Starting Pitcher Chart – June 26th, 2024

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I know I said full comments back today, but I’m just not sure the first 9 needed any commentary. Of course if you have questions on any of them, I’ll gladly discuss them in the comments!
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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 | George Kirby | SEA at TBR | x | x | x | 93 | 3.47 | 0.99 | 21% | 20th/23rd | |
2 | Chris Sale | ATL at STL | x | x | x | 86 | 2.91 | 0.93 | 27% | 30th/29th | |
3 | Shota Imanaga | CHC at SFG | x | x | x | 79 | 2.96 | 1.10 | 21% | 4th/8th | |
4 | Dylan Cease | SDP v WSN | x | x | x | 91 | 4.14 | 1.11 | 23% | 16th/17th | |
5 | Luis Gil | NYY at NYM | x | x | x | 81 | 2.77 | 1.08 | 17% | 17th/13th | |
6 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL v CLE | x | x | x | 75 | 3.82 | 1.29 | 19% | 3rd/11th | |
7 | Kutter Crawford | BOS v TOR | x | x | x | 92 | 3.59 | 1.14 | 17% | 19th/19th | |
8 | Gavin Stone | LAD v CHW | x | x | x | 80 | 3.04 | 1.20 | 12% | 29th/30th | |
9 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR v SEA | x | x | x | 66 | 4.61 | 1.13 | 19% | 18th/22nd | |
10 | Spencer Turnbull | PHI at DET | x | x | x | 51 | 2.63 | 1.05 | 18% | 25th/26th | While he’s only topped 50 pitches once since May 1st, I don’t think he has to be super limited in his return to the rotation |
11 | Brady Singer | KCR v MIA | x | x | x | 82 | 3.29 | 1.21 | 16% | 27th/28th | Finally a break in the schedule after a run of at CLE/NYY/at LAD/at TEX (5.31 ERA in 20 IP) |
12 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN at ARI | x | x | x | 60 | 3.26 | 1.14 | 14% | 8th/12th | A couple duds mixed in, but has been solid w/3.28 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 13% K-BB in L7 |
13 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX at MIL | x | x | 66 | 3.14 | 1.14 | 17% | 10th/5th | Normally a consistent all-formats lock, but MIL is no joke and I wouldn’t mind passing here where I can | |
14 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU v COL | x | x | 58 | 6.36 | 1.74 | 11% | 14th/16th | Schedule set him up to get super hot after a 2.29 ERA in 4 starts led into a run of DET/at CWS/COL.. he has blown the first 2 (10 ER in 5.7 IP) | |
15 | Erick Fedde 페디 | CHW v LAD | x | 94 | 3.05 | 1.14 | 16% | 9th/4th | His 2.86 ERA v. >.500 tms is better than his 3.27 v. sub-.500 clubs, buuut the skills drop from 21% K-BB to just 12%… be careful | ||
16 | Trevor Rogers | MIA at KCR | x | 75 | 4.90 | 1.55 | 8% | 12th/14th | Finding his form again? Results-wise, yes – 3.03 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, but just an 8% K-BB leaves me cautious w/him | ||
17 | DJ Herz | WSN at SDP | x | 18 | 4.50 | 1.33 | 26% | 15th/21st | Getting knocked around at COL is hardly a crime, this will be a key rebound spot that will play a role in my future confidence w/him | ||
18 | Joey Estes | OAK at LAA | x | 40 | 5.53 | 1.25 | 12% | 26th/24th | Bounced back in 2nd straight start v. MIN (6 ER in 1st, 2 ER in 2nd), but the 6 Ks, 4 BB, and 5 HR over his L3 combined gives me pause on trusting him too much | ||
19 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN v PIT | x | 62 | 5.05 | 1.46 | 10% | 22nd/29th | Good matchup, bad pitcher | ||
20 | Sean Manaea | NYM v NYY | 71 | 4.16 | 1.29 | 15% | 18th/15th | Bad matchup, good pitcher | |||
21 | Ryne Nelson | ARI v MIN | 64 | 5.18 | 1.51 | 9% | 2nd/9th | Whenever I start to get comfortable w/him, he rug pulls us | |||
22 | Roansy Contreras | LAA v OAK | 30 | 3.90 | 1.33 | 13% | 28th/27th | Live arm I liked as a propsect in PIT, but I’m keeping expectations light even w/a good matchup | |||
23 | Ryan Feltner | COL at HOU | 80 | 6.02 | 1.48 | 14% | 11th/6th | Y’all know I like him as a pitcher, but not really fantasy relevant unless he escapes Coors (it can even infect your road work) | |||
24 | Andre Pallante | STL v ATL | 32 | 5.23 | 1.62 | 8% | 24th/14th | Even w/ATL’s modest offensive output of late, I’m still very cautious about running Pallante anywhere | |||
25 | Luis L. Ortiz | PIT at CIN | 47 | 3.45 | 1.30 | 9% | 12th/25th | Being a 3-5 IP guy means any blip can blow up the ERA | |||
26 | Yariel Rodríguez | TOR at BOS | 16 | 5.94 | 1.92 | 7% | 5th/8th | There is raw talent, but he will cook your ratios | |||
27 | Mason Black | SFG v CHC | 14 | 8.79 | 1.95 | 4% | 15th/18th | Hasn’t gone 5 IP in any of his 4 starts, allowing 1 HR in each of them as well | |||
28 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE at BAL | 65 | 5.40 | 1.38 | 11% | 1st/3rd | No shot in this matchup | |||
29 | Keider Montero | DET v PHI | 4 | 8.31 | 1.38 | 21% | 13th/7th | Wasn’t exactly tearing up the minors prior to his call-up | |||
30 | Dallas Keuchel | MIL v TEX | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 17th/20th | He isn’t confirmed, but they did recently trade for him… watch MIL somehow get 50 useful IP outta him somehow! |
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.
Birdsong starting, not Black (though may well end up seeing both).
Birdsong starting in the dead of night
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