Starting Pitcher Chart – September 17th, 2026

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September 17, 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.

  • With such little time left, everything is heavily based on your particular situation so if you have any specific questions, drop a comment and I’ll help the best I can!

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Starting Pitcher Chart September 17th
Rk PITCHER Team Opponent T 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K% K-BB OPP K% opp wOBA RK
1 Drew Rasmussen TBR v. ATH R x x x 160.1 2.81 0.92 26% 21% 22% 14
2 Nolan McLean NYM v. PHI R x x x 166.2 3.24 1.18 26% 17% 22% 24
3 Sonny Gray BOS at TEX R x x x 156.2 2.76 1.17 22% 15% 22% 26
4 Taj Bradley MIN at LAA R x x x 165.1 3.81 1.25 27% 17% 26% 30
5 Framber Valdez DET at CHW L x x x 163.2 4.01 1.36 17% 9% 25% 8
6 Michael King SDP at COL R x x x 175 3.03 1.15 21% 12% 22% 6
7 Aaron Nola PHI at NYM R x x x 161.1 4.69 1.37 24% 16% 22% 22
8 Seth Lugo KCR at HOU R x x x 164 4.99 1.45 18% 10% 22% 15
9 Walbert Ureña LAA v. MIN R x x x 137.1 2.88 1.24 23% 11% 21% 8
10 Erick Fedde CHW v. DET R x x 133.2 3.97 1.34 16% 8% 23% 12
11 OP: Justin Wrobleski | FW: Landon Knack LAD at CIN L 133.1 3.78 1.16 20% 14% 25% 6
12 Jeffrey Springs ATH at TBR L 135 5.93 1.45 18% 9% 18% 25
13 FW: Cody Bradford TEX v. BOS L 34.1 4.72 1.57 11% 5% 22% 5
14 Tanner Gordon COL v. SDP R 97.1 5.55 1.48 19% 15% 22% 19
15 Brady Singer CIN v. LAD R 150.2 5.38 1.51 18% 10% 21% 2
16 Kyle Harrison MIL at PIT L 110.2 3.98 1.31 28% 21% 26% 23
17 FW: Ethan Pecko HOU v. KCR R 23 4.30 1.26 16% 3% 20% 13
18 Wilber Dotel PIT v. MIL R 34.2 4.93 1.36 24% 14% 22% 1
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues | OP: Opener | FW: Follower

Intro

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.

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  • Green – Good Matchup (lower OPS output by SP opponent) – 21st to 30th
  • Yellow – OK – 11th to 20th 
  • Red – Bad – 1st to 10th





 

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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PascalMember since 2020
16 hours ago

Would you still be comfortable with McLean in an extremely tight HR/9 race? I only have room for a handful more starts on the year and I’m not sure I want to risk one vs Schwarber and Co.

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Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff
6 hours ago
Reply to  Pascal

With a bit of nerves, but yes. Bryce & Schwarber are scary, but they are just 16th righty HRs on the year so I’d take the shot

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AnonMember since 2020
15 hours ago

Wind:
NYM – out to L at 10

Rain:
PIT – 75% to start, 37% by the end. Both teams are off Monday and scheduling Monday wouldn’t be bad (MIL would have to go from BAL to PIT and then back to PHI for Tuesday), but I suspect they’ll get it in

Coors – 30-50% all day. They could do Monday but far less convenient since the Pads would need to fly from SD to Denver for a single game and then turn around and fly to LA to face the Dodgers.

NYM – only 7% to start but 23% by mid-game

Just a heads up for pre-planning but there are only 3 games on Monday.

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Uncle StevieMember since 2025
11 hours ago

In a cat league how would you order these starts this weekend?

Prielipp
Sandlin
Mathews
Lambert
Ryan Johnson.

Thanks!

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Uncle StevieMember since 2025
10 hours ago
Reply to  Uncle Stevie

Pls add clay holmes as well.

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