Starting Pitcher Chart – August 26th, 2024
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I’ll the run 2-start chart in the morning and there are definitely some guys I’m leaning away from today that do become compelling in weekly formats with their weekend starts. — I totally dropped the ball on this as my morning got away from me with a few others things I had to get done. I’ll still discuss the 2-start guys who start on Tuesday in Monday night’s SP Chart. I’m sorry, y’all!
Miller/Pepiot could drop 30 Ks!
Whenever I start sobering up on Keller, he reels me back in.
I was surprised by TOR’s success vR of late. It isn’t all Vlad, but it’s mostly Vlad. His 228 wRC+ is 2nd best vR in over that time, but hilariously almost 100 pts behind Judge’s 321!!!!
Madden is interesting, but it’s his MLB debut and then BOS comes calling on the weekend so I’m inclined to sit this week out and reassess on Sunday.
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK L30/Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI v HOU | x | x | x | 154 | 2.73 | 0.98 | 21% | 12th/9th |
| 2 | Bailey Ober | MIN v ATL | x | x | x | 140 | 3.54 | 0.99 | 20% | 8th/17th |
| 3 | Cole Ragans | KCR at CLE | x | x | x | 152 | 3.31 | 1.15 | 21% | 25th/9th |
| 4 | Bryce Miller | SEA v TBR | x | x | x | 143 | 3.32 | 1.02 | 18% | 30th/28th |
| 5 | Max Fried | ATL at MIN | x | x | x | 128 | 3.57 | 1.22 | 14% | 26th/8th |
| 6 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR at SEA | x | x | x | 98 | 3.65 | 1.06 | 18% | 11th/23rd |
| 7 | Ronel Blanco | HOU at PHI | x | x | x | 137 | 3.14 | 1.06 | 15% | 22nd/12th |
| 8 | Nestor Cortes | NYY at WSN | x | x | x | 148 | 4.00 | 1.15 | 18% | 13th/26th |
| 9 | Jameson Taillon | CHC at PIT | x | x | x | 126 | 3.77 | 1.20 | 14% | 26th/29th |
| 10 | Mitch Keller | PIT v CHC | x | x | 148 | 3.76 | 1.21 | 15% | 13th/18th | |
| 11 | Alec Marsh | KCR at CLE | x | x | 101 | 4.71 | 1.25 | 14% | 24th/21st | |
| 12 | Davis Martin | CHW v DET | x | 22 | 3.22 | 1.39 | 10% | 28th/24th | ||
| 13 | Nick Pivetta | BOS v TOR | 105 | 4.70 | 1.16 | 23% | 6th/14th | |||
| 14 | José Berríos | TOR at BOS | 156 | 3.79 | 1.17 | 12% | 3rd/2nd | |||
| 15 | Mitchell Parker | WSN v NYY | 122 | 4.26 | 1.25 | 14% | 6th/15th | |||
| 16 | Ryan Feltner | COL v MIA | 122 | 5.00 | 1.41 | 13% | 17th/27th | |||
| 17 | Ty Madden | DET at CHW | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 23rd/30th | |||
| 18 | Kyle Gibson | STL v SDP | 136 | 4.22 | 1.36 | 13% | 5th/4th | |||
| 19 | Randy Vásquez | SDP at STL | 81 | 4.63 | 1.51 | 9% | 21st/13th | |||
| 20 | Logan Allen | CLE v KCR | 92 | 5.56 | 1.54 | 10% | 16th/19th | |||
| 21 | Edward Cabrera | MIA at COL | 65 | 5.65 | 1.47 | 12% | 18th/15th | |||
| 22 | Joey Cantillo | CLE v KCR | 17 | 8.47 | 1.76 | 6% | 16th/19th |
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.
Am I missing something with Pivetta? I know he’s HR-prone but dang, nowhere?
I’m just so scared of meltdown starts down the stretch and he’s so prone to them… but also, will it count? Isn’t he pitching for the suspended game? so it’s technically the June 26th outing and I think he has to have been on your roster on that date to count or something?
Ditto Cantillo, which is kind of a relief. He’s just not MLB-ready.
Agreed. Cantillo is just too risky right now. I do like him longer-term, though, so I can see myself liking Cantillo as a $1 flier next yr
For sure. That fastball is intriguing. Basically no spin, but insane extension from a lefty arm slot, and pure backspin with 98% spin efficiency. Kind of reminds me of Dennis Sarfate, but with Chris Young-esque extension.
It’s just that his command is… inexistent.
OK Pivetta didn’t appreciate my bullshit!
He literally gave up a HR right after I posted this… still a great start, but the timing was hilarious
“I don’t appreciate your bullshit! …I mean, you’re right, but that doesn’t mean I have to appreciate it!”