Starting Pitcher Chart – May 29th, 2024

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Starter Notes May 29, 2024

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season	NOTE
1	Tarik Skubal	DET v PIT	x	x	x	60	2.25	0.85	27%	15th/29th	Rainout pushes Skubal/Jones to Wed. afternoon meaning DET gets Jones/Skenes in the same day!
2	Jared Jones	PIT at DET	x	x	x	59	3.05	0.97	25%	4th/14th	DET offense has been sneaky deece of late, but obviously Jones is an easy Auto Start
3	Luis Gil	NYY at LAA	x	x	x	55	2.11	1.01	19%	14th/18th	1st-pitch strike rate is up 10 pts to 62% in May, dropping his BB% by the same margin to 8% & fueling quite a surge (0.59 ERA/0.73 WHIP/22% K-BB in 31 IP)
4	Corbin Burnes	BAL v BOS	x	x	x	65	2.60	1.07	19%	13th/9th	Many asking where the Ks are, but he’s just 0.2% off last yr’s mark so this isn’t new
5	Jack Flaherty	DET v PIT	x	x	x	61	3.84	1.08	30%	30th/29th	This miiight be Matt Manning as he hasn’t pitched since May 19th; Manning would be 2-x, ranking ~15-18
6	Paul Skenes	PIT at DET	x	x	x	16	2.25	1.00	27%	4th/14th	Skenes is a firm Auto Start right now based on his pedigree and MiLB performance
7	Shota Imanaga	CHC at MIL	x	x	x	53	0.84	0.91	23%	10th/2nd	Has 7+ Ks in each of his L5, yielding a 0.84 ERA/0.99 WHIP in 32 IP
8	George Kirby	SEA v HOU	x	x	x	62	4.33	1.03	20%	2nd/4th	Barrage of 7 HRs in L4 (5.25 ERA); it does include a 7 IP/0 ER gem v. KCR, but the 20% HR/FB spoiled the other 3… it’s frustrating, but still comes w/a 1.00 WHIP and I’m not benching him anywhere
9	Yu Darvish	SDP v MIA	x	x	x	53	3.04	0.99	17%	22nd/27th	Not even 7 ER v. NYY could fully spoil his brilliant run as 4 straight scoreless outings before it gives him a 2.12 ERA in his L5
10	Bailey Ober	MIN v KCR	x	x	x	52	4.33	1.04	20%	10th/10th	Still working off that 8 ER season opening meltdown as a 3.02 ERA in the subsequent 9 starts has only gotten his ERA down to mid-4.00s
11	MacKenzie Gore	WSN at ATL	x	x	x	53	3.04	1.29	20%	14th/7th	ATL is still tough even w/out Acuña, but how are we takin’ Gore out of the lineup at this point? 3 or fewer ER in all 10 starts powered by a 20% K-BB
12	Ryan Pepiot	TBR v OAK	x	x	x	40	3.98	0.98	18%	3rd/17th	OAK hasn’t been a total walkover this yr, still not giving up this start for Pep
13	Kutter Crawford	BOS at BAL	x	x	x	62	2.89	1.20	16%	24th/15th	Modest L30 wOBA doesn’t make me any more comfortable v. BAL but Kutter stays in the rotation even after MIL dud
14	Justin Verlander	HOU at SEA	x	x	x	40	3.60	1.23	13%	21st/25th	Seems like the Ks will just be more sporadic at this juncture: 2, 8, 3, 9 in his L4
15	Seth Lugo	KCR at MIN	x	x	x	72	1.74	0.97	16%	16th/20th	Completely got his Ks back w/a 30% mark in his L6 starts after just an 11% in his first 5
16	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI at SFG	x	x	x	54	3.15	1.45	13%	8th/12th
17	Alek Manoah	TOR at CHW	x	x	x	22	3.97	1.06	15%	28th/30th	If he can’t bounce back here after melting at DET, then we run for the hills
18	Braxton Garrett	MIA at SDP		x	x	18	5.30	1.02	21%	25th/5th	Big shutout in ARI hopefully kept some folks from cutting him too quickly after a couple duds off the IL
19	Dane Dunning	TEX v ARI		x	x	40	4.43	1.18	17%	15th/24th	Has reached 5 IP just once in his last 4, including just 3.3 in his return from the IL (5.09 ERA)… the 1.13 WHIP and 25 Ks in those 17.7 IP are encouraging, though
20	Ryne Nelson	ARI at TEX			x	34	6.03	1.83	11%	12th/8th	Brilliant at LAD after getting smoked v. DET… just like we drew it up!
21	Bryse Wilson	MIL v CHC			x	44	2.86	1.16	12%	23rd/22nd	Since fully joining the rotation: 2.67 ERA/1.30 WHIP/9% K-BB… the WHIP & K-BB say be careful trusting that ERA
22	Kyle Harrison	SFG v PHI			x	60	3.90	1.30	13%	7th/6th	I know we love that home park in SFG, buuuttt I’m very nervous about PHI so I’m not diving in headfirst
23	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL v WSN			x	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	25th/21st	Impressed enough in just 45 IP at A+/AA to get the call so I might roster now & reserve to see how it goes bc a gem might send the price throught the roof immediately
24	James Paxton	LAD at NYM			x	49	3.49	1.43	0%	26th/16th	If you’re chasing Wins
25	Logan Allen	CLE at COL				57	4.89	1.46	13%	11th/19th	Pitching better since the 7 ER v. DET: 1.53 ERA/1.28 WHIP/18% K-BB but Coors could make him pay for that WHIP
26	Chris Flexen 플렉센	CHW v TOR				49	5.69	1.37	9%	7th/13th
27	Frankie Montas	CIN v STL				41	4.61	1.41	7%	6th/11th
28	Tyler Anderson	LAA v NYY				64	2.52	1.06	8%	9th/1st	He’s been a perfect streamer: 1.49 ERA/0.90 WHIP v. sub-.500 clubs; 4.50/1.36 v. =>.500 clubs
29	David Peterson	NYM v LAD				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	5th/3rd
30	Andre Pallante	STL at CIN				10	6.30	1.90	2%	29th/28th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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.