Starting Pitcher Chart – August 17th

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August 17, 2023
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

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The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness 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 it’s basically a risky 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.

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Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
RK PITCHER TM OPP 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB wOBA RK NOTE
1 Zac Gallen ARI at SDP x x x 155.2 3.24 1.07 22% 12th 13 scoreless IP with 19 Ks in 2 starts v. the Padres since getting hit around in SD back on April 4th
2 George Kirby SEA at KCR x x x 144.2 3.11 1.00 21% 4th KCR has been feisty in this series, doing pretty well v. all 3 SPs… still not sitting Kirby
3 Lance Lynn LAD MIL x x x 137.2 5.88 1.39 19% 27th Are we even surprised he’s cooking w/LA? 2.00 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 26% K-BB in 18 IP
4 Corbin Burnes MIL at LAD x x x 145 3.60 1.08 16% 3rd Hit up a little last time but it was the first start in 8 where he allowed more than 2 ER (3.21 ERA during that time)
5 Chris Sale BOS at WSN x x x 63.2 4.52 1.12 24% 10th Was limited to about 58 pitches and looked really good (1 H, 2 ER, 7 K, 0 BB)
6 Tarik Skubal DET at CLE x x x 32.1 4.18 1.14 23% 30th Suffering some one bad inning-itis in each of 3 dud starts, I’m keeping him in the lineup
7 José Quintana NYM at STL x x 29.2 3.03 1.28 8% 8th 4 straight QS and an inning shy of 5 straight since returning from the IL
8 Xzavion Curry CLE DET x 69 3.39 1.19 10% 19th There’s some long-term intrigue but he’s too tough to start outside of pure desperation
9 Patrick Corbin WSN BOS 137.1 4.85 1.50 8% 24th No thanks
10 Rich Hill SDP ARI 125.1 5.17 1.51 11% 17th Has gone just 3 IP in both of his SDP starts
11 Angel Zerpa KCR SEA 9.1 7.71 1.39 5% 13th No thanks
12 Adam Wainwright STL NYM 66.2 8.78 2.09 4% 16th Hard pass
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

 





 

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Greggmember since 2020
1 year ago

I see you list “their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days”. Is that going to be more reliable than season long wOBA vs handedness? 30 days is a small sample size and if the pitcher is LHP, it’s even fewer.

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