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Welcome to the Daily SP Chart.
The chart includes their performance for 2025 until we get some actual data for this year (I changed over in late-April last year), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness from last year (not a perfect solution as teams change in the offseason, but better than using just a few days of data from this year), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. 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 a much 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.
I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations, you don’t really need a shiny stat to be convinced on starting guys like that. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment and I’ll get you an answer when I can. I try to do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
Commenter Anon has been posting wind/weather reports in the comments when they can, so check those out for some added info. Anything 10+ mph can have a big impact and of course rain is a major concern in the early months of the season.
Texas shifted to Nathan Eovaldi late and moved Rocker to Friday. The game has already started so no time to make any moves if you weren’t around RIGHT when things were popping off. Everything had Rocker listed originally, though.
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April 1, 2026 SP Chart
Rk
PITCHER
Tm
Opp
10
12
15+
IP
ERA
WHIP
K-BB
opp wOBA RK
Commentary
1
Tarik Skubal
DET
at ARI
x
x
x
195.1
2.21
0.89
28%
11
Holy ace day… so many to choose from!
2
Paul Skenes
PIT
at CIN
x
x
x
187.2
1.97
0.95
24%
14
3
Garrett Crochet
BOS
at HOU
x
x
x
205.1
2.59
1.03
26%
10
4
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD
v. CLE
x
x
x
173.2
2.49
0.99
21%
28
5
Cristopher Sánchez
PHI
v. WSN
x
x
x
196.1
2.57
1.08
20%
30
6
Chris Sale
ATL
v. ATH
x
x
x
120
2.63
1.07
26%
9
7
Freddy Peralta
NYM
at STL
x
x
x
174.2
2.68
1.07
19%
25
8
Nick Pivetta
SDP
v. SFG
x
x
x
181.2
2.87
0.99
19%
15
9
Sandy Alcantara
MIA
v. CHW
x
x
x
174.2
5.36
1.27
11%
29
10
Joe Ryan
MIN
at KCR
x
x
x
171
3.47
1.04
22%
18
11
Trevor Rogers
BAL
v. TEX
x
x
x
109.2
1.81
0.90
17%
24
12
Cam Schlittler
NYY
at SEA
x
x
x
66
3.27
1.30
16%
9
13
Kevin Gausman
TOR
v. COL
x
x
x
189.1
3.47
1.03
18%
27
14
Jacob Misiorowski
MIL
v. TBR
x
x
x
63.2
4.38
1.19
22%
12
15
George Kirby
SEA
v. NYY
x
x
x
126
4.21
1.19
21%
1
16
Matthew Boyd
CHC
v. LAA
x
x
x
179.2
3.21
1.09
16%
16
17
Drew Rasmussen
TBR
at MIL
x
x
x
150
2.76
1.02
15%
8
18
Andrew Abbott
CIN
v. PIT
x
x
x
161
2.80
1.16
15%
28
19
Kumar Rocker
TEX
at BAL
x
x
64.1
5.74
1.46
11%
20
Is he ready to make a leap? Leaned on his slider for a 21% K-BB in spring late shift to Eovaldi
20
Matthew Liberatore
STL
v. NYM
x
151.2
4.21
1.31
13%
15
Survived debut despite 0% K-BB & 9 base runners; that won’t work v. NYM but I’m willing to run his first 3-4 in deeper lgs
21
Cade Cavalli
WSN
at PHI
x
48.2
4.25
1.48
11%
3
Likely sitting this one out and will revisit him for v. STL next wk
22
Mike Burrows
HOU
v. BOS
x
96
3.94
1.24
16%
11
Can’t call it a good outing w/5 ER, but going 5.2 IP despite a 3-run 2nd is encouraging
23
Noah Cameron
KCR
v. MIN
x
138.1
2.99
1.10
13%
13
Schedule shines on him w/at CLE & CHW next week & barring a complete meltdown, I’d give him all 3 and then check in
24
Shane Smith
CHW
at MIA
x
140.1
3.98
1.24
13%
13
Didn’t want to make much of his poor spring but then a tough debut and MIA raking has me pausing a bit here
25
Zac Gallen
ARI
v. DET
192
4.83
1.26
13%
19
It’s only 14 IP b/w spring and his season debut, but an 11% K and 5 HRs isn’t inspiring confidence
26
Gavin Williams
CLE
at LAD
167.2
3.06
1.27
13%
4
Y’all know I love Gav, but I just can’t run this
27
Yusei Kikuchi
LAA
at CHC
178.1
3.99
1.42
13%
7
If the wind is blowing in at 14 mph again like it was on Monday night, maybe you can roll the dice
28
Luis Severino
ATH
at ATL
162.2
4.54
1.30
10%
17
Was up to 97.4 in his debut and had a 0% K-BB
29
Adrian Houser
SFG
at SDP
125
3.31
1.28
10%
16
30
Kyle Freeland
COL
at TOR
156.2
5.00
1.45
12%
4
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
