Starting Pitcher Chart – September 18th, 2024
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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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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK L30/Season |
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| 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 |
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.
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.