Starting Pitcher Chart – August 5th, 2024
- Daily SP Chart archive
- Check out the July SP Rankings (NEWish!)
I’ll run a 2-start chart in the morning.
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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 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD v PHI | x | x | x | 121 | 3.50 | 0.96 | 26% | 28th/11th | Catching PHI slipping a bit… not that you’d sit him if they were on fire |
| 2 | Aaron Nola | PHI at LAD | x | x | x | 136 | 3.43 | 1.09 | 17% | 11th/4th | |
| 3 | Zac Gallen | ARI at CLE | x | x | x | 93 | 3.56 | 1.25 | 16% | 29th/19th | |
| 4 | Hunter Brown | HOU at TEX | x | x | x | 116 | 4.11 | 1.40 | 16% | 23rd/25th | Since a sharp 5 IP outing out of the pen at DET, he has a 2.64 ERA (7th), 1.15 WHIP (32nd), 20% K-BB (21st) in 88.7 IP |
| 5 | Logan Webb | SFG at WSN | x | x | x | 144 | 3.49 | 1.27 | 14% | 16th/16th | Quelled concerns w/a shutout at OAK after a tough trio (8.44 ERA TOR, at COL, at LAD); schedule blessings continue w/v. DET this wknd |
| 6 | Sean Manaea | NYM at STL | x | x | x | 113 | 3.50 | 1.20 | 14% | 15th/29th | Quietly cooking of late: 2.58 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 15% K-BB in 52.3 IP; still has blips including ugly 5 ER at MIA, but my trust is rising w/Manaea |
| 7 | Brady Singer | KCR v BOS | x | x | x | 125 | 2.88 | 1.16 | 15% | 1st/2nd | 7th in ERA over L9 (2.33) as he and his teammates are damn-near unhittable over that period thanks in part to the league’s best defense; Singer’s .219 AVG is 19th and 3rd on his team: Ragans .218 (18th), Lugo .203 (11th); BOS cooked him at BOS but he’s different at home: 2.20 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 18% K-BB v. 3.86 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 12% K-BB |
| 8 | JP Sears | OAK v CHW | x | x | x | 119 | 4.53 | 1.25 | 12% | 29th/28th | Excellent 3.31 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 22% K-BB in L6 even w/7 ER dud v. HOU which was likely skipped by many but then so was the 1 ER/8 Ks at BOS |
| 9 | David Festa | MIN at CHC | x | x | 19 | 6.98 | 1.40 | 20% | 20th/20th | It’ll take time to work off the 12 ER from his first 2 starts, but he’s been fantastic since returning: 2.89 ERA, 1.10 ERA, 13 Ks in 9.3 IP | |
| 10 | Andre Pallante | STL v NYM | x | 62 | 4.04 | 1.36 | 10% | 8th/9th | Very competent run w/a 3.12 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 15% K-BB in his L8 starts; not a huge K guy, but streamable | ||
| 11 | Andrew Heaney | TEX v HOU | x | 109 | 4.12 | 1.27 | 16% | 13th/13th | 10 ER in L2 interrupted a 2-month run of good work (2.81 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 18% K-BB) but that doesn’t mean I won’t skip a HOU start, especially w/at NYY on the wknd | ||
| 12 | James Paxton | BOS at KCR | 93 | 4.52 | 1.46 | 5% | 24th/18th | Just 1 BB in return to BOS is encouraging, but I need to see more before diving back in | |||
| 13 | Nick Martinez | CIN at MIA | 79 | 3.65 | 1.13 | 16% | 12th/28th | Pitching well and this would be a good matchup, but I don’t know how stretched out he’ll be w/a max of 53 pitches in the last month | |||
| 14 | Roddery Muñoz | MIA v CIN | 66 | 5.45 | 1.38 | 9% | 5th/17th | He has shown flashes, but the downside can really sting | |||
| 15 | Logan Allen | CLE v ARI | 87 | 5.67 | 1.55 | 11% | 9th/3rd | Hasn’t reached 5 IP in any of his L3 | |||
| 16 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC v MIN | 85 | 6.86 | 1.48 | 9% | 3rd/5th | The bombs hurt more than his good ones help | |||
| 17 | Patrick Corbin | WSN v SFG | 121 | 5.88 | 1.53 | 9% | 7th/5th | :looks in archive for July 30th SP Chart: … 0 x’s, phew!!! Not hating on those who started him as he was throwing well (3.88 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 16% K-BB in 46.3 IP), I just can’t believe it was that bad (13 H, 10 ER) | |||
| 18 | Ky Bush | CHW at OAK | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 1st/11th | Making his MLB debut and OAK is hammering lefties of late |
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.
Hey Paul, not directly related, but it seems like Roster Resource has Bailey Ober getting completely skipped in the rotation this coming week. Any idea why?
Could have been edited since you posted but as of now it shows him throwing Friday in the doubleheader with the Guardians. (Side note, but I wonder why they aren’t playing the makeup game on Thursday since they both have an off day that day. . . .)