Sorry for the day-of post, fell asleep early last night unexpectedly!
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Mostly straightforward decisions on Tuesday. I’m a big Ober believer, but there’s no shame in skipping a start at NYY. Same for Sánchez against the Brewers.
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| RANK | TYPE | PITCHER | MATCHUPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tyler Glasnow | at PIT/at NYY |
| 2 | 1 | Tarik Skubal | at TEX/MIL |
| 3 | 1 | Corbin Burnes | at TOR/at TBR |
| 4 | 1 | Max Fried | at BOS/at WSN |
| 5 | 1 | George Kirby | at OAK/at KCR |
| 6 | 1 | Grayson Rodriguez | at TOR/at TBR |
| 7 | 2 | Luis Gil | MIN/LAD |
| 8 | 2 | Jared Jones | LAD/MIN |
| 9 | 2 | MacKenzie Gore | NYM/ATL |
| 10 | 2 | Kutter Crawford | ATL/at CWS |
| 11 | 2 | Kevin Gausman | BAL/at OAK |
| 12 | 2 | Jesús Luzardo | TBR/CLE |
| 13 | 2 | Justin Verlander | STL/at LAA |
| 14 | 2 | Seth Lugo | at CLE/SEA |
| 15 | 3 | Bailey Ober | at NYY/at PIT |
| 16 | 3 | Triston McKenzie | KCR/at MIA |
| 17 | 3 | Tyler Anderson | SDP/HOU |
| 18 | 4 | Kyle Gibson | at HOU/COL |
| 19 | 4 | Bryse Wilson | at PHI/at DET |
| 20 | 4 | Trevor Williams | NYM/ATL |
| 21 | 4 | Matt Waldron | at LAA/ARI |
| 22 | 4 | Jhony Brito | at LAA/ARI |
| 23 | 5 | Joey Estes | SEA/TOR |
| 24 | 5 | Spencer Howard | at ARI/at TEX |
| 25 | 5 | Ryne Nelson | SFG/at SDP |
| 26 | 5 | Patrick Sandoval | SDP/HOU |
| 27 | 5 | Ryan Feltner | CIN/at STL |
| 28 | 5 | Chris Flexen 플렉센 | at CHC/BOS |
| 29 | 5 | Blake Walston | SFG/at SDP |
| 30 | 6 | Frankie Montas | at COL/CHC |
| 31 | 6 | Andrew Abbott | at COL/CHC |
| 32 | 6 | Ty Blach | CIN/at STL |
| 33 | 5 | Bowden Francis? | BAL/at OAK |
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Of course ReyLo got moved… just assume that will happen 95% of the time at this point!
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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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.
| 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 |
Daily SP Chart archive
Check out the May SP Rankings
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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Daily SP Chart archive
Check out the May SP Rankings
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.
| PITCHER | PICKUP PERIOD | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB% |
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| 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% |
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