Starting Pitcher Chart – July 22nd, 2025

July 22, 2025

Pardon my extreme lateness today!

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.

Check out my new SP rankings here!

Let me know if you have questions about anyone either in the comments here or on the rankings page.

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Starter Notes July 22, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Jacob deGrom	TEX v ATH	x	x	x	112	2.32	0.91	21%	8th	Actually going today! (Was listed yesterday instead of Leiter)
2	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD v MIN	x	x	x	104	2.59	1.04	19%	21st
3	Logan Gilbert	SEA v MIL	x	x	x	61	3.39	1.05	29%	20th
4	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI v BOS	x	x	x	115	2.50	1.14	19%	3rd
5	Matthew Boyd	CHC v KCR	x	x	x	111	2.34	1.03	18%	23rd	KCR sneaky hot vL of late sitting 2nd in the L30, but that’s not enough to push me off Boyd anywhere
6	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL at SEA	x	x	x	25	2.81	0.90	22%	7th	Mis is a matchup-proof starter right now, even w/just 25.7 IP under his belt
7	Chase Burns	CIN at WSN	x	x	x	16	6.19	1.63	22%	24th	It’ll take a looong time to work off the 7 ER in 0.3 IP so don’t trust composites w/him (3 ER in 10.3 IP w/17 Ks since that 2nd start meltdown)
8	Drew Rasmussen	TBR v CHW	x	x	x	91	2.86	1.03	15%	30th	They say he’s back on a normal routine of starting, but is that just for this game, for 2-3 wks, or for the rest of the year? Since we don’t really know, I’d be very cautious about cutting anywhere even if he moves back to the 2-3 IP opens for a start or two. TBR being good helps, too, as they need his great IP
9	Framber Valdez	HOU at ARI	x	x	x	121	2.75	1.12	17%	9th
10	Edward Cabrera	MIA v SDP	x	x	x	82	3.61	1.26	16%	23rd	Had run off 11 starts of 0-3 ER before 4 last time out, but even w/that he has a 2.56 ERA/1.12 WHIP/18% K-BB in 64 IP since his ugly April (7.23 ERA)
11	Casey Mize	DET at PIT	x	x	x	88	3.15	1.22	15%	29th	This shouldddd at least be a viable Win chase, but DET’s offense & bullpen woes paired w/a tough matchup in Keller make it a lot less certain
12	Mitch Keller	PIT v DET	x	x	x	119	3.48	1.14	13%	14th	OK, I’m not ranking him last on the board anymore, but I do still have some skepticism that he’s a set-&-forget the rest of the way as his 3.04 ERA/1.04 WHIP run in his L80 IP still only comes w/a 15% K-BB
13	Max Scherzer	TOR v NYY	x	x	x	23	4.70	1.26	18%	2nd	Health is an ever-present concern, but I generally slot him into the lineup when he’s upright
14	Joey Cantillo	CLE v BAL		x	x	41	4.17	1.44	19%	26th	One of my favorite young arms who still has command & control issues, but I love his strikeout stuff and still believe in him being able to put it all together
15	Richard Fitts	BOS at PHI		x	x	33	4.28	1.22	13%	13th	I really like this guy! I’m kinda glad they moved him off the 2-step w/LAD looming on the weekend; an at MIN/v. HOU 2-step next wk is much more appealing
16	J.T. Ginn	ATH at TEX		x	x	33	4.91	1.30	23%	28th	Allowed 6 HR in 3 home starts to open the yr so I like taking the shot on the road w/these skills
17	Cam Schlittler	NYY at TOR			x	5	5.06	1.13	24%	9th	Looked solid in his MLB debut (5.3 IP/3 ER/7 Ks) v. SEA and now gets an even tougher lineup w/TOR so he’s far from a must-start
18	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI v HOU			x	80	5.94	1.67	16%	1st
19	Landen Roupp	SFG at ATL			x	96	3.27	1.45	11%	17th
20	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN at LAD			x	73	3.95	1.33	11%	4th
21	Frankie Montas	NYM v LAA			W	19	5.03	1.17	16%	18th	HR-heavy Angels (116 is tied w/NYY for 1st) are scary w/HR-prone arms… I’d view this as a Win chase-only today
22	Davis Daniel	ATL v SFG				5	1.80	1.00	14%	22nd
23	Brandon Young	BAL at CLE				26	7.52	1.78	12%	27th
24	Stephen Kolek	SDP at MIA				68	4.24	1.29	9%	15th
25	Brad Lord	WSN v CIN				65	3.46	1.25	12%	12th
26	Davis Martin	CHW at TBR				80	3.79	1.23	10%	6th
27	Kyle Hendricks	LAA at NYM				96	4.88	1.29	10%	5th
28	Bradley Blalock	COL v STL				21	9.97	1.80	3%	10th
29	Rich Hill	KCR at CHC				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	6th
30	Erick Fedde 페디	STL at COL				98	4.83	1.47	3%	26th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |

KEY
x: Standard Recommendation |
W: Chasing the Win