Starting Pitcher Chart – August 13th, 2025

August 13, 2025

Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images

The chart includes their performance for 2025, their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year 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 a much 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 valuable focusing on roto.

Starter Notes August 13, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Logan Gilbert	SEA at BAL	x	x	x	83	3.35	0.98	29%	16th	Ks have been dialed in for quite a while & ratios following of late: 2.60 ERA/0.94 WHIP in L5
2	Hunter Brown	HOU v BOS	x	x	x	136	2.51	0.98	23%	9th	Nice challenge for him as Bregman’s return to HOU has gone remarkably well!
3	Nick Pivetta	SDP at SFG	x	x	x	134	2.94	0.96	20%	22nd
4	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI at CIN	x	x	x	144	2.36	1.08	20%	25th	Sanchy for CY!
5	Brandon Woodruff	MIL v PIT	x	x	x	35	2.29	0.65	30%	29th	He’ll eventually have a bad outing and his 1.8 HR9 will def catch up to him as the WHIP regresses
6	Trevor Rogers	BAL v SEA	x	x	x	62	1.44	0.83	16%	11th	Elevating himself into “league winner” status as he continues to pile up gems; likely won’t last near this rate as the 3% HR/FB and .212 BABIP regress but his velo’s back up and a career-best 6% BB leave me thinking he can at least be a solid mid-to-high 3.00s ERA w/a good WHIP guy
7	Joe Ryan	MIN at NYY	x	x	x	132	2.79	0.92	23%	5th
8	Eury Pérez	MIA at CLE	x	x	x	55	3.25	1.01	15%	28th	There’s the dud… we knew it was coming, but we’ll stick w/him for the bounceback
9	Drew Rasmussen	TBR at ATH	x	x	x	111	2.66	1.00	17%	7th
10	Gavin Williams	CLE v MIA	x	x	x	125	3.17	1.30	11%	12th	Results are there now for 12 starts (2.36 ERA), but his hit suppression is driving the bus as neither end of his 10% K-BB during this run is particularly impressive (22% K, 12% BB)… I’m still in, but we’re not out of the woods yet
11	David Peterson	NYM v ATL	x	x	x	133	2.98	1.23	12%	16th
12	Seth Lugo	KCR v WSN	x	x	x	127	3.46	1.20	12%	24th	Too good of a matchup to skip but he’s not set it and forget as that 1.5 HR9 leaves him vulnerable v. anyone
13	Kevin Gausman	TOR v CHC	x	x	x	135	3.85	1.08	17%	4th	Catching CHC in a downswing (21st vR in L30) & absolutely rolling of late: 2.56 ERA/1.00 WHIP/18% K-BB in L8
14	Hunter Greene	CIN v PHI		x	x	59	2.72	0.97	25%	6th	Always nervous right off the IL but it wasn’t an arm injury so maybe he gets back on track quicker? (not that the lower half isn’t important)
15	Merrill Kelly 켈리	TEX v ARI		x	x	138	3.38	1.08	16%	1st	Which Kelly will show up for his revenge game? The one w/4+ BB in 3 of his L5 or the one with just 1 BB in the other 2… don’t be afraid to skip this one
16	Zac Gallen	ARI at TEX	W	x	x	139	5.31	1.35	13%	26th	B2B QS and a run shy of a 3rd… TEX offense has fallen back on hard times, too
17	Michael McGreevy	STL v COL	W	W	x	45	4.40	1.22	10%	27th	Always worth chasing a W against the Rockies
18	Cade Horton	CHC at TOR			x	79	3.18	1.22	10%	2nd	Very tough spot but at least he’s at home
19	J.T. Ginn	ATH v TBR			x	53	4.39	1.24	18%	11th	Really good in 3 of his L4 buuuuttt all 3 were on the road and he’s had huge home/road splits so be careful
20	Mitch Keller	PIT at MIL			x	137	3.86	1.23	12%	14th	3 HR gm at COL is excusable but he’s otherwise been able to maintain his tiny 8% HR/FB (t-4th lowest); not sure it’s worth the hassle at MIL
21	Cam Schlittler	NYY v MIN			x	24	4.38	1.66	11%	21st	Basically 5-and-dive making him a tough W bet and the Ks haven’t been great, either
22	Kai-Wei Teng	SFG v SDP			x	8	5.40	1.32	11%	23rd	Excellent AAA skills (38% K, 29% K-BB) was mostly achieved as RP, but the 4-start run ahead of his callup was insane: 0.46 ERA/0.71 WHIP/38% K-BB so I’m keeping tabs on him
23	Shohei Ohtani	LAD at LAA			?	19	2.37	1.11	26%	19th	Hit 4 IP last time out but the 54 pitches were his season-high so I still don’t know if it’s worth it unless you just 3-4 solid IP
24	Shane Smith	CHW v DET				96	4.22	1.29	12%	13th	Spiked a gem last time out but hadn’t gone 5 in his previous 6… not sure the juice is worth the squeeze
25	Jake Irvin	WSN at KCR				136	4.90	1.34	8%	25th
26	Walker Buehler	BOS at HOU				100	5.40	1.56	6%	17th
27	Carlos Carrasco	ATL at NYM				43	6.18	1.58	9%	8th
28	Keider Montero	DET at CHW				73	4.66	1.43	9%	30th
29	Austin Gomber	COL at STL				49	6.52	1.57	7%	15th
30	Kyle Hendricks	LAA v LAD				116	4.63	1.23	10%	3rd

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |

KEY x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win