Starting Pitcher Chart – July 29th, 2025

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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.

You ever have one of those nights where all your late nights just catch up to you and you crash way earlier than normal? I usually get one of those every 4-6 weeks and the most recent one hit last night. I saw Troy Melton’s scintillating performance against the D’Backs and even A.J. Hinch’s interview in the postgame, but that’s about the last thing I remember before crashing on the couch and eventually transferring to the bed hours later. All that to say, that’s why this is massively late and my apologies to those of you who use this for waiver pickups but it should still be useful for those making lineup decisions today (though there is a doubleheader w/TOR-BAL starting in a couple hours).

Check out my new-ish SP rankings here!

I’ll run an update after the Deadline if there’s a lot of meaningful movement, otherwise it’ll be closer to mid-August.

Starter Notes July 29, 2025
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB 2025 wOBA RK
1 Max Fried NYY v TBR x x x 127 2.62 1.04 17% 21st
2 Tyler Glasnow LAD at CIN x x x 36 2.75 1.03 21% 11th
3 Sean Manaea NYM at SDP x x x 12 2.19 0.97 28% 15th
4 Joe Boyle TBR at NYY x x x 19 1.42 0.63 17% 2nd
5 Yusei Kikuchi LAA v TEX x x x 122 3.23 1.40 14% 29th
6 Sonny Gray STL v MIA x x x 116 4.33 1.19 23% 13th
7 Lucas Giolito BOS at MIN x x x 81 3.97 1.26 14% 20th
8 Seth Lugo KCR v ATL x x x 113 2.95 1.09 15% 17th
9 Nick Lodolo CIN v LAD x x x 122 3.08 1.04 18% 4th
10 Casey Mize DET v ARI x x x 92 3.40 1.28 15% 1st
11 Jesús Luzardo PHI at CHW x x x 114 4.58 1.43 19% 12th
12 Quinn Priester MIL v CHC x x x 101 3.28 1.20 12% 4th
13 Eric Lauer 라우어 TOR at BAL x x x 69 2.61 0.93 20% 26th
14 Michael Soroka WSN at HOU x x x 78 4.85 1.13 18% 18th
15 Patrick Corbin TEX at LAA x x 104 3.78 1.27 13% 20th
16 Logan Allen로건 CLE v COL x x 101 4.16 1.37 9% 25th
17 Brandon Pfaadt ARI at DET x 111 4.76 1.26 15% 16th
18 Cade Povich BAL v TOR x 64 5.15 1.50 16% 7th
19 Bailey Falter PIT at SFG x 108 3.82 1.18 8% 28th
20 Sandy Alcantara MIA at STL x 104 6.66 1.43 8% 14th
21 Justin Verlander SFG v PIT x 84 4.70 1.49 10% 29th
22 Colin Rea CHC at MIL 102 4.06 1.27 11% 21st
23 Jonathan Cannon CHW v PHI 88 4.48 1.40 11% 8th
24 Logan Evans SEA at ATH 59 3.64 1.40 9% 9th
25 Ryan Bergert SDP v NYM 31 2.84 1.14 12% 5th
26 Luis Severino ATH v SEA 125 4.95 1.35 9% 10th
27 Charlie Morton BAL v TOR 95 5.48 1.54 12% 6th
28 Tanner Gordon COL at CLE 23 3.13 1.30 7% 27th
29 Pierson Ohl MIN v BOS #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 12th
30 Erick Fedde 페디 ATL at KCR 101 5.22 1.50 4% 28th
31 Easton Lucas TOR at BAL 21 5.82 1.43 13% 26th
32 Jason Alexander HOU v WSN 21 8.14 1.90 2% 23rd

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |

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





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alang3131982Member since 2016
10 hours ago

What has happened to Sonny Gray recently?

KevinMember since 2022
10 hours ago
Reply to  alang3131982

I’m so nervous to start him all of a sudden.

alang3131982Member since 2016
10 hours ago
Reply to  Kevin

Ditto, yet I am just rolling Kikuchi at the same time with no reservations. Also Boyle….what a weird turn the last ~10 days have been

KevinMember since 2022
10 hours ago
Reply to  Kevin

That said, everything looks mostly OK under the hood. 3.02 FIP and 3.09 SIERA. Career high K/BB. Stuff+ looks right in line with his career. Velo’s down 1 mph from last year, which isn’t ideal. I think we have to keep rolling with him. Maybe tipping his pitches somehow in the last 2 starts?