Starting Pitcher Chart – September 6th, 2024
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Solid board for Friday with plenty of opportunities at every level. As always, there is risk which is heightened in September as we have less time to undo a dud, but we can’t just sit on our hands being afraid of a dud if we are chasing points in the standings. Speaking of risk, I just don’t see myself starting Luis Gil anywhere right now. He’s fresh off the IL and hasn’t been pitching that well for some time. I’m very thankful for what he gave us this season and I’ll happily revisit in 2025, but I’m OK cutting him for the remainder of 2024.
Let me know if you have questions about anyone else.
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK L30/Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET at OAK | x | x | x | 168 | 2.51 | 0.93 | 25% | 21st/14th |
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI at MIA | x | x | x | 167 | 2.63 | 0.98 | 21% | 16th/25th |
| 3 | Michael King | SDP v SFG | x | x | x | 150 | 3.05 | 1.21 | 19% | 28th/24th |
| 4 | Cole Ragans | KCR v MIN | x | x | x | 161 | 3.46 | 1.17 | 21% | 11th/8th |
| 5 | Framber Valdez | HOU v ARI | x | x | x | 150 | 3.11 | 1.11 | 17% | 3rd/2nd |
| 6 | Max Fried | ATL v TOR | x | x | x | 140 | 3.52 | 1.21 | 14% | 19th/25th |
| 7 | Bryce Miller | SEA at STL | x | x | x | 155 | 3.30 | 1.00 | 18% | 14th/14th |
| 8 | Nick Pivetta | BOS v CHW | x | x | x | 117 | 4.53 | 1.13 | 23% | 26th/30th |
| 9 | Frankie Montas | MIL v COL | x | x | x | 126 | 4.70 | 1.39 | 10% | 13th/15th |
| 10 | Erick Fedde 페디 | STL v SEA | x | x | x | 154 | 3.43 | 1.16 | 14% | 19th/23rd |
| 11 | DJ Herz | WSN at PIT | x | x | 70 | 4.09 | 1.27 | 20% | 26th/19th | |
| 12 | Kevin Gausman | TOR at ATL | x | x | 157 | 4.07 | 1.23 | 15% | 18th/19th | |
| 13 | Luis L. Ortiz | PIT v WSN | x | x | 113 | 3.19 | 1.10 | 11% | 9th/17th | |
| 14 | Cole Irvin | BAL v TBR | x | x | 106 | 4.74 | 1.40 | 10% | 27th/10th | |
| 15 | Mitch Spence | OAK v DET | x | x | 126 | 4.50 | 1.35 | 12% | 23rd/22nd | |
| 16 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI at HOU | x | x | 160 | 4.32 | 1.19 | 18% | 8th/9th | |
| 17 | Matthew Boyd | CLE at LAD | x | x | 22 | 2.38 | 0.84 | 17% | 16th/3rd | |
| 18 | Zebby Matthews | MIN at KCR | x | 17 | 7.41 | 1.47 | 20% | 17th/11th | ||
| 19 | Shane Baz | TBR at BAL | x | 49 | 3.49 | 1.29 | 10% | 22nd/7th | ||
| 20 | Jose Quintana | NYM v CIN | x | 145 | 4.27 | 1.32 | 9% | 15th/21st | ||
| 21 | Edward Cabrera | MIA v PHI | x | 76 | 5.33 | 1.47 | 13% | 10th/12th | ||
| 22 | Landon Knack | LAD v CLE | x | 48 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 16% | 27th/21st | ||
| 23 | Luis Gil | NYY at CHC | 124 | 3.39 | 1.20 | 15% | 2nd/16th | |||
| 24 | Davis Martin | CHW at BOS | 32 | 3.62 | 1.39 | 13% | 20th/3rd | |||
| 25 | Brandon Williamson | CIN at NYM | 3 | 5.40 | 1.20 | 36% | 14th/5th | |||
| 26 | Javier Assad | CHC v NYY | 126 | 3.21 | 1.36 | 10% | 3rd/1st | |||
| 27 | José Ureña | TEX v LAA | 101 | 3.72 | 1.34 | 7% | 29th/27th | |||
| 28 | Samuel Aldegheri | LAA at TEX | 5 | 3.60 | 1.60 | 4% | 28th/22nd | |||
| 29 | Ryan Feltner | COL at MIL | 132 | 5.11 | 1.43 | 13% | 7th/6th | |||
| 30 | Mason Black | SFG at SDP | 19 | 7.45 | 1.66 | 10% | 5th/5th |
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.
Wind blowing in at Wrigley, Gil could be a bit higher imo
Great call, he was fantastic! I was just scared of another dud. I’m trying to manage scared down the stretch, I understand that some bombs will happen regardless, but I just couldn’t see where the hope was w/Gil after 16 BB in his L4 so I figured he was heavily fatigued. Funnily enough, his other stretch of 16+ BB in 4 starts was his first 4 of the year and he managed 2.75 ERA during those!
I’m ride or die for Boyd right now. And the Dodgers against a lefty aren’t as threatening.
Of course, now that I’ve said that, he’ll get annihilated.
Thought Manaea was starting for NYM today?
I see Manaea going tomorrow. He’s an auto-start BTW, in case you’re wondering about tomorrow
I thought so too but Mets.com and sny say Manaea’s starting today.
Really that low on Zebby? Last weekend aside, KC offense has been crap lately
Trying not to overreact to the 9 ER dud, so I’m open to starting him, but not racing to do so
That last start against an okay offense was amazing in its awfulness but the other three were okay. Has seen the Royals before and they him. Who blinks?
I think he’s solid-if-unspectacular this time around — 5-6 IP w/3-4 ER
I see Wicks starting for the Cubs today? If he is I need to pick between Gil against the Cubs or Wicks against the Yanks. Who is the better play?
Oh man, I think with Gil’s struggles, I’m on Wicks here. Just not sure if Gil even goes deep into the game
Valdez against the snakes is a classic case of immovable object and unstoppable force.