Starting Pitcher Chart – April 1st, 2026

by Paul Sporer

April 1, 2026

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Welcome to the Daily SP Chart.

The chart includes their performance for 2025 until we get some actual data for this year (I changed over in late-April last year), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness from last year (not a perfect solution as teams change in the offseason, but better than using just a few days of data from this year), 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.

April 1, 2026 SP Chart

Rk	PITCHER	Tm	Opp	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	opp wOBA RK	Commentary
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	at ARI	x	x	x	195.1	2.21	0.89	28%	11	Holy ace day… so many to choose from!
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	at CIN	x	x	x	187.2	1.97	0.95	24%	14
3	Garrett Crochet	BOS	at HOU	x	x	x	205.1	2.59	1.03	26%	10
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	v. CLE	x	x	x	173.2	2.49	0.99	21%	28
5	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI	v. WSN	x	x	x	196.1	2.57	1.08	20%	30
6	Chris Sale	ATL	v. ATH	x	x	x	120	2.63	1.07	26%	9
7	Freddy Peralta	NYM	at STL	x	x	x	174.2	2.68	1.07	19%	25
8	Nick Pivetta	SDP	v. SFG	x	x	x	181.2	2.87	0.99	19%	15
9	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	v. CHW	x	x	x	174.2	5.36	1.27	11%	29
10	Joe Ryan	MIN	at KCR	x	x	x	171	3.47	1.04	22%	18
11	Trevor Rogers	BAL	v. TEX	x	x	x	109.2	1.81	0.90	17%	24
12	Cam Schlittler	NYY	at SEA	x	x	x	66	3.27	1.30	16%	9
13	Kevin Gausman	TOR	v. COL	x	x	x	189.1	3.47	1.03	18%	27
14	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	v. TBR	x	x	x	63.2	4.38	1.19	22%	12
15	George Kirby	SEA	v. NYY	x	x	x	126	4.21	1.19	21%	1
16	Matthew Boyd	CHC	v. LAA	x	x	x	179.2	3.21	1.09	16%	16
17	Drew Rasmussen	TBR	at MIL	x	x	x	150	2.76	1.02	15%	8
18	Andrew Abbott	CIN	v. PIT	x	x	x	161	2.80	1.16	15%	28
19	Kumar Rocker	TEX	at BAL		x	x	64.1	5.74	1.46	11%	20	Is he ready to make a leap? Leaned on his slider for a 21% K-BB in spring
20	Matthew Liberatore	STL	v. NYM			x	151.2	4.21	1.31	13%	15	Survived debut despite 0% K-BB & 9 base runners; that won’t work v. NYM but I’m willing to run his first 3-4 in deeper lgs
21	Cade Cavalli	WSN	at PHI			x	48.2	4.25	1.48	11%	3	Likely sitting this one out and will revisit him for v. STL next wk
22	Mike Burrows	HOU	v. BOS			x	96	3.94	1.24	16%	11	Can’t call it a good outing w/5 ER, but going 5.7 IP after a 3-run 2nd is encouraging
23	Noah Cameron	KCR	v. MIN			x	138.1	2.99	1.10	13%	13	Schedule shines on him w/at CLE & CHW next wk & barring a complete meltdown, I’d give him all 3 and then check in
24	Shane Smith	CHW	at MIA			x	140.1	3.98	1.24	13%	13	Didn’t want to make much of his poor spring but then a tough debut and MIA raking has me pausing a bit here
25	Zac Gallen	ARI	v. DET				192	4.83	1.26	13%	19	It’s only 14 IP b/w spring and his season debut, but an 11% K and 5 HRs isn’t inspiring confidence
26	Gavin Williams	CLE	at LAD				167.2	3.06	1.27	13%	4	Y’all know I love Gav, but I just can’t run this
27	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	at CHC				178.1	3.99	1.42	13%	7	If the wind is blowing in at 14 mph again like it was on Monday night, maybe you can roll the dice
28	Luis Severino	ATH	at ATL				162.2	4.54	1.30	10%	17	Was up to 97.4 in his debut and had a 0% K-BB
29	Adrian Houser	SFG	at SDP				125	3.31	1.28	10%	16
30	Kyle Freeland	COL	at TOR				156.2	5.00	1.45	12%	4

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