Starting Pitcher Chart – June 5th, 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.
Probably gonna be board-only pieces the rest of the week as I head out to Charlotte to catch a Savannah Bananas game with a couple friends and link up with our very own Jason Collette as well!
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK | NOTE |
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| 1 | Max Fried | NYY v CLE | x | x | x | 75 | 1.92 | 0.97 | 18% | 24th | Is his amazing run getting enough attention? He has been absolutely nails w/the Yanks |
| 2 | Framber Valdez | HOU at PIT | x | x | x | 78 | 3.12 | 1.06 | 16% | 25th | 7 ER dud in mid-April was just him working out the kinks before dialing in, since: 2.41 ERA/0.98 WHIP/15% K-BB in 56 IP |
| 3 | Robbie Ray | SFG v SDP | x | x | x | 70 | 2.43 | 1.11 | 17% | 15th | 12th ranked SP on our Player Rater! |
| 4 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR v TEX | x | x | x | 70 | 3.21 | 1.16 | 13% | 28th | I’ve got plenty of Pepiot in my Stepio of late: 2.44 ERA/0.96 WHIP, though the accompanying 12% K-BB is a bit underhwleming |
| 5 | Dylan Cease | SDP at SFG | x | x | x | 63 | 4.66 | 1.29 | 21% | 23rd | |
| 6 | Bryan Woo | SEA v BAL | x | x | x | 70 | 2.82 | 0.95 | 20% | 13th | |
| 7 | Matthew Liberatore | STL v KCR | x | x | x | 64 | 3.08 | 1.06 | 18% | 29th | 1st bad start in nearly 2 mos. isn’t scaring me off |
| 8 | Cole Ragans | KCR at STL | x | x | x | 45 | 4.53 | 1.20 | 31% | 13th | Coming off the IL (groin), but I’m down to run him everywhere |
| 9 | Casey Mize | DET at CHW | x | x | x | 51 | 2.82 | 1.14 | 16% | 30th | |
| 10 | Jesús Luzardo | PHI at TOR | x | x | x | 70 | 3.58 | 1.34 | 20% | 5th | Suffered through one of the worst starts of the yr (12 ER) in MLB but w/no indications of it being injury-related and instead just a nightmare outing, I’m willing to get back on the horse in most spot |
| 11 | Miles Mikolas | STL v KCR | x | x | x | 55 | 3.90 | 1.25 | 8% | 26th | Rained out Wed; last night’s comment: About 2/3rds of his starts will usually be pretty good, but the other third can be dangerous… the life of a traditional streamer |
| 12 | Bailey Ober | MIN at ATH | x | x | 62 | 3.48 | 1.35 | 13% | 10th | Not dying to take a HR-heavy arm to hottest park going (tied w/Camden for 1st at 112 Park Factor) | |
| 13 | Zach Eflin | BAL at SEA | x | x | 40 | 4.46 | 1.09 | 11% | 15th | SEA offense fading of late, sitting 30th in wOBA vR while Eflin is comin off his best start of the yr (7 IP/0 ER/6 Ks) | |
| 14 | Colin Rea | CHC at WSN | x | x | 52 | 3.96 | 1.38 | 12% | 14th | Following could be a great spot for him if the Cubs do it consistently; 5 of the 12 ER in his L2 starts came in his final innings | |
| 15 | Noah Cameron | KCR at STL | x | x | 25 | 1.05 | 0.82 | 8% | 13th | PPD Wed; last night’s comment: 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 | |
| 16 | Jack Leiter | TEX at TBR | x | 46 | 3.66 | 1.20 | 7% | 16th | |||
| 17 | Mitch Keller | PIT v HOU | x | 70 | 3.73 | 1.26 | 13% | 22nd | |||
| 18 | Grant Holmes | ATL v ARI | 64 | 3.78 | 1.17 | 14% | 3rd | Aces-only and while Holmes has been great of late (3.24 ERA/1.11 WHIP/19% K-BB in his L6), he falls shy of ace | |||
| 19 | David Peterson | NYM at LAD | 63 | 2.69 | 1.26 | 13% | 3rd | Holmes through Cecconi could be a fun group of streamers if any of them had a good matchup | |||
| 20 | Landon Knack | LAD v NYM | 35 | 4.58 | 1.36 | 14% | 6th | ||||
| 21 | Chris Bassitt | TOR v PHI | 66 | 3.80 | 1.36 | 19% | 11th | ||||
| 22 | Jake Irvin | WSN v CHC | 73 | 3.93 | 1.17 | 9% | 4th | ||||
| 23 | Slade Cecconi | CLE at NYY | 15 | 5.28 | 1.43 | 18% | 2nd | ||||
| 24 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI at ATL | 62 | 5.05 | 1.32 | 13% | 7th | This isn’t just a reaction to 0 out, 8 ER meltdown, he had a 5.40 ERA in 5 May starts before that | |||
| 25 | Sean Burke | CHW v DET | 60 | 4.20 | 1.42 | 5% | 12th | ||||
| 26 | TBD | ATH v MIN | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 23rd |
Looks like Minnesota is bringing Festa up and pushing Ober back (fallout from Pablo Lopez IL).
Also, Fangraphs has Jack Perkins listed for tomorrow…don’t see it speculated anywhere else, but here’s the link: https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/athletics