Starting Pitcher Chart – April 29th, 2025

April 29, 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 29, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Zack Wheeler	PHI v WSN	x	x	x	37	3.62	1.02	29%	13th
2	Garrett Crochet	BOS at TOR	x	x	x	37	1.95	1.05	20%	3rd
3	Jacob deGrom	TEX v ATH	x	x	x	27	3.33	1.07	17%	14th	He hasn’t quite been DEGROM yet, but still an easy must-start everywhere
4	Logan Webb	SFG at SDP	x	x	x	36	1.98	1.10	24%	18th
5	Freddy Peralta	MIL at CHW	x	x	x	33	2.43	1.08	18%	28th	A little light on the volume, reaching 6 IP just 1x, but we can’t argue w/the results
6	Nick Pivetta	SDP v SFG	x	x	x	30	1.20	0.77	21%	17th	Absolutely dialed in right now and I’m really excited to see him and Webb duel at Petco
7	MacKenzie Gore	WSN at PHI	x	x	x	35	3.34	1.14	31%	10th	2nd in K% (36%) to only Logan Gilbert ( 🙁 ); still hasn’t cracked the BABIP issue, but he can live w/a high at this K-BB level
8	Carlos Rodón	NYY at BAL	x	x	x	36	3.50	1.06	19%	30th	Good example of why we don’t overreact to the early small samples: 5.48 ERA thru 4 and now has allowed just 1 UER in his L13 IP
9	Cole Ragans	KCR at TBR	x	x	x	30	4.40	1.17	29%	24th	This is still up in the air as of my writing… I’m probably starting him if he’s a go, but I do understand passing
10	Reese Olson	DET at HOU	x	x	x	27	3.29	1.24	12%	27th	After walking 8 in his first 3 starts, he has just 3 in 12.3 scoreless since then
11	Bryce Miller	SEA v LAA	x	x	x	25	4.21	1.44	10%	23rd	At least 2 BB in every start so far; did that just 13x last yr so ya know… it’s not not an issue
12	Andrew Heaney	PIT v CHC	x	x	x	31	1.72	0.77	21%	2nd	Biiig matchup here for him, but I’m riding the hot hand here; there will be regression on this ERA/WHIP combo, but if he can live around this 21% K-BB, it doesn’t have to be a sharp regression… it’ll come down to the HRs
13	Shota Imanaga	CHC at PIT	x	x	x	34	3.18	1.09	11%	23rd	Hard not to think the 11% K-BB & 1.9 HR9 will catch up to him when the .196 BABIP & 88% LOB regress
14	Taj Bradley	TBR v KCR	x	x	x	28	5.08	1.38	13%	29th	This is the right matchup to get right after just 6 Ks in his last 2 starts
15	Tanner Bibee	CLE v MIN		x	x	26	5.19	1.46	5%	21st	Solid start last time out (6 IP/2 ER), but still 3 BB (3rd straight w/at least 3 BB)
16	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI at NYM		x	x	28	4.40	1.29	22%	11th	Was cruising before 2 runs in the 7th spoiled it giving him 4 ER in 6.7 IP
17	David Peterson	NYM v ARI		x	x	27	3.29	1.43	16%	16th	I’m still pretty nervous w/that WHIP as the 81% LOB dam won’t hold forever
18	~~Tony Gonsolin~~ \| TBD	LAD v MIA				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	20th	~~Perfect first matchup, but he may not get 5 IP as we know LAD will play it safe w/him~~ \| Also moved to Wed.
19	Brady Singer	CIN v STL		x	x	27	3.62	1.13	21%	11th	Hasn’t allowed more than 3 ER in any of his 5 starts
20	Ryan Gusto	HOU v DET			x	22	2.78	1.10	21%	16th	Pretty solid in 3 starts: 3.68 ERA/1.27 WHIP, 20% K-BB in 14.7 IP
21	Bowden Francis	TOR v BOS			x	27	3.58	1.19	12%	12th	The bill will eventually come due on a 2.0 HR9
22	~~Cade Povich~~ \| Kyle Gibson	BAL v NYY			x	25	5.04	1.72	12%	1st	~~Rebounded nicely from his dud v. CIN, but this is obviously nowhere near a must-start~~ \| Gibson is debuting on Tues. w/Povich moved to Wed.; Gibson will likely have streaming viability at times during the yr, but certainly not here in this matchup
23	Sandy Alcantara	MIA at LAD				23	6.56	1.33	5%	8th	Aces-only at LAD and Sandy has certainly fallen short of being an ace
24	Miles Mikolas	STL at CIN				23	5.70	1.52	4%	5th
25	Chris Paddack	MIN at CLE				22	6.45	1.61	7%	19th
26	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA at SEA				26	5.47	1.48	4%	3rd
27	Hogan Harris	ATH at TEX				2		1.13	27%	20th
28	Germán Márquez	COL v ATL				20	9.30	2.02	3%	10th
29	~~Bryce Elder~~ \| TBD	ATL at COL				21	5.57	1.48	4%	26th	I didn’t watch the ATL/COL gm on Monday so I missed that Elder started. AJ Smith-Shawver might get the Tues. start, but it’s still not confirmed.
30	Bryse Wilson	CHW v MIL				14	4.30	1.84	6%	9th

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