Starting Pitcher Chart – August 5th, 2025

August 5, 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.

I know I’m hitting y’all with another commentary-free board, but there was a huge internet outage in the greater Austin area that ate up my prime writing time. At least I still had cell service so I went retro and fell asleep on the couch listening to baseball on the radio. I woke up to find the internet back on and at least wanted to get a board up before heading to bed.

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Starter Notes August 5, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS v KCR	x	x	x	141	2.23	1.09	24%	23rd
2	Bryan Woo	SEA v CHW	x	x	x	133	3.11	0.97	19%	30th
3	Logan Webb	SFG at PIT	x	x	x	141	3.31	1.25	21%	29th
4	Ryan Pepiot	TBR at LAA	x	x	x	130	3.80	1.18	16%	21st
5	Freddy Peralta	MIL at ATL	x	x	x	125	3.08	1.13	17%	18th
6	Ryne Nelson	ARI v SDP	x	x	x	95	3.20	1.02	14%	23rd
7	Shota Imanaga	CHC v CIN	x	x	x	83	3.25	1.04	14%	22nd
8	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX v NYY	x	x	x	103	1.49	0.89	21%	2nd
9	Mike Burrows	PIT v SFG	x	x	x	58	3.88	1.26	16%	20th
10	Clay Holmes	NYM v CLE	x	x	x	117	3.45	1.32	9%	26th
11	Zack Littell	CIN at CHC	x	x	x	133	3.58	1.12	13%	3rd
12	José Berríos	TOR at COL	x	x	x	131	3.84	1.26	12%	25th
13	MacKenzie Gore	WSN v ATH		x	x	123	3.80	1.29	20%	11th
14	Zebby Matthews	MIN at DET		x	x	33	5.67	1.41	23%	15th
15	José Soriano	LAA v TBR		x	x	133	3.65	1.38	10%	9th
16	Yu Darvish	SDP at ARI		x	x	23	6.46	1.35	9%	1st
17	Will Warren	NYY at TEX		x	x	110	4.64	1.43	16%	27th
18	Chris Paddack	DET v MIN			x	117	4.77	1.24	12%	22nd
19	Emmet Sheehan	LAD v STL			x	25	3.60	1.24	15%	17th
20	Dean Kremer	BAL at PHI			x	126	4.27	1.27	13%	10th
21	Davis Martin	CHW at SEA			x	91	3.84	1.26	10%	14th
22	Luis Severino	ATH at WSN			x	130	4.83	1.35	10%	24th
23	Ryan Bergert	KCR at BOS			x	35	2.78	1.18	11%	8th
24	Joey Wentz	ATL v MIL				52	5.02	1.44	10%	7th
25	Miles Mikolas	STL at LAD				108	4.83	1.28	11%	4th
26	Taijuan Walker	PHI v BAL				73	3.82	1.36	10%	11th
27	Logan Allen로건	CLE at NYM				108	4.06	1.36	9%	21st
28	Cal Quantrill	MIA v HOU				97	4.79	1.31	12%	19th
29	Anthony Molina	COL v TOR				8	7.27	1.50	16%	5th
30	Steven Okert	HOU at MIA				49	2.90	0.81	26%	26th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |

KEY
x: Standard Recommendation |
W: Chasing the Win

2-START CHART

2-Start Board for Week of August 4th

RANK	PITCHER	TYPE	MATCHUPS	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	Pitch+
1	Bryan Woo	1	CHW/TBR	133	3.11	0.97	19%	110
2	Nick Lodolo	1	at CHC/at PIT	128	3.09	1.05	19%	100
3	Sean Manaea	2	CLE/at MIL	17.1	2.08	0.87	26%	103
4	Jesús Luzardo	2	BAL/at TEX	121	4.31	1.37	19%	108
5	Sonny Gray	2	at LAD/CHC	121.1	4.38	1.22	22%	103
6	Michael Soroka	3	CIN/at STL	81.1	4.87	1.13	18%	98
7	Mike Burrows	3	SFG/CIN	58	3.88	1.26	16%	101
8	MacKenzie Gore	3	ATH/at SFG	123	3.80	1.29	20%	100
9	Quinn Priester	3	at ATL/NYM	107.1	3.27	1.23	12%	100
10	Yusei Kikuchi	3	TBR/at DET	128	3.30	1.42	14%	105
11	Casey Mize	3	MIN/LAA	94.1	3.43	1.33	14%	106
12	Slade Cecconi	3	at NYM/at CHW	76.1	3.77	1.22	13%	103
13	Adrian Houser	3	at LAA/at SEA	68.2	2.10	1.22	9%	104
14	Brayan Bello	3	KCR/at SDP	110	3.19	1.28	9%	101
15	Zebby Matthews	4	at DET/KCR	33.1	5.67	1.41	23%	104
16	Eric Lauer	4	at COL/at LAD	74	2.68	0.95	20%	103
17	JP Sears	4	at ARI/BOS	111	4.95	1.27	14%	105
18	Justin Verlander	4	at PIT/WAS	89.1	4.53	1.49	11%	91
19	Sandy Alcantara	4	HOU/at ATL	109	6.36	1.42	8%	99
20	Brandon Pfaadt	5	SDP/COL	116.1	5.11	1.31	14%	103
21	Davis Martin	5	at SEA/at CLE	91.1	3.84	1.26	10%	97
22	Cade Povich	5	at PHI/ATH	64.2	5.15	1.50	16%	102
23	Luis Severino	5	at WAS/at BAL	130.1	4.83	1.35	10%	97
24	Joey Wentz	5	MIL/MIA	52	5.02	1.44	10%	102
25	Cal Quantrill	6	HOU/at ATL	97.2	4.79	1.31	12%	100
26	Erick Fedde	6	MIL/MIA	106.1	5.33	1.50	4%	103
27	Jason Alexander	6	at MIA/at NYY	25.2	7.36	1.83	5%	100
28	Tanner Gordon	6	TOR/at ARI	26	4.85	1.54	6%	102
29	Johan Oviedo	6	SFG/CIN	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A