Starting Pitcher Chart – September 22nd

September 22, 2023

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 22, 2023

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season	NOTE
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL at MIA	x	x	x	184	3.56	1.07	17%	16th/23rd
2	Framber Valdez	HOU v KCR	x	x	x	188	3.20	1.09	18%	21st/27th
3	Pablo López	MIN v LAA	x	x	x	183	3.58	1.15	23%	27th/13th
4	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET at OAK	x	x	x	10	2.70	0.90	33%	25th/29th	Great matchup for him to stay hot after 16 Ks in his first 2 starts (10 IP)
5	Chris Sale	BOS v CHW	x	x	x	92	4.66	1.17	23%	25th/25th
6	Tyler Glasnow	TBR v TOR	x	x	x	109	3.53	1.09	26%	8th/12th	A couple bad innings in his L2, but I can’t envision sitting him here
7	Bryce Miller	SEA at TEX	x	x	x	123	3.88	1.11	18%	11th/3rd	Has just 2 decisions over his L8 starts despite a sharp 2.98 ERA
8	Cole Ragans	KCR at HOU	x	x	x	83	3.33	1.14	20%	3rd/2nd	One bad inning v. HOU last time out doesn’t deter me from running it back here
9	Chris Bassitt	TOR at TBR	x	x	x	185	3.78	1.20	14%	14th/4th	He’s put together a 3.20 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, and 14% K-BB in 12 2nd half starts
10	Dane Dunning	TEX v SEA	x	x	x	157	3.78	1.29	12%	6th/16th
11	Dean Kremer	BAL at CLE		x	x	164	4.17	1.30	14%	22nd/21st	Solid chance at a win and I’d be open to going for it in 10s if I don’t care about my ratios
12	Shane Bieber	CLE v BAL		x	x	117	3.77	1.25	13%	5th/15th	Threw 64 pitches in his lone rehab start so he should be able to make a full start if he’s doing well
13	Andrew Abbott	CIN v PIT		x	x	102	3.68	1.27	16%	28th/24th	Sputtering a bit down the stretch (6.33 ERA in his L5) but I’d take a shot in several spots
14	Charlie Morton	ATL at WSN		x	x	162	3.66	1.42	14%	30th/25th	WHIP protectors should definitely skip this one
15	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI at NYY			x	86	5.86	1.42	14%	29th/27th	The HR-happy rookie is definitely risky at Yankee Stadium
16	Tylor Megill	NYM at PHI			x	113	4.94	1.65	7%	3rd/5th	Don’t get too caught up in his 3.13 ERA over the L6 because it comes w/a 1.57 WHIP and 9% K-BB
17	Taijuan Walker	PHI v NYM			x	159	4.40	1.33	10%	12th/17th
18	Jameson Taillon	CHC v COL				138	5.27	1.31	16%	21st/19th	Solid matchup, but be veryyyy careful here
19	Gavin Stone	LAD v SFG				26	9.45	2.03	4%	13th/20th	I don’t really want to risk it
20	Dakota Hudson	STL at SDP				70	5.12	1.45	3%	10th/18th
21	Ken Waldichuk	OAK v DET				130	5.40	1.58	9%	4th/22nd
22	Patrick Corbin	WSN v ATL				171	5.00	1.47	9%	7th/1st
23	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT at CIN				78	4.85	1.73	2%	17th/14th
24	Luke Weaver	NYY v ARI				114	6.77	1.61	12%	18th/11th
25	Johnny Cueto	MIA v MIL				47	6.32	1.30	11%	15th/24th	He threw 2 IP on 9/20 so I’m not 100% sure if he’s going here, but he’s the probable
26	Sean Manaea	SFG at LAD				104	4.82	1.30	17%	13th/5th
27	Matt Waldron	SDP v STL				29	5.16	1.31	9%	20th/8th
28	Touki Toussaint	CHW at BOS				76	5.40	1.47	8%	9th/6th
29	Noah Davis	COL at CHC				20	9.58	2.03	8%	26th/10th
30	Davis Daniel	LAA at MIN				3	0.00	1.67	-15%	7th/7th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues