Starting Pitcher Chart – August 26th, 2026

by Paul Sporer

August 26, 2026

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SP Rankings (last update: 7/24 | next: September)

Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.

SFG switched from Roupp to Webb, nothing changes on our end. In fact, I’m more confident in Webb than Roupp.

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Starting Pitcher Chart August 26th

Rk	PITCHER	Team	Opponent	T	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	K-BB	OPP K%	opp wOBA RK
1	Jesús Luzardo	PHI	at SEA	L	x	x	x	156	3.35	1.15	30%	23%	24%	29
2	Sean Burke	CHW	v. TEX	R	x	x	x	146	3.27	1.11	27%	19%	22%	24
3	Kyle Bradish	BAL	at STL	R	x	x	x	138.2	3.70	1.38	22%	12%	21%	26
4	~~Landen Roupp~~ Logan Webb	SFG	v. CIN	R	x	x	x	134.2	4.34	1.31	23%	11%	26%	28
5	Sonny Gray	BOS	at MIA	R	x	x	x	138.2	2.79	1.16	22%	15%	21%	8
6	Troy Melton	DET	v. TBR	R	x	x	x	90	1.60	1.00	21%	14%	19%	3
7	Bryan Woo	SEA	v. PHI	R	x	x	x	138.1	4.10	1.08	24%	19%	22%	18
8	Joey Cantillo	CLE	at LAA	L	x	x	x	130.1	3.73	1.45	26%	14%	25%	23
9	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	at CHW	L	x	x	x	145.2	4.26	1.23	26%	18%	25%	8
10	Matthew Boyd	CHC	at ARI	L	x	x	x	91	4.15	1.24	19%	11%	18%	2
11	Peter Lambert	HOU	at NYY	R	x	x	x	122.1	3.68	1.20	23%	14%	25%	22
12	Dustin May	MIL	at NYM	R	x	x	x	124	4.57	1.30	23%	15%	22%	25
13	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	v. CHC	L	x	x	x	155	2.61	1.21	17%	10%	22%	1
14	Roki Sasaki	LAD	at ATL	R	x	x	x	116	4.42	1.30	23%	14%	22%	14
15	Bubba Chandler	PIT	at SDP	R		x	x	125.1	4.38	1.37	21%	9%	22%	19
16	Freddy Peralta	TBR	at DET	R		x	x	135	5.33	1.46	21%	12%	22%	10
17	Spencer Miles	TOR	v. KCR	R		x	x	80.1	3.02	1.10	23%	16%	21%	20
18	Grayson Rodriguez	LAA	v. CLE	R			x	66	6.41	1.53	20%	10%	21%	27
19	Randy Vásquez	SDP	v. PIT	R			x	118	4.19	1.31	15%	8%	24%	1
20	Michael McGreevy	STL	v. BAL	R				137.1	3.54	1.21	17%	11%	24%	17
21	Randy Dobnak	KCR	at TOR	R				45.2	1.58	1.40	15%	5%	19%	23
22	J.T. Ginn	ATH	v. MIN	R				132.1	3.60	1.23	21%	11%	21%	9
23	Ryan Gusto	MIA	v. BOS	R				57.2	4.37	1.34	20%	14%	21%	16
24	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	v. LAD	R				8.2	6.23	1.62	18%	5%	21%	2
25	Connor Prielipp	MIN	at ATH	L				93.2	5.57	1.40	25%	15%	25%	11
26	Elmer Rodríguez	NYY	v. HOU	R				17	4.76	1.76	12%	-1%	22%	11
27	Nick Lodolo	CIN	at SFG	L				75	5.04	1.52	17%	8%	24%	28
28	Brad Lord	WSN	v. COL	R				65	3.88	1.22	21%	11%	22%	4
29	Robert Stock	NYM	v. MIL	R				16.2	5.40	1.68	23%	10%	21%	5
30	Tanner Gordon	COL	at WSN	R				76.2	5.75	1.49	19%	14%	21%	7

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

6 Comments

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AnonMember since 2020

13 hours ago

Wind:
DET – in from R at 11
Sacramento – only 4 out to L center

Rain:
ATL – 20-25% all day
Very, very slight chances a few other places

David WiersMember since 2016

10 hours ago

Webb is going today for SFG and Roupp tomorrow, per my GOAT Slusser.

JimmyMember since 2019

9 hours ago

I know people tend to play the hot hand in fantasy, but nothing Eduardo Rodriguez (I was going to say E-Rod but there are two today!) is doing strikes me as sustainable. Career low K rate, career low BABIP, career high LOB% by almost 5%, career high hard hit rate, career low HR/FB, xERA well below league average. AZ’s good defense helps some, but he’s a below average pitcher benefiting from some serious batted ball and sequencing luck.

Again, I do totally get people just riding out a hot streak in fantasy, and I’ve done the same, but I wouldn’t expect better than a 4.50 ERA ROS.

6 hours ago

Reply to Jimmy

Naturally he goes and has a bonafide tremendous start 🙂

5 hours ago

It was a great start too – 18 swinging strikes and a ton of weak contact (76.8 mph EV and only 1 hard hit ball).

Have no idea how he keeps doing it, but he does.

Fun fact: E-Rod has more career wins (108 including today) than deGrom (105), Ray (99), and Snell (83)

Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff

I totally get that and those players are SO hard for the SP Chart ranking bc I know in my heart that they’re over their skis w/these numbers, but when they start piling up 15-20+ starts running this well, it’s so hard to take ’em out anywhere. Bryce Elder to start the year. Michael McGreevy for the first half. A few others, too, and of course E-Rod was the leader of the “they GOTTA regress in the 2nd half” group and yet the gems keep piling up including 7 IP of 2-hit shutout ball v. one of the hottest offenses going in the Cubs. But ya, I agonize over these types and if they do it long enough, I resign myself to the fact that we gotta keep ’em in the rotation until we see 2-3 bad ones in a row.

Elder actually had quite a June Swoon that I def figured was essentially the end of his fantasy viability this year, but to his credit he has bounced back after 30 IP of 8.70 ERA with a respectable 3.80 in his last 45 IP (again with skills that are scary af yielding a 5.55 FIP but being on a great team also enhances his W probability so if you can take the potential ratio risk for a W shot, he’s worth running in a lot of formats again).