Starting Pitcher Chart – June 18th, 2026

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Woo has just a 6.26 ERA over his L4 but three were on the road and he’s really developed a venue-based split this year. He has a 2.37 ERA/0.71 WHIP in 6 home starts but 5.93/1.32 on the road in 8 starts. He’s always had that split, but it used to be elite at home and simply good on the road (3.71 ERA/1.09 WHIP coming into this year). A 12-point drop to 19% K rate on the road is what pushes me to taking this split more seriously. As such, I might be open to skipping his at PIT next week, at least in shallower formats. I still think even a diminished Woo is probably better than what most people have on their bench or wire in 15-teamers (not that you’d cut him, I’m not advocating of that at all, just saying you were looking for someone to fill-in next week off the wire).

• Messick now has 120 career IP of 2.69 ERA/1.16 WHIP… what a stud! Someone brought up possibly trading him in my chat as a preemptive strike against a possible IP limit, but he threw 138.3 IP last year between the majors and minors so even just a 15% bump gets us 160 and shouldn’t require any major layoffs to get there.
• Gray has been finding his footing of late with a 2.29 ERA and 24% K in 7 starts since coming off the IL (4.30/1.30 before that).
• Is Manaea recapturing his 2024 groove? 2.91 ERA/0.92 WHIP/22% K-BB in his L5 outings including his first traditional start of the year last time out during which he went 6 strong (2 ER, 6 K, 0 BB).
• MIL just keeps twisting the knife of the Devers deal for BOS as Drohan looks to settle into his role. Even with 5 IP/4 ER v. PHI, he still had 7 K/0 BB. His 7% HR/FB probably has some regression coming, but so does the 65% LOB rate so a mid-3.00s ERA with strong supporting skills seems plenty doable. He’s also 27 years old so he doesn’t necessarily have to be babies IP-wise, but on the other hand he has just 70 combined IP the last two years so they also can’t just push him to the max. I’m not concerned about any IP caps right now, though.
• Yesavage retains his 3-x status thanks to an easier matchup after posting Duds in 3 of his L4 with 17 BB in the 22.3 IP being a huge problem.
• Weathers and Roupp have sputtered significantly over their L5 including 3 straight Duds from Weathers while an 8-bomb at MIL and modest 4.7 IP/4 ER v. CHC last time out overpower 3 solid starts from Roupp in his recent quintet. Both get very difficult matchups, too, so they might even be skippable in 12s depending on your depth and what you need in the standings.
• NYY is worse without Judge, but not bad as they sit 12th in wOBA v. righties this month. Burke has labored through a pair of 5 BB outings at PHI and v. LAD but has still managed 13 Ks in the 8.3 IP of work.
• SFG has been top 10 vL over the last two weeks (and even better vR) so I haven’t been blindly recommending guys against them and certainly wouldn’t give Pérez if he wasn’t pitching well of late (3.81 ERA/1.19 WHIP in L5).
• Jump has been nice in his first 4 starts – 2 home, 2 away – so I’m open to considering him in a lot of spots against the K-heavy Angels (25% K vR).
• Leiter’s recent record (6.15 ERA/1.52 WHIP in L5) paired with MIN surging a bit offensively (6th wOBA vR in L14 days and that doesn’t even include their shellacking of Rocker tonight) makes him more of a lottery ticket stream at best.
• SEA is no longer a pushover at home, sitting 8th in wOBA vR at home this year and I’ve never been shy about my distrust of Baz, so be careful here.
• Obviously a big part of streaming is using less than stable skillsets against weaker opponents but I still want to be discerning and not just blindly start guys I don’t actually trust. To that end, I’m not sure I see many fits for Nola even against the lowly Mets. He’s now at a 5.95 ERA over his last 165 IP thanks in large part to a 1.7 HR9. If he wasn’t named Aaron Nola, we wouldn’t even be giving him a second look. I’m a track record/pedigree guy so I don’t discount a player’s history, but the simple fact is that old Nola isn’t comin’ back!

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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.

Color Coding:

• Green – Good Matchup (so lower OPS output by the pitcher’s opponent)
• Yellow – OK
• Red – Bad