Starting Pitcher Chart – June 1st, 2025

June 1, 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 1, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK
1	Hunter Brown	HOU v TBR	x	x	x	61	2.04	0.91	24%	19th
2	Garrett Crochet	BOS at ATL	x	x	x	75	2.04	1.07	22%	22nd
3	Clay Holmes	NYM v COL	x	x	x	60	2.98	1.24	13%	28th
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD v NYY	x	x	x	64	1.97	0.91	22%	1st
5	Jacob deGrom	TEX v STL	x	x	x	63	2.42	0.96	19%	13th
6	Kris Bubic	KCR v DET	x	x	x	68	1.45	1.01	19%	5th
7	Hayden Birdsong	SFG at MIA	x	x	x	32	2.48	1.29	16%	17th
8	Corbin Burnes	ARI v WSN	x	x	x	52	2.73	1.18	13%	17th
9	Luis Castillo	SEA v MIN	x	x	x	62	3.32	1.30	11%	23rd
10	Ranger Suárez	PHI v MIL	x	x	x	24	3.70	1.19	16%	24th
11	Kevin Gausman	TOR v ATH	x	x	x	66	3.68	0.94	19%	7th
12	Erick Fedde 페디	STL at TEX	x	x	x	62	3.90	1.30	5%	29th
13	Jameson Taillon	CHC v CIN		x	x	63	3.86	1.05	15%	16th
14	Ryan Weathers	MIA v SFG		x	x	15	1.15	0.89	18%	18th
15	Gavin Williams	CLE v LAA		x	x	52	4.27	1.58	12%	27th
16	Andrew Heaney	PIT at SDP		x	x	60	3.41	1.22	8%	15th
17	Randy Vásquez	SDP v PIT		x	x	55	3.58	1.39	2%	25th
18	Taj Bradley	TBR at HOU			x	56	4.61	1.31	10%	8th
19	JP Sears	ATH at TOR			x	54	4.00	1.15	14%	25th
20	Nick Martinez	CIN at CHC			x	64	3.48	1.11	13%	4th
21	Keider Montero	DET at KCR			x	35	4.54	1.43	6%	26th
22	Charlie Morton	BAL v CHW			x	47	7.09	1.66	9%	19th
23	Adrian Houser	CHW at BAL			x	12		0.75	9%	30th
24	Chris Paddack	MIN at SEA			x	57	3.92	1.20	9%	10th
25	Jose Quintana	MIL at PHI				34	2.65	1.24	9%	3rd
26	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY at LAD				35	3.06	1.05	17%	1st
27	Mitchell Parker	WSN at ARI				55	4.39	1.30	5%	11th
28	Bryce Elder	ATL v BOS				44	4.50	1.25	11%	6th
29	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA at CLE				60	5.07	1.52	4%	21st
30	Carson Palmquist	COL at NYM				13	8.78	2.03	-3%	9th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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