Starting Pitcher Chart – June 2nd, 2025

June 2, 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 2, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Joe Ryan	MIN at ATH	x	x	x	63	2.57	0.83	26%	12th	This is the kinda venue that can eat Ryan up, but there’s no way I’d skip this
2	Logan Webb	SFG v SDP	x	x	x	73	2.82	1.21	22%	16th	Ks are back in a big way with a career-high 28% K
3	Jack Flaherty	DET at CHW	x	x	x	59	3.94	1.11	22%	30th	Wanna see him pop off here with tough end of the Chicago double-dip awaiting him this wknd (CHC at home)
4	Dustin May	LAD v NYM	x	x	x	55	4.20	1.24	16%	8th	Seems only right for him to do well in May w/a 23% K-BB (deserved better than his 4.48 ERA/1.25 WHIP)
5	Richard Fitts	BOS v LAA	x	x	x	20	2.70	1.10	11%	24th	Definitely want him for this one and I’m probably running the 2-step (at NYY 😬 ) in at least 15s
6	Max Meyer	MIA v COL	x	x	x	59	4.53	1.36	17%	29th	Didn’t take advantage of his last “get right” start (5 ER at CHW), but he’s been fantastic at home
7	Brady Singer	CIN v MIL	x	x	x	58	4.60	1.33	10%	25th	Results are OK since 7 ER dud at HOU: 3.71 ERA/1.35 WHIP; skills not so much: 3% K-BB
8	Jonathan Cannon	CHW v DET			x	60	4.15	1.35	11%	17th	Classic deep lg 2-step fodder after a solid May: 3.83 ERA/1.28 WHIP/15% K-BB
9	Stephen Kolek	SDP at SFG			x	30	4.11	1.30	11%	23rd	I think we all knew his fast start was just that, so he’s a standard streamer as expected; 2-step has some appeal for wins chasers
10	Luis Severino	ATH v MIN				71	3.89	1.23	10%	20th	Looks like clear road streamer right now w/a 6.20 ERA/1.45 WHIP at home & 0.87 ERA/0.94 WHIP on the road
11	Tyler Anderson	LAA at BOS				61	3.39	1.21	8%	8th
12	Aaron Civale	MIL at CIN				12	6.00	1.25	10%	5th
13	Paul Blackburn	NYM at LAD				#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	1st
14	Germán Márquez	COL at MIA				53	7.13	1.64	5%	18th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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2-START CHART

2-Start Chart for the Week of June 2nd

RANK	PITCHER	TYPE	MATCHUPS	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	Pitch+
1	Paul Skenes	1	HOU/PHI	75.1	2.15	0.92	20%	110
2	Zack Wheeler	1	at TOR/at PIT	76	2.96	0.92	26%	107
3	Logan Webb	1	SDP/ATL	73.1	2.82	1.21	22%	108
4	Joe Ryan	1	at ATH/TOR	63	2.57	0.83	26%	105
5	Carlos Rodón	1	CLE/BOS	72.2	2.60	0.94	23%	98
6	Pablo López	1	at ATH/TOR	55.2	2.75	1.04	20%	114
7	Drew Rasmussen	2	TEX/MIA	58	2.33	0.93	16%	101
8	Tyler Mahle	2	at TBR/at WAS	66	1.64	1.05	9%	112
9	Spencer Strider	2	ARI/at SFG	14	4.50	1.29	15%	87
10	Dustin May	3	NYM/ at STL	55.2	4.20	1.24	16%	100
11	Shane Smith	3	DET/ KCR	57	2.68	1.16	13%	101
12	Michael Lorenzen	3	at STL/ at CHW	62.1	4.33	1.40	12%	103
13	Zac Gallen	3	at ATL/at CIN	66.2	5.54	1.40	12%	103
14	Tanner Bibee	3	at NYY/HOU	63	3.86	1.27	11%	97
15	Brady Singer	3	MIL/ ARI	58.2	4.60	1.33	10%	98
16	George Kirby	3	BAL/ at LAA	8.2	11.42	1.85	12%	102
17	Tylor Megill	3	at LAD/ at COL	53.2	3.52	1.36	19%	99
18	Lance McCullers Jr.	4	at PIT/ at CLE	18.1	5.89	1.69	16%	91
19	Richard Fitts	4	LAA/ at NYY	20	2.70	1.10	11%	104
20	Cade Horton	4	at WAS/ at DET	20.1	3.98	1.23	14%	99
21	Tomoyuki Sugano	4	at SEA/ at ATH	64	3.23	1.06	10%	105
22	Bowden Francis	4	PHI/ at MIN	55.1	5.04	1.36	12%	103
23	Stephen Kolek	4	at SFG/ at MIL	30.2	4.11	1.30	11%	99
24	Justin Verlander	4	SDP/ ATL	52	4.33	1.40	9%	91
25	Jonathan Cannon	4	DET/ KCR	60.2	4.15	1.35	11%	102
26	Tyler Anderson	4	at BOS/ SEA	61	3.39	1.21	8%	96
27	Sawyer Gipson-Long	5	at CHW/ v. CHC	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
28	Luis Severino	5	MIN/ BAL	71.2	3.89	1.23	10%	98
29	Jacob Lopez	5	MIN/ BAL	15.2	6.32	1.85	10%	101
30	Logan Allen로건	5	at NYY/ HOU	49	4.22	1.59	6%	94
31	Germán Márquez	5	at MIA/ NYM	53	7.13	1.64	5%	95
32	Trevor Williams	6	CHC/ TEX	55.1	5.69	1.45	11%	104
33	Mike Burrows	6	HOU/ PHI	8.1	8.64	1.56	3%	102