Starting Pitcher Chart – April 2nd, 2025

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Welcome back to the Daily SP Chart! The chart includes their performance for 2024 until we get some actual data for this year (I changed over in late-April last year), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness from last year (not a perfect solution as teams change in the offseason, but better than using just a few days of data from this year), 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.

It’s a very straightforward Wednesday with 6 of my Top 10 and 20 of the 30 landing in my Top 60 pitchers. Let me know if you have any questions or comments below! I stay on top of the comments so in a case like Monday where Thomas Harrington was called up, I’ll definitely get in there and give my thoughts if someone asks about them.

Starter Notes April 2, 2025
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB 2024 wOBA RK
1 Tarik Skubal DET at SEA x x x 192 2.39 0.92 26% 24th
2 Paul Skenes PIT at TBR x x x 133 1.96 0.95 27% 29th
3 Zack Wheeler PHI v COL x x x 200 2.57 0.96 22% 16th
4 Garrett Crochet BOS at BAL x x x 146 3.58 1.07 30% 7th
5 Cole Ragans KCR at MIL x x x 186 3.14 1.14 20% 13th
6 Blake Snell LAD v ATL x x x 104 3.12 1.05 24% 4th
7 Framber Valdez HOU v SFG x x x 176 2.91 1.11 16% 9th
8 Dylan Cease SDP v CLE x x x 189 3.47 1.07 21% 26th
9 Pablo López MIN at CHW x x x 185 4.08 1.19 20% 30th
10 Luis Castillo SEA v DET x x x 175 3.64 1.17 18% 22nd
11 Zac Gallen ARI at NYY x x x 148 3.65 1.26 16% 1st
12 Hunter Greene CIN v TEX x x x 150 2.75 1.02 18% 24th
13 Sonny Gray STL v LAA x x x 166 3.84 1.09 24% 27th
14 Freddy Peralta MIL v KCR x x x 173 3.68 1.21 18% 13th
15 Ryan Pepiot TBR v PIT x x x 130 3.60 1.15 17% 28th
16 MacKenzie Gore WSN at TOR x x x 166 3.90 1.42 16% 28th
17 Zach Eflin BAL v BOS x x x 165 3.59 1.15 16% 6th
18 Clay Holmes NYM at MIA x x x 63 3.14 1.30 17% 21st
19 Yusei Kikuchi LAA at STL x x x 175 4.05 1.20 22% 23rd
20 Carlos Rodón NYY v ARI x x x 175 3.96 1.22 19% 1st
21 Jeffrey Springs ATH v CHC x x 33 3.27 1.36 18% 16th
22 Jameson Taillon CHC at ATH x x 165 3.27 1.13 14% 23rd
23 Sean Burke CHW v MIN x x 19 1.42 1.00 20% 10th
24 Landen Roupp SFG at HOU x x 50 3.58 1.37 10% 8th
25 Jack Leiter TEX at CIN x 35 8.83 1.71 8% 19th
26 Ben Lively CLE at SDP 151 3.81 1.25 11% 4th
27 Easton Lucas TOR v WSN 11 10.80 2.23 2% 26th
28 Kyle Freeland COL at PHI 113 5.24 1.41 12% 3rd
29 Bryce Elder ATL at LAD 49 6.52 1.63 13% 2nd
30 Connor Gillispie MIA v NYM 8 2.25 1.13 9% 11th
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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Matthew ChomanMember since 2025
7 months ago

Was Miami really #3 in woba vs RHP?