The Week Ahead: September 23-29
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The Week Ahead: September 23-29
Every Sunday an automated report gives you a look at two-start SPs, hitter strength of schedules, and other fantasy-relevant information for the week ahead.
It’s the last one of these bad boys of the year! The freakin’ week projection dashboard will not refresh, so check out the Google Sheet versions.
I’m sure some schedules will get scrambled as we close out the season. But let’s do the best with what we have.
We’re looking primarily for those two-start SPs here, I’ve put ** next to the names I’d recommend streaming for this upcoming week - limited to the guys I think might be available in some leagues.
Two-Start SPs
Tarik Skubal (vs TB, vs CWS): 265.3 IP, 26.5 K-BB%, 2.58 ERA, 0.93 WHIP
Spencer Schwellenbach (vs NYM, vs KC): 109.7 IP, 21.4 K-BB%, 3.61 ERA, 1.1 WHIP
Bailey Ober (vs MIA, vs BAL): 313.0 IP, 20.7 K-BB%, 3.65 ERA, 1.02 WHIP
Freddy Peralta (@PIT, vs NYM): 334.0 IP, 20.4 K-BB%, 3.77 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
Michael King (@LAD, @ARI): 267.3 IP, 20.0 K-BB%, 2.93 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
Cole Ragans (@WSH, @ATL): 276.4 IP, 19.9 K-BB%, 3.39 ERA, 1.16 WHIP
Aaron Nola (vs CHC, @WSH): 382.0 IP, 18.7 K-BB%, 4.03 ERA, 1.16 WHIP
Justin Steele (@PHI, vs CIN): 304.0 IP, 18.7 K-BB%, 3.32 ERA, 1.14 WHIP
**Ryan Pepiot (@DET, @BOS): 163.0 IP, 18.6 K-BB%, 3.26 ERA, 1.03 WHIP
Bowden Francis (vs BOS, vs MIA): 135.0 IP, 17.9 K-BB%, 3.0 ERA, 0.9 WHIP
Hunter Brown (vs SEA, @CLE): 319.7 IP, 17.5 K-BB%, 4.31 ERA, 1.32 WHIP
**Landon Knack (vs SD, @COL): 61.0 IP, 17.5 K-BB%, 3.39 ERA, 1.07 WHIP
**Nestor Cortes (vs BAL, vs PIT): 230.6 IP, 16.9 K-BB%, 4.21 ERA, 1.2 WHIP
Nathan Eovaldi (@OAK, @LAA): 300.7 IP, 16.5 K-BB%, 3.8 ERA, 1.13 WHIP
Michael McGreevy (@COL, @SF): 10.0 IP, 16.2 K-BB%, 0.9 ERA, 0.8 WHIP
Brady Basso (vs TEX, @SEA): 19.3 IP, 15.6 K-BB%, 2.33 ERA, 1.09 WHIP
Eduardo Rodriguez (vs SF, vs SD): 193.3 IP, 14.6 K-BB%, 3.68 ERA, 1.22 WHIP
Tanner Houck (@TOR, vs TB): 279.7 IP, 13.9 K-BB%, 3.93 ERA, 1.24 WHIP
Dean Kremer (@NYY, @MIN): 297.3 IP, 13.6 K-BB%, 4.15 ERA, 1.28 WHIP
Luis Severino (@ATL, @MIL): 267.4 IP, 12.3 K-BB%, 4.85 ERA, 1.37 WHIP
Hayden Birdsong (@ARI, vs STL): 62.7 IP, 12.1 K-BB%, 4.74 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
Ryan Weathers (@MIN, @TOR): 133.0 IP, 11.4 K-BB%, 5.07 ERA, 1.4 WHIP
Ryan Feltner (vs STL, vs LAD): 193.7 IP, 10.6 K-BB%, 5.11 ERA, 1.45 WHIP
Bailey Falter (vs MIL, @NYY): 215.0 IP, 10.1 K-BB%, 4.6 ERA, 1.32 WHIP
Jonathan Cannon (vs LAA, @DET): 102.7 IP, 9.7 K-BB%, 4.47 ERA, 1.33 WHIP
**Jack Kochanowicz (@CWS, vs TEX): 51.3 IP, 5.1 K-BB%, 4.56 ERA, 1.32 WHIP
Luis Castillo (@HOU, vs OAK): nan IP, nan K-BB%, nan ERA, nan WHIP
Here are your probable against the White Sox:
Marlins:
Pirates:
Rays:
Athletics:
I don’t know why I’m babying you, though, filter the Google sheets yourselves!
Games Scheduled
ARI: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
ATL: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
BAL: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
BOS: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
CHC: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
COL: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
LAA: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
CWS: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
DET: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
HOU: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
LAD: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
KC: 6 games (2 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
MIL: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
MIA: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
SD: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
SEA: 6 games (2 vs. RHP, 4 vs. LHP)
MIN: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
NYM: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
NYY: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
OAK: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
PHI: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
PIT: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
TB: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
TEX: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
SF: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
STL: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
TOR: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
WSH: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
CLE: 5 games (4 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
CIN: 5 games (2 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
Softest Hitter Schedules
DET: Ryan Pepiot, Zack Littell, Tyler Alexander, Chris Flexen, Sean Burke, Jonathan Cannon
TOR: Tanner Houck, Brayan Bello, Richard Fitts, Adam Oller, Darren McCaughan, Ryan Weathers
SF: Eduardo Rodriguez, Brandon Pfaadt, Zac Gallen, Miles Mikolas, Andre Pallante, Michael McGreevy
Toughest Hitter Schedules
NYM: Spencer Schwellenbach, Chris Sale, Charlie Morton, Aaron Civale, Frankie Montas, Freddy Peralta
BAL: Nestor Cortes, Clarke Schmidt, Gerrit Cole, Pablo Lopez, Zebby Matthews, Bailey Ober
WSH: Cole Ragans, Michael Lorenzen, Michael Wacha, Ranger Suarez, Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola
Coors Games
9/24: STL@COL
9/25: STL@COL
9/26: STL@COL
9/27: LAD@COL
9/28: LAD@COL
9/29: LAD@COL
Great American Ballpark Games
None
Six Coors games to attack! Here are those Cardinals and Dodgers:
I’d go after Winn, Edman, and Burleson if available.
Good luck to you all! But most importantly, good luck to ME as I try to bring home my sixth Burrell Fantasy Baseball League championship.