Starting Pitcher Chart – March 29th, 2024

March 29, 2024

The chart includes their last season performance until we get some actual data for this year, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness from last year (and then I’ll add the last 30 days outlook next month), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them (well, no notes for this first weekend since we’re mostly just going off the preseason analysis, but I will answer as many comments as I can). 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 it’s basically a riskier stream for those spots.

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.

OK, I swear these will regularly come out the day before but I absolutely fell asleep early again last night! I’ve been burning the candle at both ends this week, so I just crashed. Again, these first few days are pretty easy decisions, but I know that y’all need these the day before to pick up guys on most sites.

Start/Sit March 29, 2024

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	wOBA RK Last Yr
1	Spencer Strider	ATL at PHI	x	x	x	186	3.86	1.09	29%	6th
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI v ATL	x	x	x	192	3.61	1.08	22%	1st
3	George Kirby	SEA v BOS	x	x	x	190	3.35	1.04	20%	8th
4	Bobby Miller	LAD v STL	x	x	x	124	3.76	1.10	17%	9th
5	Freddy Peralta	MIL at NYM	x	x	x	165	3.86	1.12	23%	16th
6	Nick Pivetta	BOS at SEA	x	x	x	142	4.04	1.12	23%	14th
7	A.J. Puk	MIA v PIT	x	x	x	56	3.97	1.18	27%	24th
8	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI v COL	x	x	x	177	3.29	1.19	16%	19th
9	Joe Musgrove	SDP v SFG	x	x	x	97	3.05	1.14	19%	23rd
10	Logan Allen	CLE at OAK	x	x	x	125	3.81	1.40	13%	29th
11	Aaron Civale	TBR v TOR	x	x	x	122	3.46	1.16	16%	11th
12	Cristian Javier	HOU v NYY	x	x	x	162	4.56	1.27	14%	27th
13	Carlos Rodón	NYY at HOU	x	x	x	64	6.85	1.45	13%	3rd
14	Chris Bassitt	TOR at TBR	x	x	x	200	3.60	1.18	15%	4th
15	Kyle Harrison	SFG at SDP		x	x	34	4.15	1.15	16%	2nd
16	Jose Quintana	NYM v MIL		x	x	75	3.57	1.31	11%	18th
17	Martín Pérez	PIT at MIA			x	141	4.45	1.40	7%	13th
18	Ross Stripling	OAK v CLE				89	5.36	1.35	14%	22nd
19	Zack Thompson	STL at LAD				66	4.48	1.42	16%	6th
20	Cal Quantrill	COL at ARI				99	5.24	1.46	5%	13th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues