Starting Pitcher Chart – May 25th, 2025

May 25, 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 May 25, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK
1	Tarik Skubal	DET v CLE	x	x	x	59	2.87	0.94	31%	20th
2	Kris Bubic	KCR at MIN	x	x	x	61	1.47	1.06	18%	19th
3	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL v SDP	x	x	x	61	3.52	1.06	15%	16th
4	Jesús Luzardo	PHI at ATH	x	x	x	60	1.95	1.15	20%	6th
5	Dylan Cease	SDP at ATL	x	x	x	54	4.50	1.24	20%	14th
6	Logan Henderson	MIL at PIT	x	x	x	16	1.69	0.81	32%	29th
7	Robbie Ray	SFG at WSN	x	x	x	57	2.67	1.22	15%	16th
8	Bailey Ober	MIN v KCR	x	x	x	51	3.68	1.34	14%	26th
9	Sonny Gray	STL v ARI	x	x	x	56	4.02	1.13	21%	1st
10	Luis Castillo	SEA at HOU		x	x	56	3.20	1.26	10%	20th
11	Ryan Pepiot	TBR v TOR		x	x	56	3.99	1.31	12%	24th
12	Nick Lodolo	CIN v CHC		x	x	58	3.22	1.06	16%	2nd
13	Kodai Senga	NYM v LAD		x	x	50	1.43	1.19	12%	2nd
14	Chris Bassitt	TOR at TBR		x	x	57	2.83	1.22	20%	19th
15	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI at STL		x	x	56	3.81	1.24	13%	5th
16	Bailey Falter	PIT v MIL		x	x	54	3.50	1.13	10%	23rd
17	Davis Martin	CHW v TEX		x	x	56	3.49	1.27	10%	27th
18	Will Warren	NYY at COL		x	x	46	4.05	1.29	21%	28th
19	Gunnar Hoglund	ATH v PHI			x	21	5.06	1.41	15%	11th
20	Walker Buehler	BOS v BAL			x	36	4.00	1.19	15%	10th
21	Michael Soroka	WSN v SFG			x	19	5.95	1.27	23%	13th
22	Ben Brown	CHC at CIN			x	46	5.44	1.55	20%	7th
23	Colton Gordon	HOU v SEA			x	9	5.59	1.45	19%	10th
24	Landon Knack	LAD at NYM				23	6.17	1.54	12%	12th
25	Patrick Corbin	TEX at CHW				42	3.59	1.31	10%	29th
26	Edward Cabrera	MIA at LAA				34	5.50	1.49	13%	22nd
27	Dean Kremer	BAL at BOS				55	5.50	1.38	10%	6th
28	Logan Allen로건	CLE at DET				44	3.86	1.53	7%	7th
29	Kyle Hendricks	LAA v MIA				47	5.32	1.27	6%	18th
30	Antonio Senzatela	COL v NYY				49	6.34	1.97	5%	3rd

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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