Starting Pitcher Chart – September 2nd, 2024
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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 | Corbin Burnes | BAL v CHW | x | x | x | 164 | 3.23 | 1.13 | 16% | 28th/30th | |
| 2 | Logan Gilbert | SEA at OAK | x | x | x | 171 | 3.09 | 0.90 | 21% | 15th/20th | |
| 3 | Gerrit Cole | NYY at TEX | x | x | x | 63 | 3.86 | 1.33 | 17% | 24th/26th | |
| 4 | Freddy Peralta | MIL v STL | x | x | x | 148 | 3.70 | 1.19 | 19% | 22nd/14th | |
| 5 | Jack Flaherty | LAD at ARI | x | x | x | 135 | 3.07 | 1.02 | 26% | 1st/2nd | |
| 6 | Joe Musgrove | SDP v DET | x | x | x | 71 | 4.44 | 1.27 | 15% | 20th/22nd | |
| 7 | Osvaldo Bido | OAK v SEA | x | x | x | 56 | 3.21 | 1.07 | 14% | 21st/23rd | Should be in the running for AL’s August Pitcher of the Month: 1.55 ERA, 0.79 WHIP, 17 K-BB in 29 IP |
| 8 | Brayan Bello | BOS at NYM | x | x | x | 137 | 4.66 | 1.37 | 13% | 16th/10th | First start w/0-1 BB in his L6 helped him rebound from 5 ER v. ARI w/8 shutout v. TOR |
| 9 | Michael Wacha | KCR v CLE | x | x | x | 139 | 3.50 | 1.21 | 14% | 25th/21st | Left in a bit too long at CLE w/3 ER on 3 H in the 7th inn.; it was his first start over 3 ER since May 4th and he still had 7 Ks/0 BB |
| 10 | Jared Jones | PIT at CHC | x | x | x | 95 | 3.88 | 1.15 | 18% | 8th/16th | Bumpy return from the IL dents confidence in his 2-step a bit, but I’m still starting him virtually everywhere |
| 11 | Zack Littell | TBR v MIN | x | x | x | 129 | 3.89 | 1.31 | 16% | 13th/8th | Running hot after ERA pushed into mid-4.00s during July: 1.19 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 13% K-BB in L4 |
| 12 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN at TBR | x | x | 117 | 3.85 | 1.18 | 13% | 29th/29th | Deeper leagues will be eyeing this 2-step, but it’s definitely risky given his start-to-start volatility | |
| 13 | Justin Verlander | HOU at CIN | x | x | 67 | 4.16 | 1.22 | 15% | 14th/18th | He didn’t win either of his first 2 starts back from the IL, but W-chasing is still the best reason to consider starting him | |
| 14 | Jameson Taillon | CHC v PIT | x | 133 | 3.85 | 1.20 | 14% | 19th/28th | Couldn’t take advantage of a nice schedule w/6.75 ERA & 1.44 WHIP in 4-start run at CHW, at CLE, v. DET, and at PIT | ||
| 15 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI v LAD | x | 21 | 5.06 | 1.22 | 12% | 9th/3rd | One bad inning tanked his outing v. NYM; 15 K/3 BB in his L3 is encouraging but v. LAD/at HOU is tough | ||
| 16 | Luis Severino | NYM v BOS | x | 152 | 3.96 | 1.26 | 12% | 10th/3rd | I’m open to taking the shot on his 2-step in a weekly lg (v. CIN this wknd) but would rather skip this one in most spots | ||
| 17 | Gavin Williams | CLE at KCR | 52 | 4.99 | 1.41 | 16% | 3rd/11th | ||||
| 18 | Ty Madden | DET at SDP | 5 | 1.80 | 1.40 | -5% | 5th/5th | ||||
| 19 | Jack Leiter | TEX v NYY | 13 | 12.83 | 2.40 | 4% | 2nd/1st | ||||
| 20 | Andre Pallante | STL at MIL | 92 | 3.80 | 1.32 | 8% | 4th/6th | ||||
| 21 | Chris Flexen 플렉센 | CHW at BAL | 134 | 5.29 | 1.51 | 7% | 26th/7th | ||||
| 22 | Julian Aguiar | CIN v HOU | 14 | 6.43 | 1.50 | 5% | 12th/9th |
The chart includes their 2024 stats (this changed over from last year’s stats on April 22nd), their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this is changed as of April 11th) and 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 that just means it is a riskier stream as the league gets shallower.
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 and then you can generally expand these recommendations a bit for points leagues.