | 14-Apr | 11.2 | 4.63 | 1.88 | 7% |
| Mitchell Parker | 21-Apr | 26 | 4.15 | 1.42 | 11% |
| José Soriano | 21-Apr | 25.1 | 3.20 | 1.27 | 9% |
| José Buttó | 21-Apr | 21.2 | 4.15 | 1.23 | 6% |
| Edward Cabrera | 21-Apr | 10.1 | 11.32 | 1.78 | 8% |
| Yariel Rodríguez | 21-Apr | 7.2 | 5.87 | 2.36 | -5% |
| Bailey Falter | 28-Apr | 24 | 3.75 | 1.08 | 5% |
| Erick Fedde 페디 | 28-Apr | 23.1 | 3.86 | 1.13 | 7% |
| Jameson Taillon | 28-Apr | 22 | 2.45 | 1.23 | 6% |
| Simeon Woods Richardson | 28-Apr | 19.1 | 3.26 | 1.26 | 12% |
| Bryce Elder | 28-Apr | 11.2 | 11.57 | 2.68 | 9% |
Pitchers acquired in at least 25% (57 of 228) of leagues in the Rotowire Online Championship which is a 12-team, 5×5 roto setup using a $1000 FAAB
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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 21st, 2024
by Paul Sporer
May 20, 2024
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Individual SP comments back tomorrow… but as always, I’ll answer as many comments as I can throughout the day tomorrow so if you have a question about someone, just let me know!
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Starter Notes May 21, 2024
| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK L30/Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Ryan | MIN at WSN | x | x | x | 53 | 3.57 | 1.02 | 24% | 26th/23rd |
| 2 | Logan Webb | SFG at PIT | x | x | x | 59 | 3.03 | 1.35 | 12% | 30th/29th |
| 3 | Garrett Crochet | CHW at TOR | x | x | x | 51 | 4.18 | 1.01 | 28% | 26th/26th |
| 4 | Ranger Suárez | PHI v TEX | x | x | x | 59 | 1.37 | 0.76 | 22% | 18th/6th |
| 5 | Kyle Bradish | BAL at STL | x | x | x | 13 | 2.63 | 1.32 | 18% | 8th/10th |
| 6 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR v CHW | x | x | x | 52 | 2.60 | 1.10 | 22% | 28th/30th |
| 7 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY v SEA | x | x | x | 50 | 2.49 | 1.13 | 20% | 16th/24th |
| 8 | Cristian Javier | HOU v LAA | x | x | x | 30 | 3.23 | 1.24 | 8% | 14th/15th |
| 9 | Robert Gasser | MIL at MIA | x | x | x | 11 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 12% | 23rd/25th |
| 10 | Jon Gray | TEX at PHI | x | x | 52 | 2.08 | 1.17 | 18% | 2nd/5th | |
| 11 | Zack Littell | TBR v BOS | x | x | 49 | 3.44 | 1.31 | 19% | 5th/9th | |
| 12 | Casey Mize | DET at KCR | x | x | 43 | 3.50 | 1.19 | 12% | 19th/12th | |
| 13 | Joe Musgrove | SDP at CIN | x | x | 41 | 6.37 | 1.51 | 13% | 28th/28th | |
| 14 | Gavin Stone | LAD v ARI | x | x | 44 | 3.27 | 1.27 | 7% | 22nd/27th | |
| 15 | Andrew Abbott | CIN v SDP | x | x | 50 | 3.06 | 1.14 | 13% | 29th/4th | |
| 16 | Alec Marsh | KCR v DET | x | x | 37 | 2.43 | 1.05 | 14% | 10th/14th | |
| 17 | Bryan Woo | SEA at NYY | x | x | 9 | 0.93 | 0.62 | 17% | 1st/1st | |
| 18 | Javier Assad | CHC v ATL | x | x | 48 | 1.49 | 1.03 | 14% | 27th/8th | |
| 19 | Griffin Canning | LAA at HOU | x | 46 | 5.21 | 1.35 | 8% | 11th/7th | ||
| 20 | Charlie Morton | ATL v CHC | x | 46 | 3.52 | 1.15 | 15% | 20th/16th | ||
| 21 | Cooper Criswell | BOS at TBR | x | 29 | 2.76 | 1.09 | 18% | 15th/19th | ||
| 22 | Martín Pérez | PIT v SFG | x | 50 | 4.86 | 1.50 | 12% | 16th/11th | ||
| 23 | Cal Quantrill | COL at OAK | x | 51 | 3.66 | 1.32 | 7% | 9th/21st | ||
| 24 | Aaron Brooks 브룩스 | OAK v COL | x | 7 | 3.86 | 1.14 | 14% | 21st/13th | ||
| 25 | Lance Lynn | STL v BAL | x | 45 | 4.17 | 1.48 | 11% | 29th/20th | ||
| 26 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI at LAD | 54 | 4.17 | 1.11 | 18% | 3rd/3rd | |||
| 27 | Trevor Rogers | MIA v MIL | 42 | 5.79 | 1.76 | 9% | 8th/2nd | |||
| 28 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE v NYM | 45 | 5.16 | 1.46 | 8% | 17th/17th | |||
| 29 | Patrick Corbin | WSN v MIN | 48 | 5.59 | 1.74 | 5% | 5th/18th | |||
| 30 | Adrian Houser | NYM at CLE | 32 | 7.44 | 1.84 | -4% | 18th/22nd |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
The chart includes their 2024 stats (this changed over from last year’s stats on April 22nd), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this is changed as of April 11th), 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 that just means it is a riskier stream as the league gets shallower.
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 value focusing on roto and then you can generally expand these recommendations a bit for points leagues.