Starting Pitcher Chart – April 9th, 2026
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.
| Rk | PITCHER | Tm | Opp | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | opp wOBA RK | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nolan McLean | NYM | v. ARI | x | x | x | 48 | 2.06 | 1.04 | 22% | 5 | You can walk 10% when you’re fanning 30% of batters and that’s what he’s doing so far! |
| 2 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | v. ATH | x | x | x | 38.1 | 3.99 | 1.28 | 15% | 9 | A 4.50 ERA isn’t too bad considering he’s allowed too many BB (13%) and has a .455 BABIP |
| 3 | Randy Vásquez | SDP | v. COL | x | x | 133.2 | 3.84 | 1.32 | 5% | 27 | COL running hot, but not hot enough to avoid away from Coors, espec. w/the skills jump from Vásquez (15% K-BB) | |
| 4 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | at MIA | x | x | Injured | 13 | All of the 2x’s have some viability for shallower formats given the short slate w/Lowder-Lugo as my faves | ||||
| 5 | Seth Lugo | KCR | v. CHW | x | x | 145.1 | 4.15 | 1.29 | 11% | 29 | Ol’ reliable off to a fast start and could even find some punchies against the free-swinging Sox (29% K is 3rd in MLB) | |
| 6 | Mick Abel | MIN | v. DET | x | x | 39 | 6.23 | 1.51 | 13% | 19 | Undeniably bad in a pair of cold weather starts and it’ll be sub-50 again on Thursday so I might skip, but I’m not cutting yet | |
| 7 | Max Meyer | MIA | v. CIN | x | x | 64.2 | 4.73 | 1.42 | 17% | 14 | Inefficiency makes him a 5-and-dive at best right now until it improves (if it even does!) | |
| 8 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | at NYM | x | 154.1 | 5.02 | 1.54 | 12% | 15 | Will need to maintain 7% BB to succeed with a sub-20% K | ||
| 9 | Jack Flaherty | DET | at MIN | x | 161 | 4.64 | 1.28 | 19% | 22 | If we don’t see some improvement in this one and his start next wk v. KCR, it could be time to move on in some spots | ||
| 10 | Chase Dollander | COL | at SDP | 98 | 6.52 | 1.55 | 7% | 16 | Great debut start v. PHI but the downside is severe and the upside is scant | |||
| 11 | Anthony Kay | CHW | at KCR | Overseas | 26 | Still think there might be a lil something here for deep leaguers, but can’t recommend in good conscience rn | ||||||
| 12 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | at NYY | 171 | 4.11 | 1.21 | 12% | 2 | Some streamability on the road, but not in Yankee Stadium |