Starting Pitcher Chart – August 28th, 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.
Board tonight, comments in the AM!
| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Crochet | BOS at BAL | x | x | x | 166 | 2.38 | 1.06 | 25% | 21st |
| 2 | Logan Webb | SFG v CHC | x | x | x | 166 | 3.13 | 1.22 | 21% | 9th |
| 3 | Shota Imanaga | CHC at SFG | x | x | x | 110 | 3.03 | 0.94 | 16% | 30th |
| 4 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT at STL | x | x | x | 46 | 2.70 | 1.18 | 15% | 25th |
| 5 | Will Warren | NYY at CHW | x | x | 131 | 4.47 | 1.40 | 15% | 28th | |
| 6 | Jason Alexander | HOU v COL | x | x | 49 | 4.59 | 1.37 | 9% | 27th | |
| 7 | Jose Quintana | MIL v ARI | x | 111 | 3.32 | 1.25 | 8% | 11th | ||
| 8 | Clay Holmes | NYM v MIA | x | 137 | 3.60 | 1.32 | 9% | 13th | ||
| 9 | Cade Povich | BAL v BOS | x | 86 | 5.13 | 1.43 | 17% | 6th | ||
| 10 | Aaron Nola | PHI v ATL | x | 58 | 6.52 | 1.53 | 17% | 18th | ||
| 11 | Miles Mikolas | STL v PIT | x | 125 | 5.17 | 1.36 | 9% | 29th | ||
| 12 | Davis Martin | CHW v NYY | 112 | 3.93 | 1.26 | 10% | 1st | |||
| 13 | Cal Quantrill | ATL at PHI | 114 | 5.51 | 1.42 | 10% | 6th | |||
| 14 | Kyle Freeland | COL at HOU | 125 | 5.31 | 1.52 | 10% | 7th | |||
| 15 | Adam Mazur | MIA at NYM | 5 | 6.35 | 1.59 | 4% | 4th | |||
| 16 | Nabil Crismatt | ARI at MIL | 9 | 1.00 | 1.22 | 13% | 11th |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |
KEY
x: Standard Recommendation |
W: Chasing the Win