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Boxscore Bits: June 15th, 2022

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June 15, 2022
Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Tuesday’s games:

Tuesday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Tyler Mahle CIN 9 3 0 0 0 0 12 30 0.00 0.33 0 94.1 15%
2 Miles Mikolas STL 8.2 1 1 0 0 1 6 29 0.00 0.23 1 93.5 93.3 9%
3 Chris Bassitt NYM 8 3 0 0 0 1 7 26 0.00 0.50 1 94.1 93.6 11%
4 Logan Webb SFG 7 5 0 0 0 3 9 26 0.00 1.14 1 92.8 91.8 14%
5 Zach Davies ARI 7 6 0 0 0 0 7 26 0.00 0.86 0 89.6 10%
6 Tony Gonsolin LAD 6.1 1 0 0 0 2 6 22 0.00 0.47 1 93.3 16%
7 Gerrit Cole NYY 6 5 0 0 0 1 7 23 0.00 1.00 1 97.9 11%
8 Logan Gilbert SEA 6 4 0 0 0 1 6 22 0.00 0.83 1 96 7%
9 Dane Dunning TEX 6 2 0 0 0 4 4 24 0.00 1.00 0 88.3 5%
10 Corey Kluber TBR 6 4 2 0 0 1 3 25 0.00 0.83 0 87.9 89.2 7%
11 Dylan Cease CHW 5 7 1 0 0 1 8 23 0.00 1.60 1 96.4 13%
12 Matthew Liberatore STL 5 3 0 0 0 2 5 19 0.00 1.00 1 92.7 92.4 10%
13 Nick Pivetta BOS 8 3 1 1 1 2 3 28 1.13 0.63 1 94.2 9%
14 Kyle Hendricks CHC 5 4 1 1 0 0 6 20 1.80 0.80 0 87.1 86.8 15%
15 Noah Syndergaard LAA 4.2 2 1 1 0 3 5 19 1.93 1.07 0 95.4 94.5 9%
16 JT Brubaker PIT 5.1 7 3 2 1 2 5 27 3.38 1.69 0 93 11%
17 Shane Bieber CLE 6.2 9 3 3 1 1 7 29 4.05 1.50 0 90.6 11%
18 José Urquidy HOU 6 5 3 3 1 0 4 23 4.50 0.83 0 93.2 16%
19 Antonio Senzatela COL 6 8 3 3 0 1 4 26 4.50 1.50 0 94.5 4%
20 Drew Hutchison DET 4 5 2 2 0 2 1 19 4.50 1.75 0 92.9 93.3 10%
21 Kris Bubic KCR 5.1 5 3 3 0 2 6 22 5.06 1.31 0 92.7 7%
22 Zach Eflin PHI 6 5 4 4 2 0 4 23 6.00 0.83 0 91.2 91.6 11%
23 Max Fried ATL 5.2 6 4 4 0 1 6 24 6.35 1.24 1 94.6 93.6 11%
24 Jordan Lyles BAL 5.1 5 4 4 1 2 7 24 6.75 1.31 1 92 91 14%
25 Joe Ryan MIN 4.2 5 4 4 2 1 3 20 7.71 1.29 0 91.2 10%
26 Adrian Houser MIL 4.2 8 4 4 0 1 3 22 7.71 1.93 0 94.6 94 6%
27 Yusei Kikuchi TOR 4 5 4 4 2 4 4 20 9.00 2.25 0 94.2 15%
28 Trevor Rogers MIA 3.2 5 4 4 1 6 2 21 9.82 3.00 0 95 7%
29 Sean Manaea SDP 4 8 5 5 2 1 5 21 11.25 2.25 0 90.7 13%
30 Bryse Wilson PIT 5 10 7 7 3 1 3 26 12.60 2.20 0 93.5 93 9%
Sorted by ERA

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Paul Sporer’s Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings – June 2022

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June 14, 2022
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

This is long overdue, but thank you for the patience.

I’ll aim for 3-4 wk intervals going forward and it will usually fill in for a Monday version of Boxscore Bits as it is today (and into Tuesday… this one took awhile!). They should be viewed in a 3-4 wk context, too. Trying to think for the entire rest of the season is unnecessary because we know things will change and we are allowed to change our roster so a narrower focus will help you sort things out as you run through the many globs of pitchers where the talent isn’t that far off so you look toward more secondary factors to make the decisions (recent performance, schedule, supporting offense/defense, venue, etc…) on a week-to-week basis.

I do have larger groupings when it comes to in-season rankings with 6 tiers of ranked arms and then injury and prospect guys. Aces, Must Start, Usually Start, Team Streamer, Standard Streamer, and Deeeep Leagues. There isn’t a big split between Usually Start and Team Streamer (guys who you purposefully curate their starts, but don’t cut them when not starting them because of their upside) as the US group has guys you consider sitting at COL or against a high-powered offense you’re afraid of (NYY, NYM, BOS, HOU, LAD off the top of my head) where as the TS group is must-sit in those situations among others such as a home/road split (like Mahle, for example).

While my focus is primarily on 15-team mixers, these should work pretty well across the 12s and even 10s with slight adjustments based on your league. I’m quite confident starting the top 2 tiers (45 starters) across all formats and then there are some adjustments to be made in the streaming tiers for 10s and 12s which you can apply based on how your league facilitates streaming (daily/weekly pickups, pickup limits, scoring system).

ACES: The best of the best right now.

I’m writing up all of the Aces, but not everyone will get a note in the tiers after this one

ACES
Rk STARTING PITCHER TM Spring Rk Diff.
1 Gerrit Cole NYY 1 0
2 Shane McClanahan TBR 24 22
3 Corbin Burnes MIL 4 1
4 Zack Wheeler PHI 13 9
5 Sandy Alcantara MIA 6 1
6 Justin Verlander HOU 18 12
7 Joe Musgrove SDP 8 1
8 Kevin Gausman TOR 27 19
9 Max Fried ATL 10 1
10 Pablo López MIA 53 43

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Boxscore Bits: June 10th, 2022

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June 10, 2022
Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Thursday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Shane McClanahan TBR 8 2 1 0 0 1 9 29 0.00 0.38 1 97.4 20%
2 Dylan Cease CHW 4.2 6 6 0 0 3 8 23 0.00 1.93 0 97.1 16%
3 Shohei Ohtani LAA 7 4 1 1 0 2 6 27 1.29 0.86 1 98.3 18%
4 Tyler Mahle CIN 6 4 1 1 1 2 10 25 1.50 1.00 0 93.2 14%
5 Max Fried ATL 6 8 1 1 1 0 8 24 1.50 1.33 1 93.4 93.1 15%
6 Corbin Burnes MIL 4.1 3 3 1 0 4 8 21 2.08 1.62 0 97.8 97 18%
7 Miles Mikolas STL 8 3 2 2 1 0 9 26 2.25 0.38 0 93.5 93.1 14%
8 Zach Eflin PHI 4 4 1 1 1 3 2 20 2.25 1.75 0 94 93.4 8%
9 Austin Gomber COL 6 5 2 2 0 1 5 25 3.00 1.00 1 91.7 13%
10 Logan Webb SFG 5.2 7 3 2 0 1 3 26 3.18 1.41 0 92.6 91.9 10%
11 Trevor Rogers MIA 5 6 2 2 0 1 5 22 3.60 1.40 1 95.3 14%
12 James Kaprielian OAK 5 5 2 2 2 0 3 19 3.60 1.00 0 93.6 7%
13 JT Brubaker PIT 7 6 3 3 0 2 7 29 3.86 1.14 0 92.4 93.4 13%
14 Zach Davies ARI 6 6 3 3 0 1 7 25 4.50 1.17 0 89.1 12%
15 Konnor Pilkington CLE 5.2 4 4 4 1 4 2 24 6.35 1.41 0 91.6 7%
16 Nick Pivetta BOS 5 6 4 4 1 2 11 24 7.20 1.60 0 93.7 10%
17 Kris Bubic KCR 4.1 6 4 4 0 2 5 21 8.31 1.85 0 91 9%
18 Dylan Bundy MIN 4 5 4 4 2 1 1 18 9.00 1.50 0 88.6 88.9 11%
19 Jordan Lyles BAL 5 8 6 6 2 3 1 27 10.80 2.20 0 91.7 90.7 10%
20 Tyler Anderson LAD 3 4 4 4 0 3 2 16 12.00 2.33 0 90.8 88.6 9%
21 Stephen Strasburg WSN 4.2 8 7 7 1 2 5 23 13.50 2.14 0 90.2 90.2 5%
22 Gerrit Cole NYY 2.1 8 7 7 5 2 3 17 27.00 4.29 0 97.8 10%
Sorted by ERA

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Boxscore Bits: June 9th, 2022

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June 9, 2022
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Wednesday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Wednesday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Sandy Alcantara MIA 9 6 0 0 0 0 6 33 0.00 0.67 0 97.8 97.2 13%
2 Aaron Nola PHI 8 4 0 0 0 0 6 28 0.00 0.50 1 92.8 92.2 7%
3 Alex Wood SFG 7 5 1 1 0 0 5 25 1.29 0.71 0 91.8 11%
4 Sean Manaea SDP 7 3 2 1 0 3 3 26 1.29 0.86 1 91 11%
5 Mitch Keller PIT 6 4 1 1 0 2 7 24 1.50 1.00 0 95.4 94.7 12%
6 Antonio Senzatela COL 6 6 1 1 0 1 6 24 1.50 1.17 0 94.5 8%
7 Merrill Kelly 켈리 ARI 6 1 0 0 0 3 5 21 0.00 0.67 1 93.1 93.3 16%
8 Ian Anderson ATL 6 6 2 2 0 2 5 24 3.00 1.33 1 93.6 12%
9 Tony Gonsolin LAD 6 3 1 1 1 1 5 23 1.50 0.67 1 93.3 8%
10 Adrian Houser MIL 6 7 5 5 3 1 5 25 7.50 1.33 0 95.6 94.3 8%
11 Johnny Cueto CHW 6 4 3 3 2 1 5 23 4.50 0.83 0 90.7 90.5 8%
12 Logan Gilbert SEA 6 7 3 3 0 3 3 26 4.50 1.67 1 96.3 10%
13 Alex Faedo DET 5 3 1 1 1 1 7 18 1.80 0.80 0 91.7 18%
14 Josiah Gray WSN 5 6 0 0 0 1 6 22 0.00 1.40 0 94.8 15%
15 Nathan Eovaldi BOS 5 6 0 0 0 0 5 21 0.00 1.20 1 94.3 17%
16 Brady Singer KCR 5 8 3 3 2 0 5 23 5.40 1.60 1 93.5 12%
17 Corey Kluber TBR 5 6 3 3 1 1 5 22 5.40 1.40 1 88.9 89 9%
18 Chris Archer MIN 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 20 1.80 1.20 1 93.4 7%
19 Shane Bieber CLE 4.1 3 0 0 0 0 6 15 0.00 0.69 0 90.2 19%
20 Mike Minor CIN 4.1 3 3 3 2 3 4 20 6.23 1.38 0 90.3 9%
21 Nestor Cortes NYY 4.1 7 4 4 2 0 3 19 8.31 1.62 0 92.4 10%
22 José Urquidy HOU 4.1 7 5 4 2 4 3 24 8.31 2.54 0 93.3 8%
23 Reid Detmers LAA 4.1 3 0 0 0 2 1 19 0.00 1.15 0 93.4 7%
24 Jared Koenig OAK 4 5 4 4 0 2 3 18 9.00 1.75 0 89.5 9%
25 Dane Dunning TEX 4 9 4 4 0 0 1 20 9.00 2.25 0 88.3 9%
26 Chris Bassitt NYM 3.1 7 7 6 0 2 6 20 16.20 2.70 0 93.6 93.6 5%
27 Packy Naughton STL 1.1 5 4 4 0 0 0 9 27.00 3.75 0 92.2 91.7 8%
28 Yusei Kikuchi TOR 0.2 2 3 3 0 4 2 8 40.50 9.00 0 95.2 18%
Sorted by ERA

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Boxscore Bits: June 8th, 2022

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June 8, 2022
David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Tuesday’s games (pitchers only today with my chat coming up at 1pm CT!):

FOR STARTERS

Monday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Yu Darvish SDP 7 2 0 0 0 0 6 25 0.00 0.29 1 95.7 95.5 16%
2 Michael Kopech CHW 6 1 0 0 0 1 8 20 0.00 0.33 1 96.3 12%
3 Jeffrey Springs TBR 6 6 0 0 0 2 5 25 0.00 1.33 0 91.8 9%
4 Graham Ashcraft CIN 6 3 0 0 0 0 4 20 0.00 0.50 1 97.9 97.9 13%
5 Alek Manoah TOR 6 6 0 0 0 3 4 25 0.00 1.50 1 94 92.8 2%
6 Mitch White LAD 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 18 0.00 0.40 0 94.3 94.4 12%
7 Justin Verlander HOU 7 6 1 1 0 2 12 29 1.29 1.14 1 95.1 15%
8 Dakota Hudson STL 7 2 1 1 0 1 6 24 1.29 0.43 0 92.4 92.1 13%
9 Edward Cabrera MIA 6 2 1 1 1 2 4 23 1.50 0.67 1 96.6 95.8 9%
10 Jason Alexander MIL 5 7 1 1 0 2 1 23 1.80 1.80 0 93.1 92.7 5%
11 Kyle Wright ATL 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 28 2.25 0.63 1 94.8 93.8 19%
12 Ranger Suárez PHI 7 6 2 2 0 0 5 26 2.57 0.86 0 94.2 93.4 5%
13 Chris Flexen 플렉센 SEA 6.2 5 2 2 0 3 2 27 2.70 1.20 0 91 5%
14 Cole Irvin OAK 5.1 7 2 2 2 1 6 23 3.38 1.50 0 90.8 89.7 10%
15 Tarik Skubal DET 7 6 3 3 1 0 9 27 3.86 0.86 1 93.9 94.4 16%
16 Cal Quantrill CLE 7 8 3 3 2 1 3 30 3.86 1.29 1 92.7 92.8 8%
17 Kyle Bradish BAL 4.2 4 2 2 2 5 5 23 3.86 1.93 0 9%
18 Germán Márquez COL 6 4 3 3 1 4 7 27 4.50 1.33 1 95.2 94.8 7%
19 Brad Keller KCR 6 7 3 3 0 2 4 24 4.50 1.50 0 94.4 93.7 8%
20 Carlos Rodón SFG 4 4 2 2 1 1 5 18 4.50 1.25 0 94.8 8%
21 Taylor Hearn TEX 5.2 4 3 3 0 2 6 23 4.76 1.06 1 94.9 92.8 13%
22 Jose Suarez LAA 5 7 3 3 0 2 3 23 5.40 1.80 0 93.2 92.4 13%
23 Taijuan Walker NYM 6 5 4 4 1 2 4 26 6.00 1.17 0 94.1 93.4 8%
24 Jon Gray TEX 5 6 5 5 0 4 3 26 9.00 2.00 0 95.5 6%
25 Garrett Whitlock BOS 4 6 4 4 1 0 5 18 9.00 1.50 0 95.1 14%
26 Jameson Taillon NYY 4 9 4 4 1 1 3 22 9.00 2.50 0 94.4 94.1 8%
27 Kirk McCarty CLE 4 8 5 4 3 0 2 20 9.00 2.00 0 91.8 13%
28 Cole Sands MIN 3.2 8 4 4 2 2 3 21 9.82 2.73 0 92.1 10%
29 Jose Quintana PIT 3.1 7 4 4 0 1 5 18 10.80 2.40 0 91.1 91.2 15%
30 Keegan Thompson CHC 3 5 7 7 3 1 1 16 21.00 2.00 0 93.8 93.3 6%
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Boxscore Bits: June 7th, 2022

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June 7, 2022
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Monday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Monday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Michael Wacha BOS 9 3 0 0 0 1 6 29 0.00 0.44 1 94 93.4 10%
2 Hunter Greene CIN 7 1 0 0 0 0 8 21 0.00 0.14 1 97.1 97.6 14%
3 Ross Stripling TOR 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 16 0.00 0.20 1 91.8 89.7 13%
4 Noah Syndergaard LAA 6 5 1 1 0 1 3 25 1.50 1.00 0 94.6 94.7 6%
5 Carlos Carrasco NYM 7 5 2 2 0 0 10 26 2.57 0.71 1 94.1 92.5 14%
6 Robbie Ray SEA 5 8 4 3 3 3 3 25 5.40 2.20 1 93.8 93.3 10%
7 Madison Bumgarner ARI 5 8 4 4 1 2 4 25 7.20 2.00 0 90.3 2%
8 Blake Snell SDP 4 7 5 4 0 3 4 23 9.00 2.50 0 95.4 11%
9 Daniel Lynch KCR 5.2 6 6 6 3 2 4 24 9.53 1.41 0 93.9 7%
10 Cristian Javier HOU 3.2 6 5 5 1 1 4 19 12.27 1.91 0 93.5 9%
Sorted by ERA

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Boxscore Bits: June 3rd, 2022

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June 3, 2022
Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Sandy Alcantara MIA 7 3 0 0 0 2 8 25 0.00 0.71 1 98 97.9 8%
2 Nestor Cortes NYY 7 5 0 0 0 2 7 27 0.00 1.00 1 91.8 13%
3 Tony Gonsolin LAD 6 2 0 0 0 1 5 21 0.00 0.50 1 92.9 11%
4 Reid Detmers LAA 4.1 5 0 0 0 3 4 20 0.00 1.85 0 92.9 8%
5 Jameson Taillon NYY 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 26 1.13 0.25 1 94.2 94.6 10%
6 Graham Ashcraft CIN 7 4 1 1 1 1 5 26 1.29 0.71 1 97.8 97.9 12%
7 Sean Manaea SDP 6 5 1 1 0 2 8 24 1.50 1.17 0 91.2 15%
8 Corey Kluber TBR 6 4 1 1 1 0 4 21 1.50 0.67 1 88.6 12%
9 Adrian Houser MIL 5 5 1 1 0 3 5 23 1.80 1.60 0 94.9 94.3 8%
10 Chris Archer MIN 5 3 1 1 0 1 3 18 1.80 0.80 0 92.6 9%
11 Taijuan Walker NYM 5.2 7 2 2 0 1 2 24 3.18 1.41 0 94.3 92 11%
12 Alex Wood SFG 5.1 4 2 2 0 2 5 21 3.38 1.13 0 92.2 9%
13 Alek Manoah TOR 7.2 6 3 3 0 1 5 29 3.52 0.91 1 93.7 92.8 6%
14 Alex Faedo DET 5 5 2 2 0 2 5 22 3.60 1.40 0 92.5 12%
15 Johnny Cueto CHW 6 7 4 3 1 0 5 25 4.50 1.17 0 90.5 91.1 8%
16 Joan Adon WSN 5.1 6 3 3 1 4 4 24 5.06 1.88 0 94.8 3%
17 Keegan Thompson CHC 5.1 5 3 3 0 3 3 23 5.06 1.50 1 94.2 94.4 5%
18 Chris Flexen 플렉센 SEA 5 6 3 3 0 1 3 22 5.40 1.40 0 91.3 5%
19 Taylor Hearn TEX 4 6 3 3 0 4 3 22 6.75 2.50 0 94.8 94.1 8%
20 Jordan Lyles BAL 5 9 5 4 0 2 3 23 7.20 2.20 0 92.5 91.5 7%
21 Ian Anderson ATL 6 10 5 5 2 1 9 27 7.50 1.83 1 94.1 14%
22 Matthew Liberatore STL 3.1 6 4 4 3 3 1 19 10.80 2.70 0 92.3 92.2 10%
23 Shohei Ohtani LAA 3 8 4 4 3 1 2 17 12.00 3.00 0 97.5 4%
24 Austin Gomber COL 5 10 9 9 2 2 5 27 16.20 2.40 0 90.9 10%
Sorted by ERA

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Boxscore Bits: June 1st, 2022

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June 1, 2022
Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Tuesday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Adam Wainwright STL 7 2 0 0 0 1 10 24 0.00 0.43 0 88.9 89.6 7%
2 Martín Pérez TEX 7 3 0 0 0 0 5 24 0.00 0.43 1 93.6 92.9 8%
3 Luis Castillo CIN 6 1 0 0 0 3 10 21 0.00 0.67 1 96.6 98.1 19%
4 George Kirby SEA 6 4 0 0 0 1 8 23 0.00 0.83 1 95.7 13%
5 Michael Wacha BOS 5.2 3 1 0 0 0 3 21 0.00 0.53 0 93.7 93.7 11%
6 Trevor Williams NYM 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 20 0.00 1.00 1 90.1 88.2 8%
7 Joey Wentz DET 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 13 0.00 0.25 0 93.9 13%
8 Jordan Montgomery NYY 7 4 1 1 1 1 4 25 1.29 0.71 1 93.5 92.6 10%
9 Jakob Junis SFG 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 3 18 2.08 1.15 0 91.7 8%
10 Cristian Javier HOU 4 4 1 1 0 4 4 20 2.25 2.00 0 94.2 7%
11 Frankie Montas OAK 7 7 2 2 1 0 5 26 2.57 1.00 0 96.9 96.4 8%
12 Devin Smeltzer MIN 6.2 6 2 2 0 0 4 26 2.70 0.90 1 90.5 8%
13 Blake Snell SDP 6 2 2 2 0 3 6 22 3.00 0.83 0 95.5 13%
14 Mitch Keller PIT 5 2 2 2 1 5 5 23 3.60 1.40 1 95.9 95.4 5%
15 Ryan Yarbrough TBR 6.2 6 3 3 2 0 3 27 4.05 0.90 0 86.5 7%
16 Ranger Suárez PHI 4.1 5 2 2 0 3 5 21 4.15 1.85 0 93.9 93 8%
17 Cal Quantrill CLE 6.1 6 3 3 0 0 5 26 4.26 0.95 1 93.9 94 5%
18 Eric Lauer MIL 4 5 3 2 1 3 6 21 4.50 2.00 0 93.8 9%
19 Justin Steele CHC 5 3 3 3 0 4 6 22 5.40 1.40 0 92.7 91.8 10%
20 Kevin Gausman TOR 5 6 3 3 1 1 5 22 5.40 1.40 1 95.2 13%
21 Julio Urías LAD 6 8 4 4 2 1 8 27 6.00 1.50 0 92.7 19%
22 Charlie Morton ATL 5 4 4 4 1 2 5 20 7.20 1.20 0 95.6 95.8 6%
23 Cole Sands MIN 4 5 4 4 1 4 4 21 9.00 2.25 0 91.8 12%
24 Humberto Castellanos ARI 4.2 7 5 5 1 2 5 22 9.64 1.93 0 90 91.1 9%
25 Rony García DET 5 7 6 6 1 1 7 23 10.80 1.60 0 92.6 8%
26 Lucas Giolito CHW 4.2 8 6 6 2 2 8 24 11.57 2.14 0 93 16%
27 Daniel Lynch KCR 4 9 6 6 1 3 2 25 13.50 3.00 0 95.2 93.5 13%
28 Patrick Corbin WSN 4.1 12 7 7 1 2 6 27 14.54 3.23 0 92.1 92.7 10%
29 Noah Syndergaard LAA 2.1 7 5 5 1 1 0 14 19.29 3.43 0 94.2 93.8 2%
30 Bryan Baker BAL 1.1 2 3 3 0 1 1 7 20.25 2.25 0 96.4 10%
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Boxscore Bits: May 31st, 2022

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May 31, 2022
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Monday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Monday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Pablo López MIA 6 3 0 0 0 4 5 23 0.00 1.17 0 92.9 92.7 12%
2 Tyler Wells BAL 6 2 0 0 0 1 3 21 0.00 0.50 1 94.2 10%
3 Drew Smyly CHC 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 0.00 0.33 0 93.2 14%
4 Framber Valdez HOU 9 2 1 1 0 3 7 30 1.00 0.56 1 94.1 11%
5 Ryan Feltner COL 7 4 1 1 1 1 6 26 1.29 0.71 1 95.1 93.9 14%
6 Aaron Ashby MIL 6 5 1 1 1 2 12 25 1.50 1.17 1 96.8 21%
7 Matt Swarmer CHC 6 5 4 1 2 1 6 24 1.50 1.00 0 91.1 12%
8 Zach Plesac CLE 6 5 1 1 1 0 5 23 1.50 0.83 0 93 10%
9 Glenn Otto TEX 6 4 2 1 0 3 4 25 1.50 1.17 1 93.2 93 8%
10 Kyle Gibson PHI 6 3 2 2 1 1 4 24 3.00 0.67 0 92.4 91.7 10%
11 Zac Gallen ARI 5.2 7 2 2 1 2 6 26 3.18 1.59 1 93.1 8%
12 Zach Thompson PIT 5.2 4 2 2 2 1 4 22 3.18 0.88 0 92.7 92.4 7%
13 Logan Webb SFG 8 4 3 3 3 0 10 28 3.38 0.50 0 92.9 92.3 15%
14 Packy Naughton STL 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 4 9 3.86 0.86 0 92.6 92.2 15%
15 Jon Heasley KCR 6 6 3 3 1 3 3 27 4.50 1.50 0 93.6 8%
16 Nick Martinez SDP 6 7 3 3 1 4 2 27 4.50 1.83 0 93.7 92.8 10%
17 Paul Blackburn OAK 6.2 5 4 4 2 0 5 28 5.40 0.75 0 90.9 91.4 11%
18 Walker Buehler LAD 6 7 4 4 2 1 7 25 6.00 1.33 0 94.8 95.1 8%
19 Dylan Bundy MIN 6 9 4 4 1 0 3 28 6.00 1.50 0 89.5 89.9 11%
20 Beau Brieske DET 5.2 6 4 4 3 2 4 24 6.35 1.41 0 94.4 91.8 10%
21 Ethan Small MIL 2.2 4 2 2 0 4 4 15 6.75 3.00 0 91.4 16%
22 David Peterson NYM 4.2 6 4 4 0 4 1 24 7.71 2.14 0 92.6 93.2 5%
23 Spencer Strider ATL 4.1 4 5 5 1 2 7 19 10.38 1.38 0 97.6 14%
24 Rich Hill BOS 4 7 6 6 2 2 5 21 13.50 2.25 0 88.8 7%
25 Drew Rasmussen TBR 3 5 5 5 2 3 3 17 15.00 2.67 0 95.2 10%
26 Erick Fedde WSN 1.1 8 6 6 1 1 0 12 40.50 6.75 0 92.4 2%
Sorted by ERA

Business As Usual: Nothing actionable

Notable Gems: The standouts who merit some extra attention

  • Logan Webb – Great outing for Webb that probably should’ve ended with 2 ER (not sure I’d have let him face Kyle Schwarber a 4th time), but the 10 Ks are great. His Ks have held him back a bit, but no complaints about a 3.52 ERA/1.16 WHIP in 61.3 IP. An easy auto-start.
  • Aaron Ashby – Beautiful outing from Ashby, especially just 2 BB in 6 IP. He has a 2.84 ERA/1.46 WHIP in 25.3 IP as a starter with 30 Ks. He will be in the rotation while Freddy Peralta is out which will be a long time and I’m starting him everywhere.
  • Glenn Otto – Solid start to the 2-step for Otto, despite just 4 Ks in 6 IP. I was really impressed by him doing well at HOU and at LAA before this start, too. He gets SEA and at CWS in his next two and I’m starting to gain confidence in him as a every time start in 15-teamers and deeper.
  • Tyler Wells – Wow, this was a shock! Six scoreless at Boston right now should count triple! He has posted a 1.64 ERA/0.73 WHIP at both NYY and BOS over his last two despite just 5 Ks. Wells gets CLE to finish off his 2-step and then a trip to KC next week. He is a team streamer in 12s and above, while being just a standard streamer in 10s.
  • Zach Plesac – Great start to a favorable 2-step for this standard streamer. Of course, the run was still a homer (1.5 HR/9). Maybe the new left field in Camden Yards will help him keep the ball in the yard this weekend.
  • Ryan Feltner – OK, is there something here? This was Feltner’s first start at home, and it was his best of the three! He now has a 3.71 ERA and 1.12 WHIP in 17 IP with 20 Ks and 5 BB. The scary part is Coors, of course. Well that and rotation security as Antonio Senzatela returns tomorrow. I doubt they bump anyone to get Feltner in so he is probably the 6th man right now. He got the picture today because I’m not sure I’ll get another chance to feature him like this!
  • Zach Thompson – Great work at the Dodgers, but I still really only see him as a fringe deep league streamer right now. He showed some promise last year so if he can tap back into that swing-and-miss and bring the HRs back down, there could be some streamer viability down the line.
  • Matt Swarmer – 3 unearned runs made the results pretty strong (6 IP/1 ER), but I’m not sure there’s a lot here. He is a true 2-pitch guy throwing 91 mph. Oh yeah, and he’s 28 years old. I could see him being a useful bullpen piece, but not a consistent starter.

Decent Enough: Mostly biz as usual but with some commentary

  • Paul Blackburn – If you took the shot on Blackburn v. HOU and BOS, you’re wild, but also breathing a bit more easily after round 1. Hard to complain about 6.7 IP/4 ER/5 Ks against a team like HOU. He gets a visit from BOS this weekend.
  • Nick Martinez – The 11% BB rate pushes his WHIP to an ugly 1.42 WHIP and don’t sleep on how damaging that is to your bottom line. I think he is a streamer for 15s and deeper unless he really boosts his strikeouts (22% K, 12% SwStr).
  • Dylan Bundy – Wellll, if you took the shot on the 2-step because of the trip to DET in game 1, you’re not feeling great right about now. He allowed 4 ER with a 1.50 WHIP and has a trip to TOR on deck.
  • Jonathan Heasley – He has a -7% K-BB rate in 4 starts. NEGATIVE! SEVEN!! PERCENT!!!

Injury-Shortened

  • Drew Smyly – A right oblique prematurely ended a beautiful start for Smyly (3 no-hit IP). Stay tuned to see what happens with Smyly, but an IL trip could be in the offing.

Duds: The worst of the day

  • Spencer Strider – The defense burnt Strider in the first when Marcell Ozuna let a hit with an expected AVG of .120 fall in for a double and then Pavin Smith turned around a 99-mph heater. It wasn’t a bad pitch, Smith just did a great job getting to it. He still had 7 Ks, but it’s a tough result for those who gambled with him a trip to COL coming this weekend.
  • Drew Rasmussen – Oof! A 37-pitch first inning sank the start from the jump and he wound up allowing runs in all three innings. It’s his first true dud of the year, certainly nothing to be massively concerned about right now.
  • Ethan Small – Small got the spot start for the doubleheader and it didn’t go well. After two strong innings to start (2 H, 0 R, 4 Ks), it came unglued in the third with 4 walks and 39 pitches. He was sent back out after the doubleheader, but he will likely be back the next time they need an arm.
  • Erick Fedde – I totally understand if you streamed a dicey looking 2-step here at NYM and at CIN as Fedde was rolling in May with 1.95 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, and 23 Ks in 27.7 IP. It will tough to salvage the week at this point, but that won’t be easy as CIN has a 106 wRC+ against righties at home this year, good for 10th in the league.
  • Rich Hill – Hill had not allowed more than 4 ER for 59 starts per Alex Fast!

MULTI-HR/MULTI-SB

Guys with 2+ HR or SB over the weekend (Fri-Sun):

SBs:

HRs:

MINOR LEAGUE TUESDAY

Highlighting some key minor leaguers who could be the next big fantasy producers.

  • ¡Bonus Double Prospect! Vinnie Pasquantino/Nick Pratto | 1B, KCR – I’m just not sure how much longer than can stay committed to Carlos Santana and his 60 wRC+. I know there are some positives under the hood that have to regress including his .165 BABIP, but do they want to wait around to see it through or turn to Pasquantino and his 174 wRC+ through 197 PA at Triple-A. He has 14 HR and 3 SB with a .303/.396/.667 line. Pratto is an even higher pedigree 1B prospect who is doing fine in Triple-A in his own right with a 125 wRC+ in 174 PA and he’s already on the 40-man roster which might give him an edge, although there is a spot open for KC so it wouldn’t take a roster move to bring him up. I’d take shot on either in most formats when they get the call.
  • Eury Pérez | SP, MIA – The 19-year-old righty is just incredible. It is hard to see any sort of quick path to the majors given Miami’s depth, but he may damn well just force his way up. He has a 2.55 FIP and 0.97 WHIP in 34 IP with a 36% K, 7% BB, and 3.71 ERA. He was excellent last year – his first as a pro – splitting between A and High-A. Just remember the name because there is a lot of excitement surrounding him.

DRAFTKINGS GAME

WTWT

Here is What To Watch Today for Tuesday, May 31st:

  • Cristian Javier v. Frankie Montas should be a lot of fun
  • Thor gets a big challenge in the Bronx
  • Can Martin Perez keep it going?
  • Edward Cabrera is part of that Miami depth that allows them to take their time with Perez
  • Eric Lauer looks to rebound from a “meh” start last time out (4 BB, 1 K in 5 IP)
  • Kody Clemens makes his MLB debut in G2 of the doubleheader – Hook ‘em Horns!

Boxscore Bits: May 27th, 2022

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May 27, 2022
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Thursday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Frankie Montas OAK 7 3 1 0 0 2 11 27 0.00 0.71 0 96 95.7 19%
2 Devin Smeltzer MIN 7 2 0 0 0 1 6 23 0.00 0.43 0 88.6 9%
3 Mitch White LAD 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 16 0.00 1.00 0 93.5 3%
4 Aaron Nola PHI 8.1 5 1 1 0 0 10 31 1.08 0.60 1 92.7 92.4 14%
5 Nestor Cortes NYY 8 4 1 1 0 1 5 29 1.13 0.63 1 92.8 6%
6 Martín Pérez TEX 7 4 1 1 0 2 6 27 1.29 0.86 0 93 92.9 7%
7 Daniel Lynch KCR 5.1 7 2 2 0 2 6 25 3.38 1.69 0 94.2 16%
8 Ryan Yarbrough TBR 5.1 2 3 2 0 1 5 20 3.38 0.56 0 87.3 14%
9 Eric Lauer MIL 5 4 2 2 0 4 1 23 3.60 1.60 1 93.2 8%
10 Hyun Jin Ryu 류현진 TOR 5 6 2 2 0 1 1 21 3.60 1.40 1 89.3 3%
11 Tarik Skubal DET 7 5 3 3 0 1 5 27 3.86 0.86 0 94.1 95.5 11%
12 Kyle Wright ATL 6.2 3 3 3 1 2 5 25 4.05 0.75 0 94.3 93.7 14%
13 Patrick Corbin WSN 6.1 7 3 3 0 2 3 27 4.26 1.42 1 91.8 92.3 5%
14 Adam Wainwright STL 5 10 4 3 1 1 2 26 5.40 2.20 0 89 88.9 6%
15 Shohei Ohtani LAA 6 6 5 5 2 1 10 24 7.50 1.17 0 96.1 16%
16 Germán Márquez COL 6 6 5 5 0 3 2 27 7.50 1.50 0 95.3 94.4 6%
17 Konnor Pilkington CLE 3.1 7 3 3 0 4 4 21 8.10 3.30 0 91.4 15%
18 Hunter Greene CIN 5 7 5 5 3 2 6 24 9.00 1.80 1 98.3 19%
19 Michael Wacha BOS 4.1 7 5 5 1 0 2 20 10.38 1.62 0 93.8 93.4 8%
20 Humberto Castellanos ARI 4 10 6 6 1 1 1 23 13.50 2.75 0 89.6 90.4 4%
21 Dallas Keuchel CHW 2 7 6 6 2 2 4 15 27.00 4.50 0 88.7 9%
22 Justin Steele CHC 2 7 7 7 1 2 2 14 31.50 4.50 0 92.6 92.3 6%
Sorted by ERA

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