Starting Pitcher Chart – June 27th, 2025

June 27, 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 27, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Logan Gilbert	SEA at TEX	x	x	x	40	3.12	0.89	34%	28th	My goodness, that WHIP is glorious!!
2	Dylan Cease	SDP at CIN	x	x	x	87	4.43	1.29	20%	7th
3	Sonny Gray	STL at CLE	x	x	x	84	3.72	1.19	21%	25th
4	Ryan Pepiot	TBR at BAL	x	x	x	94	3.04	1.10	17%	12th
5	Clarke Schmidt	NYY v ATH	x	x	x	69	2.84	1.06	14%	11th
6	Landen Roupp	SFG at CHW	x	x	x	76	3.67	1.42	11%	30th
7	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI v MIA	x	x	x	93	3.39	1.05	18%	23rd	Absolutely dialed in and gets a great matchup to stay hot
8	Mick Abel	PHI at ATL	x	x	x	23	3.47	1.16	15%	15th	3 gems, 2 duds broken down pretty much along team quality lines save his success at TOR (they were hot by then); ATL is mid-pack for the season thanks to recent struggles (22nd in L30) so let’s take a shot
9	Brandon Walter	HOU v CHC	x	x	x	23	3.80	1.10	23%	6th	Just 2 BB in 23.7 IP so far, though perhaps he lives in the zone a bit too much w/the 1.5 HR9; that said, I’m not going to nitpick too hard on a brilliant 23% K-BB, plus he’s catching CHC in a cold snap (26th in L30)
10	David Peterson	NYM at PIT	x	x	x	90	2.98	1.24	12%	29th	Never really thought his sub-3.00 ERA would stick so not worried about a regression start v. a tough opponent (at PHI); matchup too juicy to pass up even if you hold legitimate long-term concerns
11	Cade Horton	CHC at HOU	x	x	x	41	3.73	1.29	12%	20th	Think he’s a firm start from here until the ASB (assuming they give him all 3 starts) w/CLE & at MIN after this
12	José Soriano	LAA v WSN	x	x	x	93	3.39	1.42	9%	21st	On a heater and missing bats of late (36% in L3) despite a moderately difficult schedule (ATH, at NYY, HOU)
13	Dustin May	LAD at KCR	W	W	x	78	4.46	1.32	12%	27th	Win probability is just so high that he’s worth starting in a lot of spots if you need ’em
14	Jose Quintana	MIL v COL	W	W	x	54	2.98	1.40	5%	27th	That WHIP will bring the ERA way up unless he gets a lot better, but I’ll chase the W here
15	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX v SEA		x	x	69	1.56	0.81	24%	8th	Coming off the IL so dealer’s choice on the start/sit, but it’s a tough matchup w/SEA hitting a lot better this yr; he’s been so good ya hate to miss a gem, but I’m OK risking it if a real stinker will hurt you (like H2H category lgs, for example)
16	José Berríos	TOR at BOS		x	x	95	3.51	1.24	12%	18th	Really catching BOS in a downturn as they sit 29th in the L30
17	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET v MIN		W	x	17	4.58	1.08	15%	14th	Gave up 4 ER last time out, but made it into the 7th inning
18	Nick Martinez	CIN v SDP			x	86	4.40	1.23	12%	16th	Merrill returning deepens SDP’s lineup and they can still clip ya on any given night
19	Mitch Spence	ATH at NYY			x	58	3.84	1.30	13%	3rd	Love what he’s been doing lately, but a trip to NYY is scary even w/them being a little chillier of late
20	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE v STL			x	81	4.30	1.41	14%	9th	We’ve seen the upside w/multiple 10-K outings and several other solid ones, but we’ve also seen 3 starts w/at least 6 runs and persistent control issues; classic streamer!
21	Noah Cameron	KCR v LAD				47	2.08	0.97	10%	5th	This schedule just hasn’t let up so it’s been tough to really settle in w/him despite just 1 bad start, but it was v. NYY and obviously LAD is of that caliber so I’m skipping
22	Jake Irvin	WSN at LAA				94	4.18	1.23	10%	24th	Feels like a bad matchup for him w/their HR hitting ways and his 1.5 HR9
23	Brayan Bello	BOS v TOR				65	3.31	1.41	8%	17th	Bello/Pérez/Sugano could be streamers in the right spot, but facing the 4th/5th/3rd ranked offenses over the L30 isn’t that spot
24	Eury Pérez	MIA at ARI				11	6.17	1.63	7%	2nd
25	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL v TBR				83	3.55	1.21	9%	6th
26	Aaron Civale	CHW v SFG				34	5.03	1.47	9%	19th
27	David Festa	MIN at DET				31	6.39	1.61	12%	13th
28	Bryce Elder	ATL v PHI				66	4.77	1.33	12%	10th
29	Kyle Freeland	COL at MIL				73	5.13	1.53	13%	13th
30	Mitch Keller	PIT v NYM				94	4.02	1.22	12%	5th

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