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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.
I didn’t write up yesterday’s tiny 3-gm board as it felt really straightforward and making the charts might’ve taken longer than anything else. 🤣 Maybe for 5-gm and lower boards this year (which will be a rare Mon/Thu), I just do a quick-hitter list w/out the charting since that can be really fast.
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SP Chart for April 3rd, 2026
Rk
PITCHER
Tm
Opp
10
12
15+
IP
ERA
WHIP
K-BB
opp wOBA RK
Commentary
1
Bryan Woo
SEA
at LAA
x
x
x
186.2
2.94
0.93
22%
26
Today’s studs are not only good, but also have great matchups outside of Eury at NYY (still starting him!)
2
Kyle Bradish
BAL
at PIT
x
x
x
32
2.53
1.03
29%
30
3
Framber Valdez
DET
v. STL
x
x
x
192
3.66
1.24
15%
18
4
Dylan Cease
TOR
at CHW
x
x
x
168
4.55
1.33
20%
29
5
Cade Horton
CHC
at CLE
x
x
x
118
2.67
1.08
13%
28
6
Eury Pérez
MIA
at NYY
x
x
x
95.1
4.25
1.05
19%
1
7
Nolan McLean
NYM
at SFG
x
x
x
48
2.06
1.04
22%
15
I think his WHIP will be worse than expected bc of the BB but the upside is just so high otherwise
8
Michael King
SDP
at BOS
x
x
x
73.1
3.44
1.20
16%
11
4 BB in debut wasn’t great but offset it w/just 1 H v. DET
9
Emmet Sheehan
LAD
at WSN
x
x
x
73.1
2.82
0.97
23%
21
Suffered an opening dud that unfortunately might have some merit w/-2 mph & late-ST struggles
10
Sonny Gray
BOS
v. SDP
x
x
x
180.2
4.28
1.23
22%
16
Shaky ST and debut dud aren’t enough to panic, he gets 4-5 starts before any freaking out, even at 36 y/o
11
MacKenzie Gore
TEX
v. CIN
x
x
x
159.2
4.17
1.35
18%
25
He’ll likely have bad BB gms even if he fully breaks out, the key will be chiseling down that career .323 BABIP
12
Brady Singer
CIN
at TEX
x
x
x
169.2
4.03
1.24
14%
24
Good venue to get on track after uninspiring ST and bumpy debut v. BOS
13
Chad Patrick
MIL
at KCR
x
x
119.2
3.53
1.28
17%
18
Last yr was legit and he has the skills to be even better than his out of nowhere rookie season
14
Joe Boyle
TBR
at MIN
x
x
52
4.67
1.37
13%
22
Take advantage while he’s still in as Pepiot could take his spot next wk even though it should be Matz
15
Will Warren
NYY
v. MIA
x
x
162.1
4.44
1.37
15%
13
Inconsistent in ’25 but did take 33 turns which is a big deal; I like a step forward this yr
16
Reid Detmers
LAA
v. SEA
x
x
63.2
3.96
1.30
21%
12
Long-time fave of mine now has a competent pitching coach to hopefully get the best out of him
17
Tyler Mahle
SFG
v. NYM
x
x
86.2
2.18
1.13
11%
2
Don’t mind him at home even in a tough matchup
18
Grant Holmes
ATL
at ARI
x
x
115
3.99
1.34
14%
5
Even if you don’t want this one, I’d hold him for at LAA/v. MIA coming up in his next 2 starts
19
Joey Cantillo
CLE
v. CHC
x
95.1
3.21
1.26
16%
7
They haven’t exploded yet but I am generally fearful of CHC w/my mid- and lower-tier arms
20
Michael McGreevy
STL
at DET
x
95.2
4.42
1.25
10%
19
Catching the DET offense in a lull but still not sure he has enough swing & miss to rise above streamer status
21
Mitch Keller
PIT
v. BAL
176.1
4.19
1.26
13%
20
There’ll be some home starts I don’t mind running him in… this is not one of them!
22
Eduardo Rodriguez
ARI
v. ATL
154.1
5.02
1.54
12%
14
Better than the 5.00 ERA/1.50 WHIP we’ve seen the last 2 yrs, but how much better remains to be seen
23
Sean Burke
CHW
v. TOR
134.1
4.22
1.44
12%
6
Grant Taylor as Opener adds to Win chance but still has to tame TOR & his offense has to hit Cease
24
Aaron Nola
PHI
at COL
94.1
6.01
1.35
17%
27
Not going to Coors w/the guy who has a 1.5 HR & 8.8 H over his L300 IP
25
Cristian Javier
HOU
at ATH
37
4.62
1.27
12%
7
ATH offense has stunk but their home park might be exactly what they need to break through
26
Jeffrey Springs
ATH
v. HOU
171
4.11
1.21
12%
10
No ATH pitchers at home!
27
Bailey Ober
MIN
v. TBR
146.1
5.10
1.30
14%
12
Sub-90 mph velo takes him entirely out of consideration for me
28
Luinder Avila
KCR
v. MIL
14
1.29
0.93
18%
8
Org level prospect w/some swing and miss but 10%+ BB rates at every stop since 2024
29
Michael Lorenzen
COL
v. PHI
141.2
4.64
1.33
15%
3
30
Miles Mikolas
WSN
v. LAD
156.1
4.84
1.32
9%
4
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
