Starting Pitcher Chart – April 14th, 2026

by Paul Sporer

April 14, 2026

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Welcome to the Daily SP Chart.

Note: 2026 data is now featured in the chart as of April 13th! We’re still dealing with small samples, but I’ve taken out the 2025 data and you will now see the pitcher’s current numbers and the wOBA rank for their opponent this year so far!

The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.

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 usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations, you don’t really need a shiny stat to be convinced on starting guys like that. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment and I’ll get you an answer when I can. I try to do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.

SP Chart for April 14th, 2026

Rk	PITCHER	Tm	Opp	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	opp wOBA RK	Commentary
1	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	v. NYM	x	x	x	18	2.50	0.89	18%	26	Modest 21% K rate hasn’t stopped him from posting dominant results
2	Bryan Woo	SEA	at SDP	x	x	x	18	1.50	0.78	19%	13
3	Framber Valdez	DET	v. KCR	x	x	x	17	4.76	1.47	9%	22
4	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	v. TOR	x	x	x	16.1	3.31	1.04	28%	22
5	Kevin Gausman	TOR	at MIL	x	x	x	17.1	2.08	0.63	38%	5	2nd big test in a row after LAD last wk, but few SPs have been pitching better than him on the whole this yr
6	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	at ATH	x	x	x	16.1	2.76	0.86	32%	26	Early returns are excellent and enough to give me confidence in him at Sacramento
7	Cole Ragans	KCR	at DET	x	x	x	10.2	5.91	1.69	20%	19	Not worried long-term but a little nervous after a comebacker blasted his thumb last time out
8	Nolan McLean	NYM	at LAD	x	x	x	16.2	2.70	0.84	22%	1	The toughest matchup you can get, but I’ll take his skills over better matchups for the rest of the 3-x guys
9	Robbie Ray	SFG	at CIN	x	x	x	17.1	2.08	0.98	17%	18	Near-2.00 ERA is powered by a 92% LOB and .209 BABIP, but his skills can absorb regression w/mid-to-high 3.00s ERA indicators
10	Trevor Rogers	BAL	v. ARI	x	x	x	19	1.89	1.05	12%	12	HR suppression drove return to prominence last yr and 0 so far this yr is helping survive a modest 12% K-BB
11	Aaron Nola	PHI	v. CHC	x	x	x	17.1	3.63	1.10	21%	19	I want to believe in his every-other-yr-is-good pattern, but the bill has to come due on that 1.6 HR9; check the Wrigley wind before this one
12	Ryan Weathers	NYY	v. LAA	x	x	x	16	2.81	1.38	19%	7	In a sea of small sample, vL ones stand out w/only 1 tm north of 200 PA & 3 under 100; as such I can’t put a ton of stock in LAA’s 16% BB over 113
13	Michael King	SDP	v. SEA		x	x	16.2	3.24	1.20	10%	16	Monitoring the elevated BB% as his 82 Pitching+ is dead ass last among 78 qualified starters
14	Sonny Gray	BOS	at MIN		x	x	16.1	2.76	0.98	11%	17	Ratio success keeping concerns at bay, but he didn’t have any 3-start run w/a 15% K last yr (7% SwStr, too)
15	Joey Cantillo	CLE	at STL		x	x	14.2	2.45	1.23	22%	8	Don’t really buy STL as a top 10 offense vL but Cantillo’s 12% BB is enough to keep him from must-start in shallow formats
16	Brady Singer	CIN	v. SFG		x	x	11.2	7.71	2.06	17%	29	Not gonna sit here & tell y’all it’s been good… damage is mostly last start at MIA, though, so we can reassess after the 2-step
17	Mick Abel	MIN	v. BOS		x	x	13.1	6.08	2.10	4%	24	Get back start against DET still had 3 BB amidst 6 scoreless IP; now has 3+ BB in all 3 starts
18	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	v. TEX		x	x	18.1	1.47	0.76	13%	27	Has mowed thru at TOR, v. HOU, at NYY so even understanding the Sacramento stadium risk, I’m willing to take the shot in a lot of spots
19	Shane McClanahan	TBR	at CHW		x	x	8.2	4.15	1.15	6%	20	Too many BB has led to his exit before 5 IP in both starts so I’m really only looking at him in weeklies for the 2-step right now
20	Max Meyer	MIA	at ATL		x	x	14.2	3.68	1.36	10%	3	Another intriguing young Florida-based SP with too many BB so far; unlike Sugar Shane, he draws a pretty tough opponent
21	Reynaldo López	ATL	v. MIA		x	x	15.2	1.15	0.96	13%	4	Cool suspension, MLB, you really showed him w/0 missed starts… fantastic deterrent!
22	Reid Detmers	LAA	at NYY		x	x	15.2	4.60	1.28	16%	30	I know NYY is 30th in wOBA vL, but I’m only starting this in weeklies to get the 2-step (SDP on the wknd)
23	Noah Schultz	CHW	v. TBR		x	x					15	MLB debut for #36 prospect after a tiny-but-beauitful sample in AAA (40% K, 36% K-BB, 0.43 WHIP in 14 IP)
24	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI	at BAL		x	x					12	Debut off the IL; def worth a pickup, but I don’t mind passing on this one if you wanna see something first
25	Mitch Keller	PIT	v. WSN		x	x	18	1.00	0.94	9%	11	6 IP in all 3 starts…no more than 4 Ks in any of ’em, though
26	Michael McGreevy	STL	v. CLE				16.2	2.16	0.78	13%	18
27	Michael Lorenzen	COL	at HOU				14	8.36	2.14	8%	2
28	Miles Mikolas	WSN	at PIT				12.1	12.41	2.35	6%	8
29	Colton Gordon	HOU	v. COL								25
30	Riley Martin	CHC	at PHI				2		0.50	17%	29

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