Starting Pitcher Chart – August 16th, 2025
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.
I’ll try to get y’all as many weekend boards as I can down the stretch!
| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Fried | NYY at STL | x | x | x | 139 | 2.78 | 1.07 | 17% | 13th |
| 2 | Bryan Woo | SEA at NYM | x | x | x | 140 | 3.02 | 0.94 | 20% | 6th |
| 3 | Shota Imanaga | CHC v PIT | x | x | x | 89 | 3.12 | 1.00 | 15% | 29th |
| 4 | Sonny Gray | STL v NYY | x | x | x | 128 | 4.21 | 1.17 | 23% | 4th |
| 5 | Quinn Priester | MIL at CIN | x | x | x | 114 | 3.15 | 1.19 | 12% | 14th |
| 6 | Casey Mize | DET at MIN | x | x | x | 100 | 3.50 | 1.29 | 15% | 21st |
| 7 | Blake Snell | LAD v SDP | x | x | x | 19 | 2.37 | 1.53 | 13% | 17th |
| 8 | Eric Lauer 라우어 | TOR v TEX | x | x | x | 80 | 2.59 | 0.98 | 19% | 28th |
| 9 | Ryne Nelson | ARI at COL | x | x | x | 101 | 3.20 | 1.05 | 14% | 28th |
| 10 | Dylan Cease | SDP at LAD | x | x | 123 | 4.60 | 1.30 | 22% | 2nd | |
| 11 | Adrian Houser | TBR at SFG | x | x | 74 | 2.54 | 1.29 | 9% | 22nd | |
| 12 | Slade Cecconi | CLE v ATL | x | x | 82 | 3.72 | 1.19 | 14% | 16th | |
| 13 | Brayan Bello | BOS v MIA | x | x | 116 | 3.03 | 1.28 | 9% | 12th | |
| 14 | Zack Littell | CIN v MIL | x | x | 140 | 3.46 | 1.10 | 13% | 11th | |
| 15 | Michael Lorenzen | KCR v CHW | x | x | 99 | 4.61 | 1.30 | 13% | 30th | |
| 16 | Taijuan Walker | PHI at WSN | W | W | 79 | 3.53 | 1.30 | 10% | 24th | |
| 17 | Zebby Matthews | MIN v DET | x | 38 | 5.17 | 1.38 | 23% | 15th | ||
| 18 | Mike Burrows | PIT at CHC | x | 62 | 4.45 | 1.29 | 15% | 5th | ||
| 19 | Justin Verlander | SFG v TBR | x | 94 | 4.29 | 1.45 | 11% | 10th | ||
| 20 | Patrick Corbin | TEX at TOR | x | 112 | 3.91 | 1.31 | 13% | 6th | ||
| 21 | Cade Povich | BAL at HOU | x | 70 | 5.25 | 1.45 | 17% | 1st | ||
| 22 | Nolan McLean | NYM v SEA | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 13th | |||
| 23 | Jason Alexander | HOU v BAL | 31 | 5.97 | 1.61 | 7% | 17th | |||
| 24 | Cade Cavalli | WSN v PHI | 4 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 26% | 8th | |||
| 25 | Sean Burke | CHW at KCR | 114 | 4.26 | 1.44 | 11% | 25th | |||
| 26 | Cal Quantrill | MIA at BOS | 102 | 5.21 | 1.37 | 12% | 9th | |||
| 27 | Tyler Anderson | LAA at ATH | 122 | 4.63 | 1.40 | 9% | 8th | |||
| 28 | Chase Dollander | COL v ARI | 68 | 6.68 | 1.56 | 6% | 1st | |||
| 29 | Joey Wentz | ATL at CLE | 57 | 5.34 | 1.45 | 10% | 27th | |||
| 30 | Luis Morales | ATH v LAA | 2 | 4.50 | 2.00 | -11% | 19th |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
KEY x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win
As pointed out on the Orioles broadcast last night, it’s really a shame that Jason Alexander and Dean Kremer (Kramer) didn’t line up in this series.
laughed so hard at that!