Starting Pitcher Chart – April 25th, 2025

April 25, 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 25, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Logan Gilbert	SEA v MIA	x	x	x	27	2.63	0.88	32%	21st
2	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD v PIT	x	x	x	29	0.93	0.86	29%	25th
3	Michael King	SDP v TBR	x	x	x	28	2.57	1.07	18%	5th
4	Kodai Senga	NYM at WSN	x	x	x	22	0.79	0.97	15%	16th
5	Paul Skenes	PIT at LAD	x	x	x	31	2.87	0.80	22%	6th	Still excited for Skenes Day even when he’s facing a powerhouse… in fact, I might be even more excited because I’m eager to see how he handles a huge challenge
6	Chris Sale	ATL at ARI	x	x	x	23	6.17	1.63	23%	15th	Obviously not going anywhere w/the reigning NL Cy, but I can’t pretend to have zero concern about 3 straight sub-5 IP gms (and only 5 IP exactly in his other 2)
7	Pablo López	MIN v LAA	x	x	x	16	1.62	1.02	18%	22nd	Looks good to return this wknd, though I haven’t seen confirmation that he’s locked for Friday just yet
8	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX at SFG	x	x	x	30	2.64	0.75	25%	15th
9	Shane Baz	TBR at SDP	x	x	x	22	3.22	1.07	25%	7th
10	Hayden Wesneski	HOU at KCR	x	x	x	23	3.91	0.87	23%	30th	Love the 0.87 WHIP, but keeping an eye on the 2.3 HR9 (at least 1 HR in all 4 starts)
11	Zac Gallen	ARI v ATL	x	x	x	27	5.60	1.43	13%	14th	2 good, 3 bad so far; did finish last start (at CHC) w/4 scoreless, though just 1 K; holding tight for now as we’ve seen glimpses of stud Gallen
12	Justin Verlander	SFG v TEX		x	x	24	5.47	1.50	11%	27th	Can he string a pair of gems together? Not catching TEX at their best
13	Casey Mize	DET v BAL		x	x	24	2.22	0.95	12%	4th	After 6 K, 3 BB in each of his first 2 starts, has just 1 BB in last 2 but with 6 total Ks in the 12.7 IP
14	Matthew Liberatore	STL v MIL		x	x	25	3.60	1.00	22%	21st	Under the hood is even better than his ERA would suggest w/a 2.98 SIERA; y’all know I’m a fan of his so I’m excited, but it’s still just 4 starts
15	Seth Lugo	KCR v HOU		x	x	30	3.90	1.23	8%	24th	Willing to hang tight through some choppy waters, espec. in deeper lgs, but the K-BB is concerning & beyond where my expected regression for him
16	Luis Severino	ATH v CHW		x	x	32	3.31	1.04	9%	29th	Just 1 K puts a damper on the 8 IP performance last time out; matchup drives the interest here
17	Jake Irvin	WSN v NYM			x	29	3.68	1.06	17%	18th	Stood tall in Coors; now has 22:4 K/BB in L3 after 5:3 in his first 2 starts of the yr
18	Chad Patrick	MIL at STL			x	21	2.11	1.31	13%	10th	Nothing in his profile backups the sparkly ERA; I see him as more of a baseline QS type
19	José Berríos	TOR at NYY			x	28	5.02	1.43	9%	2nd	Still working off those 6 ER from Opening Day (3.80 ERA in L4), but I’m still being very careful w/a trip to NYY
20	Tanner Houck	BOS at CLE			x	24	7.66	1.66	6%	20th	Would have more excitement for his rebound after the 11 ER dud if it was v. CHW, have very light interest here and don’t mind skipping this
21	Ben Lively 라이블리	CLE v BOS				25	3.86	1.25	11%	13th	Virtually the same exact guy as last yr which means he’s still a deep lg streamer at best and this isn’t the kind of matchup I’d go for w/him
22	Brandon Young	BAL at DET				4	6.75	2.50	0%	19th	Desperate for pitching, they should give him a real chance to see if he can get anywhere near his 22% K-BB from the minors over his last 127 IP
23	Andrew Abbott	CIN at COL				11	1.64	0.64	33%	25th	We don’t get 3-5 starts to assess guys before pickups in today’s fantasy gm so I won’t crush ya for jumping after the 11-K gm at BAL, just not sure there’s any fundamental improvements here so def not running him at Coors
24	Kyle Freeland	COL v CIN				26	4.85	1.27	15%	16th
25	Colin Rea	CHC v PHI				13	1.32	1.10	20%	17th
26	Sean Burke	CHW at ATH				21	6.23	1.52	6%	12th
27	Kyle Hendricks	LAA at MIN				20	4.50	1.20	4%	23rd
28	Taijuan Walker	PHI at CHC				19	2.29	1.17	10%	3rd
29	Cal Quantrill	MIA at SEA				17	8.31	2.08	-1%	8th
30	Carlos Carrasco	NYY v TOR				20	6.53	1.45	9%	28th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues