Starting Pitcher Chart – September 14th

by Paul Sporer

September 14, 2023

The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness 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 it’s basically a risky 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.

Sorry for missing yesterday’s chart. Fell asleep on the couch watching games and had zero energy when I woke up and transferred to bed.

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Starter Notes September 14, 2023

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season	NOTE
1	Eury Pérez	MIA at MIL	x	x	x	83	2.90	1.10	21%	4th/19th	Had a couple bumps after his monthlong breather w/B2B 4 ER outings, but has since put together a 2.08 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, and 22% K-BB in his last 22 IP (4 GS)
2	Kevin Gausman	TOR v TEX	x	x	x	167	3.28	1.17	25%	17th/3rd
3	Michael King	NYY at BOS	x	x	x	83	2.82	1.13	22%	23rd/11th	Has looked incredible in 3 starts (1.29 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 32% K-BB in 14 IP) including 5 IP in each of the L2 w/79 pitches in his latest
4	Kenta Maeda	MIN at CHW	x	x	x	89	4.65	1.26	19%	24th/26th	The 10 ER dud prior to his 2-month IL stint is still holding down his bottom line, but since his IL return: 3.70 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 20% K-BB in 73 IP
5	Kyle Bradish	BAL v TBR	x	x	x	145	3.03	1.09	18%	10th/10th
6	Kodai Senga	NYM v ARI	x	x	x	149	3.07	1.23	18%	25th/21st
7	Aaron Civale	TBR at BAL	x	x	x	112	2.96	1.12	15%	6th/7th	3 BB in each of his L2 after just 2 BB in his previous 5 combined
8	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI at NYM	x	x	x	154	3.16	1.19	17%	14th/22nd
9	Logan Webb	SFG at COL		x	x	193	3.40	1.08	19%	22nd/29th	Obviously Coors is scary, but I’m OK running w/him in a lot of spots
10	Reese Olson	DET v CIN		x	x	86	4.50	1.15	17%	16th/16th	Cooked the White Sox in B2B gems adding confidence to starting him down the stretch
11	Mitch Keller	PIT v WSN		x	x	174	4.23	1.28	19%	30th/17th
12	Adrian Houser	MIL v MIA		x	x	90	4.58	1.48	12%	29th/12th
13	Ben Lively 라이블리	CIN at DET		x	x	76	5.17	1.33	15%	13th/25th	Ate those 13 ER at CHC 2 starts ago, but bounced back w/a solid 5.7 IP/3 ER at ARI
14	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX at TOR			x	127	2.90	1.07	16%	7th/6th	Limited to just 47 pitches in his last outing so it’s a dicey start especially w/a tough matchup
15	Josiah Gray	WSN at PIT			x	141	4.13	1.50	7%	19th/23rd	Only for Hail Mary mode
16	Chris Murphy	BOS v NYY				42	4.64	1.50	14%	12th/9th
17	Chase Anderson	COL v SFG				68	6.49	1.53	9%	21st/27th
18	José Ureña	CHW v MIN				22	8.46	2.10	-4%	9th/20th

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JasonMember since 2025

2 years ago

is the wOBA RK L30/Season for the opposing team? Where can I find this on the site for all?

diamondbags

Reply to Jason

Team Batting Stats under the Teams tab at the top. Choose your split and sort by wOBA.

baroque6

Where does Clarke Schmidt slot in? Considering streaming him today but obv @BOS scary

JV19

Lively might be left out there to eat innings no matter what. Bullpen has pitched a ton lately and only two guys didn’t throw yesterday. If he cooks, he cooks. But another 13 ER left out to die is in the cards.

Houck! There it is?

RobertMember since 2017

Where would Schmidt and Houck fall today/