Starting Pitcher Chart – September 21st
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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.
Original version was biffed with the wrong matchups for several guys. So sorry about that, the Wednesday matchups stay loaded in instead of flipping to Thursday. Sometimes my automated sheet jacks up and results in a mistake like this. Pardon me on that.
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK L30/Season | NOTE |
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| 1 | Zach Eflin | TBR v LAA | x | x | x | 167 | 3.44 | 1.01 | 23% | 27th/13th | |
| 2 | Gerrit Cole | NYY v TOR | x | x | x | 192 | 2.81 | 1.05 | 21% | 8th/12th | |
| 3 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL at CLE | x | x | x | 111 | 4.53 | 1.34 | 17% | 22nd/21st | Original version had the wrong matchups for G-Rod & Skubal, they rank higher now |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | DET at OAK | x | x | x | 69 | 3.25 | 0.97 | 26% | 24th/28th | |
| 5 | José Berríos | TOR at NYY | x | x | x | 178 | 3.49 | 1.18 | 16% | 29th/27th | |
| 6 | Max Fried | ATL at WSN | x | x | x | 71 | 2.64 | 1.17 | 19% | 30th/17th | |
| 7 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC v PIT | x | x | x | 126 | 3.77 | 1.17 | 12% | 19th/22nd | Has a 3.20 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and 12% K-BB in his L12 minus the ATL 7 ER dud |
| 8 | Wade Miley | MIL at STL | x | x | 109 | 3.38 | 1.14 | 8% | 29th/18th | Keeps getitng it done despite a 5% K-BB since returning (3.89 ERA, 1.14 WHIP) | |
| 9 | Ryan Yarbrough | LAD v SFG | x | x | 77 | 3.84 | 1.10 | 14% | 14th/26th | Sheehan opening w/Yarbs slated to be primary & he’s been bananas w/LAD | |
| 10 | Griffin Canning | LAA at TBR | x | x | 116 | 4.42 | 1.24 | 20% | 14th/4th | Solid down the stretch: 3.58 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 23% K-BB in his L5 outings (4 starts, 1 relief app.) | |
| 11 | David Peterson | NYM at PHI | x | x | 100 | 5.22 | 1.59 | 15% | 2nd/7th | Has 8+ Ks in 3 of his L4 and worth a look despite the matchup | |
| 12 | Ranger Suárez | PHI v NYM | x | x | 113 | 3.80 | 1.40 | 13% | 18th/23rd | Like him more w/the ACTUAL matchup (original had ATL) | |
| 13 | Miles Mikolas | STL v MIL | x | 182 | 4.84 | 1.32 | 11% | 15th/24th | HRs have sunk him lately: 6.38 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 7% K-BB w/11 HR in 48 IP | ||
| 14 | Jake Irvin | WSN v ATL | 118 | 4.34 | 1.37 | 9% | 4th/1st | Allowed more than 4 ER just 1x this yr (May 14th), but it’s ATL so I can’t do it | |||
| 15 | Hunter Gaddis | CLE v BAL | 39 | 4.85 | 1.33 | 6% | 5th/15th | ||||
| 16 | Johan Oviedo | PIT at CHC | 166 | 4.27 | 1.36 | 10% | 26th/10th | ||||
| 17 | Luis Medina | OAK v DET | 98 | 5.56 | 1.55 | 10% | 28th/28th | ||||
| 18 | Ross Stripling | SFG at LAD | 81 | 5.40 | 1.32 | 15% | 2nd/2nd |
Baltimore playing Cleveland, Paul?
Fixed, my apologies on that!
You are the best, man. Thanks for another great season and everything you do! 🙏
PHI playing NYM not ATL
Fixed, my apologies on that!
And Detroit is playing Oakland and not the Dodgers
Fixed, my apologies on that!
With so many opponents wrong and impacting the assessments, I think a redo is in order
Fixed, my apologies on that!
I almost had a heart attack when it said Skubal was vs LAD.
Same!
Fixed, my apologies on that!
Orioles @ Cleveland and Tigers @ Oakland, right?
Fixed, my apologies on that!
Isn’t Ranger Suarez at home vs. NYM, not ATL? What does that do to his rank?
Fixed, my apologies on that!
Skubal get’s Oakland not LAD. I presume this rockets him up to at least 4
Fixed, my apologies on that!
So…..this is useless….
Yes, it was for several arms. Fixed, my apologies on that!
Yeah the opponents got completely merked… sorry, sometimes automated stuff fails me.
No worries, Paul. Thanks as always for doing this and also fixing the chart.