Starting Pitcher Chart – June 26th, 2025

June 26, 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.

Jacob Misiorowski was brilliant again, besting Paul Skenes, who suffered a rough second inning and was out after just 4 innings (78 pitches). The control will no doubt fuel some tough stars for Mis, but he’s ascended to a must-start very quickly despite the schedule severely ramping up in difficulty for the final two starts before the break: at NYM next week and v. LAD after that. There’s a chance they park him after next week’s start through the All-Star break to save some juice for the second half. On the one hand, I get it, but at the same time they are lined up for Peralta and Mis to pitch v. the Dodgers and taking a big series against them going into the break would be huge. They’re also headed to LAD immediately after the break which means they could run back the same duo back to open the second half.

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Starter Notes June 26, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Hunter Brown	HOU v PHI	x	x	x	91	1.88	0.92	23%	10th	Yet another marquee matchup this wk w/Brown v. Sánchez
2	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI at HOU	x	x	x	87	2.87	1.19	18%	1st
3	Kevin Gausman	TOR at CLE	x	x	x	86	4.60	1.13	17%	25th	Tried the hot hand v. ARI last time out & got burnt… maybe it was more a “warm” hand as 15 IP of 1-run ball in the first 2 starts were masking the modest output of the other 3 in the sample that should’ve made me more cautious about ARI (namely the 9 BB in 15.7 IP… but also 19 Ks!!); back in the saddle for this one
4	Hayden Birdsong	SFG v MIA	x	x	x	52	3.25	1.33	15%	23rd	Has had his bumps, but there has been a step forward, espec. If you’re curating starts
5	Shota Imanaga	CHC at STL	x	x	x	44	2.82	1.10	11%	12th	I have no problem being cautious after IL stints, but I’m throwing him pretty much everywhere, especially after a non-arm injury (that isn’t to say the hammy can’t still impact him, just feel better about starting off non-arm injuries in general)
6	Tanner Bibee	CLE v TOR	x	x	x	88	3.86	1.23	13%	17th	Weird start last time out that saw 11 H and 4 ER, but he made it 8 IP and K’d 10
7	Janson Junk	MIA at SFG	x	x	x	27	2.60	1.01	21%	19th	OK Janson Junk, I see you absolutely dotting out there w/a 2% BB% and 119 Loc+ (3rd w/min. of 25 IP); 1 bad IP at PIT is the only mark on his ledger; wish they’d stick w/the opener, but he’s up to 79 pit last time out so 5 shouldn’t be an issue w/this control profile
8	Clayton Kershaw	LAD at COL	x	x	x	32	3.31	1.32	9%	27th	After 5 ER in his first start, he has a 2.23 ERA in his L6, though it comes w/a 1.24 WHIP and 11% K-BB, but the W potential alone gives him a baseline of value in most formats
9	Grant Holmes	ATL at NYM		x	x	85	3.71	1.22	16%	5th	MIA couldn’t punish him for 5 BB as he’s been really sharp in his L8 now: 2.99 ERA/1.22 WHIP/20% K-BB in 45.7 IP
10	Shane Baz	TBR at KCR		x	x	82	4.79	1.33	12%	27th	It is so tough to roster Baz bc he’s just so inconsistent so benching him risks leaving 10+ Ks on the bench and starting him comes w/a 33% Dud rate (5+ ER); and these Royals pasted him once already (7 ER)… good luck!
11	Jeffrey Springs	ATH at DET		x	x	87	4.24	1.23	11%	4th	Hiccup at TOR is the only blemish in his L10: 3.40 ERA/1.05 WHIP/12% K-BB in 58.7 IP
12	Griffin Canning	NYM v ATL			x	73	3.91	1.41	10%	15th	Has now squandered most of great start and curating hasn’t even worked bc it cost you 6 scoreless at LAD while we ate 3 IP/3 ER v. CHW!
13	Michael Lorenzen	KCR v TBR				82	4.81	1.37	11%	6th	TBR has been sneaky great vR this yr so no need to stream him here, but hold for at SEA/at ARI next wk which I might consider if he ends up pitching well here
14	Andre Pallante	STL v CHC				82	4.48	1.31	9%	4th
15	Emerson Hancock	SEA at MIN				66	5.43	1.43	9%	14th
16	Dietrich Enns 엔스	DET v ATH				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	9th
17	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN v SEA				53	5.06	1.46	11%	8th
18	Austin Gomber	COL v LAD				9	8.38	1.66	5%	5th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues