Starting Pitcher Chart – July 28th, 2025

July 28, 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.

Check out my new SP rankings here!

Starter Notes July 28, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD at CIN	x	x	x	109	2.55	1.05	20%	11th	A gem and a very solid start since the meltdown at MIL, he’s all good
2	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI at CHW	x	x	x	124	2.40	1.09	20%	12th	I know it’s still July, but the real psychos are already gearing up for 2026 with a lot of “Where does Kurtz go next yr?” talk flaring up this wk… Sánchez is a big discussion point on the SP side, top 15?
3	Jacob deGrom	TEX at LAA	x	x	x	118	2.28	0.90	21%	19th
4	Framber Valdez	HOU v WSN	x	x	x	128	2.67	1.13	17%	16th
5	Matthew Boyd	CHC at MIL	x	x	x	118	2.20	1.01	18%	11th
6	Edward Cabrera	MIA at STL	x	x	x	88	3.48	1.24	17%	14th	MIA should absolutely be aggressive shopping him this week for a premium bat
7	Spencer Strider	ATL at KCR	x	x	x	72	3.72	1.18	20%	28th	31 pitch 1st decreased his margin for error and the damn broke in the 5th w/all 3 of his ER coming in the stressful inning that ended his day; still had 7 Ks and hasn’t allowed >3 ER since 6/3
8	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL v CHC	x	x	x	29	2.45	0.92	25%	4th	The shortened outing was the plan coming off the ASG, but will it be a one-off or are we in danger of many more 2-4 IP outings?
9	Mitch Keller	PIT at SFG	x	x	x	125	3.53	1.16	13%	22nd	A dud v. HOU is the lone blemish on his ledger over his L80 IP: 3.04 ERA/1.03 WHIP/15% K-BB
10	Dylan Cease	SDP v NYM	x	x	x	113	4.59	1.30	21%	5th	He’s been so frustrating and this isn’t an easy matchup (though they’re 21st in wOBA L30), but I have a hard time getting out of my lineups… I could see some 10-tm rotations having enough depth to skip this one in daily lgs, but I’m running the 2-step everywhere
11	Slade Cecconi	CLE v COL	x	x	x	69	3.76	1.23	14%	26th	Ks have been inconsistent w/just 4 in his L2, but COL is the best Rx for that w/an MLB-high 27% K rate vR
12	Chase Burns	CIN v LAD	x	x	x	21	6.65	1.62	24%	3rd	LAD is still chilly over the L30, sitting 28th vR, but it’s still a scary spot anytime you’re pitting a rookie against them
13	Chris Bassitt	TOR at BAL	W	x	x	120	3.88	1.30	17%	15th	BAL is no joke, but I’m open to even just Win chasing here given how hot TOR’s been
14	Frankie Montas	NYM at SDP	W	W	x	25	4.62	1.30	16%	24th	I feel like every time I’ve tried to play a mid- or low-tier arm v. the sputtering Padres, they rise up and smack me… Montas has won 3 straight w/a solid 3.91 ERA/1.18 WHIP/16% K-BB
15	Drew Rasmussen	TBR at NYY		x	x	95	2.93	1.03	16%	2nd	The lack of 3-x’s is less about NYY (espec. w/out Judge) and more about his usage… he just can’t be trusted for a consistent 5 IP which makes him tough to run in shallow formats
16	Luis Castillo	SEA at ATH		x	x	120	3.30	1.24	14%	9th
17	Richard Fitts	BOS at MIN		x	x	37	4.86	1.27	14%	20th
18	Troy Melton	DET v ARI		x	x	5	10.80	1.80	21%	1st	Electric MiLB skills did poke through in tough debut w/7 Ks and 13% SwStr in 5 IP so I’m gonna run the 2-step
19	Cam Schlittler	NYY v TBR		x	x	10	4.35	1.55	11%	7th	Fitting that Melton & Schlittler are both going Monday as they had similar MiLB runs
20	JP Sears	ATH v SEA			x	106	4.98	1.25	14%	9th	Sears would’ve been such a fun streamer in the Coliseum this yr, but instead he & his 1.9 HR9 are in Sacramento which makes EVERY home start terrifying
21	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI at DET			x	86	5.50	1.65	15%	6th	Catching DET at the right time, though hopefully Sunday unlocked their bats a bit (I say, as a diehard Tigers fan of course!)
22	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN v BOS			x	76	4.14	1.37	10%	12th
23	Zach Eflin	BAL v TOR				67	5.78	1.37	12%	6th
24	Carson Whisenhunt	SFG v PIT				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	29th	Great landing spot for your MLB debut, but I’m reluctant to run him outside of a Hail Mary
25	Rich Hill	KCR v ATL				5	1.80	1.60	-4%	19th	I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if I recommend him at some point this yr… we’re not there yet!
26	Davis Martin	CHW v PHI				85	3.89	1.24	9%	8th
27	Brad Lord	WSN at HOU				69	3.39	1.26	12%	18th
28	Andre Pallante	STL v MIA				110	4.91	1.37	8%	13th
29	Bradley Blalock	COL at CLE				27	8.67	1.78	2%	27th
30	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA v TEX				94	6.03	1.63	5%	25th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |

KEY
x: Play him! | W: Chasing the Win