Starting Pitcher Chart – August 20th, 2024
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK L30/Season | NOTE |
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| 1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI at ATL | x | x | x | 148 | 2.72 | 0.98 | 20% | 13th/16th | |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KCR v LAA | x | x | x | 147 | 3.18 | 1.15 | 21% | 13th/16th | |
| 3 | Bailey Ober | MIN at SDP | x | x | x | 134 | 3.49 | 1.00 | 20% | 5th/4th | |
| 4 | Robbie Ray | SFG v CHW | x | x | x | 21 | 6.00 | 1.33 | 20% | 30th/29th | |
| 5 | Bryce Miller | SEA at LAD | x | x | x | 139 | 3.29 | 1.00 | 18% | 11th/6th | |
| 6 | Ronel Blanco | HOU v BOS | x | x | x | 134 | 2.89 | 1.01 | 15% | 3rd/2nd | His 2 starts have been meh, but he’s reached 5 IP in both and I’m back to starting him in most formats |
| 7 | Mitch Keller | PIT at TEX | x | x | x | 141 | 3.95 | 1.25 | 14% | 27th/23rd | |
| 8 | Reynaldo López | ATL v PHI | x | x | x | 104 | 2.06 | 1.19 | 15% | 25th/12th | As I always say w/these, everyone has their own way of dealing w/guys off the IL, but I’m running ReyLo after 71 pitches in a 4 IP rehab |
| 9 | José Berríos | TOR v CIN | x | x | 149 | 3.85 | 1.18 | 12% | 18th/18th | ||
| 10 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI at MIA | x | x | 10 | 5.06 | 1.22 | 7% | 15th/30th | His 2 starts have been meh, but he’s reached 5 IP in both and I’m back to starting him in most formats | |
| 11 | Luis Gil | NYY v CLE | x | x | 121 | 3.25 | 1.15 | 16% | 30th/21st | CLE’s recent struggles add some confidence to starting him, but that didn’t help much v. CHW (4 IP/4 ER) and I do have some fatigue concerns | |
| 12 | DJ Herz | WSN v COL | x | x | 55 | 4.25 | 1.31 | 20% | 28th/23rd | ||
| 13 | Cody Bradford | TEX v PIT | x | x | 36 | 3.50 | 1.00 | 19% | 2nd/17th | PIT is surging vL of late, but Bradford has acquitted himself well off the IL v. BOS/at NYY/v. MIN | |
| 14 | Martín Pérez | SDP v MIN | x | x | 101 | 4.62 | 1.49 | 11% | 25th/9th | ||
| 15 | Shane Baz | TBR at OAK | x | x | 36 | 4.21 | 1.43 | 11% | 12th/20th | ||
| 16 | Dean Kremer | BAL at NYM | x | x | 90 | 4.48 | 1.28 | 12% | 9th/10th | ||
| 17 | Bryan Sammons | DET at CHC | x | x | 18 | 3.38 | 0.70 | 13% | 7th/22nd | Has shown he can handle an SP volume, but keeps getting an opener and while it hasn’t paid off yet, it does enhance his W potential espec. if the youth-infused DET lineup can improve | |
| 18 | Erick Fedde 페디 | STL v MIL | x | 137 | 3.40 | 1.15 | 14% | 8th/8th | Fedde/Anderson have been such strong Team Streamers this year, but both will have their hands full w/these matchups… I don’t hate running ’em in 12s, especially if you’re going for the 2-step | ||
| 19 | Tyler Anderson | LAA at KCR | x | 147 | 3.30 | 1.17 | 10% | 18th/20th | |||
| 20 | Matthew Boyd | CLE at NYY | x | 5 | 1.69 | 0.56 | 32% | 12th/14th | Very intrigued by Boyd and will hold my nose for this in a weekly lineups lg, but would much rather skip it in daily moves lgs | ||
| 21 | Nick Pivetta | BOS at HOU | x | 100 | 4.49 | 1.13 | 24% | 14th/9th | Has allowed 2 HR in ea. of his L4 and that 3.8 HR9 is snuffing out an excellent 29% K-BB… be careful here | ||
| 22 | Walker Buehler | LAD v SEA | x | 40 | 5.58 | 1.56 | 11% | 17th/24th | The matchup is the only reason he even got a single x… I just don’t trust him or Bobby Miller right now | ||
| 23 | Carson Spiers | CIN at TOR | x | 65 | 4.55 | 1.29 | 16% | 16th/14th | |||
| 24 | Joey Estes | OAK v TBR | x | 87 | 4.72 | 1.21 | 12% | 21st/27th | |||
| 25 | Jose Quintana | NYM v BAL | 129 | 4.26 | 1.29 | 10% | 8th/3rd | ||||
| 26 | Edward Cabrera | MIA v ARI | 59 | 5.76 | 1.50 | 13% | 1st/5th | I’m just never comfortable w/him as he always erases a good run w/a punishing dud (6 ER last time out) | |||
| 27 | Frankie Montas | MIL at STL | 107 | 4.86 | 1.46 | 10% | 20th/13th | ||||
| 28 | Javier Assad | CHC v DET | 107 | 3.19 | 1.37 | 9% | 28th/26th | ||||
| 29 | Austin Gomber | COL at WSN | 125 | 4.82 | 1.31 | 11% | 19th/27th | ||||
| 30 | Davis Martin | CHW at SFG | 18 | 3.00 | 1.39 | 9% | 22nd/22nd |
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.
I looked at the numbers last week and while KC doesn’t strike out a lot against anyone, they’re running a 76.4 wRC+ since June 11 which is worst in MLB by a fairly substantial margin.