Starting Pitcher Chart – September 29th

September 28, 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.

Kikuchi is going instead of Ryu, so I just edited the post – I didn’t remake the table (not just being lazy, I’m about to record the pod but I want to get Kikuchi updated before record) which is why his 2-x slot appears below a 1-x guy.

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Starter Notes September 29, 2023

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season
1	Joe Ryan	MIN at COL	x	x	x	156	4.31	1.15	24%	23rd/19th
2	Carlos Rodón	NYY at KCR	x	x	x	64	5.74	1.32	14%	9th/25th
3	Zac Gallen	ARI v HOU	x	x	x	203	3.49	1.11	20%	1st/8th
4	Lance Lynn	LAD at SFG	x	x	x	177	5.83	1.41	16%	26th/22nd
5	Dylan Cease	CHW v SDP	x	x	x	172	4.66	1.42	17%	12th/18th
6	Nick Pivetta	BOS at BAL	x	x	x	135	4.25	1.16	22%	6th/16th
7	John Means	BAL v BOS		x	x	17	2.60	0.81	3%	25th/14th
8	Kyle Hendricks	CHC at MIL		x	x	132	3.66	1.18	12%	15th/24th
9	J.P. France	HOU at ARI		x	x	136	3.83	1.36	9%	21st/11th
10	Nick Martinez	SDP at CHW		x	x	105	3.59	1.28	14%	29th/30th
11	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX at SEA		x	x	140	3.26	1.12	15%	20th/15th
12	Tylor Megill	NYM v PHI		x	x	119	4.92	1.62	8%	7th/6th
13	Cal Quantrill	CLE at DET		x	x	94	5.13	1.45	5%	30th/29th
14	Bryan Woo	SEA v TEX		x	x	84	4.39	1.20	17%	4th/3rd
15	Aaron Civale	TBR at TOR		x	x	120	3.43	1.14	17%	11th/13th
16	Brandon Williamson	CIN at STL			x	111	4.54	1.29	13%	27th/19th
17	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR v TBR		x	x	163	3.82	1.27	19%	5th/6th
18	Allan Winans	ATL v WSN			x	27	4.33	1.37	22%	19th/25th
19	Taijuan Walker	PHI at NYM			x	165	4.35	1.32	10%	8th/17th
20	Joey Wentz	DET v CLE			x	103	6.45	1.62	11%	26th/30th
21	Chase Silseth	LAA v OAK			x	48	4.10	1.28	15%	22nd/28th
22	Colin Rea	MIL v CHC				119	4.74	1.22	13%	13th/9th
23	Ken Waldichuk	OAK at LAA				136	5.29	1.54	10%	23rd/15th
24	Jordan Lyles	KCR v NYY				171	6.24	1.26	10%	28th/27th
25	Quinn Priester	PIT v MIA				44	7.86	1.66	3%	9th/23rd
26	Keaton Winn	SFG v LAD				37	3.89	1.03	15%	3rd/2nd
27	Trevor Williams	WSN at ATL				141	5.55	1.57	9%	2nd/1st
28	Ty Blach	COL v MIN				73	5.42	1.63	7%	2nd/20th
29	Ryan Weathers	MIA at PIT				51	7.32	1.78	5%	18th/23rd
30	Jake Woodford	STL v CIN				46	5.09	1.65	4%	14th/12th

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PascalMember since 2024

2 years ago

Joe Ryan in Coors is the #1 option? I have no shares, but would probably be more comfortable with a Means or Hendricks even

Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff

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I know they just cooked Yarbs, but I’m not SUPER afraid of the Rockies even at home. It’s also a bit of a scary board in general, IMO