Starting Pitcher Chart – August 10th, 2026
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- 2-Start podcast episode
- SP Rankings (last update: 7/24 | next: September)
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
I’ll take a closer look on some mid-tier guys in the morning, but a mostly straightforward shortened Monday board for us to attack.
3-x
- Scott, our posterboy today, has been great since returning: 3.25 ERA/1.17 WHIP/23% K-BB in 33.7 IP including a great outing and a meh outing against the same ATL team he faces today. (The great one is the more recent one).
- I’m not jumping off Mize just because of the brutal SDP debut. It happens, it was awful, and it still only moved his ERA to 3.04 on the year which underscores just how great he’d been prior to the meltdown.
2-x
- Wesneski maybe a bit shakier than I ranked here especially with SFG’s offense being mid-pack vR. I’m a big fan of Wes, but more for 27 when he’s further away from his surgery. I am starting the 2-step in weeklies with more confidence, though (v. SEA on the wknd).
- Cameron earned 2 for his recent performance (3.34/0.86/18% in last 35 IP) even with a trip to LAD today. They’re down to 12th vL in the L30 days which is still fine, but a good bit lower than their 6th season rank as they have been sputtering a bit of late as a team (2-8 in L10). LAD can always go off on someone so I get fading Cameron even with this encouraging outlook.
- Dobbins and Elder are pitching well on the season and of late, but still carry modest skills profiles (sub-15% K-BB for both) so they are susceptible to blowups, but I like both here. Philly, despite their record and presence of superstars, just never move up the wOBA board.
- Hughes might become my new Ryan Feltner – Rockies pitcher I desperately want out of COL to fully excel. I’d like to see more swing-and-miss in line with his MiLB figure this year (12% v. just 9% in MLB), but I don’t mind giving him a shot on the road.
- I might be overly cautious with Soroka off the IL getting Rockie Road (shoutout Nick Pollack!) so he’s more 1.5-x as I’m certainly open to running him in shallower formats if you’re comfortable w/guys immediately off the IL.
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Starting Pitcher Chart August 10th
| Rk | PITCHER | Team | Opponent | T | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K% | K-BB | OPP K% | opp wOBA RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | LAD | v. KCR | L | x | x | x | 102.2 | 2.81 | 0.92 | 31% | 27% | 21% | 17 |
| 2 | Logan Henderson | MIL | at SDP | R | x | x | x | 50 | 2.70 | 0.90 | 32% | 27% | 22% | 19 |
| 3 | Sonny Gray | BOS | at TOR | R | x | x | x | 119.2 | 2.78 | 1.15 | 22% | 15% | 19% | 22 |
| 4 | Christian Scott | NYM | at ATL | R | x | x | x | 74.1 | 3.15 | 1.26 | 29% | 19% | 22% | 10 |
| 5 | Reid Detmers | LAA | v. TEX | L | x | x | x | 129 | 4.12 | 1.10 | 28% | 21% | 25% | 5 |
| 6 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | at MIN | L | x | x | x | 115.2 | 4.20 | 1.24 | 20% | 14% | 22% | 19 |
| 7 | Casey Mize | SDP | v. MIL | R | x | x | x | 90 | 3.40 | 1.09 | 24% | 18% | 21% | 5 |
| 8 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | at LAA | L | x | x | x | 128.2 | 4.55 | 1.24 | 26% | 17% | 26% | 14 |
| 9 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | at SFG | R | x | x | 11.2 | 3.86 | 1.29 | 17% | 8% | 20% | 14 | |
| 10 | Noah Cameron | KCR | at LAD | L | x | x | 123.2 | 4.37 | 1.29 | 22% | 14% | 20% | 6 | |
| 11 | Hunter Dobbins | STL | v. PHI | R | x | x | 40 | 3.60 | 1.30 | 21% | 13% | 23% | 25 | |
| 12 | Bryce Elder | ATL | v. NYM | R | x | x | 126.2 | 3.69 | 1.20 | 20% | 12% | 23% | 28 | |
| 13 | Gabriel Hughes | COL | at ARI | R | x | 29.2 | 4.25 | 1.18 | 23% | 16% | 20% | 29 | ||
| 14 | Blade Tidwell | SFG | v. HOU | R | x | 17 | 3.18 | 1.18 | 19% | 13% | 22% | 4 | ||
| 15 | Michael Soroka | ARI | v. COL | R | x | 82 | 3.07 | 1.09 | 24% | 19% | 22% | 23 | ||
| 16 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | v. TBR | L | x | 75 | 5.64 | 1.63 | 20% | 8% | 18% | 24 | ||
| 17 | Andrew Painter | PHI | at STL | R | x | 75 | 6.48 | 1.57 | 19% | 10% | 21% | 24 | ||
| 18 | Dean Kremer | MIN | v. BAL | R | 41 | 5.93 | 1.32 | 23% | 16% | 24% | 15 | |||
| 19 | Freddy Peralta | TBR | at ATH | R | 117.1 | 5.37 | 1.52 | 22% | 13% | 22% | 18 | |||
| 20 | Jameson Taillon | TOR | v. BOS | R | 80 | 5.96 | 1.39 | 21% | 12% | 22% | 26 |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
Intro
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. 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 for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
Color Coding:
- Green – Good Matchup (lower OPS output by SP opponent) – 21st to 30th
- Yellow – OK – 11th to 20th
- Red – Bad – 1st to 10th
Wind:
Sutter Health – out to L. center at 9
SFG – out to L at 10 in a ballpark designed to minimize wind effects
Rain:
ATL – 31% to start, 7% by mid-game
Very tiny chances pretty much everywhere else except Sacramento
Soroka close to a 12er? Just not this time around given its start?
Close, yes. Huge Soroka fan myself, just bein a little cautious off the IL. I’ll make mention in the notes I’m preparing right now
I know this isn’t SP-related but you’ll get a kick out of this Paul.
MLB has an article today pointing out that the Nats have not given a single PA to a hitter age 29 or older this year. Their lone PA this year by a player 29 or older was Miles Mikolas pinch-hitting the other day because the Nats had lost the DH and it was either Mikolas or let Clayton Beeter hit (& it looks like Beeter hasn’t batted since high school).
The Marlins and Cardinals also have very young rosters and are also below the “record” of 167 PA by the 1967 Athletics. However, the M’s backup catcher is 31 (Navaretto) and the Cards have 2 guys that should pile up at least some PA by the end of the year – Bryan Torres (who just turned 29) and Ramon Urias (just started a rehab assignment).
i love tidbits like this!!!