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!

Starter Notes June 5, 2025
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB 2025 wOBA RK NOTE
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
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues





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BearInMindMember since 2018
1 day ago

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