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With the season winding down, I wanted to find something that would be useful for those still contending in their leagues. I decided to do something that isn’t particularly new, but we don’t have it here at the site: a starting pitcher chart for the day’s slate of games. I’ll include their performance over the last five starts, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and then my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues.

Let me know what y’all think about this. Obviously 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. For the weekend, Justin & I will use the Friday podcast to discuss the relevant weekend streamers. By popular demand, these will start coming out the day before the slate in question.

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9/12/21

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors

• Matthew Boyd to IL with elbow strain
• Jake Cronenworth to IL with finger fracture
• Wander Franco to IL with hamstring tightness
• Shane McClanahan to IL with stiff back

Targeting Relievers for Cheap Wins

• Jason’s Article at Rotowire ($)

Looking at 2-Start Pitchers

• John Means vs NYY, at BOS
• Luis Gil vs MIN, VS CLE
• Drew Rasmussen at TOR, vs DET
• Aaron Civale at MIN, at NYY
• Wily Peralta vs MIL, at TB
• Jake Odorizzi at TEX, vs ARI
• Packy Naughton at CHW, vs OAK
• Logan Gilbert vs BOS, at KC
• Touki Toussaint vs COL, at SF
• Rich Hill vs STL, vs PHI
• Kyle Gibson vs CHC, at NYM
• Paolo Espino vs MIA, vs COL
• Adrian Sampson 샘슨 at PHI, at MIA
• Dillon Peters vs CIN, at MIA
• Jon Gray at ATL at WAS
• Jake Arrieta at SF, at STL
• Scott Kazmir vs SD, vs ATL

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Like the last couple of weeks, this week is again low on usable hitters, but there are plenty of one-start options on the wire.

In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW FEATURE ALERT! We have added an upgraded version of RosterResource’s Closer Depth Chart to FanGraphs. Read more about it here.

We will always include a link to the full Closer Depth Chart at the bottom of the Bullpen Report each day. It’s also accessible from the RosterResource drop-down menu and from any RosterResource page. Please let us know what you think.

The 2021 version of Bullpen Report includes five different sections, as well as the closer chart, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

1. Notable Workloads: Primary closers or valuable members of a closer committee who have been deemed unavailable or likely unavailable for the current day due to recent workload.
2. Injury News 
3. Outlier Saves: Explanation for a non-closer earning a save during the previous day.
4. Committee Clarity: Notes on a closer committee that clarify a pitcher’s standing in the group.
5. Losing A Grip: Struggling closers who could be on the hot seat.

The “RosterResource” link will take you to the corresponding team’s RosterResource depth chart, which will give you a better picture of the full bullpen and results of the previous six days (pitch count, save, hold, win, loss, blown save.)
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American League

Angels

• Luis Rengifo has started three of the last four games at shortstop. He is hitting .250/.308/.500 since being recalled.

• Jo Adell is up to batting fifth after hitting .297/.366/.568 with 3 HR and 1 SB over the last two weeks.

Astros

• In the six games since Chas McCormick (.767 OPS) has been off the IL, he’s started in two games while Jake Meyers (.816 OPS) has only started in three games. Read the rest of this entry »

The Early September Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

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Pitcher Preview

Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury updates.

League Updates

Strategy Section

• Frequency of success vs. Magnitude of success
• Avoid same team stacking in fantasy baseball?

9/11

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9/10/21

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Chris Sale tests positive for COVID (2:18)
• Jacob deGrom: Hold or Fold (4:18)

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With the season winding down, I wanted to find something that would be useful for those still contending in their leagues. I decided to do something that isn’t particularly new, but we don’t have it here at the site: a starting pitcher chart for the day’s slate of games. I’ll include their performance over the last five starts, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and then my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues.

Let me know what y’all think about this. Obviously 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. I’m still marinating on ideas for the weekend as I won’t be able to commit to separate Saturday & Sunday ones due to time.

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