Starting Pitcher Chart – September 26th

September 25, 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.

No more comments the rest of the way… I’m doing this for those still playing so I’ll just answer direct questions in the comments as my earliest convenience (should be able to look every morning at the very least in order to answer before games start).

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Starter Notes September 26, 2023

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season
1	Zach Eflin	TBR at BOS	x	x	x	172	3.44	1.03	23%	21st/7th
2	Kevin Gausman	TOR v NYY	x	x	x	178	3.29	1.20	24%	28th/27th
3	Michael King	NYY at TOR	x	x	x	94	2.66	1.12	24%	9th/12th
4	Braxton Garrett	MIA at NYM	x	x	x	155	3.53	1.14	20%	18th/22nd
5	Kyle Bradish	BAL v WSN	x	x	x	158	3.01	1.07	19%	20th/25th
6	George Kirby	SEA v HOU	x	x	x	178	3.58	1.06	20%	1st/8th
7	Bailey Ober	MIN v OAK	x	x	x	132	3.66	1.13	19%	24th/28th
8	Reese Olson	DET v KCR	x	x	x	98	4.13	1.11	16%	23rd/26th
9	Bryce Elder	ATL v CHC	x	x	x	171	3.63	1.24	9%	15th/10th
10	Bobby Miller	LAD at COL	x	x	x	113	3.97	1.13	16%	22nd/19th
11	Justin Steele	CHC at ATL	x	x	x	168	3.00	1.17	19%	8th/1st
12	Hunter Greene	CIN at CLE	x	x	x	104	4.24	1.35	21%	17th/22nd
13	Seth Lugo	SDP at SFG	x	x	x	137	3.79	1.23	17%	25th/21st
14	Ryan Pepiot	LAD at COL	x	x	x	33	1.91	0.70	19%	22nd/19th
15	Cristian Javier	HOU at SEA	x	x	x	151	4.64	1.28	14%	11th/15th
16	Aaron Nola	PHI v PIT	x	x	x	187	4.57	1.17	19%	13th/20th
17	Joey Lucchesi	NYM v MIA		x	x	40	2.88	1.28	8%	13th/10th
18	Lucas Giolito	CLE v CIN		x	x	176	4.60	1.26	17%	16th/14th
19	Reid Detmers	LAA v TEX			x	141	4.64	1.36	17%	22nd/4th
20	Adrian Houser	MIL v STL			x	101	4.35	1.43	13%	29th/9th
21	Paul Blackburn	OAK at MIN			x	100	4.11	1.51	14%	6th/6th
22	Kyle Harrison	SFG v SDP			x	29	4.85	1.28	17%	1st/3rd
23	Zack Thompson	STL at MIL			x	61	4.57	1.44	16%	12th/18th
24	Josiah Gray	WSN at BAL			x	153	4.00	1.47	9%	7th/16th
25	Mitch Keller	PIT at PHI				188	4.25	1.26	19%	4th/5th
26	Tanner Houck	BOS v TBR				97	4.92	1.35	13%	19th/4th
27	Andrew Heaney	TEX at LAA				140	4.35	1.39	14%	27th/15th
28	Zach Davies	ARI at CHW				79	6.81	1.61	9%	27th/30th
29	Zack Greinke	KCR at DET				132	5.37	1.31	13%	30th/29th
30	José Ureña	CHW v ARI				34	7.27	1.67	5%	18th/11th
31	Chase Anderson	COL v LAD				81	5.75	1.43	8%	3rd/2nd
32	Ryan Feltner	COL v LAD				40	5.13	1.64	6%	3rd/2nd

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BarryZitoBarChords

2 years ago

I’m in the championship of a Head to head points league (8 teams, most are not making moves in the consolation bracket) and I can make 8 more starts through Saturday. Planning to start Glasnow, F. Valdez, Skubal, Ragans, and Sonny Gray. But I have plenty of options for the other three starts or to replace one above. Which three (or more and who to cut if needed) should I start? I have a slim lead through today. Thanks!

M. King
B. Garrett
S. Lugo
F. Peralta
E. Cabrera
J. Montgomery
S.G.L
D. Dunning
Christopher Sanchez
J. Luzardo
G. Williams

GreggMember since 2020

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I’d probably go King, Montgomery, and Luzardo