Starting Pitcher Chart – September 2nd, 2024

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Starter Notes September 2, 2024

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK L30/Season	NOTE
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

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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.