{"id":679879,"date":"2026-04-20T17:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679879\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:22:42","slug":"fantasy-baseball-sp-roundup-4-19-wax-and-shane-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679879\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Baseball SP Roundup 4\/19: Wax And Shane ERA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the SP Roundup, my daily fantasy baseball article reviewing every starting pitcher\u2019s performance from every Sunday game. I apologize for the jokes written in my delirium in advance. Have questions? Ask me during my office hours on Twitch.tv<\/a> weekday mornings from 10 am-12 pm ET.<\/p>\n

Shane McClanahan<\/a> (TBR) @ PIT (L) \u2013 4.1 IP, 4 ER, 8 Hits, 0 BBs, 5 Ks \u2013 11 Whiffs, 27% CSW, 90 pitches.<\/p>\n

I just want\u00a0Shane McClanahan<\/a>\u00a0to be great again. Not an ace, just\u00a0great.\u00a0A rock for teams rooted in a solid 95\/96 mph fastball that can push to 98 mph, an elite changeup he can turn to in any count, and a slide piece to mix to both LHB and RHB. It\u2019s right there. We see it often. Until it\u2019s gone, like the fifth frame Sunday against the Pirates. He was cruising through four, then one after another, the Pirates strung four hits together among a groundout, kicking McShane out of the game with a final line of\u00a04.1 IP, 4 ER, 8 Hits, 0 BBs, 5 Ks \u2013 11 Whiffs, 27% CSW, 90 pitches (L).\u00a0Is this just what we\u2019re going to get?<\/p>\n

Who knows. My brain says \u201cGet value now vs. value later,\u201d which suggests managers drop McShane if something looks great this week and next on your wire. My heart believes it\u2019s early-season rust and the Twins + Giants ahead still make for decent starts that could avoid the fifth-inning struggles, which could have been solved by a little Koufax generosity (and not allowing a bunt single), and\u00a0also\u00a0could have been solved by earning more than\u00a0zero\u00a0whiffs in the frame. It was yet another start where McClanahan failed to feature his best changeup we cannot remove his TIARA until the pitch comes back. Your call on drop or hold, at the very least, he has to fall a bit more on The List today.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s see how every other SP did Sunday:<\/p>\n

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Ryan Weathers<\/a> (NYY) vs KCR (W) \u2013 7.1 IP, 0 ER, 5 Hits, 1 BBs, 8 Ks \u2013 14 Whiffs, 40% CSW, 95 pitches.<\/p>\n

There we go. He\u2019s sitting around 95 mph and probably shouldn\u2019t have come for the eighth inning, and I can\u2019t truly tell you that he\u2019s\u00a0so\u00a0much better of a pitcher now than he was during the rough games, even with a King Cole award. Okay, not fair, he\u2019s suddenly going heavy with his slider to LHB and it\u2019s obviously the way to go over the sweeper at five ticks harder and solid sweep. He also used it to RHB for a massive 55% CSW and maybe that really had a huge impact on the whole approach. I sure hope so, and if he can succeed at a lower velocity, it could signal a healthier season ahead, too.<\/p>\n

Bailey Ober<\/a> (MIN) vs CIN (ND) \u2013 6.1 IP, 0 ER, 3 Hits, 4 BBs, 10 Ks \u2013 14 Whiffs, 34% CSW, 102 pitches.<\/p>\n

If you missed it, you could see Ober with a jolly ole stroll down the Reds Carpet on Sunday, where his sweeper was able to return a 29% SwStr rate despite\u00a0worse\u00a0movement, and his fastball sat under 89 mph. No, I don\u2019t believe this is his renaissance. I wouldn\u2019t chance it.<\/p>\n

Eury P\u00e9rez<\/a> (MIA) vs MIL (W) \u2013 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 Hits, 1 BBs, 7 Ks \u2013 13 Whiffs, 35% CSW, 84 pitches.<\/p>\n

We really needed this one. Well, from a results standpoint. His skills are still the same, and he decided to hurl four-seamers over the plate instead of leaning on secondaries, which is\u00a0not\u00a0the path toward success for P\u00e9rez as he continues to throw that heater down the pipe.\u00a0But it worked here.\u00a0Absolutely, I\u2019m talking about ace-like success in the future. Pitching like this is fine, but will be capped as a Cherry Bomb.<\/p>\n

Michael King<\/a> (SDP) @ LAA (W) \u2013 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 Hits, 4 BBs, 6 Ks \u2013 12 Whiffs, 29% CSW, 105 pitches.<\/p>\n

This is not what a great King start is\u00a0supposed\u00a0to look like, but we\u2019ll take it all day. Still surprising to see him struggle with his four-seamer, while the changeup and sweeper worked + the sinker stunned to create four strikeouts. It\u2019s a great schedule ahead, and hopefully it\u2019s the reps he needs for a confident May and beyond.<\/p>\n

Miles Mikolas<\/a> (WSH) vs SFG (L) \u2013 4.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 Hits, 1 BBs, 4 Ks \u2013 9 Whiffs, 30% CSW, 61 pitches.<\/p>\n

He was opened for once again and, would you look at that! A successful game!\u00a0But not a Win.\u00a0Because he was pulled with two outs in the fifth, shortly before the Nationals scored three runs in the bottom half of the frame.\u00a0Wow.\u00a0Yuuuup. It\u2019s that kind of year for Mikolas.<\/p>\n

David Peterson<\/a> (NY-N) @ CHC (L) \u2013 3.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 Hits, 0 BBs, 1 Ks \u2013 1 Whiffs, 19% CSW, 47 pitches.<\/p>\n

He was opened for by\u00a0Tobias Myers<\/a>\u00a0and this should concern y\u2019all. Not the results, but the limited usage. I\u00a0have\u00a0to believe they\u2019ll give him a little more of a runway hosting Rockie Road over the weekend, but who really knows at this point. I\u2019m not sure I\u00a0have\u00a0to hold for that.<\/p>\n

Framber Valdez<\/a> (DET) @ BOS (W) \u2013 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 Hits, 2 BBs, 7 Ks \u2013 12 Whiffs, 40% CSW, 98 pitches.<\/p>\n

The curveball is\u00a0so\u00a0back, but the changeup? Oh that fella was SO back. Framber also refused to land the sinker away to RHB, allowing him to get to two strikes on a whopping 78% of the batters he faced (I normally see around 55-60% rates). That\u2019s so good y\u2019all. Imagine if he were like this and\u00a0had the elite curve\u2026<\/p>\n

Matthew Liberatore<\/a> (STL) @ HOU (ND) \u2013 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 Hits, 2 BBs, 4 Ks \u2013 7 Whiffs, 27% CSW, 82 pitches.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s lovely to see a quiet, productive game from Liberatore. It\u2019s not nice to see the cutter disappear to RHB, nothing good against LHB except the slider, and only 2\/65 whiffs against RHB. Koufax is rarely so kind.<\/p>\n

Javier Assad<\/a> (CHC) vs NYM (ND) \u2013 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 Hits, 0 BBs, 3 Ks \u2013 6 Whiffs, 23% CSW, 82 pitches.<\/p>\n

This was a Mets thing, not an Assad thing. I\u2019m not sure he even starts again with the return of\u00a0Matthew Boyd<\/a>,\u00a0and there could be another stream for Assad out there in time. Just not right now.<\/p>\n

Noah Schultz<\/a> (CHW) @ ATH (W) \u2013 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 Hits, 1 BBs, 6 Ks \u2013 11 Whiffs, 34% CSW, 82 pitches.<\/p>\n

WHOA WHOA WHOA. Where was the changeup last game?! Why did we\u00a0one\u00a0before and now 14?! It had a poor 43% strike rate, but earned a few whiffs and completely transformed his attack. I\u2019m still a little worried about his overall command (sweeper\u2019s 36% strike rate and 14% CSW is alarming + the cutter wasn\u2019t jammed to RHB like we saw last week + many non-competitive offerings), but now I feel more comfortable letting Schultz fly against the Nationals next. Just a little bit better each day.<\/p>\n

Jacob Misiorowski<\/a> (MIL) @ MIA (L) \u2013 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 Hits, 3 BBs, 9 Ks \u2013 18 Whiffs, 35% CSW, 97 pitches.<\/p>\n

I want to give him AGA and yet, that\u2019s a poor 1.40 WHIP and he\u2019s holding an 11% walk rate on the year.\u00a0But a 38% strikeout rate.\u00a0I know. It\u2019s awesome. Congrats on the Gallows Pole, you were one whiff above your season average of 17 whiffs per game.<\/p>\n

Mitch Keller<\/a> (PIT) vs TBR (W) \u2013 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 Hits, 0 BBs, 5 Ks \u2013 12 Whiffs, 29% CSW, 89 pitches.<\/p>\n

Nice! I\u2019m happy for you. Not happy enough to pick you up given, you know,\u00a0everything,\u00a0but keep throwing 10\/11 sliders for strikes. That\u2019s a cool thing.<\/p>\n

Bryan Woo<\/a> (SEA) vs TEX (W) \u2013 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 Hits, 1 BBs, 6 Ks \u2013 9 Whiffs, 25% CSW, 85 pitches.<\/p>\n

Aces gonna ace. Wheeler 2.0 stood up straight when he realized the OG was likely returning this week.<\/p>\n

Walbert Ure\u00f1a<\/a> (LAA) vs SDP (L) \u2013 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 Hits, 2 BBs, 8 Ks \u2013 13 Whiffs, 25% CSW, 92 pitches.<\/p>\n

Huh. Ure\u00f1a throws hard at 98 mph, with a poor four-seamer but a sinker with 16\u2033+ ride and not\u00a0quite\u00a0the depth you want to see, but not bad at his average arm angle. What makes him cool is how he pairs the sinker with his changeup at seven mph slower \u2013 they look\u00a0exactly the same.\u00a0Same movement, just slower. It allows him to excel with the pitch away to LHB, and I\u2019m surprised it had so much success as a 35% usage offering to RHB, where he consistently got it down-and-in with a 71% O-Swing. You\u2019d think batters would recognize it as a sinker or change, resulting in a take either way (it moves the same as the sinker!), but what that logic misses is the 19% four-seamer usage on top of it. It\u2019s kinda fascinating.\u00a0With a sweeper too!\u00a0What? Oh that thing? Maybe, but he has terrible feel for it right now. Would be great at 84\/85 mph and nearly 10 inches of sweep, but we\u2019re not there yet. So yeah, I\u2019m kinda down for this, but it requires Ure\u00f1a to get away with the four-seamer to set up the sinker\/change combo, and that heater is as Empty Velocity as it gets.\u00a0But it\u2019s 98 mph.\u00a0Yes. Can\u2019t\u00a0really\u00a0hate that. Alright, fine, I\u2019ll spec add him for the Royals and go from there. Questionable Start there, with Mets + CrySox after that could work very well.<\/p>\n

Kevin Gausman<\/a> (TOR) @ ARI (W) \u2013 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 7 Hits, 1 BBs, 4 Ks \u2013 10 Whiffs, 28% CSW, 86 pitches.<\/p>\n

Gasuman feels like he\u2019s getting caught with his hand in the jar. What, you thought we\u2019d let you have a sub 1.00 WHIP this year?!\u00a0Gotta get those BABIP numbers up!<\/p>\n

Grant Holmes<\/a> (ATL) @ PHI (ND) \u2013 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 Hits, 1 BBs, 4 Ks \u2013 10 Whiffs, 31% CSW, 81 pitches.<\/p>\n

Really Atlanta? You couldn\u2019t just let him get one more out up 4-2 with a runner on second?\u00a0It was Schwarber up, who hit a two-run shot off Holmes in the first on a low two-strike slider. Oh. Well, okay then. He doesn\u2019t really have anything else to throw him.<\/p>\n

Robbie Ray<\/a> (SFG) @ WSN (L) \u2013 6.0 IP, 3 ER, 7 Hits, 1 BBs, 7 Ks \u2013 12 Whiffs, 29% CSW, 93 pitches.<\/p>\n

An unfriendly PQS with seven strikeouts. It\u2019ll happen a bit, that\u2019s how Ray goes. That slider was pretty great down to RHB, but he couldn\u2019t quite nail it to LHB.<\/p>\n

Brady Singer<\/a> (CIN) @ MIN (ND) \u2013 6.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 Hits, 4 BBs, 2 Ks \u2013 10 Whiffs, 22% CSW, 104 pitches.<\/p>\n

Ayyy, a classic VPQS from Singer with two strikeouts, making those in normal Win leagues infuriated.\u00a0I yam what I yam.<\/p>\n

Michael Lorenzen<\/a> (COL) vs LAD (ND) \u2013 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 7 Hits, 1 BBs, 3 Ks \u2013 7 Whiffs, 27% CSW, 88 pitches.<\/p>\n

This is actually kinda great given Coors + Dodgers + Lorenzen being Lorenzen.\u00a0But I get nothing outside of three strikeouts.\u00a0Did you not see all the nuance?<\/p>\n

Roki Sasaki<\/a> (LAD) @ COL (ND) \u2013 4.2 IP, 3 ER, 7 Hits, 2 BBs, 2 Ks \u2013 8 Whiffs, 19% CSW, 78 pitches.<\/p>\n

You started Roki?\u00a0Why?\u00a0Because of the new slider? The one he threw\u00a0two times this entire game?!\u00a0I can\u2019t even with you right now.<\/p>\n

Joey Cantillo<\/a> (CLE) vs BAL (ND) \u2013 4.2 IP, 3 ER, 5 Hits, 3 BBs, 6 Ks \u2013 11 Whiffs, 27% CSW, 89 pitches.<\/p>\n

The command is so frustrating, and the ratios will hurt when he can\u2019t go more than 50% strikes on his slider, let alone 35% between both breaking balls.\u00a0Yikes.\u00a0It was a day of poor feel for Cantillo and it\u2019s a little scary against the Jays. That said Cherry Bomb types are generally more independent of matchup than others. Good luck, the 3.20 ERA and 29% strikeout rate are great, but the 1.30 WHIP and 12% walk rate are not.<\/p>\n

Andrew Painter<\/a> (PHI) vs ATL (L) \u2013 4.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 Hits, 1 BBs, 4 Ks \u2013 10 Whiffs, 26% CSW, 84 pitches.<\/p>\n

Blegh.\u00a0Not really a terrible start (he allowed two singles in the fifth, who both came around to score), just an inefficient one. Think of him as a low-end Holly in time, a Toby for now.<\/p>\n

Mike Burrows<\/a> (HOU) vs STL (ND) \u2013 4.2 IP, 4 ER, 3 Hits, 2 BBs, 7 Ks \u2013 11 Whiffs, 37% CSW, 87 pitches.<\/p>\n

Burrows. Buddy. Pal. I\u2019m kinda shocked at how much leeway I gave with the fella this year. And sure, 37% CSW, seven strikeouts n all, but he once again collapsed in a heartbeat, throwing a\u00a0perfect game\u00a0through 4.2 innings until he allowed five straight baserunners and got the hook.\u00a0That\u2019s baseball, Suzyn.\u00a0I really felt so smart for a while there. And to think it was just a trio of singles, too. Welp, it\u2019s the Yankees, Fenway, and Dodgers next anyway, so it doesn\u2019t matter if I spin it as \u201cso close,\u201d you cannot hold him.<\/p>\n

Trevor Rogers<\/a> (BAL) @ CLE (L) \u2013 5.0 IP, 5 ER, 6 Hits, 2 BBs, 5 Ks \u2013 8 Whiffs, 35% CSW, 95 pitches.<\/p>\n

Rogers. Buddy. Hang in there. This was another game of \u201cHe pitched well, it just didn\u2019t work out.\u201d Look, maybe you\u2019re not an ACE ace, and you\u2019re going to have these rough games a little more than the proper studs. That\u2019s alright. You\u2019re still hitting spots consistently with high CSW marks on the four-seamer + sweeper, and your changeup misses bats. Maybe get the heater higher than 92 mph in the future, sure, but everything is alright.<\/p>\n

Garrett Crochet<\/a> (BOS) vs DET (L) \u2013 5.0 IP, 5 ER, 7 Hits, 2 BBs, 8 Ks \u2013 11 Whiffs, 30% CSW, 93 pitches.<\/p>\n

Aces gonna conclude a week he wishes never happened.\u00a0And so do his managers.\u00a0He was actually cruising through four, then fanned the first two of the fifth before a solo shot, walk, single, three-run blast. Both HRs were on terribly placed fastballs, and there is obviously\u00a0something\u00a0up with Crochet right now. His stuff is still great, but he\u2019s not quite as overpowering as he usually does. It does\u00a0suggest some tipping but I hate saying that and moving on. Right now, I\u2019ll call this a tough two-game stretch (eight strikeouts here, after all) and expect him to improve.<\/p>\n

MacKenzie Gore<\/a> (TEX) @ SEA (L) \u2013 5.0 IP, 5 ER, 7 Hits, 1 BBs, 5 Ks \u2013 13 Whiffs, 29% CSW, 90 pitches.<\/p>\n

Two HRs on curveballs \u2013 one a poor 0-2 pitch, another not quite low enough at 0-2 \u2013 one on his first pitch of the game to Refsnyder, and that\u2019s your ballgame. Stupid HRs messing everything up. That said, if he had his changeup working (23% strike rate is horrific) or had more confidence in the slider, it\u2019s possible both curveballs aren\u2019t thrown in those counts. He\u2019ll get the Athletics<\/a> at home next time and I\u2019m still starting him despite the last two clunkers. At least the walks are gone.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Springs<\/a> (ATH) vs CHW (L) \u2013 5.0 IP, 7 ER, 9 Hits, 1 BBs, 7 Ks \u2013 14 Whiffs, 34% CSW, 85 pitches.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t Sunshine and Rainbows for Springs in Sacr\u00e9 Verde where his four-seamer was its 2025 self for the second straight outing. At least the changeup is still solid and he should be a decent play in Arlington next time out.<\/p>\n

Cole Ragans<\/a> (KCR) @ NYY (L) \u2013 4.1 IP, 7 ER, 4 Hits, 8 BBs, 6 Ks \u2013 9 Whiffs, 28% CSW, 97 pitches.<\/p>\n

This was unreal. I wonder if the rain delay of three hours messed up Ragans (yes, Weathers had to deal with it, too), as he came out of the gate with a walk, HR on a first-pitch curve, walk, K, two more walks.\u00a0That\u2019s rough.\u00a0It was a little better in the second and third, but two walks in each of the fourth and fifth brought it all back. It was a week of really terrible starts from some surprising names and with Ragans getting the Angels, @TEA, and Cleveland next, I\u2019m not going to do anything but celebrate that this one is behind us.<\/p>\n

Ryne Nelson<\/a> (ARI) vs TOR (L) \u2013 0.1 IP, 8 ER, 8 Hits, 1 BBs, 1 Ks \u2013 5 Whiffs, 23% CSW, 30 pitches.<\/p>\n

This was absolute PAIN. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve seen a talented arm get so Singled Out before as these weren\u2019t doubles and HRs, no, it was grounders here, flares there, a few well-hit ones, and it just kept going. And going. Sure, the Jays were aggressively targeting his four-seamer, BUT EVERYONE TRIES TO DO THAT. He even allowed a pair of hits on breakers and it was such a terrible inning. No, I\u2019m not rage-dropping him. This truly was ridiculous.<\/p>\n

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Game of the Day<\/p>\n

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Dylan Cease<\/a> vs. Reid Detmers<\/a> \u2013\u00a0All. The. Strikeouts.<\/p>\n

But Nick?! Where are the streaming picks? \u2013\u00a0I\u2019ve moved them to the daily SP Matchups & Streamer Rankings article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Have Questions? \u2013 Join my morning Twitch.tv livestream!<\/a> I answer all questions there for free: 10:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm ET Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n

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