Starting Pitcher Chart – July 9th, 2025

Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images

Daily SP Chart archive

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 July 9, 2025
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB 2025 wOBA RK NOTE
1 Kris Bubic KCR v PIT x x x 103 2.36 1.15 18% 30th Is he getting enough love for his excellent season? Had some late draft season helium and has completely paid off on it!
2 MacKenzie Gore WSN at STL x x x 104 3.11 1.21 23% 17th
3 Andrew Abbott CIN v MIA x x x 83 2.15 1.09 17% 18th I know MIA is cooking and shouts to the commenter who suggested caution on Martinez bc of their hot streak, but I’m still not running from them w/good arms
4 Jesús Luzardo PHI at SFG x x x 97 4.44 1.47 19% 26th Just some crazy volatility this yr: 8 Game Scores of 60+ but 4 under 40 including that hot -11
5 Dylan Cease SDP v ARI x x x 97 4.62 1.33 20% 1st Right-handed Luzardo: 6 GS of 64+, 6 under 45 but it’s just so hard to sit them
6 Lucas Giolito BOS v COL x x x 66 3.66 1.28 13% 25th
7 David Peterson NYM at BAL x x x 102 3.18 1.27 12% 27th
8 Brandon Walter HOU v CLE x x x 34 4.15 1.13 21% 28th Knew it was a risk taking him into Coors but I’m getting back on the horse as I still love the 51% GB/22% K-BB combo
9 Reese Olson DET v TBR W x x 53 2.89 1.21 15% 6th This gm has moved to 5:10 ET to account for weather concerns; Olson was solid in his return from the IL w/1 R in 4.3 IP on 89 pitches, tough spot v. TBR but he’s in my lineups
10 Eric Lauer 라우어 TOR at CHW W x x 51 2.65 1.02 18% 19th Quietly dealing and the Jays being hot gives him plenty of W potential here
11 Bailey Falter PIT at KCR x x 92 3.69 1.18 6% 24th Modest upside, but not the worst spot to stream him and as you’ll soon see, a lot of the compelling streamer types have MUCH tougher matchups
12 Kumar Rocker TEX at LAA x x 45 5.80 1.49 13% 19th Rug-pull always looms overhead, but he’s running well (2.55/1.13/15% in L4) so let’s take a shot & hope he keeps it in the park v. this HR-hitting tm
13 Cade Horton CHC at MIN x 52 4.15 1.38 10% 23rd Keeps us coming back w/gems like his last one (7 scoreless), but Game Score is an easy shorthand reminder of his volatility: 41-66-32-16-70 (sub-50 is terrible; 60+ is v. good)
14 Mitch Spence ATH v ATL x 68 4.06 1.31 13% 17th Not exactly targeting SPs v. ATL, but certainly not running from competent streamers v. them either
15 Justin Verlander SFG v PHI x 70 4.84 1.44 11% 9th
16 Tyler Glasnow LAD at MIL W 18 4.50 1.28 16% 21st He made it 4.3 IP on 78 pitches in his last rehab so if they give him 80-85 pitches, he could make it 5… it’s risky, but I could see a win chase
17 Slade Cecconi CLE at HOU 48 3.56 1.31 15% 16th From Slade to Sugano, all but Pfaadt are facing Top 10 tms in the L30 days and most are there season-long, too, which is tough bc this group has some streaming appeal on talent but the matchups leave me cold
18 Zack Littell TBR at DET 110 3.50 1.07 14% 7th
19 Jose Quintana MIL v LAD 65 3.44 1.39 6% 4th
20 David Festa MIN v CHC 42 5.48 1.36 16% 3rd
21 Logan Evans SEA at NYY 45 2.96 1.25 11% 4th
22 Brandon Pfaadt ARI at SDP 91 5.42 1.38 14% 24th Best matchup of this “sometimes intriguing” group and yet I have no interest in running him
23 Tomoyuki Sugano BAL v NYM 93 4.44 1.31 10% 5th
24 Sandy Alcantara MIA at CIN 86 7.01 1.44 8% 14th I know MIA is rolling and s, but Sandy still scares me start-to-start especially for such limited upside
25 Cam Schlittler NYY v SEA #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 11th Interesting prospect making his MLB debut, but wanna see one before getting him in any lineups
26 Bryce Elder ATL at ATH 73 5.92 1.52 11% 10th
27 Adrian Houser CHW v TOR 50 1.60 1.11 11% 13th
28 Andre Pallante STL v WSN 94 4.10 1.28 8% 22nd
29 Kyle Hendricks LAA v TEX 92 4.68 1.27 10% 26th
30 Antonio Senzatela COL at BOS 86 6.57 1.90 3% 15th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |

KEY –
x-Standard Recommendation
W: Wins Chase meaning we accept some ratio risk for a chance to salvage a dub





Paul is the Editor of Rotographs and Content Director for OOTP Perfect Team. Follow Paul on Twitter @sporer and on Twitch at sporer.

1 Comment
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
mcott323Member since 2021
3 hours ago

Way too risk averse with Glasnow and Schlittler – enjoy starting Spencer and Verlander over them!