Starting Pitcher Chart – April 17th, 2025

April 17, 2025

The chart includes their performance for 2025 (I changed over from 2024 #s on April 15th — a little earlier than last yr), their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this changed as of April 14th which is still a pretty small sample, but we can start attacking some cold lineups or be more careful with those performing well so far), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

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Starter Notes April 17, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	~~Bryan Woo~~ / Emerson Hancock	SEA at CIN				0.7	81.00	12.00	-11%	23rd	~~Miller was unaffected by GABP; Castillo was hit — I think Woo has a good shot to be more Miller than Castillo~~ \| nvm, it’s going to be Hanock w/Woo on Friday and I don’t want to start him
2	Tanner Bibee	CLE at BAL	x	x	x	14	4.40	1.40	5%	12th	Solid night for BAL v. Gavin Williams, but he was more off than they were on so I’m not dodging them w/Bibee; and no, I’m not really worried about Bibee’s #s so far
3	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI at MIA	x	x	x	16	4.86	1.20	21%	6th	E-Rod is lookin really appealing today given the difficult matchups/venues of the other four 3-x guys; not really seeing anything to say the 29% K has any tangible juice, but I can certainly see him running up another handful at MIA
4	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI v SFG	x	x	x	17	3.12	1.33	19%	19th	Brought some juice from his huge ST w/+1 mph on his sinker and +6 on K% (26%); HRs back up w/HR/FB regression (19% in 2021-23; 9% in 2024) up to 21%; should smooth out at least some as we’ve seen just 1 season of >20% HR/FB for a full yr since 2021 (Corbin, 2021)
5	Taj Bradley	TBR v NYY	x	x	x	17	3.71	1.06	22%	5th	Has survived the home park so far w/both of his HRs being allow at TEX (12 HR-free IP at home), but it won’t last forever; too much upside to sit, though, even v. NYY
6	Brady Singer	CIN v SEA		x	x	17	3.18	1.06	18%	17th	Opened w/the gem v. TEX and has been fine in the 2 starts since; at MIA next wk, too!
7	Reese Olson	DET v KCR		x	x	15	6.00	1.67	7%	30th	Hasn’t been great, but I think he’s close and will figure it out plus KCR is sputtering
8	David Peterson	NYM v STL		x	x	16	2.70	1.38	13%	5th	Running a high-wire act w/that ERA/WHIP combo; 7% SwStr puts the 24% K in doubt while the 89 Stf+ isn’t instilling hope for a jump there… be careful here as STL is solid so far
9	Michael Lorenzen	KCR at DET		x	x	17	3.71	1.24	14%	9th	DET can bite ya but Lorenzen is good enough to stream v. them, and while I’d prefer him at home, I’ll take Comerica Park
10	Andrew Heaney	PIT v WSN		x	x	18	3.00	0.89	20%	16th	One 4-run inning at CIN accounts for 67% of his ER and unsurprisingly it was a HR (a grand slam, in fact) — his only one this year; WSN is solid, but I’ll take Heaney on a heater
11	Andre Pallante	STL at NYM		x	x	16	2.20	1.04	9%	22nd	MLB-best 70% GB is doing the heavy lifting, but the loss of Masyn Winn will likely result in more hits; the .182 BABIP was always going to regress, this injury will just speed up that process; useful streamer, but the downside is biiig w/this skillset (>5 ER)
12	JP Sears	ATH at CHW		x	x	17	4.24	1.18	18%	27th	Strong start and a great matchup give him some nice streamer upside
13	Will Warren	NYY at TBR			x	14	5.14	1.14	14%	4th	Deep, interesting arsenal has yielded some early results, but I am nervous taking non-aces to TBR (117 HR park factor so far; Trop was 98)
14	Jordan Hicks	SFG at PHI				15	5.87	1.37	12%	13th	10 ER in 9.3 IP since 6 shutout in his season opener; the stuff is nasty, but it doesn’t miss bats so his upside is capped
15	Edward Cabrera	MIA v ARI				5	3.18	1.24	8%	1st	His stuff does miss bats, but it also misses the zone constantly; tough to skip a home start w/him, but I’m not seeing it
16	Kumar Rocker	TEX v LAA				11	7.94	1.94	4%	8th	At least w/Cabrera I can see how he has a good start, but what are we clinging to w/Rocker rn? Plus LAA hitting a bit early on
17	Trevor Williams	WSN at PIT				14	7.36	1.77	12%	29th	He’s better than his ERA and the matchup is a good one, but the upside is scant
18	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA at TEX				15	5.74	1.28	5%	26th	A poor man’s Pallante (high-contract, GB machine)… which isn’t super awesome
19	Davis Martin	CHW v ATH				17	4.24	1.41	7%	15th	2 gems surrounding his DET dud, but that’s kinda the point… the 7 ER downside makes it hard to chase when the good ones offer 6 Ks in 12 IP
20	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL v CLE				14	3.86	1.57		19th	Hasn’t allowed >3 ER in any start, but a 0% K-BB makes him impossible to start for me

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