Starting Pitcher Chart – September 12th, 2024

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Oof, Bobby Miller just allowed a 3-run homer, ending his day with 6 ER in just 4.3 IP. As it stands right now, I still think I’ll be in at the discounted rate for 2025, but obviously we could learn of an injury in the offseason (if not sooner) that would then change his outlook.

I’m very excited for Kumar Rocker’s debut. He has an 0.91 ERA, 0.57 WHIP, & 41% K-BB rate in his last 7 starts across Double- and Triple-A.

Starter Notes September 12, 2024
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB wOBA RK L30/Season
1 Tarik Skubal DET v COL x x x 174 2.53 0.95 25% 26th/23rd
2 Framber Valdez HOU v OAK x x x 157 2.97 1.09 17% 23rd/14th
3 Sonny Gray STL v CIN x x x 154 3.84 1.09 24% 11th/18th
4 Bryce Miller SEA v TEX x x x 161 3.18 0.99 18% 25th/26th
5 Ryan Pepiot TBR at CLE x x x 113 3.66 1.14 17% 24th/21st
6 DJ Herz WSN v MIA x x x 75 3.82 1.22 20% 15th/29th
7 Frankie Montas MIL at SFG x x x 132 4.69 1.37 11% 28th/24th
8 Nestor Cortes NYY v BOS x x x 163 3.97 1.15 17% 22nd/15th
9 Gavin Williams CLE v TBR x x 60 5.25 1.37 14% 29th/29th
10 Kumar Rocker TEX at SEA x x #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 15th/23rd
11 Cooper Criswell BOS at NYY 92 4.11 1.34 10% 13th/1st
12 Mitch Spence OAK at HOU 130 4.42 1.37 13% 8th/9th
13 Ryan Feltner COL at DET 138 4.96 1.41 13% 9th/22nd
14 Jakob Junis CIN at STL 51 2.82 0.92 16% 16th/14th
15 Hayden Birdsong SFG v MIL 52 5.19 1.50 12% 17th/6th
16 Darren McCaughan MIA at WSN 24 7.40 1.85 3% 18th/17th
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 rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this is changed as of April 11th) and over the last 30 days, 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.





Paul is the Editor of Rotographs and Content Director for OOTP Perfect Team. Follow Paul on Twitter @sporer and on Twitch at sporer.

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EonADSmember since 2024
29 days ago

Kind of nervous for Rocker. Not based on the skills (he’s a monster), but the Mariners are a top 10 offense over the last month and are running a 130 wRC+ over the past two weeks. They’ve honestly been kind of a scary bet recently.

EonADSmember since 2024
29 days ago
Reply to  Paul Sporer

I’m still going to take Williams vs. Tampa’s bottom-5 offense over the past month.