Starting Pitcher Chart – April 22nd, 2025

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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!

Starter Notes April 22, 2025
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB 2025 wOBA RK NOTE
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
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues





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montrealMember since 2022
17 days ago

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.