Starting Pitcher Chart – August 12th, 2024

August 12, 2024

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2-Start Board for Wk of August 12th

RANK	TYPE	PITCHER	MATCHUPS	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	Pitch+
1	1	Tarik Skubal	SEA/NYY	136.1	2.57	0.95	25%	107
2	1	Chris Sale	at SFG/at LAA	123	2.71	0.95	26%	102
3	1	George Kirby	at DET/at PIT	136	3.04	1.00	21%	107
4	1	Sonny Gray	at CIN/LAD	118.2	3.72	1.09	25%	106
5	1	Pablo López	KCR/at TEX	124	4.65	1.14	22%	104
6	1	Shota Imanaga	at CLE/TOR	116.1	3.09	1.09	21%	103
7	1	Blake Snell	ATL/at OAK	56.2	4.29	1.13	21%	104
8	1	Freddy Peralta	LAD/CLE	120.1	3.89	1.19	21%	101
9	2	Framber Valdez	at TBR/CHW	116.1	3.56	1.25	15%	101
10	2	Taj Bradley	HOU/ARI	86.1	2.71	1.01	22%	103
11	2	Clayton Kershaw	at MIL/at STL	7.2	5.87	1.96	7%	98
12	3	Jake Irvin	at BAL/at PHI	134	3.56	1.10	15%	103
13	3	Brady Singer	at MIN/at CIN	125	2.88	1.16	15%	94
14	3	Paul Blackburn	OAK/MIA	57	4.11	1.18	12%	101
15	4	Davis Daniel	TOR/ATL	22	4.91	1.18	19%	102
16	4	Ben Lively 라이블리	CHC/at MIL	105.1	3.42	1.15	14%	95
17	4	Charlie Morton	at SFG/at LAA	112	3.94	1.25	14%	97
18	4	Kutter Crawford	TEX/at BAL	129	3.77	1.09	17%	108
19	4	Brayan Bello	TEX/at BAL	107	5.13	1.44	14%	104
20	4	Bowden Francis	at LAA/at CHC	44.1	5.68	1.44	11%	103
21	4	Trevor Rogers	WSN/BOS	109.2	4.76	1.55	8%	98
22	4	Andrew Abbott	STL/KCR	121.1	3.41	1.29	10%	96
23	5	Joe Musgrove	PIT/at COL	49.1	5.66	1.48	14%	102
24	5	Taijuan Walker	MIA/WSN	53	5.60	1.49	10%	94
25	5	Tyler Mahle	at BOS/MIN	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
26	5	Marco Gonzales	at SDP/SEA	29	3.72	1.52	9%	94
27	5	José Ureña	at BOS/MIN	80.1	3.70	1.27	8%	95
28	6	Bradley Blalock	at ARI/SDP	1	0.00	1.00	-25%	69
29	6	Ky Bush	NYY/at HOU	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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Starter Notes August 12, 2024

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season	NOTE
1	Chris Sale	ATL at SFG	x	x	x	123	2.71	0.95	26%	4th/6th	Hasn’t allowed >2 ER in any of his L10: 2.40 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 27% K-BB
2	Luis Gil	NYY at CHW	x	x	x	112	3.20	1.10	17%	30th/30th	8 BB in L2 could be fatigue indicator (9 BB in 5 starts before that), something to monitor but no shot I’d skip this start
3	Blake Snell	SFG v ATL	x	x	x	56	4.29	1.13	21%	26th/11th	Found his groove: 1.15 ERA, 0.59 WHIP, 28% K-BB in his L6 (39 IP)
4	Sonny Gray	STL at CIN	x	x	x	118	3.72	1.09	25%	12th/16th	B2B 7 IP/2 ER gems have quelled any lingering concerns brought on by his ugly July (6.75 ERA… but the 24% K-BB kept me confident in him)
5	Shota Imanaga	CHC at CLE	x	x	x	116	3.09	1.09	21%	22nd/10th	The HRs have arrived as expected but he still holds pretty firm must-start status bc his good starts are excellent
6	Framber Valdez	HOU at TBR	x	x	x	116	3.56	1.25	15%	9th/8th	Felt he was being harshly judged for a few hiccups early in the summer, but he’s fully back on track: 2.72 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 22% K-BB in his L6
7	Brady Singer	KCR at MIN	x	x	x	125	2.88	1.16	15%	6th/8th	Survived the hit parade v. BOS w/passable 5.7 IP/4 ER/6 K outing, I’m sticking w/him for the 2-step (at CIN this wknd)
8	Pablo López	MIN v KCR	x	x	x	124	4.65	1.14	22%	4th/10th	A 9-start run of 6.47 ERA likely tanked his season mark, but he has rebounded well w/a 3.30 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 18% K-BB in his L5
9	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI v COL	x	x	x	131	3.97	1.13	17%	11th/17th	Keeping the ball in the park and success is following: 3.03 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 15% K-BB, 0.9 HR9 in his L10
10	Taj Bradley	TBR v HOU	x	x	x	86	2.71	1.01	22%	19th/9th	Standing by him after a couple hiccups, especially with a 2-step
11	Freddy Peralta	MIL v LAD	x	x	x	120	3.89	1.19	21%	10th/5th	Waters are choppy of late (4.60 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 15% K-BB) and LAD is tough, but I’m still running him virtually everywhere
12	Clayton Kershaw	LAD at MIL	x	x	x	7	5.87	1.96	7%	5th/13th	Looked good v. PHI despite falling just shy of 5 IP and I’m eager to see what he can do in a 2-step (at STL this wknd)
13	Ben Lively 라이블리	CLE v CHC		x	x	105	3.42	1.15	14%	21st/19th	ARI is cooking everyone so I won’t hit him too hard for that start but I am nervous about at MIL this wknd
14	Brayan Bello	BOS v TEX		x	x	107	5.13	1.44	14%	28th/24th	Feels like he’s thisclose to really putting it all together, but consistently punished by his HRs (5.08 ERA, 1.9 HR in L6)
15	Bowden Francis	TOR at LAA			x	44	5.68	1.44	11%	25th/23rd	Held his own in 2 starts v. BAL since returning (5 ER in 10.7 IP) and now the schedule lightens up (at CHC this wknd)
16	Andrew Abbott	CIN v STL			x	121	3.41	1.29	10%	12th/28th	WHIP surging meaning the HRs are now a huge problem: 1.17 WHIP, 1.4 HR9 in F18; 1.95 WHIP, 3.1 HR9 in L5
17	Joe Musgrove	SDP v PIT			x	49	5.66	1.48	14%	23rd/29th	Straight off the IL with a trip to Coors lurking on the weekend
18	Tyler Mahle	TEX at BOS				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3rd/2nd	Intrigued by his return to the mound, but this is going RIGHT into the fire off the IL w/MIN waiting this wknd, too
19	Davis Daniel	LAA v TOR				22	4.91	1.18	19%	16th/15th
20	Marco Gonzales	PIT at SDP				29	3.72	1.52	9%	13th/21st
21	Bradley Blalock	COL at ARI				1	0.00	1.00	-25%	1st/6th
22	Ky Bush	CHW v NYY				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	15th/15th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

The chart includes their 2024 stats (this changed over from last year’s stats on April 22nd), their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this is changed as of April 11th) and over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. 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 that just means it is a riskier stream as the league gets shallower.

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 and then you can generally expand these recommendations a bit for points leagues.