Starting Pitcher Chart – September 9th, 2026

by Paul Sporer

September 9, 2026

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Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.

I had planned on an SP rankings update this week but as I thought about it more, I’m not sure it’s worth pouring hours into an update that is going to be so fraught with uncertainty due to innings limits & injuries, especially when a 1-to-whatever ranking isn’t going to be terribly useful in the final three weeks when everything is context-based at this point in the season. Instead, I’ll start putting energy into a 2027 list and get the first edition of that up earlier than normal (likely sometime in October). For now, I’m going to stay focused on the SP chart and being available to y’all in the comments to help with your very specific situations.

More in the morning!

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Starting Pitcher Chart September 9th

Rk	PITCHER	Team	Opponent	T	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	K-BB	OPP K%	opp wOBA RK
1	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	v. CIN	R	x	x	x	165	2.67	0.90	25%	19%	25%	28
2	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI	v. HOU	L	x	x	x	181.1	2.58	1.20	28%	22%	21%	17
3	Logan Henderson	MIL	v. CHC	R	x	x	x	83.1	2.48	0.79	30%	25%	21%	4
4	Foster Griffin	CLE	at BAL	L	x	x	x	160.1	3.26	1.14	22%	15%	26%	13
5	Jake Bennett	BOS	v. LAA	L	x	x	x	99.2	3.34	1.02	21%	16%	25%	26
6	Shane Baz	BAL	v. CLE	R	x	x	x	163.1	3.91	1.33	21%	13%	21%	26
7	Zebby Matthews	MIN	at DET	R	x	x	x	117	4.69	1.25	20%	13%	23%	16
8	Hunter Brown	HOU	at PHI	R	x	x	x	87	3.31	1.30	25%	13%	22%	22
9	Will Warren	NYY	v. COL	R	x	x	x	136.1	4.16	1.38	22%	14%	22%	5
10	Kevin Gausman	CHC	at MIL	R		x	x	162.1	4.38	1.26	24%	18%	22%	2
11	Keider Montero	DET	v. MIN	R		x	x	143	3.52	1.03	17%	11%	21%	8
12	Spencer Miles	TOR	at ATH	R		x	x	85.2	2.84	1.07	23%	17%	22%	12
13	Janson Junk	MIA	v. NYM	R		x	x	108	4.00	1.28	16%	10%	22%	27
14	Andre Pallante	STL	at SFG	R		x	x	141	3.51	1.24	17%	9%	21%	11
15	Reynaldo López	ATL	v. TBR	R		x	x	71.2	3.64	1.34	22%	12%	19%	6
16	Kade Anderson	SEA	v. TEX	L			x	15	5.40	1.47	17%	6%	24%	4
17	Cody Bradford	TEX	at SEA	L			x	30.1	4.45	1.58	12%	7%	25%	30
18	Walker Buehler	SDP	v. WSN	R			x	136.1	4.56	1.34	20%	11%	21%	9
19	Blade Tidwell	SFG	v. STL	R			x	42.2	4.43	1.24	20%	10%	22%	24
20	Griffin Jax	TBR	at ATL	R			x	94.1	3.82	1.27	26%	17%	22%	10
21	Michael Soroka	ARI	at KCR	R				95.1	3.40	1.16	23%	17%	20%	13
22	Davis Martin	CHW	v. PIT	R				130.2	4.13	1.32	21%	13%	24%	3
23	Jackson Kent	WSN	at SDP	L				24.1	5.55	1.68	19%	2%	22%	25
24	Rhett Lowder	CIN	at LAD	R				116	5.43	1.49	17%	8%	21%	1
25	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	at NYY	R				131.2	5.19	1.35	14%	9%	25%	20
26	Ryan Johnson	LAA	at BOS	R				78.1	5.17	1.39	17%	6%	22%	17
27	Daniel Lynch IV	KCR	v. ARI	L				66.2	3.51	1.10	17%	9%	18%	3
28	Robert Stock	NYM	at MIA	R				26.1	5.81	1.75	20%	9%	21%	7
29	Khristian Curtis	PIT	at CHW	R				11	1.64	0.82	18%	3%	24%	14
30	Joey Estes	ATH	v. TOR	R				4.1	8.31	1.38	22%	17%	19%	23

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.

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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.

Color Coding:

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