Starting Pitcher Chart – May 26th, 2026

by Paul Sporer

May 26, 2026

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Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.

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.

I took the holiday off so no Monday board, hope y’all navigated the day well without me! I’ll be back tonight with a feature write up and comments.

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Starting Pitcher Chart May 26th

Rk	PITCHER	Team	Opponent	T	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	K-BB	OPP K%	opp wOBA RK
1	Cam Schlittler	NYY	at KCR	R	x	x	x	66	1.50	0.86	30%	25%	22%	19
2	Chase Burns	CIN	at NYM	R	x	x	x	59	1.83	0.95	28%	20%	21%	30
3	Kyle Harrison	MIL	v. STL	L	x	x	x	45.2	1.77	1.07	32%	25%	18%	17
4	Joe Ryan	MIN	at CHW	R	x	x	x	56.2	3.02	0.97	27%	21%	24%	17
5	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	v. CHC	R	x	x	x	62.1	2.89	1.03	26%	20%	21%	12
6	Emerson Hancock	SEA	at ATH	R	x	x	x	58.2	3.07	1.06	26%	21%	21%	4
7	Ranger Suarez	BOS	v. ATL	L	x	x	x	48.2	2.40	1.01	23%	15%	20%	10
8	Spencer Strider	ATL	at BOS	R	x	x	x	21	3.00	1.14	33%	18%	23%	29
9	Joey Cantillo	CLE	v. WSN	L	x	x	x	56	3.05	1.32	22%	10%	23%	4
10	Randy Vásquez	SDP	v. PHI	R	x	x	x	54.2	2.96	1.19	20%	13%	23%	25
11	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	at TOR	R	x	x	x	69.2	4.00	1.28	16%	10%	19%	21
12	Cade Cavalli	WSN	at CLE	R	x	x	x	53.2	3.86	1.43	25%	17%	20%	23
13	Sean Burke	CHW	v. MIN	R	x	x	x	53	4.08	1.21	21%	14%	23%	13
14	Jack Leiter	TEX	v. HOU	R	x	x	x	54.2	4.61	1.39	25%	16%	22%	10
15	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	at SFG	L		x	x	60.1	2.24	1.19	17%	8%	22%	21
16	Michael McGreevy	STL	at MIL	R			x	56.1	2.40	0.99	17%	12%	20%	8
17	Spencer Miles	TOR	v. MIA	R			x	29	2.17	1.03	25%	18%	21%	16
18	Keider Montero	DET	v. LAA	R			x	49.1	3.83	1.01	16%	9%	26%	26
19	Griffin Jax	TBR	at BAL	R			x	28	3.54	1.36	21%	8%	24%	11
20	Shane Baz	BAL	v. TBR	R				57.1	4.87	1.45	19%	9%	19%	6
21	Tyler Mahle	SFG	v. ARI	R				51.2	6.10	1.57	24%	14%	22%	22
22	Aaron Nola	PHI	at SDP	R				50.2	6.04	1.56	23%	15%	23%	28
23	Luis Severino	ATH	v. SEA	R				61.2	4.23	1.44	24%	13%	23%	5
24	Jordan Wicks	CHC	at PIT	L									28%	22
25	Luinder Avila	KCR	v. NYY	R				18.1	4.42	1.64	24%	12%	24%	7
26	Kyle Freeland	COL	at LAD	L				38.1	7.04	1.70	19%	12%	20%	5
27	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	at DET	R				57.1	4.55	1.34	16%	5%	23%	24
28	Eric Lauer 라우어	LAD	v. COL	L				36.1	6.69	1.49	16%	6%	29%	27
29	David Peterson	NYM	v. CIN	L				48.1	5.03	1.55	22%	13%	25%	8
30	Jason Alexander	HOU	at TEX	R				12.1	7.30	1.70	18%	7%	22%	14

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

Intro

The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s 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.

Color Coding:

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