Starting Pitcher Chart – August 22nd, 2025

August 22, 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	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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