Starting Pitcher Chart – September 18th, 2024

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September 17, 2024

Pardon me for board-only tonight, but I have a splitting headache despite the Tigers fantastic win in KC… maybe I looked at Bobby Miller’s results too hard. Either way, I’m headed to bed early. I’ll answer comments if you want to know about any specifically and I have my chat at 1 pm CT on Wednesday so feel free to bring any roster questions you have as well as any 2025 questions. We’ll be doing draft prep before we know it!
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Starter Notes September 18, 2024
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB wOBA RK L30/Season
1 Tarik Skubal DET at KCR x x x 180 2.50 0.94 26% 7th/18th
2 Sonny Gray STL v PIT x x x 160 3.75 1.07 24% 19th/28th
3 Bailey Ober MIN at CLE x x x 161 3.90 0.99 20% 24th/21st
4 Framber Valdez HOU at SDP x x x 163 2.91 1.09 17% 20th/20th
5 Tanner Bibee CLE v MIN x x x 160 3.60 1.14 20% 26th/8th
6 Dylan Cease SDP v HOU x x x 176 3.58 1.09 22% 8th/9th
7 Aaron Nola PHI at MIL x x x 181 3.62 1.20 17% 12th/6th
8 Freddy Peralta MIL v PHI x x x 163 3.75 1.24 17% 9th/12th
9 Bryce Miller SEA v NYY x x x 167 3.12 0.99 18% 25th/1st
10 Bowden Francis TOR at TEX x x x 92 3.50 0.93 17% 21st/26th
11 Nestor Cortes NYY at SEA x x x 168 3.90 1.15 17% 13th/26th
12 Spencer Schwellenbach ATL at CIN x x x 103 3.73 1.10 22% 15th/18th
13 Ryan Pepiot TBR v BOS x x x 115 3.76 1.17 16% 16th/3rd
14 Tanner Houck BOS at TBR x x 169 3.24 1.17 15% 27th/29th
15 Brady Basso OAK at CHC x x 14 1.23 0.89 16% 12th/16th
16 DJ Herz WSN at NYM x x 80 3.70 1.21 20% 2nd/5th
17 Landon Knack LAD at MIA x x 56 3.70 1.09 17% 7th/25th
18 Cody Bradford TEX v TOR x x 65 3.97 0.96 19% 22nd/25th
19 Alec Marsh KCR v DET x x 121 4.52 1.23 16% 14th/22nd
20 Dean Kremer BAL v SFG x x 118 4.10 1.26 13% 28th/24th
21 Justin Steele CHC v OAK x 128 3.09 1.09 18% 26th/14th
22 Jakob Junis CIN v ATL x 56 2.73 0.89 16% 17th/19th
23 Jose Quintana NYM v WSN x 159 3.91 1.27 9% 9th/27th
24 Jack Kochanowicz LAA v CHW x 44 5.08 1.42 3% 30th/30th
25 Ryan Weathers MIA v LAD 71 3.55 1.14 16% 4th/3rd
26 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI at COL 34 5.50 1.54 8% 25th/23rd
27 Joey Wentz PIT at STL 60 5.22 1.56 13% 15th/28th
28 Hayden Birdsong SFG at BAL 57 4.74 1.42 13% 23rd/7th
29 Austin Gomber COL v ARI 158 4.44 1.28 11% 3rd/2nd
30 TBD but would you start whoever it is anyway!? CHW at LAA #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 28th/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.





 

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EonADSmember since 2024
23 days ago

Going to go full Mets today. Nats are bad vs LHP and the Mets are on fire even without Lindor available right now and are elite vs LHP. Plus Herz is due a blow-up start with his lack of non-fastball value (seriously, his entire value is his fastball, his changeup has been slightly negative and his curve/slider non-factors). The Mets strike out way less than the league average vs. LHP, so his one advantage is a risky gamble.

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