Starting Pitcher Chart – April 4th, 2025
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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.
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | wOBA RK | NOTE |
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| 1 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD at PHI | x | x | x | 90 | 3.00 | 1.11 | 23% | 9th | |
| 2 | Max Fried | NYY at PIT | x | x | x | 174 | 3.25 | 1.16 | 15% | 17th | |
| 3 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL v MIA | x | x | x | 123 | 3.35 | 1.04 | 21% | 21st | |
| 4 | Jack Flaherty | DET v CHW | x | x | x | 162 | 3.17 | 1.07 | 24% | 30th | |
| 5 | Gavin Williams | CLE at LAA | x | x | x | 76 | 4.86 | 1.37 | 14% | 27th | |
| 6 | Shota Imanaga | CHC v SDP | x | x | x | 173 | 2.91 | 1.02 | 21% | 19th | |
| 7 | Seth Lugo | KCR v BAL | x | x | x | 206 | 3.00 | 1.09 | 16% | 5th | |
| 8 | Justin Verlander | SFG v SEA | x | x | x | 90 | 5.48 | 1.38 | 12% | 8th | |
| 9 | Kevin Gausman | TOR at NYM | x | x | x | 181 | 3.83 | 1.22 | 14% | 11th | |
| 10 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI at WSN | x | x | x | 181 | 4.71 | 1.24 | 19% | 20th | WSN does run six lefties (well 3, and 3 switch-hitters) and that group comprise their 6 best hitters |
| 11 | Tylor Megill | NYM v TOR | x | x | x | 78 | 4.04 | 1.31 | 18% | 12th | Great at HOU in his season debut (5 IP/1 ER/6 Ks/1 BB) |
| 12 | José Soriano | LAA v CLE | x | x | x | 113 | 3.42 | 1.20 | 11% | 26th | Dominating CHW doesn’t add to my confidence, but I’m open to starting him anywhere |
| 13 | Max Meyer | MIA at ATL | x | x | 57 | 5.68 | 1.42 | 11% | 17th | ATL is still a scary offense despite their brutal start, but Meyer also has major upside so I’m OK to go at ATL while they’re down | |
| 14 | Nick Martinez | CIN at MIL | x | x | 142 | 3.10 | 1.03 | 17% | 7th | A 3-run 6th inning (incl. 2-run HR v. Chapman) spoiled his season debut; 5 K/1 BB was nice, though | |
| 15 | Zack Littell | TBR at TEX | x | x | 156 | 3.63 | 1.25 | 17% | 24th | Smoking COL at home doesn’t greatly change his outlook, but TEX is sputtering so I don’t hate a stream here | |
| 16 | Tyler Mahle | TEX v TBR | x | 12 | 4.97 | 1.42 | 11% | 29th | Maybe the spring concerns had merit? Brutal 4 BB limited him to fewer than 2 IP in season debut | ||
| 17 | Jesús Luzardo | PHI v LAD | x | 66 | 5.00 | 1.25 | 13% | 2nd | I know he was brilliant at WSN, but let’s be very careful v. LAD | ||
| 18 | Mitch Keller | PIT v NYY | x | 178 | 4.25 | 1.30 | 15% | 1st | I don’t have any issue sitting him, even at home | ||
| 19 | Walker Buehler | BOS v STL | 75 | 5.38 | 1.55 | 10% | 15th | Not cutting off 1 start, but the debut was rooough and I’d like to see something before diving in | |||
| 20 | Jonathan Cannon | CHW at DET | 124 | 4.49 | 1.33 | 10% | 22nd | ||||
| 21 | Osvaldo Bido | ATH at COL | 63 | 3.41 | 1.09 | 14% | 16th | ||||
| 22 | Ryan Feltner | COL v ATH | 162 | 4.49 | 1.34 | 12% | 23rd | ||||
| 23 | Jake Irvin | WSN v ARI | 187 | 4.41 | 1.20 | 14% | 3rd | ||||
| 24 | Erick Fedde | STL at BOS | 177 | 3.30 | 1.16 | 14% | 6th | ||||
| 25 | Randy Vásquez | SDP at CHC | 98 | 4.87 | 1.51 | 8% | 14th | ||||
| 26 | Dean Kremer | BAL at KCR | 129 | 4.10 | 1.24 | 13% | 13th | ||||
| 27 | Tyler Alexander | MIL v CIN | 107 | 5.10 | 1.24 | 15% | 22nd | ||||
| 28 | Luis F. Castillo | SEA at SFG | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 25th |
With the M’s starting Luis F. Castillo, I wonder when’s the last time a team started two different pitchers with the exact same name in back-to-back games. I’m trying to even think of 2 starting pitchers with the exact same name. There are 2 Will Smiths but neither is a starting pitcher.
EDIT: A quick Google search shows the infamous 1962 Mets had 2 pitchers named Bob Miller but only one of them was a starter. They did, however, pitch in the same game 3 times in August of that year. So there’s that
EDIT #2:OK, so there is an article on MLB’s site that says it has happened before. The 2000 Mets had the 2 Bobby Jones and they did start back-to-back games once. Funny enough, the opposing starting 2B in both games was the Marlins’ Luis Castillo. . . .
https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-f-castillo-luis-m-castillo-starting-on-back-to-back-days
Excited for Tyler Fitzgerald starting pitcher(s) in 2074!