Starting Pitcher Chart – June 4th, 2025

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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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RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK | NOTE |
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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 |
Jacob Lopez was the follower in last night’s game against the Twins. The Athletics are listing today as TBD, but pretty sure it won’t be Lopez