Sunday 8/16 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings
Auto-Starts
- Tarik Skubal (https://pitcherlist.com/player/tarik-skubal/) vs. MIL - Aces gonna ace.
- Sean Burke (https://pitcherlist.com/player/sean-burke/) @ DET - He’s vying for the AGA tag.
- Dylan Cease (https://pitcherlist.com/player/dylan-cease/) vs. NYY - Aces gonna ace.
- Bryan Woo (https://pitcherlist.com/player/bryan-woo/) @ HOU - It’s a small test on the road, but his velocity is 97+ mph now.
- Eury Pérez (https://pitcherlist.com/player/eury-perez/) @ CIN - Pérez’s fastballs are killing it. Hopefully the secondaries come next.
- Logan Henderson (https://pitcherlist.com/player/logan-henderson/) @ LAD - It’s the first of two tough starts for his Coronation Day.
Probably Starts
- Trevor Rogers (https://pitcherlist.com/player/trevor-rogers/) @ TBR - He’s at 95 mph, and last start was a day of unusually poor command that shouldn’t last.
- Noah Cameron (https://pitcherlist.com/player/noah-cameron/) @ LAA - He’s pitched great over the last few weeks, and nearly survived the Dodgers.
- Jacob Lopez (https://pitcherlist.com/player/jacob-lopez/) vs. TEX - We’re seeing JLo have the same approach as last summer’s fantastic run.
- Ryan Weathers (https://pitcherlist.com/player/ryan-weathers/) @ TOR - Weathers is axing the four-seamer and letting the sinker + secondaires get it done,
- Hunter Brown (https://pitcherlist.com/player/hunter-brown/) vs. SEA - Brown’s four-seamer is still struggling to get strikes, and I’m a little worried something is up.
Questionable Starts
- Christian Scott (https://pitcherlist.com/player/christian-scott/) vs. WSH - Scott is lacking a vertical pitch to take down the bottom of the zone, but his high four-seamer/cutter combo may be enough with the sweeper flipping in to LHB.
- Tanner Bibee (https://pitcherlist.com/player/tanner-bibee/) vs. SDP - Bibee has been tinkering all season with his fastball movement and I don’t believe he’s found a consistent, reliable approach.
- Nick Lodolo (https://pitcherlist.com/player/nick-lodolo/) vs. MIA - Lodolo generally needs a few starts to get going, but could give you find solid frames here.
- Freddy Peralta (https://pitcherlist.com/player/freddy-peralta/) vs. BAL - This feels wrong, right? And yet, he’s making his first start in the Trop (not Coors and Sacré Verde), and his four-seamer will benefit from the dome. I dig the increased changeup usage, too.
- Dean Kremer (https://pitcherlist.com/player/dean-kremer/) vs. PHI - Kremer was AMPED for his revenge game against the Orioles and could carry over that improved velo and splitter + cutter command.
- Blade Tidwell (https://pitcherlist.com/player/blade-tidwell/) vs. COL - Don’t be fooled by Tidwell’s fantastic game against the Astros – the RHB lineup fed into Tidwell’s best offering, leading to a ton of sweeper whiffs outside and off the plate. However, it’s still Rockie Road and that may be enough to create a decent performance despite fewer RHB to take advantage of.
- Casey Mize (https://pitcherlist.com/player/casey-mize/) @ CLE - I’m still waiting to see a fully healthy Mize execute his slider effectively with fastballs sitting 93/94 for the whole outing. His splitter has gotten worse, too, which may be exposed against a possibly LHB-exclusive Cleveland lineup.
- Andrew Painter (https://pitcherlist.com/player/andrew-painter/) @ MIN - I wonder what we’ll see from Painter. If it’s few fastballs and stellar secondary command with a lean on changeups, he could be a reliable Toby here and moving forward.
- Edward Cabrera (https://pitcherlist.com/player/edward-cabrera/) vs. STL - It’s a Still ILL for ECab and I’m not sure how long they’ll let him go, let alone if he’ll have the strikes to get through it efficiently.
Do Not Starts
- Cody Bradford (https://pitcherlist.com/player/cody-bradford/) @ ATH - As much as I enjoy Bradford as a sneaky stream, Sacré Verde isn’t the place to do it.
- Bryce Elder (https://pitcherlist.com/player/bryce-elder/) vs. ARI - I don’t buy it, and he just got bamboozled for five in the first, even if it came with some bad luck. Still, we know he at least has a chance.
- Hunter Dobbins (https://pitcherlist.com/player/hunter-dobbins/) @ CHC - Dobbins’ new cut-focused approach creates an opportunity for Koufax to steer him through 5+ frames, but the velocity dropped last time out + the command was far worse.
- Michael Soroka (https://pitcherlist.com/player/michael-soroka/) @ ATL - It’s his second game back from the IL and I’m waiting for his command to return to its early-season form before trusting him in tough starts like these.
- Drew Anderson (https://pitcherlist.com/player/drew-anderson/) vs. CHW - Anderson was stretched out to 70 pitches last time, but has not given us a reliable BSB with his four-seamer and split-change.
- Ryan Johnson (https://pitcherlist.com/player/ryan-johnson-2/) vs. KCR - Johnson is a junkballer who is fortunate to go five frames. The Royals may make for a decent start, but the ceiling is too low at a small chance.
- Patrick Sandoval (https://pitcherlist.com/player/patrick-sandoval/) @ PIT - The Irish Panda gets a good matchup, but I don’t trust the fastballs, nor both secondaries to earn enough whiffs to produce.
- Jake Irvin (https://pitcherlist.com/player/jake-irvin/) @ NYM - The velocity is up, and it hasn’t helped. It comes down to the breaking pitches to find their former shine.
- Gabriel Hughes (https://pitcherlist.com/player/gabriel-hughes/) @ SFG - As much as I enjoyed his start hosting the Nationals, we haven’t seen that precision on his cut-fastball in or out of Coors since.
- Lake Bachar (https://pitcherlist.com/player/lake-bachar/) vs. BOS -
Sunday 8/16 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings
Monday 8/17 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings
Auto-Starts
- Cristopher Sánchez (https://pitcherlist.com/player/cristopher-sanchez/) vs. MIA - He’s getting closer to AGA.
- Nolan McLean (https://pitcherlist.com/player/nolan-mclean/) vs. SDP - He bounced back against Atlanta and we should ignore the disaster start for now.
Probably Starts
- Michael Wacha (https://pitcherlist.com/player/michael-wacha/) vs. ATH - He’s a legit Toby in a good matchup.
- Ranger Suarez (https://pitcherlist.com/player/ranger-suarez/) vs. ARI - The command was much better last time out with 80+ pitches, and hopefully it sticks for another outing.
- Shota Imanaga (https://pitcherlist.com/player/shota-imanaga/) vs. CHW - The HRs are coming back and the velocity dipped under 91 mph once again. I’m giving him another start to make it right.
- Blake Snell (https://pitcherlist.com/player/blake-snell/) @ COL - It was such a good Still ILL that you feel great about this…except he told the media how much he hated pitching in Salt Lake City during rehab, due to the elevation.
Questionable Starts
- Brandon Young (https://pitcherlist.com/player/brandon-young/) @ TBR - I have a good feeling that the Trop will amplify Young’s heater and make this a strong outing.
- Nick Martinez (https://pitcherlist.com/player/nick-martinez/) vs. BAL - Martinez’s strikeout rate isn’t pretty, but the ratios are fantastic.
- Martín Pérez (https://pitcherlist.com/player/martin-perez/) @ MIN - He’s cruising at the moment and could gather another cheap win against the Twins.
- Framber Valdez (https://pitcherlist.com/player/framber-valdez/) @ PIT - Valdez gets a great matchup and let’s hope he gets all the groundballs again after another game of disappointing strike rates.
Do Not Starts
- Luis Castillo (https://pitcherlist.com/player/luis-castillo/) @ CHC - Castillo wasn’t great in Seattle and now has an overall worse situation with the White Sox, in a tough matchup.
- Rhett Lowder (https://pitcherlist.com/player/rhett-lowder/) vs. STL - Not the worst play, but it would be better if it weren’t in his home park.
- Mitch Bratt (https://pitcherlist.com/player/mitch-bratt/) @ BOS - He’s had a good run lately, but I don’t buy
- Andre Pallante (https://pitcherlist.com/player/andre-pallante/) @ CIN - Maybe it works well again, I’m not one to take a chance on this.
- Quinn Mathews (https://pitcherlist.com/player/quinn-mathews/) @ CIN - We’re seeing Quinn again in a doubleheader. There’s some promise here, of course, but the disjointed starts do him no favors.
- Janson Junk (https://pitcherlist.com/player/janson-junk/) @ PHI - Junk has the stuff, but has not found the right approach, nor the trust to go deep into the game.
- Walker Buehler (https://pitcherlist.com/player/walker-buehler/) @ NYM - I don’t like this at all, but I have to recognize that he’s put up better ratios than expected for many of his games, even if they were hovering five frames or fewer.
- Bailey Ober (https://pitcherlist.com/player/bailey-ober/) vs. ATL - He’s throwing 87 mph, but at least he has a long leash…?
- Mason Barnett (https://pitcherlist.com/player/mason-barnett/) @ KCR - We haven’t see him put it together yet as he stretches out, but at least he’s away from home.
- Carmen Mlodzinski (https://pitcherlist.com/player/carmen-mlodzinski/) vs. DET - How long will he go? Will it matter?
- Tomoyuki Sugano (https://pitcherlist.com/player/tomoyuki-sugano/) vs. LAD - I’d LOVE for this to be Win number thirteen. Super unlikely.
- Chase Petty (https://pitcherlist.com/player/chase-petty/) vs. STL - He’s here for the doubleheader and is not a guy to trust yet, if ever. I hope he gets there in time.
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