Starting Pitcher Chart – August 28th

August 28, 2023

Mandatory Credit: Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports

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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Starter Notes August 28,2023

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season	NOTE
1	Kevin Gausman	TOR v WSN	x	x	x	150.1	3.23	1.16	25%	22nd/24th
2	Kenta Maeda	MIN v CLE	x	x	x	74.2	4.22	1.17	22%	24th/21st	Unfortunately couldn’t pull a W in B2B starts v. DET, but he’s an easy start this wk even w/at TEX this wknd
3	Bryan Woo	SEA v OAK	x	x	x	59	4.58	1.22	18%	14th/29th	Solid return (4 IP/1 ER) but was limited to 65 pitches, should be able to get 5 IP here even if they only add 10-15 pitches to his count
4	Zac Gallen	ARI at LAD	x	x	x	168	3.11	1.06	22%	13th/3rd
5	Blake Snell	SDP at STL	x	x	x	142	2.73	1.27	18%	20th/16th
6	Bobby Miller	LAD v ARI	x	x	x	81.2	3.86	1.16	15%	23rd/9th	This Miller-Abbott-Grayson rookie trio have likely been gamechangers in a lot of leagues
7	Andrew Abbott	CIN at SFG	x	x	x	85.1	3.16	1.17	18%	16th/25th	Control volatility usually decides his outing: 3, 5, 0, 0, 4 BB/36, 25, 62, 52, 41 Game Scores over his L5
8	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL v CHW	x	x	x	87	5.38	1.43	15%	26th/30th
9	Jon Gray	TEX at NYM	x	x	x	131.2	3.76	1.23	12%	19th/15th
10	Lucas Giolito	LAA at PHI		x	x	148	4.32	1.27	17%	2nd/8th	Keep tabs on Chase Silseth news bc if he can’t go, Gio has a chance to get at OAK on the wknd
11	Wade Miley	MIL at CHC		x	x	87.2	3.18	1.17	9%	21st/18th	He just gets the job done… at CHC/v. PHI isn’t easy, but I’m riding w/him in a lot of spots
12	Chris Sale	BOS v HOU		x	x	73	4.68	1.14	23%	1st/3rd	2nd straight v. HOU, but that enticing at KCR on the wknd makes him a viable weekly lineup start
13	Reese Olson	DET v NYY		x	x	68	5.29	1.25	17%	28th/27th	One of those chase streamers with 2 good matchups (at CHW this wknd), but very high risk
14	Jameson Taillon	CHC v MIL			x	115.2	5.60	1.35	14%	25th/25th
15	Cristian Javier	HOU at BOS			x	127.1	4.52	1.26	13%	7th/5th	Didn’t kill ya and grabbed a W v. BOS, but didn’t inspire a ton of confidence for a rematch (no 2-start, either)
16	Taijuan Walker	PHI v LAA			x	136.2	4.02	1.29	10%	29th/11th
17	Josiah Gray	WSN at TOR			x	135.2	3.85	1.44	9%	27th/14th	I can’t get that excited about 6 IP of 1-hit ball when it comes w/5 BB
18	Luis Severino	NYY at DET			x	74.1	7.26	1.75	9%	9th/28th	Yeah it was 6+ IP of 1-hit ball, but 2 Ks (in fairness, WSN is tough to K) so the confidence hasn’t risen all that much (at HOU this wknd)
19	Zack Greinke	KCR v PIT			x	114.2	5.34	1.25	13%	10th/22nd	It might be 3-5 decent IP, but there is still plenty of risk and probably no 2-start
20	Johan Oviedo	PIT at KCR			x	145.1	4.46	1.33	11%	5th/26th
21	Xzavion Curry	CLE at MIN			x	77	3.51	1.22	10%	8th/7th	There’s some chase upside for a 2-step, but I’m probably focusing more on 2024 Curry if he can flash some more swing-and-miss
22	Michael Kopech	CHW v BAL				120	4.95	1.49	8%	17th/17th	Put up a Josiah Gray with 4 IP of 1-hit ball but 4 BB
23	Bryce Elder	ATL at COL				143.1	3.39	1.20	9%	18th/16th	Looking much better in his L2 allowing just 3 H in 12.3 IP v. the 2 NY tms, but at COL/at LAD is quite literally the worst 2-step you can dream up
24	Adrián Martínez	OAK at SEA				34.2	5.71	1.44	12%	3rd/13th
25	Kyle Harrison	SFG v CIN				3.1	5.40	1.80	25%	18th/17th	I like him long-term, but I just don’t trust him w/that command (or lack severe thereof)
26	Austin Gomber	COL v ATL				136.1	5.48	1.47	8%	5th/1st	#NeverGomber
27	Tylor Megill	NYM v TEX				91	5.54	1.73	7%	15th/2nd
28	Adam Wainwright	STL v SDP				77.1	8.61	1.99	4%	21st/19th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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