Starting Pitcher Chart – September 2nd, 2026

by Paul Sporer

September 2, 2026

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Starting Pitcher Chart September 2nd

Rk	PITCHER	Team	Opponent	T	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	K-BB	OPP K%	opp wOBA RK
1	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	v. STL	R	x	x	x	158	2.56	0.89	25%	19%	22%	27
2	Cam Schlittler	NYY	at LAA	R	x	x	x	163.2	2.09	0.97	31%	24%	25%	30
3	Dylan Cease	TOR	at CLE	R	x	x	x	150.1	2.33	1.05	36%	25%	21%	25
4	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	at CHC	R	x	x	x	151	1.73	0.75	39%	33%	22%	5
5	Eury Pérez	MIA	at KCR	R	x	x	x	130.2	3.44	1.13	27%	16%	21%	16
6	Reid Detmers	LAA	v. NYY	L	x	x	x	155	3.54	1.07	28%	21%	25%	9
7	Noah Cameron	KCR	v. MIA	L	x	x	x	149.1	3.98	1.22	21%	13%	23%	20
8	Griffin Jax	TBR	v. NYM	R	x	x	x	91.2	3.63	1.21	26%	18%	22%	26
9	Casey Mize	SDP	at CIN	R	x	x	x	109.2	3.45	1.10	22%	15%	26%	28
10	Landen Roupp	SFG	at PIT	R		x	x	139.2	4.25	1.31	22%	11%	24%	2
11	Jacob Lopez	ATH	at TEX	L		x	x	99	4.82	1.46	22%	10%	24%	5
12	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	v. CHW	R		x	x	32.2	3.86	1.19	21%	12%	24%	14
13	Joey Cantillo	CLE	v. TOR	L		x	x	136.1	3.70	1.45	25%	13%	21%	29
14	Drew Anderson	DET	at MIN	R		x	x	86	3.87	1.33	26%	17%	21%	9
15	Cody Bradford	TEX	v. ATH	L		x	x	26.1	3.42	1.52	11%	6%	25%	11
16	Patrick Sandoval	BOS	v. SEA	L		x	x	45	4.20	1.71	23%	13%	25%	30
17	Trevor Rogers	BAL	at COL	L			x	137.2	4.38	1.25	21%	15%	25%	19
18	Davis Martin	CHW	at HOU	R			x	125	4.32	1.33	21%	14%	22%	11
19	Andrew Painter	PHI	at ARI	R			x	98.1	5.95	1.44	20%	11%	20%	29
20	Bubba Chandler	PIT	v. SFG	R			x	131	4.26	1.36	21%	9%	21%	12
21	David Peterson	CHC	v. MIL	L			x	123.1	5.11	1.52	20%	10%	21%	17
22	Bryce Miller	SEA	at BOS	R			x	94	4.12	1.09	24%	18%	21%	20
23	Grant Holmes	ATL	at WSN	R				128.2	3.71	1.34	19%	9%	21%	7
24	Dean Kremer	MIN	v. DET	R				62.2	5.60	1.26	23%	15%	22%	15
25	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	v. BAL	R				125.2	5.23	1.36	14%	9%	24%	17
26	Brad Lord	WSN	v. ATL	R				69.2	3.75	1.19	22%	12%	22%	10
27	Brandon Williamson	CIN	v. SDP	L				28	6.11	1.64	15%	-1%	22%	25
28	Jose Cabrera	ARI	v. PHI	R				22	5.32	1.41	16%	8%	22%	18
29	Justin Hagenman	NYM	at TBR	R									19%	3
30	Brycen Mautz	STL	at LAD	L				6	9.00	2.00	34%	24%	20%	8

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

Intro

The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. 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 a much riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.

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Color Coding:

Green – Good Matchup (lower OPS output by SP opponent) – 21st to 30th
Yellow – OK – 11th to 20th
Red – Bad – 1st to 10th

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AnonMember since 2020

10 hours ago

Wind:
Wrigley – 9 out to center
LAD – out to R center at 9. Threshold is usually 10 but Dodger Stadium is the best HR park in baseball and this is pretty much the same wind as last night when the Cards hit 5 bombs. Obviously the Dodgers are throwing a better arm out there tonight but the Cards decidedly are not.

Rain:
WAS – 30% to start, 60% to end and after the game. Both teams off tomorrow. The Braves only have to go to PHI for their next series on Fri which is a short hop but the Nats are off to LA on Fri which is a haul. The only remaining common off day is Sept 17th which would be horribly inconvenient for the Braves who are in the middle of a road trip going from Chicago to Houston. I’m guessing they do everything possible to get this game in.

PIT – 31% to start but dropping to 8% by game’s end
CLE – 10% to start, 32% by game’s end
MIN, Wrigley, Coors – slight chances

9 hours ago

So up in the air with Roupp today. He’s been so insanely inconsistent and the Pirates just hung 9 on Webb yesterday. They run out 4 LH batters and 2 switch-hitters (neither of whom has appreciable platoon splits) so lots of platoon considerations.

Here’s an interesting 2026 split for Roupp:

Home vs LH: .251 wOBA
Home vs RH: .314

Road vs LH: .335
Road vs RH: .296

And his career numbers are pretty similar. So his platoon splits completely flip road vs home. He has clearly figured out how to take advantage of Oracle Park. PNC doesn’t give up many HR but overall is a slight hitter’s park because it’s good for hitters for everything else.

OTOH, while the Pirates are 2nd in wOBA vs RHP on the season, they’re 23rd over the last 30 days and they strike out a lot no matter who is up there throwing or what time period you talk about.

I have Roupp in a weekly HxH with playoffs and we’re in the 1st week of the playoffs and I am off to a monster start on the pitching side the last 2 days (5 QS, 4 W, tons of Ks with sparkling ratios to match) so it’d be easy to bench him but I’m also a Roupp believer because he looks so good when he’s on.

So, so, so on the fence about this one. . . .

tjralstin13Member since 2024

8 hours ago

i think Painter is a comfortable start for 12 team, his stuff, specifically fastball, looks back, and he’s only had one bad start in his last 6 since being called back up.

Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff

Reply to tjralstin13

Ya he should be 2-x at least and definitely ahead of Davis Martin!

Scotty GMember since 2020

The problem for Painter has been commanding his stuff in the first inning. Since his return to Philly, 12 of his 14 runs have come in the first inning. Last time out he had two walks and two wild pitches in the first inning and then no hits over the next five innings. Very similar to his other recent starts.