Starting Pitcher Chart – April 24th, 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.
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK | NOTE |
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| 1 | Garrett Crochet | BOS v SEA | x | x | x | 32 | 1.13 | 0.91 | 20% | 15th | |
| 2 | Jacob deGrom | TEX at ATH | x | x | x | 21 | 3.32 | 1.06 | 15% | 18th | |
| 3 | Cole Ragans | KCR v COL | x | x | x | 27 | 3.58 | 1.12 | 31% | 20th | Feel like he deserves better than a 3.58 ERA w/a 31% K-BB, but that’s what a .355 BABIP and 69% LOB rate can do to ya |
| 4 | Drew Rasmussen | TBR at ARI | x | x | x | 20 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 22% | 1st | |
| 5 | Bryan Woo | SEA at BOS | x | x | x | 26 | 3.12 | 1.04 | 15% | 15th | |
| 6 | MacKenzie Gore | WSN v BAL | x | x | x | 29 | 3.41 | 1.21 | 31% | 29th | 13 punchies in Coors? Let’s go!! I know COL doesn’t present a huge challenge in any venue, but we’re not gonna undercut an acheivement that good regardless of the competition… also want to note that’s his 2nd 13-K gm of the yr |
| 7 | Corbin Burnes | ARI v TBR | x | x | x | 21 | 4.64 | 1.41 | 9% | 5th | A 757-IP track record of 2.94 ERA/1.02 WHIP gets way more than 4 starts before I even consider benching let alone any sort of cutting, buuuuttt I can’t pretend that I’m concern-free on Burnesy w/his 9% K-BB and SwStr rates… it’s dicey, but inactionable right now, gotta ride this out another 8-10 starts IMO |
| 8 | Landen Roupp | SFG v MIL | x | x | 22 | 4.09 | 1.36 | 23% | 16th | Hasn’t completely fixed his BB%, but his 9% is a step forward; need more of the 0-1 BB gms like CIN/at LAA and fewer of the 3-4 ones like at HOU/at PHI (the matchups likely playing a role in all 4) | |
| 9 | Chase Dollander | COL at KCR | x | x | 14 | 7.36 | 1.64 | 19% | 30th | If you can’t start him here on the road, he shouldn’t be on your roster bc it’s going to be hard to ever comfortably run him at home | |
| 10 | Michael Lorenzen | KCR v COL | x | x | 21 | 4.57 | 1.43 | 10% | 25th | ||
| 11 | Shane Smith | CHW at MIN | x | x | 22 | 2.82 | 0.94 | 8% | 23rd | There will be growing pains and it’s especially tough when his W-potential is near zero, but I’ve still been super-impressive w/the Rule 5 pickup from MIL | |
| 12 | Chris Paddack | MIN v CHW | x | x | 17 | 7.27 | 1.56 | 8% | 29th | I understand some trepidation after his 9 ER season opener at CHW, but he has a 3.21 ERA & 1.21 WHIP in 3 starts so I’m inclined to still run him, though I do understand passing as it’s still just a 13% K-BB in these 3 GS | |
| 13 | J.T. Ginn | ATH v TEX | x | x | 10 | 3.60 | 1.30 | 21% | 28th | Ks were up in Spring and have held thru 4 MiLB/MLB starts (2 at each level), we could be seeing some tangible growth here | |
| 14 | Tyler Anderson | LAA v PIT | x | 21 | 2.08 | 1.06 | 10% | 27th | Crazy .157 BABIP and 96% LOB are fending off the pending toll for his 14% BB, but I’m still willing to run him in this matchup and hope he can stave off the regression for at least another start | ||
| 15 | Tobias Myers | MIL at SFG | x | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 11th | 1st start of the yr against a solid SFG team, let’s be careful… but I definitely like picking up Myers where available even if you don’t start him | ||
| 16 | Cade Povich | BAL at WSN | x | 18 | 6.38 | 2.07 | 11% | 24th | He’s been very hit-n-miss and you know how I feel about that frisky WSN offense | ||
| 17 | Germán Márquez | COL at KCR | 16 | 8.27 | 1.84 | 4% | 30th | KCR has been brutal this yr, but I still don’t think I can run Márquez here… just not sure where the upside is w/him right now | |||
| 18 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT at LAA | 17 | 7.41 | 2.00 | 7% | 22nd |