I only wrote up the guys with 1-2 x’s. The 3 x’s are either locked studs or capable streamers with great matchups and most of the 0 x’s are easy skips. That said, I’ll gladly answer any questions if you want further discussion on anyone.
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7/22/24
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We’re back from the All-Star break! I can’t believe the deadline is just over a week away, but don’t let that make you lose sight of the fact that there is still enough time to make major shifts in your standings. I know Justin and I hammer this point on the podcast, too, but it isn’t impossible to see substantial moves from the All-Star break on. Obviously, every situation is unique and I’m not going to pretend that some teams aren’t completely dead, but many aren’t and it sucks to kinda give up on a squad that ends up rallying only for you to realize that a bit more rigor in this part of the schedule when things like the new College Football video game and of course football itself start garnering attention (assuming you’re a football fan, of course).
| RANK | TYPE | PITCHER | MATCHUPS | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB |
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| 1 | 1 | Tarik Skubal | at CLE/MIN | 116 | 2.41 | 0.88 | 26% |
| 2 | 1 | Garrett Crochet | at TEX/SEA | 107.1 | 3.02 | 0.95 | 30% |
| 3 | 1 | Chris Sale | CIN/at NYM | 110 | 2.70 | 0.95 | 27% |
| 4 | 1 | Cole Ragans | ARI/CHC | 116.2 | 3.16 | 1.14 | 22% |
| 5 | 1 | Bailey Ober | PHI/at DET | 100 | 4.14 | 1.08 | 21% |
| 6 | 1 | Reynaldo López | CIN/at NYM | 95.2 | 1.88 | 1.17 | 16% |
| 7 | 1 | Hunter Greene | at ATL/at TBR | 110.1 | 3.34 | 1.11 | 18% |
| 8 | 2 | Tanner Houck | at COL/NYY | 117 | 2.54 | 1.03 | 18% |
| 9 | 2 | Ranger Suárez | at MIN/CLE | 114 | 2.76 | 1.04 | 19% |
| 10 | 2 | Bryce Miller | LAA/at CHW | 109 | 3.63 | 1.06 | 16% |
| 11 | 2 | Erick Fedde | at TEX/SEA | 111.1 | 2.99 | 1.13 | 15% |
| 12 | 2 | Blake Snell | at LAD/COL | 35.2 | 6.31 | 1.43 | 16% |
| 13 | 2 | Mitch Keller | STL/at ARI | 114.1 | 3.46 | 1.25 | 15% |
| 14 | 2 | Jon Gray | CHW/at TOR | 86.1 | 3.96 | 1.32 | 14% |
| 15 | 3 | José Soriano | at SEA/OAK | 87.1 | 3.71 | 1.20 | 11% |
| 16 | 3 | Tyler Anderson | at SEA/OAK | 118 | 2.97 | 1.17 | 7% |
| 17 | 3 | José Berríos | TBR/TEX | 119 | 4.01 | 1.18 | 11% |
| 18 | 3 | Albert Suárez | at MIA/SDP | 70.1 | 2.82 | 1.24 | 10% |
| 19 | 3 | Michael Lorenzen | CHW/at TOR | 92 | 3.52 | 1.22 | 6% |
| 20 | 4 | Yilber Diaz | at KCR/PIT | 12 | 1.50 | 0.92 | 9% |
| 21 | 4 | Jordan Hicks | at LAD/COL | 95 | 3.79 | 1.36 | 11% |
| 22 | 4 | Carlos Rodón | TBR/at BOS | 107 | 4.63 | 1.28 | 17% |
| 23 | 4 | Tobias Myers | at CHC/MIA | 72 | 3.13 | 1.13 | 15% |
| 24 | 4 | David Peterson | at MIA/ATL | 43.2 | 3.09 | 1.42 | 7% |
| 25 | 4 | Zack Littell | at NYY/CIN | 101.1 | 4.26 | 1.37 | 17% |
| 26 | 4 | Spencer Arrighetti | at OAK/LAD | 80 | 5.63 | 1.60 | 13% |
| 27 | 5 | Randy Vásquez | at WSN/at BAL | 63 | 4.57 | 1.56 | 10% |
| 28 | 5 | Hogan Harris | HOU/at LAA | 47.2 | 3.40 | 1.45 | 6% |
| 29 | 5 | Yonny Chirinos | NYM/at MIL | 25 | 5.76 | 1.72 | 10% |
| 30 | 5 | DJ Herz | SDP/at STL | 31.1 | 5.17 | 1.40 | 23% |
| 31 | 5 | Javier Assad | MIL/at KCR | 85.1 | 3.27 | 1.35 | 12% |
| 32 | 6 | Xzavion Curry | DET/at PHI | 17.1 | 5.19 | 1.27 | 12% |
| 33 | 6 | Austin Gomber | BOS/at SFG | 99.2 | 4.61 | 1.30 | 10% |
| 34 | 6 | Carlos Carrasco | DET/at PHI | 86 | 5.02 | 1.36 | 11% |
| 35 | 6 | Osvaldo Bido | HOU/at LAA | 18.1 | 3.44 | 1.25 | 6% |
7/18/24
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7/17/24
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7/15/24
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With the All-Star break on the horizon, feel free to use this comment section for any questions related to decisions going into the second half.
If you didn’t see my chat today, I just wanted y’all to know that there was no chart yesterday because we lost internet for about 9 hours with a statewide outage for Spectrum service. Thankfully we avoided any bad weather here in Austin so in the grand scheme an afternoon and evening without the internet isn’t the end of the world.
For Thursday, we have some tough spots where you have to decide if chasing the win potential is worth the risk.
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Sorry for no SP Chart this morning, internet was out for about 9 hours yesterday in Texas
Full notes will be back tomorrow night.
Keider Montero showed some flashes in a couple of extended outings (1 start in game 2 of a doubleheader and the other an extended relief appearance from the 2nd-6th innings) at the end of May and June with an 18% K-BB. He still had 9 ER in 9.7 IP thanks in large part to 3 HRs. He jumped into Casey Mize’s spot on July 3rd and did his best work yet against MIN: 6.3 IP/2 ER/4 Ks/1 BB. Still not exactly overpowering, but something to build upon going into this week’s 2-step.
I didn’t express a ton of confidence in him, putting him in the YOLO category on the 2-start board, but I came away impressed by his 6.3 IP of scoreless work on Monday night. He got ahead with a 76% first pitch strike rate (63% lg. avg) and posted a 36% Called Strike + Whiff rate (27% lg. avg), both figures were season bests for Montero. It certainly wasn’t enough to give him a full green light against LAD, but he’s on the radar now as a streamer option.
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