Starting Pitcher Chart – August 6th, 2025

August 6, 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 6, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	~~Joe Ryan~~ \| Pierson Ohl & Thomas Hatch	MIN at DET				127	2.83	0.93	23%	15th	~~Given the prices for RPs, I can only imagine what Ryan cost: 2.52 ERA/0.92 WHIP in his L100 IP~~ \| Looks like a bullpen gm w/Ohl starting for 2-4 IP and then turning it to Hatch
2	George Kirby	SEA v CHW	x	x	x	72	4.13	1.13	19%	30th
3	Trevor Rogers	BAL at PHI	x	x	x	56	1.44	0.75	17%	9th	Since a tough start at TBR, only Pivetta (1.01) has a better ERA than his 1.13 mark
4	Robbie Ray	SFG at PIT	x	x	x	136	2.85	1.12	16%	28th	Helium guy during draft season has paid off on his Top 100 ADP, sitting at SP18 on the Player Rater
5	Ranger Suárez	PHI v BAL	x	x	x	100	2.68	1.13	17%	24th	2 bad outings but otherwise elite in his other 14 & he’s tied w/teammates Wheeler and Sanchez for 3rd-highest IP/GS at 6.3
6	Jack Flaherty	DET v MIN	x	x	x	115	4.36	1.25	20%	22nd	Showing a home/road split: 3.38 ERA/1.13 WHIP in 12 home starts; 5.69 ERA/1.43 WHIP in 10 road starts
7	Carlos Rodón	NYY at TEX	x	x	x	134	3.34	1.06	19%	29th
8	Spencer Strider	ATL v MIL	x	x	x	77	3.71	1.22	18%	16th	Back into his ace form: 3.09 ERA/1.19 WHIP/20% K-BB over his L10
9	Andrew Abbott	CIN at CHC	x	x	x	108	2.15	1.11	14%	6th	K-BB doesn’t scream “Ace”, but his ratios certainly do and he sits at SP21 on the Player Rater
10	Gavin Williams	CLE at NYM	x	x	x	116	3.33	1.35	11%	6th	After an inconsistent 2 mos. that saw him post a 4.27 ERA/1.57 WHIP in 11 starts, he has a 2.56 ERA/1.17 WHIP in his L11; too many BB & volatile K totals give him a meager 10% during the run
11	David Peterson	NYM v CLE	x	x	x	127	2.83	1.24	12%	27th
12	Jeffrey Springs	ATH at WSN	x	x	x	126	4.00	1.17	12%	19th	Rare A’s pitcher who’s been better at home this yr but it hasn’t been a stark home/road split so he’s still runnable here
13	Kevin Gausman	TOR at COL		x	x	128	3.99	1.10	17%	25th	COL up to 8th in wOBA over L30 and his skills are prone to a Coors dud
14	Michael Wacha	KCR at BOS		x	x	125	3.38	1.16	12%	8th	Streak of 4 straight 1-ER outings… can he stay hot in a tough spot?
15	Nestor Cortes	SDP at ARI		x	x	8	9.00	1.75	3%	13th
16	Cade Horton	CHC v CIN		W	x	73	3.42	1.29	9%	12th	Just 1 dud in his L5 w/a 1.28 ERA/1.06 WHIP but the wet blanket is the 8% K-BB that suggests it’s mostly run-hot as opposed to skill improvement
17	Jack Leiter	TEX v NYY		x	x	96	4.10	1.32	10%	2nd
18	Janson Junk	MIA v HOU			x	65	3.86	1.10	16%	19th	I tried to get on the Junk Train, but it’s been 3 tough ones in a row and it’s just so hard to succeed w/an 18% K
19	Shane Baz	TBR at LAA			x	124	4.79	1.33	15%	21st	Baz’s 1.5 HR9 and LAA’s 2nd-most HRs vR make this one very skippable
20	Andrew Heaney	PIT v SFG			x	110	4.89	1.31	9%	30th	Great spot to stream but he has absolutely fallen apart w/an 8.72 ERA in his L8
21	Jonathan Cannon	CHW at SEA			x	94	4.77	1.41	10%	14th
22	Jose Quintana	MIL at ATL			x	87	3.50	1.35	6%	15th	ATL sneaky surging, sitting 2nd in wOBA in the last month… I love Q but this has real blowup potential
23	Tyler Anderson	LAA v TBR			x	118	4.49	1.39	9%	25th
24	Matthew Liberatore	STL at LAD				109	3.96	1.28	13%	4th	More than 1 BB just 1x in his first 15 starts but now has 2+ in 4 of his L5 and already-low K% has sunk further
25	Anthony DeSclafani	ARI v SDP				25	4.91	1.29	13%	23rd	His return to the rotation went horribly w/3 BB & 5 H in 2.3 IP, but I’m still keeping tabs on him as I think he could round into a streamable arm
26	Shohei Ohtani	LAD v STL				15	2.40	1.27	19%	17th	Still not getting 5 IP so I can’t see starting him, but maybe Justin Wrobleski gets the cheap W following? I can see running Wrobs in some deep stuff.
27	Dustin May	BOS v KCR				104	4.85	1.35	12%	28th
28	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU at MIA				9	5.59	0.93	8%	13th
29	Kyle Freeland	COL v TOR				104	5.26	1.50	10%	8th
30	Cade Cavalli	WSN v ATH				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	7th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |

KEY
x: Standard Recommendation |
W: Chasing the Win