Jesús Luzardo wanted the ninth inning on August 4. Don Mattingly took the ball after eight scoreless against Washington. Five days later Luzardo struck out 12 Blue Jays in seven innings and still did not get a decision. Those two starts are why he owns the 10-day pitcher board.
AthX Engine scored pitching lines from August 3 through August 12. Luzardo finished with 55 pitching fantasy points. Tyler Mahle and Logan Webb tied at 45. Zack Wheeler, the other half of Philadelphia's headline rotation, finished last among qualified starters at 0.33 FP.
Same club. Opposite 10 days. Sibling boards: hitters and teams.
Two starts, 19 strikeouts, a clear first
A 10-day pitcher list is almost always a two-start list. Treat it that way. Nobody here threw three times.
Luzardo's first outing was the clean one. Eight innings, four hits, two walks, seven strikeouts, zero runs in a 5-0 win over the Nationals. The Associated Press recap had him at a season-high eight innings. His second outing was the strikeout one: seven innings, four hits, one walk, 12 strikeouts, two earned in the Phillies' 7-6, 12-inning win over Toronto. ESPN noted it was his fifth double-digit strikeout game of the season. Window totals: 15 innings, 19 strikeouts, 2 earned runs, 1.20 ERA in the stretch, two quality starts, 55 AthX Engine pitching FP.
Mahle and Webb got to 45 without matching the punchouts. Mahle: 12 innings, 16 K, 1 ER, two quality starts (0.75 ERA in the window). Webb: 14 innings, 10 K, 1 ER, two quality starts (0.64 ERA). Length plus run prevention still prints. Luzardo just printed more, because 12 strikeouts in a start is a scoring event of its own.
The rest of the heat is zeroes
Troy Melton threw 13 innings across two Tigers starts and allowed no earned runs (44 FP). Bryan Woo did the same over 12 innings for Seattle (42 FP): seven scoreless on August 5, five more scoreless on August 11. Woo is the split-screen pitcher on this board. He is hot. The Mariners are the coldest team in baseball over the same dates. Scoreless innings do not help if the lineup hands you a 1-7 week.
Mitch Bratt (43 FP) mixed a seven-inning, one-hit, nine-strikeout night on August 5 with a follow-up six innings. Sean Manaea (42 FP) won both Mets starts, including seven innings, 11 strikeouts, and one earned on August 9. Brandon Pfaadt allowed no earned runs in 13 2/3 innings (40.66 FP) even with only 5 strikeouts. Drew Rasmussen went 2-0 for the 9-0 Rays. Grant Holmes, Ian Seymour, and Dean Kremer tied at 38.
Hottest pitchers (Aug. 3–12)
| Rank | Player | Team | Pos | AthX pitching FP | G | IP | K | ER | W-L | QS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesús Luzardo | Phillies | SP | 55 | 2 | 15.0 | 19 | 2 | 1-0 | 2 | 1.20 |
| 2 | Tyler Mahle | Braves | SP | 45 | 2 | 12.0 | 16 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 | 0.75 |
| 2 | Logan Webb | Giants | SP | 45 | 2 | 14.0 | 10 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 | 0.64 |
| 4 | Troy Melton | Tigers | SP | 44 | 2 | 13.0 | 9 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 5 | Mitch Bratt | D-backs | SP | 43 | 2 | 13.0 | 13 | 2 | 1-0 | 2 | 1.38 |
| 6 | Sean Manaea | Mets | SP | 42 | 2 | 13.0 | 18 | 3 | 2-0 | 2 | 2.08 |
| 6 | Bryan Woo | Mariners | SP | 42 | 2 | 12.0 | 10 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Brandon Pfaadt | D-backs | SP | 40.66 | 2 | 13.2 | 5 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Drew Rasmussen | Rays | SP | 40 | 2 | 12.0 | 11 | 2 | 2-0 | 1 | 1.50 |
| 10 | Grant Holmes | Braves | SP | 38 | 2 | 12.0 | 7 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Pitchers needed more pitching FP than hitting FP. Qualification for the cold board below is six-plus innings. ERA is for this window only, not season ERA.
The freeze: Wheeler, then a trail of crooked innings
Wheeler's 10 days are the ones Phillies fans will argue about, because the name still says ace.
August 7: 5 1/3 innings, 7 hits, 5 walks, 4 earned, minus-2.67 pitching FP. August 12 in St. Louis: five innings, six hits, five runs (four earned), five strikeouts, 3.00 FP, and a 7-1 loss. The Inquirer noted four consecutive two-out hits in the fifth and a 6.04 ERA since the All-Star break. AthX Engine's window total is 0.33 pitching FP, 11 strikeouts, 8 earned runs, 0-2, no quality starts. That is last among pitchers with at least six innings.
Jake Irvin (0.66 FP) followed a usable August 5 with 3 1/3 innings and five earned on August 11. Merrill Kelly (1.66) had a fine first start and then minus-10 FP on August 12 (five innings, six earned). Bailey Ober and Bryce Miller both sat at 3.00 FP with ERAs of 6.00 and 7.36 in the window. Miller is Woo's rotation-mate. One Seattle starter is on the hot board. The other is on the cold board. That is a 10-day rotation, not a season grade.
Kyle Harrison (3.66 FP) still struck out 13 in 9 2/3 innings. Strikeouts could not outrun eight earned runs and three homers.
Coldest qualified pitchers (min. 6 IP)
| Rank | Player | Team | Pos | AthX pitching FP | G | IP | K | ER | W-L | QS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | Phillies | SP | 0.33 | 2 | 10.1 | 11 | 8 | 0-2 | 0 | 6.97 |
| 2 | Jake Irvin | Nationals | SP | 0.66 | 2 | 8.2 | 7 | 7 | 0-1 | 0 | 7.27 |
| 3 | Merrill Kelly | D-backs | SP | 1.66 | 2 | 10.2 | 6 | 7 | 0-1 | 0 | 5.90 |
| 4 | Joey Cantillo | Guardians | SP | 2.00 | 2 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 0-1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| 5 | Tanner Gordon | Rockies | SP | 2.33 | 2 | 9.1 | 5 | 6 | 0-1 | 0 | 5.79 |
| 6 | Bailey Ober | Twins | SP | 3.00 | 2 | 12.0 | 4 | 8 | 0-1 | 1 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Bryce Miller | Mariners | SP | 3.00 | 2 | 11.0 | 10 | 9 | 0-1 | 0 | 7.36 |
| 8 | Kyle Harrison | Brewers | SP | 3.66 | 2 | 9.2 | 13 | 8 | 1-1 | 0 | 7.45 |
| 9 | Foster Griffin | Guardians | SP | 4.00 | 2 | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 1-1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| 10 | Eric Lauer | Dodgers | SP | 4.33 | 2 | 10.1 | 7 | 7 | 1-1 | 1 | 6.10 |
Cold rank 1 is the lowest FP among pitchers with six-plus innings. Two starts can flip on one fifth inning. Wheeler's did.
What 10 days actually tell you
Luzardo won because both starts were deep and one of them was a 12-K game. Webb and Mahle won the run-prevention version of the same assignment. Wheeler lost because the fifth inning in St. Louis turned a usable night into another short, crooked line, and the Toronto start before it was already underwater.
Woo is the reminder not to staple a pitcher to a team board. Twelve scoreless innings still left him watching a Mariners club that scored 14 runs in eight games. Check the team post for that wreck.
Fantasy points measure what a player did. Price is what the market will pay. They move together, but they are not the same number.
What to do next
Pair this with the hitter board. Track Luzardo, Wheeler, Woo, and Webb on the marketplace.
*Sources: AthX Engine daily scoring aggregated August 3–12, 2026; AP via CBS Sports on Luzardo's eight scoreless innings August 4; ESPN recap of Luzardo's 12-strikeout start August 9; Inquirer and AP on Wheeler vs. St. Louis August 12. Information only; not financial advice.*
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