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Moonlit Spark: McCullers Shines but SP Roundup Warns of Volatility
sports11 days ago

Moonlit Spark: McCullers Shines but SP Roundup Warns of Volatility

Pitcher List’s Nick Pollack recaps every Monday starting pitcher outing, led by Lance McCullers Jr.’s 7-inning gem vs. Boston that underscored his high-end upside but ongoing volatility. He surveys a broad slate—Roupp, Elder, Castillo, Cabrera, Messick, Soroka, Leiter, Harrison and more—commenting on velocity, CSW, and pitch mix while flagging a mix of promising signs and red flags. He highlights potential breakouts (Cabrera, Messick, Soroka, Harrison) and warns on others (Bassitt, Verlander, Paddack), and notes streaming picks have moved to the SP Matchups & Streamer Rankings article, with a Twitch office-hours invite for questions.

Week 2 Shuffle: 2026 Fantasy Baseball Top 100 Starting Pitchers
sports11 days ago

Week 2 Shuffle: 2026 Fantasy Baseball Top 100 Starting Pitchers

This article offers a Week 2 update to The List, a ranked Top 100 starting pitchers for 2026 fantasy baseball tailored to 12-team, 5×5, head-to-head leagues. It includes an injuries table, a mini stash list for minor-league SPs, and a detailed tiered ranking with notes that explain movement, risk, and when players are IL or off rotation; plus honorable mentions and a “You forgot THIS PITCHER” section.

Sunday SP Roundup: Early Breakouts, Caution, and Streaming Dilemmas
sports12 days ago

Sunday SP Roundup: Early Breakouts, Caution, and Streaming Dilemmas

Nick Pollack’s SP Roundup for 3/29 breaks down every Sunday starter, led by Emerson Hancock’s six-inning no‑hit gem with nine strikeouts (a standout but not yet repeatable) and Seth Lugo’s 6.1 scoreless frames. The day delivered a mix of promise and volatility across arms like Connelly Early, MacKenzie Gore, and Eric Lauer, with others such as Lowder, Kay, Irvin, Meyer, and Baz flashing upside but carrying caveats. Pollack stresses streaming prudence and directs readers to the daily SP Matchups & Streamer Rankings for picks, while noting Twitch office hours for free Q&As.

Rising Velocity: Randy Vásquez Shines in Saturday SP Roundup
sports13 days ago

Rising Velocity: Randy Vásquez Shines in Saturday SP Roundup

Nick Pollack’s SP Roundup for Saturday reviews every starting pitcher’s performance, led by Randy Vásquez’s 6.0-inning, 0-earned-run outing and a clear velocity uptick, while also praising several other arms (Keller, Wacha, Cease, López, Mahle, and more) for movement, control, and improved secondaries. The piece provides fantasy implications, speculative adds, and caution about matchups, and notes that streaming picks have been moved to a separate SP Matchups article.

SP Streamer Rankings: Daily Fantasy Baseball Starts 3/29–3/31
fantasy-sports13 days ago

SP Streamer Rankings: Daily Fantasy Baseball Starts 3/29–3/31

A concise fantasy baseball guide ranking daily starting pitchers (SP streamers) for 3/29, 3/30, and 3/31, organized into four tiers (Auto Start to Do Not Start) with daily and next-day tables, plus color-coded streaming picks and PLV/pl Bot projections. It also notes offense projections and points readers to PL Pro for full access to extended tools.

Weekend SP Streamer Guide: 3/27–3/29 Fantasy Pitching Picks
sports14 days ago

Weekend SP Streamer Guide: 3/27–3/29 Fantasy Pitching Picks

Daily fantasy baseball starting-pitcher streamer rankings for 3/27–3/29 are presented in four tiers (Auto-Starts, Probably Starts, Questionable Starts, Do Not Start) with rostership percentages, matchup notes, and daily picks, plus access to PL Pro/PL Bot projections and a 14-day SP grid, and an offense ranking section based on PLV projections along with a Twitch AMA invitation.

Opening Day SP Roundup: Cavalli Struggles While Others Flash Early Season Brilliance
sports15 days ago

Opening Day SP Roundup: Cavalli Struggles While Others Flash Early Season Brilliance

Pitcher List's SP Roundup reviews every Thursday starting pitcher performance, flagging Cade Cavalli's opening-day struggles and highlighting standout lines from Rogers, Skubal, Sánchez, Abbott, Crochet, Ryan, Brown, Misiorowski, Yamamoto, Liberatore, Rasmussen, Yamamoto, Bibee (injury note), Gallen, Pivetta, and others, while weighing concerns (Bibee's shoulder inflammation, Eovaldi’s longball bite, Pivetta’s rough outing) and offering streaming ideas and early-season takeaways for fantasy managers.

Webb’s Rough Start, Fried’s Dominant Day Highlight 3/25 SP Roundup
fantasy-baseball16 days ago

Webb’s Rough Start, Fried’s Dominant Day Highlight 3/25 SP Roundup

Pitcher List’s SP Roundup for 3/25 recaps Wednesday’s starting pitchers for fantasy baseball, noting Logan Webb’s 5.0 innings and 6 earned runs against the Yankees but arguing the underlying stuff wasn’t as bad as the line suggests, while Max Fried dominated with 6.1 innings of 0 ER; the piece also references Joe Ryan and Trevor Rogers on Opening Day and mentions that streaming picks have moved to the SP Matchups & Streamer Rankings article, plus an invitation to join a Twitch Q&A.

Opening Week 2026: A Fresh Look at the Top 100 Fantasy SP Rankings
sports16 days ago

Opening Week 2026: A Fresh Look at the Top 100 Fantasy SP Rankings

This piece delivers the weekly update to The List, ranking the top 100 starting pitchers for fantasy baseball in a 12-team, 5x5 format. It separates injured arms into an Injury table, excludes IL’d players from the main list, and includes a loose stash list for potential adds. The rankings are organized into tiers from true aces to streaming options, with extensive notes on each pitcher’s current form, injury risk, and upside, plus guidance on how to use the rankings in drafts and in-season management. It also promotes following the daily SP roundup and references a prior Top 400 for broader context.

Fresh 2026 Top 100 SPs: Spring Update for Fantasy Baseball
sports21 days ago

Fresh 2026 Top 100 SPs: Spring Update for Fantasy Baseball

Updated 2026 Top 100 Starting Pitchers for fantasy baseball (5x5, 12-team, H2H) with an injury table, early-rotation forecasts by team, and tiered rankings from aces to hipsters. The piece stresses using the spring notes and February ranks for context, highlights waiver-wire strategy in the back half of the list, and promotes additional resources like daily SP Roundup and a comprehensive Top 400 article.

Mound Mastery: 2026 Fantasy Baseball Top 400 Starting Pitcher Rankings
sports1 month ago

Mound Mastery: 2026 Fantasy Baseball Top 400 Starting Pitcher Rankings

A comprehensive, tier-based draft guide ranking roughly 400 starting pitchers for 2026 in a 12-team, 5×5 roto format, detailing the ranking methodology and notes on the top arms (Crochet, Skenes, Skubal, Woo, Yamamoto, Fried, Sánchez, Gilbert, Greene, Brown, Ohtani, Webb, Ryan, Peralta, deGrom, Ragans, Kirby, Glasnow, Sale, Bradish), with attention to workload, injury risk, and the option to view the full Top 400 with blurbs via PL+ or Pro.