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Starting Pitcher Chart – July 1st, 2024

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The updated rankings are done! They will be live Monday. Sorry for the delay that led to no official June update. I’ll update again after the Trade Deadline.

We also have our shortest slate of the season so far with just 3 games, too, so I decided to put the 2-start chart here instead of splitting the posts. I usually split if the Monday chart is taking a while and I need to get to bed, but obviously a 6-man board doesn’t take much time. Start Gore & Brown, maaaaybe consider Peterson in some spots and stay away from the other 3! That said, I will still give you the chart with the info so you can make you own decisions. Maybe you’re hoping for a cheap win from Wilson in Coors since Milwaukee is so good. I have an unreasonable soft spot for him and even I’m not really giving him any consideration.

Speaking of the 2-start board, sorry for no podcast talking through the group with Justin on a Friday pod. He was a bit under the weather and I had the Fireside Chat podcast ready to share with y’all anyway so it was an easy fill-in instead of posting it on Saturday.

The top 10 are all ranked in the Top 55 of the upcoming rankings, but then just one other in the Top 75 so it’s kind of a studs and duds week. There are some streamable candidates including my boy Wesneski. I was big on him last year and unfortunately he blew up in our faces as the HRs were just too much (2.0 HR9). They aren’t gone (1.6), but I like the 15% K-BB rate. Philly is scary, the Angels are not.

Soriano is slated to return on Tuesday and would set up for a pair. Hopefully the abdomen infection is cleared up and he’s ready to pick up where he left off. He’s been one of the better waiver pickups this season.

2-Start Board for Wk of July 1st
RANK TYPE PITCHER MATCHUPS IP ERA WHIP K-BB
1 1 Tarik Skubal at MIN/at CIN 97 2.32 0.94 24%
2 1 George Kirby BAL/TOR 99.1 3.35 0.97 22%
3 1 Dylan Cease at TEX/ARI 98.1 3.84 1.06 24%
4 1 Luis Gil CIN/BOS 85.2 3.15 1.12 15%
5 1 MacKenzie Gore NYM/STL 85 3.60 1.39 19%
6 2 Reynaldo López SFG/PHI 79.1 1.70 1.11 17%
7 2 Kutter Crawford at MIA/at NYY 94 3.54 1.15 17%
8 2 Mitch Keller STL/NYM 98.1 3.20 1.22 15%
9 2 Hunter Brown at TOR/at MIN 80.1 4.37 1.37 17%
10 2 Nathan Eovaldi SDP/TBR 73 3.45 1.16 16%
11 3 Zack Littell at KCR/at TEX 86.1 4.17 1.36 18%
12 3 Simeon Woods Richardson DET/HOU 66 3.41 1.14 14%
13 4 Brady Singer TBR/at COL 89.1 3.12 1.18 16%
14 4 Kyle Gibson at PIT/at WSN 87.2 3.70 1.24 11%
15 4 Hayden Wesneski PHI/LAA 45 3.60 1.16 15%
16 4 José Soriano at OAK/at CHC 72.1 3.48 1.18 11%
17 4 Mitch Spence LAA/BAL 68.1 4.35 1.24 14%
18 4 Sean Manaea at WSN/at PIT 76.1 3.89 1.30 13%
19 4 Spencer Arrighetti at TOR/at MIN 65 5.68 1.60 13%
20 4 David Peterson at WSN/at PIT 27 3.67 1.48 6%
21 5 Michael Mercado at CHC/at ATL 1 0.00 0.00 33%
22 5 Hayden Birdsong at ATL/at CLE 4.2 5.79 1.93 9%
23 5 Chris Flexen at CLE/at MIA 79 5.13 1.41 8%
24 5 Valente Bellozo BOS/CHW 5 0.00 0.40 11%
25 5 Graham Ashcraft at NYY/DET 67.2 5.45 1.49 10%
26 6 Austin Gomber MIL/KCR 81.2 4.63 1.31 9%
27 6 Bryse Wilson at COL/at LAD 74 3.89 1.23 11%
28 6 Ryne Nelson at LAD/at SDP 68 5.69 1.57 9%
29 6 Ryan Feltner MIL/KCR 86.2 5.82 1.45 14%
30 6 Carlos Carrasco CHW/SFG 70 5.27 1.40 10%
31 6 Yariel Rodríguez HOU/at SEA 17.2 5.60 1.87 6%
900 6 Dallas Keuchel at COL/at LAD 4 11.25 2.25 14%
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1 – Auto-Start | 2 – All Formats | 3 – Most Formats |
4 – Some Formats | 5 – YOLO | 6 – Hard Pass
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Sunday Night Waiver Wire & FAAB Chat

7:31
Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome.

7:32
Jeff Zimmerman: A note. Over the next two weeks, this chat might move times or not happen. I will try to let everyone know. Next week I have a friend coming through on a cross country trip and I’m not sure when he’ll be here.

7:33
Jeff Zimmerman: The next week, I have a wedding to go to. There is a good chance the chat doesn’t happen that Sunday as a drive back.

7:33
Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the winning bids from the three 15-team mixed Tout Wars leagues.

7:34
Jeff Zimmerman:

7:34
Kelly: Scherzer available in my 15 team NFBC. Max bid approved?

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FAAB & Waiver Wire Report (Week 14)

In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 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 »


Lineup Analysis (6/29/24)

American League

Angels

Miguel Sanó is off the IL, starting at third base, and hitting cleanup.

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Starting Pitcher Chart – June 27th, 2024

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The whole 1-x group lost an x on matchup alone. Berríos and Monty are at least home, but Gray and Rogers get their tough matchups on the road. I really don’t mind skipping any of those. Just be careful! Wacha escaped that group by being hot right now. His 2.87 ERA and 0.86 WHIP are definitely the best of that group over the last month: Rogers 3.03, Berríos 4.17, Gray 6.28, Monty 6.59. Wacha also has an 18% K-BB rate in that time and Gray is only other one to top 10%.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1314 – News & Notes: Skenes, Mets, Bobby Miller and more!

6/26/24

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

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Big Kid Adds (Week 13)

While the NFBC Main Event garners most of the attention, there are a handful of leagues with even a larger entry fee ($2.5K to $15K). They were originally named “High Stakes Leagues” and there are ten of them. With so much money on the line, these fantasy managers try to gain any advantage. Most of the time, these managers will be a week or two ahead of everyone else on their adds. Here are the players and some information on the ones added in five or more leagues. Read the rest of this entry »


Mining the News (6/26/24)

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American League

Mariners

Ryan Bliss is taking some outfield reps.

To further boost his functionality, Bliss also began taking pregame outfield reps on Monday at Tropicana Field, where the bright rooftop lights within the concrete-laden venue warrant extra prep.

No, the Mariners don’t see him working into a platoon, as his arm strength is probably the weakest among Seattle’s position players. But if there’s a chance to bring him off the bench, especially in a close game, they’re creating the possibility for left field to be a spot he can slide into.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1313 – June Gems: Hitter Edition

I’m 6/24/24

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Starting Pitcher Chart – June 26th, 2024

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I know I said full comments back today, but I’m just not sure the first 9 needed any commentary. Of course if you have questions on any of them, I’ll gladly discuss them in the comments!

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