Starting Pitcher Chart – August 29th, 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!
This is being put together before Thursday evening’s games even start since I have a fantasy football draft tonight, so I’ll try to stay on top of any switches in the morning since I’m locking the board so early but never hesitate to let me know if someone is switched out.
| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Kirby | SEA at CLE | x | x | x | 95 | 4.05 | 1.18 | 18% | 30th |
| 2 | Robbie Ray | SFG v BAL | x | x | x | 159 | 2.93 | 1.14 | 15% | 21st |
| 3 | Freddy Peralta | MIL at TOR | x | x | x | 147 | 2.68 | 1.10 | 17% | 5th |
| 4 | Carlos Rodón | NYY at CHW | x | x | x | 158 | 3.24 | 1.07 | 17% | 13th |
| 5 | Blake Snell | LAD v ARI | x | x | x | 32 | 1.97 | 1.38 | 11% | 11th |
| 6 | Eury Pérez | MIA at NYM | x | x | x | 70 | 3.44 | 0.98 | 16% | 4th |
| 7 | Zack Littell | CIN v STL | x | x | x | 154 | 3.62 | 1.14 | 13% | 25th |
| 8 | Ranger Suárez | PHI v ATL | x | x | x | 126 | 3.07 | 1.13 | 18% | 15th |
| 9 | Adrian Houser | TBR at WSN | x | x | 90 | 2.88 | 1.29 | 9% | 19th | |
| 10 | Shane Bieber | TOR v MIL | x | x | 6 | 1.50 | 0.33 | 43% | 11th | |
| 11 | Cade Horton | CHC at COL | x | x | 93 | 2.88 | 1.16 | 13% | 27th | |
| 12 | Dean Kremer | BAL at SFG | x | x | 152 | 4.19 | 1.23 | 14% | 21st | |
| 13 | Mike Burrows | PIT at BOS | x | 76 | 4.23 | 1.24 | 16% | 8th | ||
| 14 | Zebby Matthews | MIN v SDP | x | 52 | 5.30 | 1.52 | 21% | 17th | ||
| 15 | Payton Tolle | BOS v PIT | x | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 27th | ||
| 16 | Jonah Tong | NYM v MIA | x | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 13th | ||
| 17 | Seth Lugo | KCR v DET | x | 142 | 3.99 | 1.24 | 12% | 14th | ||
| 18 | Nestor Cortes | SDP at MIN | x | 29 | 4.66 | 1.34 | 8% | 18th | ||
| 19 | Jack Leiter | TEX at ATH | x | 115 | 3.81 | 1.31 | 11% | 7th | ||
| 20 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH v TEX | x | 145 | 4.15 | 1.18 | 12% | 23rd | ||
| 21 | Matthew Liberatore | STL at CIN | x | 126 | 4.27 | 1.29 | 12% | 26th | ||
| 22 | Chris Paddack | DET at KCR | 137 | 4.98 | 1.26 | 11% | 24th | |||
| 23 | Zac Gallen | ARI at LAD | 156 | 5.13 | 1.31 | 13% | 3rd | |||
| 24 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU v LAA | 48 | 6.89 | 1.80 | 8% | 23rd | |||
| 25 | Mitchell Parker | WSN v TBR | 134 | 6.01 | 1.49 | 6% | 25th | |||
| 26 | Tyler Anderson | LAA at HOU | 131 | 4.73 | 1.40 | 8% | 7th | |||
| 27 | Bryce Elder | ATL at PHI | 117 | 6.12 | 1.52 | 10% | 6th | |||
| 28 | Logan Allen로건 | CLE v SEA | 128 | 4.35 | 1.43 | 8% | 12th | |||
| 29 | Germán Márquez | COL v CHC | 98 | 5.67 | 1.64 | 8% | 9th | |||
| 30 | Yoendrys Gómez | CHW v NYY | 32 | 4.73 | 1.48 | 7% | 1st |
KEY
x: Standard Recommendation |
W: Chasing the Win
Thanks for these, Paul! Fwiw, I think it’s Cristian Javier, not Lance, for Houston.