Starting Pitcher Chart – April 22nd, 2025
Daily SP Chart archive
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.
If you have questions about anyone I didn’t write up, let me know in the comments!
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK | NOTE |
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| 1 | Bailey Ober | MIN v CHW | x | x | x | 19 | 6.16 | 1.42 | 13% | 29th | Toting a 2.76 ERA in his 3 starts since the 8 ER meltdown debut |
| 2 | Cristopher Sánchez | PHI at NYM | x | x | x | 24 | 2.96 | 1.15 | 25% | 12th | |
| 3 | Kris Bubic | KCR v COL | x | x | x | 24 | 1.88 | 1.21 | 17% | 19th | Finally a breather in the schedule after 4 straight 2024 playoff tms (at MIL, BAL, at CLE, at NYY) |
| 4 | Bryce Miller | SEA at BOS | x | x | x | 21 | 3.43 | 1.33 | 13% | 15th | |
| 5 | Nick Pivetta | SDP at DET | x | x | x | 23 | 1.57 | 0.83 | 22% | 14th | |
| 6 | Chris Bassitt | TOR at HOU | x | x | x | 23 | 0.77 | 1.07 | 28% | 26th | |
| 7 | José Soriano | LAA v PIT | x | x | x | 25 | 3.16 | 1.25 | 10% | 27th | Matchup drives him up the board w/several arms I’d consider a tick or two better facing very difficult matchups |
| 8 | Shota Imanaga | CHC v LAD | x | x | x | 28 | 2.22 | 0.99 | 10% | 20th | Brutal run of matchups for Imanaga/Bibee/Flaherty, but I can’t envision sitting any of ’em |
| 9 | Tanner Bibee | CLE v NYY | x | x | x | 20 | 5.85 | 1.50 | 5% | 4th | Survive here and get a solid 2-start setup w/MIN & TOR (minotaur!) |
| 10 | Jack Flaherty | DET v SDP | x | x | x | 21 | 2.53 | 1.08 | 18% | 2nd | Keider Montero pushed to Monday so Flaherty now going Tuesday |
| 11 | Nick Martinez | CIN at MIA | x | x | x | 21 | 6.00 | 1.43 | 13% | 22nd | Tough to trust at home so it’s always nice when he gets a road layup… of course you’re immediately put to the test this wknd w/at COL looming |
| 12 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI v TBR | x | x | 23 | 3.04 | 1.10 | 14% | 5th | ||
| 13 | Dustin May | LAD at CHC | x | x | 17 | 1.06 | 0.76 | 12% | 8th | Win upside is a big reason to play which isn’t great bc of how dicey it is to bet on Ws | |
| 14 | Andre Pallante | STL at ATL | x | x | 22 | 3.22 | 1.07 | 9% | 13th | Just know that the downside of these no-K, heavy-GB artists is severe and a dud can erase 3-4 good ones | |
| 15 | Mitchell Parker | WSN v BAL | x | x | 24 | 1.85 | 1.11 | 7% | 29th | Skills are better than 16% K suggests and I’m willing to take the shot v. a sputtering BAL | |
| 16 | Griffin Canning | NYM v PHI | x | x | 21 | 3.43 | 1.33 | 13% | 11th | K% back after last yr’s ugly 18%, but 11% BB is keeping the WHIP elevated; still not a must-start | |
| 17 | Will Warren | NYY at CLE | x | x | 15 | 5.17 | 1.40 | 10% | 18th | Can’t ignore 4 BB last time out, but 1 H mitigated the damage; still see some upside here | |
| 18 | Osvaldo Bido | ATH v TEX | x | x | 20 | 2.61 | 1.45 | 8% | 28th | HR suppression is driving sparkly ERA, must start missing bats to sustain relevance | |
| 19 | Jose Quintana | MIL at SFG | x | 12 | 0.71 | 0.87 | 7% | 17th | You’re aiming for high-3.00s ERA/mid-1.20s WHIP here, these early results are sample size flukiness | ||
| 20 | Ronel Blanco | HOU v TOR | 16 | 6.48 | 1.68 | 9% | 23rd | We knew the .220 BABIP from last yr wasn’t gonna hold, but running to .340 is nuts; needs the hit suppression to soak up his double-digit BB% | |||
| 21 | Brayan Bello | BOS v SEA | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 9th | Season debut is a solid matchup but 1st starts off injury as major wildcards | |||
| 22 | Zack Littell | TBR at ARI | 23 | 5.48 | 1.26 | 14% | 1st | Tough scene here as he’s no longer a must-start at home w/the new ballpark and I certainly don’t love this road start or the next one at SDP this wknd | |||
| 23 | Jordan Hicks | SFG v MIL | 22 | 6.04 | 1.39 | 9% | 12th | ||||
| 24 | Edward Cabrera | MIA v CIN | 9 | 6.52 | 1.45 | 11% | 7th | ||||
| 25 | Davis Martin | CHW at MIN | 22 | 4.84 | 1.48 | 7% | 24th | ||||
| 26 | Ryan Feltner | COL at KCR | 18 | 4.82 | 1.61 | 8% | 30th | ||||
| 27 | Bailey Falter | PIT at LAA | 22 | 4.91 | 1.18 | 9% | 26th | ||||
| 28 | Patrick Corbin | TEX at ATH | 9 | 3.86 | 1.39 | 8% | 4th | ||||
| 29 | Dean Kremer | BAL at WSN | 19 | 6.41 | 1.47 | 10% | 19th | ||||
| 30 | TBD w/Strider to IL on Monday | ATL v STL | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 16th |
A lot of poor or “pitching poorly” hurlers going today. I’m most interested to see Will Warren again and also to see if Tanner Bibee can pitch better than he has been.
Yes big day for some guys to show us something to keep our confidence in them, especially in shallower leagues where the burn & churn is already in full force and some of these guys could soon be cut candidates if they don’t have a good start