Starting Pitcher Chart – May 23rd, 2024
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It’s a pretty straightforward board on Thursday. Be careful with the landmines out there, even the 1-x recos but also guys like Waldron, Black, and Smith-Shawver who have moderately intriguing matchups. I just don’t trust them in any of those road setups. If you want to discuss anyone further, drop a comment and I’ll get to ’em throughout Thursday!
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| RK | PITCHER | TM | v | OPP | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK-L30 | wOBA RK-Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | v | TEX | x | x | x | 60.2 | 2.52 | 0.97 | 21% | 21st | 7th |
| 2 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | at | CHW | x | x | x | 40 | 3.15 | 1.30 | 17% | 23rd | 30th |
| 3 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | at | DET | x | x | x | 42.1 | 4.89 | 1.51 | 17% | 25th | 15th |
| 4 | Luis Castillo | SEA | at | NYY | x | x | x | 60.1 | 3.28 | 1.14 | 21% | 1st | 1st |
| 5 | Paul Skenes | PIT | v | SFG | x | x | x | 10 | 2.70 | 0.90 | 38% | 16th | 13th |
| 6 | Jack Flaherty | DET | v | TOR | x | x | x | 54.2 | 3.79 | 1.06 | 29% | 25th | 25th |
| 7 | Luis Gil | NYY | v | SEA | x | x | x | 49 | 2.39 | 1.08 | 18% | 17th | 19th |
| 8 | Joey Estes | OAK | v | COL | x | 8.2 | 9.35 | 1.62 | 13% | 18th | 17th | ||
| 9 | Ryan Feltner | COL | at | OAK | x | 49 | 5.69 | 1.49 | 13% | 5th | 16th | ||
| 10 | Frankie Montas | CIN | v | SDP | x | 35 | 4.37 | 1.37 | 6% | 29th | 4th | ||
| 11 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | at | PHI | 44.2 | 4.43 | 1.23 | 17% | 2nd | 6th | |||
| 12 | Matt Waldron | SDP | at | CIN | 45 | 5.00 | 1.42 | 14% | 29th | 28th | |||
| 13 | AJ Smith-Shawver | ATL | at | CHC | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 20th | 18th | |||
| 14 | Mason Black | SFG | at | PIT | 11.2 | 7.71 | 1.97 | 5% | 28th | 29th | |||
| 15 | Mike Clevinger | CHW | v | BAL | 11.1 | 5.56 | 1.85 | 7% | 1st | 20th | |||
| 16 | Ben Brown | CHC | v | ATL | 35.1 | 3.57 | 1.25 | 18% | 26th | 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. 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.
Friday pitching chart when?
Sorry I got a bit sick last night and ended up passing out super early so I wasn’t able to put together a Friday chart
Rest up, Paul! You deserve a day off. 🙂