Starting Pitcher Chart – August 22nd, 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.
| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX v CLE | x | x | x | 123 | 1.76 | 0.87 | 21% | 28th |
| 2 | Bryan Woo | SEA v ATH | x | x | x | 152 | 3.02 | 0.97 | 21% | 6th |
| 3 | Blake Snell | LAD at SDP | x | x | x | 25 | 1.80 | 1.44 | 11% | 18th |
| 4 | Max Fried | NYY v BOS | x | x | x | 149 | 3.26 | 1.12 | 17% | 4th |
| 5 | Casey Mize | DET v KCR | x | x | x | 111 | 3.63 | 1.24 | 16% | 25th |
| 6 | Ryne Nelson | ARI v CIN | x | x | x | 113 | 3.58 | 1.07 | 15% | 15th |
| 7 | Adrian Houser | TBR v STL | x | x | x | 84 | 2.67 | 1.29 | 10% | 23rd |
| 8 | Brayan Bello | BOS at NYY | x | x | x | 128 | 3.23 | 1.26 | 10% | 3rd |
| 9 | Nolan McLean | NYM at ATL | x | x | 5 | 0.00 | 1.13 | 19% | 16th | |
| 10 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT v COL | x | x | 41 | 3.02 | 1.27 | 14% | 27th | |
| 11 | Jose Quintana | MIL v SFG | x | x | 105 | 3.32 | 1.28 | 8% | 30th | |
| 12 | Cade Povich | BAL v HOU | x | x | 81 | 4.98 | 1.44 | 17% | 3rd | |
| 13 | Zebby Matthews | MIN at CHW | x | x | 48 | 5.06 | 1.44 | 23% | 29th | |
| 14 | Aaron Civale | CHW v MIN | x | x | 79 | 4.88 | 1.35 | 11% | 21st | |
| 15 | Zack Littell | CIN at ARI | x | x | 151 | 3.52 | 1.11 | 13% | 1st | |
| 16 | Yu Darvish | SDP v LAD | x | x | 37 | 5.97 | 1.22 | 13% | 2nd | |
| 17 | Cade Cavalli | WSN at PHI | x | 16 | 2.20 | 1.29 | 14% | 7th | ||
| 18 | Ryan Bergert | KCR at DET | x | 52 | 2.75 | 1.13 | 13% | 14th | ||
| 19 | Taijuan Walker | PHI v WSN | x | 91 | 3.34 | 1.29 | 9% | 22nd | ||
| 20 | Slade Cecconi | CLE at TEX | x | 90 | 4.50 | 1.32 | 13% | 26th | ||
| 21 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU at BAL | x | 44 | 6.90 | 1.74 | 10% | 17th | ||
| 22 | Shane Bieber | TOR at MIA | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 11th | |||
| 23 | Ben Brown | CHC at LAA | 99 | 5.91 | 1.45 | 18% | 19th | |||
| 24 | Ryan Gusto | MIA v TOR | 92 | 4.89 | 1.40 | 16% | 4th | |||
| 25 | Joey Wentz | ATL v NYM | 68 | 4.72 | 1.38 | 9% | 20th | |||
| 26 | Tyler Anderson | LAA v CHC | 126 | 4.77 | 1.42 | 8% | 9th | |||
| 27 | Carson Whisenhunt | SFG at MIL | 14 | 5.02 | 1.40 | 8% | 8th | |||
| 28 | Miles Mikolas | STL at TBR | 122 | 4.99 | 1.30 | 10% | 13th | |||
| 29 | Luis Morales | ATH at SEA | 9 | 1.86 | 1.66 | 2% | 10th | |||
| 30 | Antonio Senzatela | COL at PIT | 108 | 7.00 | 1.87 | 3% | 30th |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
KEY x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win
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