Starting Pitcher Chart – April 13th

April 12, 2023

In past seasons I’ve done this Daily SP Chart down the stretch and invariably there are comments asking why I don’t do it all season. I’ve never really had a great answer for that so now I’m doing it!

Once the season gets going, the chart will include their performance over the last five starts (for the first few weeks, it’ll be their 2023 stats), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. The opponent wOBA will remain blank for a while until we get some data and because there is so much lineup turnover year-to-year, I’m not going to include last year’s mark. I’ll start including wOBA data on April 17th.

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.

Thursday, April 13th Starters

PITCHER	TM	OPP	THR	10	12	15+	2022 STATS	NOTE
Jeffrey Springs	TBR	BOS	L	x	x	x	2.46 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 21% K-BB	Has come out w/2 brilliant starts after last yr’s surprising breakthrough
Joe Ryan	MIN	at NYY	R	x	x	x	3.55 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 17% K-BB	Early K spike making last yr’s breakout look like just the beginning!
Jordan Montgomery	STL	PIT	L	x	x	x	3.48 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 17% K-BB	SwStr dip hasn’t impacted Ks so far w/a strong 25% K%
Nick Lodolo	CIN	PHI	L	x	x	x	3.66 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 21% K-BB	Incredible thru 2 GS incl. 12-K gem at PHI last time out
Chris Bassitt	TOR	DET	R	x	x	x	3.42 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 16% K-BB	If DET visiting isn’t the Rx for his issues, there could be big trouble brewing
Nick Martinez	SDP	MIL	R		x	x	3.47 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 12% K-BB	BB issues as SP last yr have returned & could facilitate a return to RP soon
Bailey Falter	PHI	at CIN	L			x	3.86 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 16% K-BB	Trips to CIN are scary for HR-prone arms (career 1.6 HR/9)
Corey Kluber	BOS	at TBR	R			x	4.34 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 17% K-BB	Super volatile at age-37 & his former teammates could blast him
Cole Irvin	BAL	OAK	L			x	3.98 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 12% K-BB	New park shouldn’t be a huge difference from OAK given the LF wall move
Spencer Turnbull	DET	at TOR	R				DNP	Command is off as he returns from TJ which isn’t surprising despite extra layoff
Michael King	NYY	MIN	R				2.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 25% K-BB as RP	Couldn’t find confirmation that he’s actually starting, likely a short outing if so
Adam Oller	OAK	at BAL	R				6.30 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 2% K-BB	No real fantasy juice to make him worth streaming
Vince Velasquez	PIT	at STL	R				4.78 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 14% K-BB	No real fantasy juice to make him worth streaming
Bryse Wilson	MIL	at SDP	R				5.52 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 9% K-BB	No real fantasy juice to make him worth streaming

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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baseballgundam

1 year ago

Yankees listing Brito as tomorrow’s starter, is that wrong?

Paul Sporermember

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I’m seeing him for Friday at outlets including ours on RosterResource

Reply to Paul Sporer

Ah, I see it on MLB.com right now. RosterResource & Rotowire had Brito Friday. Ty for the heads up!

ATL	CHC*	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
WSN	MIL	LAD
NYM*	PIT	SDP*
PHI	STL	SFG