Starting Pitcher Chart – June 4th, 2025

June 4, 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 4, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK	NOTE
1	Nick Pivetta	SDP at SFG	x	x	x	62	2.74	1.01	22%	20th
2	Chris Sale	ATL v ARI	x	x	x	67	3.06	1.24	23%	11th
3	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI at ATL	x	x	x	69	3.78	1.06	16%	21st
4	Andrew Abbott	CIN v MIL	x	x	x	47	1.51	1.03	19%	25th
5	Clarke Schmidt	NYY v CLE	x	x	x	43	3.95	1.27	12%	21st
6	MacKenzie Gore	WSN v CHC	x	x	x	68	3.16	1.20	29%	2nd	Yes, it is aces-only v. CHC; no, Gore isn’t yet a bona fide ace but he leads MLB w/a 36% K and could ascending into acehood so I’m starting him
7	Matthew Boyd	CHC at WSN	x	x	x	61	3.08	1.26	19%	16th
8	Ryan Gusto	HOU at PIT	x	x	x	39	4.62	1.56	13%	27th
9	Kyle Harrison	SFG v SDP		x	x	14	2.51	0.98	18%	19th	Insane .188 BABIP won’t last but it’s great to see his minor lg dominance returning w/29% K and 16% SwStr rates
10	Mick Abel	PHI at TOR		x	x	6	0.00	0.83	41%	5th	Fantastic debut but still had double-digit BB% allll the way up the chain… view this more as a Win chase w/Ks and take any ratio help as a bonus
11	Noah Cameron	KCR at STL		x	x	25	1.05	0.82	8%	13th	Fast start has been fun, but I’d focus on the 4.75 SIERA as a more realistic guideline for expectations; if the 11% SwStr starts yielding more Ks, I can see an ERA in line w/his 3.78 FIP
12	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET at CHW		x	x	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	22nd	Moved to Wed; yesterday’s comment: Looking good in MiLB rehab and remember, SGL had a sharp little 4-start run to end 2023: 2.70 ERA/1.10 WHIP/22% K-BB
13	Miles Mikolas	STL v KCR		x	x	55	3.90	1.25	8%	26th	About 2/3rds of his starts will usually be pretty good, but the other third can be dangerous… the life of a traditional streamer
14	Zebby Matthews	MIN at ATH			x	14	6.43	1.50	26%	9th	Still love the skills, but his short leash and a HR park give me a lot of pause about starting him here
15	Cal Quantrill	MIA v COL			x	49	5.84	1.52	10%	28th	Rebounded in May w/a 3.24 ERA/1.22 WHIP/18% K-BB though he has maxed at 5 IP and has low W potential so I’m still not diving in
16	Shane Baz	TBR v TEX			x	60	4.92	1.38	13%	27th	Better in the L2 though skills were lacking w/just 7 Ks in 11.3 IP; 0 BB last gm was 1st since 4/14
17	José Berríos	TOR v PHI			x	70	3.86	1.30	13%	6th	Similar outlook to Mikolas but with a much tougher matchup
18	Lucas Giolito	BOS v LAA			x	32	4.78	1.44	12%	26th	Decent streamer spot, though LAA has been better of late (13th wOBA vR L30)
19	Cade Povich	BAL at SEA			x	51	5.29	1.53	15%	12th	3 gems, 3 duds, and 4 middling starts… be careful
20	Kyle Freeland	COL at MIA			x	61	5.72	1.63	13%	17th	Good matchup on the road gives Freeland some viability
21	Griffin Canning	NYM at LAD				53	3.23	1.40	11%	1st	We knew the regression was coming, but CHW was supposed to be the reprieve in between 2 LAD outings
22	Tony Gonsolin	LAD v NYM				31	5.23	1.45	13%	10th	After 0 BB in opener, he has 2+ BB in his L5 in 11 in the L3
23	José Soriano	LAA at BOS				68	3.41	1.51	5%	7th	I’m a fan and he’ll remain firmly on my radar, but there’s just not enough here
24	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE at NYY				59	4.40	1.43	13%	1st	Too risky a matchup for him
25	Quinn Priester	MIL at CIN				50	4.09	1.34	4%	19th
26	Kumar Rocker	TEX at TBR				20	8.10	1.75	12%	18th
27	Jacob Lopez	ATH v MIN				15	6.32	1.85	10%	20th
28	Emerson Hancock	SEA v BAL				44	5.64	1.57	9%	30th
29	Mike Burrows	PIT v HOU				8	8.64	1.56	3%	4th
30	Jared Shuster	CHW v DET				14	6.14	1.77	10%	8th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues