Starting Pitcher Chart – September 15th

by Paul Sporer

September 15, 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.

No comments today, but I’ll answer the comments throughout the day if you want further discussion on anyone.

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Starter Notes September 15, 2023

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season
1	Gerrit Cole	NYY at PIT	x	x	x	180	2.90	1.05	21%	19th/23rd
2	Zach Eflin	TBR at BAL	x	x	x	155	3.47	1.03	22%	6th/7th
3	Justin Steele	CHC at ARI	x	x	x	159	2.49	1.13	19%	25th/21st
4	Seth Lugo	SDP at OAK	x	x	x	125	3.80	1.23	17%	20th/28th
5	Tarik Skubal	DET at LAA	x	x	x	62	3.47	1.03	25%	27th/13th
6	Bobby Miller	LAD at SEA	x	x	x	101	3.98	1.14	15%	1st/15th
7	Griffin Canning	LAA v DET	x	x	x	110	4.34	1.23	19%	13th/25th
8	José Berríos	TOR v BOS	x	x	x	164	3.68	1.21	16%	23rd/11th
9	Aaron Nola	PHI at STL	x	x	x	176	4.64	1.16	20%	26th/18th
10	Bryce Elder	ATL at MIA	x	x	x	162	3.38	1.20	10%	29th/12th
11	Hunter Greene	CIN at NYM	x	x	x	85	4.75	1.48	19%	14th/22nd
12	George Kirby	SEA v LAD	x	x	x	165	3.48	1.05	20%	11th/4th
13	Cristian Javier	HOU at KCR		x	x	141	4.78	1.29	13%	18th/24th
14	Logan Webb	SFG at COL		x	x	193	3.40	1.08	19%	22nd/29th
15	Bailey Ober	MIN at CHW		x	x	122	3.67	1.13	19%	24th/26th
16	Brayan Bello	BOS at TOR		x	x	137	3.61	1.28	13%	7th/6th
17	Wade Miley	MIL v WSN		x	x	103	3.30	1.14	8%	30th/17th
18	Jon Gray	TEX at CLE		x	x	142	3.85	1.25	13%	28th/30th
19	Zack Thompson	STL v PHI			x	51	4.06	1.47	17%	5th/8th
20	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI v CHC			x	74	6.27	1.46	13%	15th/14th
21	Johan Oviedo	PIT v NYY			x	161	4.34	1.34	10%	12th/9th
22	Jake Irvin	WSN at MIL			x	113	4.20	1.35	9%	4th/19th
23	David Peterson	NYM v CIN				94	5.34	1.60	14%	16th/16th
24	Jack Flaherty	BAL v TBR				137	4.98	1.57	12%	10th/10th
25	Jesse Scholtens	CHW v MIN				74	4.38	1.38	8%	9th/20th
26	Sean Newcomb	OAK v SDP				12	0.75	0.75	20%	8th/5th
27	Lucas Giolito	CLE v TEX				163	4.89	1.28	17%	17th/3rd
28	Zack Greinke	KCR v HOU				126	5.47	1.29	12%	2nd/2nd
29	Johnny Cueto	MIA v ATL				41	6.15	1.24	11%	3rd/1st
30	Chase Anderson	COL v SFG				68	6.49	1.53	9%	21st/27th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

6 Comments

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Greg SimonsMember since 2016

2 years ago

Paul,. thanks for providing this chart so often. Very good information.

al3b3d3v

Hi, need some advice on who(which pitcher) can I stream on Saturday or Sunday, I’m in my finals and I need to make one pickup today because of the upcoming Jewish holidays, where I cannot pick up anyone. Appreciate the help, and good luck everyone!

__AL

Reply to al3b3d3v

Will depend a bit on your league size and who’s available. In my 10 teamer, France, Detmers, and Suarez all look like decent options for the weekend.

Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff

Reply to __AL

Agreed that it’s dependent on your league size and like the names that __AL shared.

Other considerations:
Jose Quintana
Sawyer Gipson-Long
Emmet Sheehan
Dane Dunning
Andre Jackson

viceroyMember since 2020

No trust in the mini skill surge for David Peterson? I need to stream one more arm this weekend, and it looks my best options are him, Pedro Avila @ OAK, Mason Miller v SD, or Patrick Corbin & MIL. May be able to land Abbott off waivers vs NYM tomorrow but can’t count on it. Chasing strikeouts and wins without concern for the ratios. Any suggestions?

dearbrianMember since 2026

In a H2H playoff, would you trust Nola? It’s a shallow league using S+H,QS,K/BB,HR, plus W, K, ERA, WHIP. Most of the categories are up for grabs right now and we both have 5-7 SP left. I could swap Detmers for Nola, for example.. He has some guys like Efflin, Steele,Ragans left