Starting Pitcher Chart – July 1st, 2024
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The updated rankings are done! They will be live Monday. Sorry for the delay that led to no official June update. I’ll update again after the Trade Deadline.
We also have our shortest slate of the season so far with just 3 games, too, so I decided to put the 2-start chart here instead of splitting the posts. I usually split if the Monday chart is taking a while and I need to get to bed, but obviously a 6-man board doesn’t take much time. Start Gore & Brown, maaaaybe consider Peterson in some spots and stay away from the other 3! That said, I will still give you the chart with the info so you can make you own decisions. Maybe you’re hoping for a cheap win from Wilson in Coors since Milwaukee is so good. I have an unreasonable soft spot for him and even I’m not really giving him any consideration.
Speaking of the 2-start board, sorry for no podcast talking through the group with Justin on a Friday pod. He was a bit under the weather and I had the Fireside Chat podcast ready to share with y’all anyway so it was an easy fill-in instead of posting it on Saturday.
The top 10 are all ranked in the Top 55 of the upcoming rankings, but then just one other in the Top 75 so it’s kind of a studs and duds week. There are some streamable candidates including my boy Wesneski. I was big on him last year and unfortunately he blew up in our faces as the HRs were just too much (2.0 HR9). They aren’t gone (1.6), but I like the 15% K-BB rate. Philly is scary, the Angels are not.
Soriano is slated to return on Tuesday and would set up for a pair. Hopefully the abdomen infection is cleared up and he’s ready to pick up where he left off. He’s been one of the better waiver pickups this season.
| RANK | TYPE | PITCHER | MATCHUPS | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tarik Skubal | at MIN/at CIN | 97 | 2.32 | 0.94 | 24% |
| 2 | 1 | George Kirby | BAL/TOR | 99.1 | 3.35 | 0.97 | 22% |
| 3 | 1 | Dylan Cease | at TEX/ARI | 98.1 | 3.84 | 1.06 | 24% |
| 4 | 1 | Luis Gil | CIN/BOS | 85.2 | 3.15 | 1.12 | 15% |
| 5 | 1 | MacKenzie Gore | NYM/STL | 85 | 3.60 | 1.39 | 19% |
| 6 | 2 | Reynaldo López | SFG/PHI | 79.1 | 1.70 | 1.11 | 17% |
| 7 | 2 | Kutter Crawford | at MIA/at NYY | 94 | 3.54 | 1.15 | 17% |
| 8 | 2 | Mitch Keller | STL/NYM | 98.1 | 3.20 | 1.22 | 15% |
| 9 | 2 | Hunter Brown | at TOR/at MIN | 80.1 | 4.37 | 1.37 | 17% |
| 10 | 2 | Nathan Eovaldi | SDP/TBR | 73 | 3.45 | 1.16 | 16% |
| 11 | 3 | Zack Littell | at KCR/at TEX | 86.1 | 4.17 | 1.36 | 18% |
| 12 | 3 | Simeon Woods Richardson | DET/HOU | 66 | 3.41 | 1.14 | 14% |
| 13 | 4 | Brady Singer | TBR/at COL | 89.1 | 3.12 | 1.18 | 16% |
| 14 | 4 | Kyle Gibson | at PIT/at WSN | 87.2 | 3.70 | 1.24 | 11% |
| 15 | 4 | Hayden Wesneski | PHI/LAA | 45 | 3.60 | 1.16 | 15% |
| 16 | 4 | José Soriano | at OAK/at CHC | 72.1 | 3.48 | 1.18 | 11% |
| 17 | 4 | Mitch Spence | LAA/BAL | 68.1 | 4.35 | 1.24 | 14% |
| 18 | 4 | Sean Manaea | at WSN/at PIT | 76.1 | 3.89 | 1.30 | 13% |
| 19 | 4 | Spencer Arrighetti | at TOR/at MIN | 65 | 5.68 | 1.60 | 13% |
| 20 | 4 | David Peterson | at WSN/at PIT | 27 | 3.67 | 1.48 | 6% |
| 21 | 5 | Michael Mercado | at CHC/at ATL | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33% |
| 22 | 5 | Hayden Birdsong | at ATL/at CLE | 4.2 | 5.79 | 1.93 | 9% |
| 23 | 5 | Chris Flexen | at CLE/at MIA | 79 | 5.13 | 1.41 | 8% |
| 24 | 5 | Valente Bellozo | BOS/CHW | 5 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 11% |
| 25 | 5 | Graham Ashcraft | at NYY/DET | 67.2 | 5.45 | 1.49 | 10% |
| 26 | 6 | Austin Gomber | MIL/KCR | 81.2 | 4.63 | 1.31 | 9% |
| 27 | 6 | Bryse Wilson | at COL/at LAD | 74 | 3.89 | 1.23 | 11% |
| 28 | 6 | Ryne Nelson | at LAD/at SDP | 68 | 5.69 | 1.57 | 9% |
| 29 | 6 | Ryan Feltner | MIL/KCR | 86.2 | 5.82 | 1.45 | 14% |
| 30 | 6 | Carlos Carrasco | CHW/SFG | 70 | 5.27 | 1.40 | 10% |
| 31 | 6 | Yariel Rodríguez | HOU/at SEA | 17.2 | 5.60 | 1.87 | 6% |
| 900 | 6 | Dallas Keuchel | at COL/at LAD | 4 | 11.25 | 2.25 | 14% |
1 – Auto-Start | 2 – All Formats | 3 – Most Formats |
4 – Some Formats | 5 – YOLO | 6 – Hard Pass
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK L30/Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MacKenzie Gore | WSN v NYM | x | x | x | 85 | 3.60 | 1.39 | 19% | 1st/4th |
| 2 | Hunter Brown | HOU at TOR | x | x | x | 80 | 4.37 | 1.37 | 17% | 17th/13th |
| 3 | David Peterson | NYM at WSN | x | 27 | 3.67 | 1.48 | 6% | 27th/28th | ||
| 4 | Bryse Wilson | MIL at COL | 74 | 3.89 | 1.23 | 11% | 22nd/21st | |||
| 5 | Yariel Rodríguez | TOR v HOU | 17 | 5.60 | 1.87 | 6% | 10th/6th | |||
| 6 | Austin Gomber | COL v MIL | 81 | 4.63 | 1.31 | 9% | 22nd/21st |
The chart includes their 2024 stats (this changed over from last year’s stats on April 22nd), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this is changed as of April 11th), 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.
CBS says Berrios has a double-dip this week too … if so, where would he rank on the 2-start board?