Starting Pitcher Chart – May 1st, 2024
Daily SP Chart archive
Got a super late start on the board tonight so please drop questions or comments down below and I’ll get to them throughout Wednesday morning or you can join my chat around 1pm ET where I’ll be answering questions for an hour or so!
| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corbin Burnes | BAL v NYY | x | x | x | 35 | 2.55 | 0.93 | 20% | 4th |
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI at LAA | x | x | x | 37 | 1.93 | 0.88 | 24% | 17th |
| 3 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD at ARI | x | x | x | 28 | 3.54 | 1.07 | 27% | 26th |
| 4 | Kutter Crawford | BOS v SFG | x | x | x | 33 | 1.35 | 1.11 | 17% | 13th |
| 5 | Chris Sale | ATL at SEA | x | x | x | 31 | 3.69 | 0.92 | 21% | 25th |
| 6 | Shota Imanaga | CHC at NYM | x | x | x | 27 | 0.98 | 0.80 | 23% | 10th |
| 7 | Bailey Ober | MIN at CHW | x | x | x | 25 | 4.21 | 1.05 | 18% | 30th |
| 8 | Zach Eflin | TBR at MIL | x | x | x | 35 | 4.08 | 1.19 | 18% | 2nd |
| 9 | Zac Gallen | ARI v LAD | x | x | x | 32 | 3.38 | 1.22 | 20% | 1st |
| 10 | Justin Verlander | HOU v CLE | x | x | x | 10 | 1.74 | 1.06 | 17% | 20th |
| 11 | Joe Musgrove | SDP v CIN | x | x | x | 35 | 6.94 | 1.66 | 9% | 22nd |
| 12 | Chris Bassitt | TOR v KCR | x | x | x | 30 | 5.64 | 1.85 | 9% | 12th |
| 13 | José Buttó | NYM v CHC | x | x | x | 22 | 2.86 | 1.09 | 14% | 18th |
| 14 | Luis Gil | NYY at BAL | x | x | 24 | 4.01 | 1.34 | 15% | 6th | |
| 15 | Quinn Priester | PIT at OAK | x | x | 10 | 3.48 | 1.16 | 14% | 29th | |
| 16 | Trevor Williams | WSN at TEX | x | 26 | 2.70 | 1.05 | 11% | 10th | ||
| 17 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA v PHI | x | 27 | 6.33 | 1.78 | 11% | 8th | ||
| 18 | Kenta Maeda | DET v STL | x | 22 | 5.96 | 1.37 | 10% | 25th | ||
| 19 | Seth Lugo | KCR at TOR | x | 38 | 1.66 | 1.11 | 9% | 19th | ||
| 20 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN at SDP | x | 28 | 4.40 | 1.29 | 16% | 5th | ||
| 21 | Miles Mikolas | STL at DET | x | 32 | 5.91 | 1.47 | 13% | 24th | ||
| 22 | Roddery Muñoz | MIA v COL | x | 5 | 3.60 | 0.60 | 33% | 16th | ||
| 23 | Triston McKenzie | CLE at HOU | x | 22 | 4.91 | 1.68 | 1% | 7th | ||
| 24 | Andrew Heaney | TEX v WSN | x | 23 | 6.26 | 1.26 | 13% | 20th | ||
| 25 | Emerson Hancock | SEA v ATL | 26 | 5.06 | 1.12 | 13% | 3rd | |||
| 26 | Colin Rea | MIL v TBR | 27 | 3.25 | 1.27 | 8% | 21st | |||
| 27 | Ross Stripling | OAK v PIT | 34 | 4.98 | 1.49 | 11% | 27th | |||
| 28 | Dakota Hudson | COL at MIA | 24 | 6.57 | 1.78 | 1% | 28th | |||
| 29 | Chris Flexen 플렉센 | CHW v MIN | 24 | 5.11 | 1.34 | 3% | 14th | |||
| 30 | Daulton Jefferies | SFG at BOS | 2 | 22.50 | 4.50 | 6% | 8th |
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 (notes will be more statistical-based once we get some sample to work with). 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 it’s basically a riskier stream for those spots.
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.
Paul, what’s your evaluation of Hunter Brown’s start yesterday? 7 k’s on 22 batters faced is the bright spot and not much else. Should I hold?
It’s kind of a C+ outing for me. Still 6 ER and 2 HR. I’m OK holding, but he’s FAR from a must-start. Such a tough guy to figure so far this year. I still believe in the overall talent profile, but I understand that patience is wearing thin for shallow leaguers