Starting Pitcher Chart – August 9th, 2024

August 9, 2024

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Starter Notes August 9, 2024

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season	NOTE
1	Zack Wheeler	PHI at ARI	x	x	x	128	2.94	1.02	19%	2nd/7th
2	Jack Flaherty	LAD v PIT	x	x	x	112	2.80	0.96	27%	27th/29th
3	Bailey Ober	MIN v CLE	x	x	x	122	3.69	0.98	21%	29th/20th
4	Bryce Miller	SEA v NYM	x	x	x	126	3.62	1.05	17%	6th/10th
5	Garrett Crochet	CHW v CHC	x	x	x	118	3.19	1.01	28%	7th/23rd	I know the usage – or lack thereof – is frustrating, just gotta stick w/him or else the 7 IP/10 K gem will come on your bench
6	Ronel Blanco	HOU at BOS	x	x	x	124	2.98	1.02	15%	1st/2nd	BOS is a killer matchup, but Blanco’s just been so dialed in that he’s being trusted across the board for me
7	Zach Eflin	BAL at TBR	x	x	x	122	4.05	1.18	16%	25th/27th	2 Ws, 2 QS with BAL so far!
8	Carlos Rodón	NYY v TEX	x	x	x	125	4.37	1.21	19%	15th/16th	Finding a groove for the homestretch? 2.89 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, 28% K-BB in his L3
9	Jameson Taillon	CHC at CHW	x	x	x	110	3.25	1.16	14%	30th/30th	Bounced back after 6 ER at CIN and now gets a nice chance for another gem
10	Robbie Ray	SFG v DET	x	x	x	9	4.82	1.29	18%	13th/27th	Still allowed 2 HRs at CIN, but both solos w/9 Ks and just 1 BB in 5 IP; will likely experience standard TJ returnee volatility but he’s hard to take out of the lineup
11	Mitch Keller	PIT at LAD	x	x	x	132	3.20	1.19	15%	13th/5th	Rain cut a great outing short last time out; MLB-best 2.34 ERA since May 1st after a 5.18 in April
12	José Berríos	TOR v OAK	x	x	x	135	4.11	1.22	11%	10th/22nd	Easy start v. bad teams: 1.85 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 18% K-BB in 34 IP… too bad he faces so few (5 of 23 starts v. sub-.500 clubs)
13	José Soriano	LAA at WSN		x	x	103	3.47	1.21	10%	15th/17th	Definitely not missing bats like I think he can given his stuff but still finding enough success to be at least a Team Streamer in all formats
14	Jose Quintana	NYM at SEA		x	x	113	3.89	1.26	10%	19th/25th	Has consistently bounced back from his hiccups this yr and been a key Team Streamer, allowing more than 3 ER just once in his L14
15	Carson Spiers	CIN at MIL		x	x	52	3.46	1.19	16%	17th/8th	Control artist finding some succes but puts the ball in play a little more than I’d like as a flyball pitcher in a hitter’s park (both for this gm and his home gms, of course)
16	Mitchell Parker	WSN v LAA		x	x	100	4.31	1.21	14%	27th/22nd	Finding his footing again after some July struggles? Just 2 ER in 10 IP in his L2; not taking him to PHI next wk, though
17	Martín Pérez	SDP at MIA		x	x	89	4.96	1.57	10%	14th/30th	Little schedule blessing here w/COL last time out & MIA here though he may be staring down the barrel of a trip to Coors next
18	Tanner Houck	BOS v HOU			x	134	3.09	1.14	16%	26th/9th	Hasn’t been himself for over a month now: 6.16 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, 4% K-BB in his L6 and the schedule barrage continues (SDP, at NYY, OAK, at COL, NYY, at TEX)
19	Zack Littell	TBR v BAL			x	119	4.06	1.33	17%	8th/3rd	Success has followed the schedule: 3.88 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 21% K-BB at home; 4.19 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 13% K-BB — BAL is, of course, very skippable
20	Michael Lorenzen	KCR v STL			x	107	3.69	1.28	7%	19th/13th
21	Mitch Spence	OAK at TOR			x	100	4.40	1.31	13%	14th/15th	Really getting a taste of LA lately w/LAA, at LAA, LAD in his L3 and he did well w/just 5 ER in 17 IP, still a 1.25 WHIP, though
22	Ryne Nelson	ARI v PHI			x	105	4.53	1.36	12%	20th/11th	I know PHI went through a rough July, but that 20th wOBA over the L30 days doesn’t fool me… I’m terrified to run SPs v. them
23	Miles Mikolas	STL at KCR			x	124	4.99	1.23	12%	5th/12th
24	Alex Cobb	CLE at MIN				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	7th/6th	Season debut after a hip injury; I’m interested in 12s & deeper for the future, but not starting anywhere for this one
25	Louie Varland	MIN v CLE				26	6.58	1.65	12%	29th/20th	Liked him a lot coming into the season & while it hasn’t worked thus far, he hit a groove in AAA to earn this call-up (1.48 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 17% K-BB in 30 IP)
26	Cody Bradford	TEX at NYY				25	3.96	0.92	20%	9th/15th
27	Edward Cabrera	MIA v SDP				43	6.65	1.55	15%	11th/4th
28	Aaron Civale	MIL v CIN				112	5.14	1.41	14%	4th/14th
29	Grant Holmes	ATL at COL				33	3.00	1.00	21%	9th/16th
30	Triston McKenzie	CLE at MIN				75	5.11	1.56	7%	7th/6th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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.