Starting Pitcher Chart – September 19th
by Paul Sporer
September 18, 2023
Daily SP Chart archive
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.
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Starter Notes September 19, 2023
| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK L30/Season | NOTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Castillo | SEA at OAK | x | x | x | 181 | 3.08 | 1.04 | 21% | 19th/29th | |
| 2 | Spencer Strider | ATL v PHI | x | x | x | 169 | 3.73 | 1.08 | 30% | 2nd/7th | Closes w/2 starts v. WSN after this (if he makes his start next wk, they could feasibly rest him) |
| 3 | Ryan Pepiot | LAD v DET | x | x | x | 27 | 2.00 | 0.63 | 20% | 28th/28th | 1 bad inning (3 ER) v. SDP is the only blemish since Aug. 19th recall (2.00 ERA/0.63 WHIP) |
| 4 | Blake Snell | SDP v COL | x | x | x | 167 | 2.43 | 1.22 | 18% | 24th/29th | |
| 5 | Zac Gallen | ARI v SFG | x | x | x | 192 | 3.50 | 1.11 | 20% | 18th/20th | |
| 6 | Braxton Garrett | MIA v NYM | x | x | x | 149 | 3.67 | 1.16 | 19% | 13th/21st | |
| 7 | Kenta Maeda | MIN at CIN | x | x | x | 96 | 4.50 | 1.22 | 20% | 21st/14th | |
| 8 | Logan Allen | CLE at KCR | x | x | x | 122 | 3.60 | 1.35 | 14% | 16th/25th | |
| 9 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR at NYY | x | x | x | 153 | 3.81 | 1.25 | 18% | 10th/6th | |
| 10 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY v TOR | x | x | 146 | 4.56 | 1.34 | 16% | 14th/11th | Rebounded after the ATL dud w/a 3.77 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 17% K-BB in 20 IP | |
| 11 | Alex Cobb | SFG at ARI | x | x | 149 | 3.62 | 1.30 | 15% | 17th/12th | ||
| 12 | Hunter Brown | HOU v BAL | x | x | 146 | 4.61 | 1.34 | 19% | 6th/16th | 5 no-hit IP v. OAK doesn’t fully regain my confidence in him but Ks & a decent W chance are worth the stream | |
| 13 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET at LAD | x | x | 135 | 3.32 | 1.15 | 16% | 19th/4th | No shame in skipping LAD, espec. w/his bumpy control of late (15% BB in L4) | |
| 14 | Joey Lucchesi | NYM at MIA | x | x | 35 | 2.83 | 1.26 | 8% | 26th/11th | Looked great in his return w/7 pseudo-scoreless (1 UER) IP v. ARI | |
| 15 | Javier Assad | CHC v PIT | x | x | 95 | 3.10 | 1.25 | 8% | 20th/22nd | Dud in Coors was kind of expected and doesn’t bother me | |
| 16 | Adrian Houser | MIL at STL | x | x | 95 | 4.53 | 1.46 | 13% | 23rd/8th | Solid streamer if your waiver wire is light on options | |
| 17 | Taj Bradley | TBR v LAA | x | x | 90 | 5.56 | 1.41 | 20% | 26th/13th | ||
| 18 | Tanner Houck | BOS at TEX | x | 93 | 4.94 | 1.33 | 13% | 11th/3rd | Still nervous facing Texas, but he was great last time out (6 IP/0 ER/7 Ks v. NYY) | ||
| 19 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX v BOS | x | 130 | 2.96 | 1.09 | 15% | 8th/6th | Reached 73 pitches in his last start so should have enough in the tank for 5 IP if he’s throwing well v. his former club | ||
| 20 | Cristopher Sánchez | PHI at ATL | 87 | 3.40 | 1.05 | 20% | 4th/1st | Held his own v. ATL last start but it’s still SUPER risky; 2 v. NYM to close out makes him worth holding | |||
| 21 | Kyle Gibson | BAL at HOU | 175 | 4.98 | 1.32 | 13% | 1st/9th | Maybe in Hail Mary mode, but he can sink you in a matchup like this | |||
| 22 | Ben Lively 라이블리 | CIN v MIN | 81 | 5.11 | 1.31 | 16% | 5th/5th | Has gone bulk IP in his last 2 w/decent results (6 ER in 10 IP, but a 1.00 WHIP and 9 Ks)… I could see a Hail Mary throw | |||
| 23 | Bailey Falter | PIT at CHC | 77 | 4.40 | 1.30 | 13% | 12th/12th | Duds v. ATL & CHC are the only blemishes in 37 IP since his return (3.62 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 14% K-BB) but obviously he gets one of those tms again here | |||
| 24 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA at TBR | 136 | 4.48 | 1.50 | 9% | 8th/9th | ||||
| 25 | Paul Blackburn | OAK v SEA | 95 | 4.14 | 1.54 | 14% | 7th/15th | ||||
| 26 | Alec Marsh | KCR v CLE | 60 | 5.67 | 1.59 | 14% | 24th/21st | ||||
| 27 | Connor Seabold | COL at SDP | 82 | 7.65 | 1.63 | 9% | 13th/18th | ||||
| 28 | Jackson Rutledge | WSN v CHW | 3 | 17.18 | 3.00 | 5% | 27th/30th | ||||
| 29 | Drew Rom | STL v MIL | 22 | 5.96 | 1.76 | 5% | 5th/19th | ||||
| 30 | José Ureña | CHW at WSN | 28 | 8.48 | 1.88 | 3% | 29th/25th |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
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E-Rod pitched @LAD last night and got hurt.
My brain really farted on that one… I was WATCHING the game and just mindlessly didn’t put 2+2 together on that one to fix it. My bad. I wouldn’t start Faedo anywhere today