Starting Pitcher Chart – June 19th, 2025

June 19, 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.

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Starter Notes June 19, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Tarik Skubal	DET v PIT	x	x	x	90	1.99	0.81	30%	30th	C’monnnn Pittsburgh, move Skenes to this game v. Skubal. I realize it makes way more sense to leave him for G2 to split the DH, but we deservvvveee Skubal v. Skenes
2	Paul Skenes	PIT at DET	x	x	x	96	1.78	0.85	21%	4th
3	Logan Webb	SFG v CLE	x	x	x	94	2.58	1.12	22%	29th	The 7 pt. K% spike has returned him to unquestioned fantasy ace status across the board
4	Carlos Rodón	NYY v LAA	x	x	x	89	3.01	0.99	21%	30th	Could be a real gem here if Rodón has his A-stuff
5	Sonny Gray	STL at CHW	x	x	x	79	3.84	1.18	21%	16th
6	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD v SDP	x	x	x	78	2.64	1.09	19%	23rd
7	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI at MIA	x	x	x	79	3.05	1.24	18%	13th	Dealing since the injury scare… doesn’t mean we’re in the clear, but at least we’re piling up more great innings
8	Spencer Strider	ATL v NYM	x	x	x	31	4.35	1.16	19%	9th
9	Drew Rasmussen	TBR v BAL	x	x	x	74	2.55	0.95	17%	10th	6 IP in 4 of 6, but it’s not more trust, it’s just efficiency as he remains ~80 pit/start facing about 20 batters
10	Kevin Gausman	TOR v ARI	x	x	x	81	4.08	1.07	18%	14th	ARI still scary in a given start, but down to mid-pack vR while Gaus is cooking of late: 3.28 ERA/1.09 WHIP/20% K-BB in 31 IP
11	Clay Holmes	NYM at ATL	x	x	x	78	2.87	1.17	13%	13th	Has suffered standard RP-to-SP K% drop, but I know many were hoping he’d avoid a full-on 5 pt. dip; it does give me some pause that regression of his 83% LOB could push his ERA up quite a bit (3.82 SIERA)
12	Jameson Taillon	CHC v MIL	x	x	x	82	3.48	0.98	15%	25th	Hasn’t allowed >4 H in any of his L6 while walking just 7 total in 39 IP, fueling a 2.31 ERA/0.77 WHIP
13	Gavin Williams	CLE at SFG		x	x	69	3.89	1.47	11%	23rd	Still too many BB to set-in and forget, but I like the 2.91 ERA over his L7 and he’d been running at least 1 K/IP before just 1 in 4 IP last time out
14	Colton Gordon	HOU at ATH		x	x	30	4.70	1.34	20%	12th	The 20% K-BB from his 4 May starts (5.95 ERA) finally paying dividends w/B2B gems, netting 2 Ws w/10 Ks & just 1 BB in 11 IP
15	Nick Martinez	CIN v MIN		x	x	80	3.92	1.22	12%	16th	Dominant at home this yr – 2.52 ERA/0.98 WHIP/15% K-BB in 6 starts
16	Michael Wacha	KCR at TEX		x	x	80	3.38	1.23	12%	27th	Just a standard streamer in all formats and this is a good spot to run him
17	Adrian Houser	CHW v STL		x	x	29	2.15	1.19	10%	11th	Hasn’t allowed >3 ER in any of 5 starts so far, 6+ IP in 4 of ’em, and even 2 Ws! Skills are a little better than his career, but still modest at 10% K-BB, though his velo is up to 95.1 mph which is nice; use his 4.36 SIERA as a guide for expectations going forward, but feel free to consider him v. an icy STL tm (30th wOBA in L30 days)
18	Keider Montero	DET v PIT	W	x	x	51	4.24	1.43	7%	30th	Could get an opener, but perhaps the doubleheader changes that and they just give him a straight up start? Either way, it’s a juicy matchup to conisder
19	Ryne Nelson	ARI at TOR		x	x	50	4.14	1.14	12%	7th	Rebounded from his dud at CIN, though I’m more concerned w/the meager 13 Ks in his L5 (23.7 IP)
20	Jacob Lopez	ATH v HOU		x	x	30	4.80	1.50	20%	22nd	Now has >90 pitches in 4 of L5 (the 5th being a sub-2 IP meltdown) and 8-9 Ks in 3 of those 5 outings
21	Andrew Heaney	PIT at DET		x	x	78	3.33	1.11	11%	15th	Stood tall at CHC w/a baseline QS & 7 Ks in a tough L; catching DET sitting 28th vL in L30
22	Erick Fedde 페디	STL at CHW	W	W	x	79	3.65	1.28	5%	30th	Only 3-6 despite pitching pretty well for a solid tm, but this is still a Wins chase at the core
23	Charlie Morton	BAL at TBR			x	61	6.05	1.66	12%	17th	Have to be intentional about where we use him w/HR spots being scariest; though it was 0 HR at ATH despite 4 ER in 2.3 IP; TBR sitting 4th in wOBA & HR vR over the L30 so this is probably a sit in most spots
24	Edward Cabrera	MIA v PHI			x	52	4.10	1.46	15%	8th	He bludgeons your WHIP so often that I’m not sure the Ks are worth it; 2-3 BB in all of his L4 after 1 ea. the 3 starts before that
25	Trevor Williams	WSN v COL			W	69	5.71	1.43	11%	26th	Almost anyone v. COL has some Win upside
26	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL at CHC				5		0.80	6%	6th	Electric arm is very exciting, but I’m still aces-only v. CHC and even in the scintillating debut we saw the control issues (4 BB); worth rostering everywhere but far from a must-start right now
27	Chase Dollander	COL at WSN				50	6.57	1.54	9%	20th
28	Chris Paddack	MIN at CIN				75	4.30	1.23	10%	5th
29	Tyler Anderson	LAA at NYY				75	4.44	1.37	10%	3rd
30	Sean Burke	CHW v STL				70	4.71	1.44	7%	11th
31	Shawn Armstrong	TEX v KCR				30	3.00	1.00	17%	25th
32	Ryan Bergert	SDP at LAD				19	2.33	0.98	11%	1st

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