Starting Pitcher Chart – August 10th, 2026

by Paul Sporer

August 9, 2026

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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.

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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.

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Color Coding:

Green – Good Matchup (lower OPS output by SP opponent) – 21st to 30th
Yellow – OK – 11th to 20th
Red – Bad – 1st to 10th