Starting Pitcher Chart – August 21st, 2025

August 21, 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.

Starter Notes August 21, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK
1	Sean Manaea	NYM at WSN	x	x	x	32	4.78	1.16	22%	22nd
2	Dylan Cease	SDP v SFG	x	x	x	132	4.61	1.31	20%	20th
3	Shota Imanaga	CHC v MIL	x	x	x	103	3.06	0.95	16%	8th
4	Lucas Giolito	BOS at NYY	x	x	x	106	3.63	1.25	12%	3rd
5	MacKenzie Gore	WSN v NYM		x	x	138	4.04	1.32	20%	20th
6	Quinn Priester	MIL at CHC		x	x	124	3.48	1.24	12%	8th
7	Michael Lorenzen	KCR v TEX			x	103	4.43	1.30	13%	26th
8	Justin Verlander	SFG at SDP			x	106	4.23	1.42	13%	18th
9	Brandon Young	BAL v HOU			x	52	5.68	1.49	11%	24th
10	Clayton Kershaw	LAD at COL			x	77	3.01	1.20	9%	19th
11	Jason Alexander	HOU at BAL			x	43	4.74	1.33	9%	17th
12	Patrick Corbin	TEX at KCR			x	119	4.45	1.38	12%	23rd
13	Jack Perkins	ATH at MIN			x	33	4.28	1.13	15%	21st
14	Luis Gil	NYY v BOS				14	5.14	1.64	10%	12th
15	Chase Dollander	COL v LAD				78	6.43	1.57	7%	2nd
16	José Ureña	MIN v ATH				31	4.06	1.42	5%	6th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

KEY x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win