Starting Pitcher Chart – May 30th, 2025

May 30, 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 30, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK
1	Nick Pivetta	SDP v PIT	x	x	x	56	2.72	1.01	20%	25th
2	Bryan Woo	SEA v MIN	x	x	x	63	2.40	0.93	21%	23rd
3	Framber Valdez	HOU v TBR	x	x	x	69	3.39	1.14	15%	19th
4	Max Fried	NYY at LAD	x	x	x	70	1.29	0.93	18%	1st
5	Zach Eflin	BAL v CHW	x	x	x	33	5.40	1.17	9%	19th
6	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI v WSN	x	x	x	64	3.52	1.02	16%	17th
7	Matthew Liberatore	STL at TEX	x	x	x	59	2.73	1.01	18%	29th
8	Casey Mize	DET at KCR	x	x	x	47	2.45	1.01	16%	26th
9	David Peterson	NYM v COL	x	x	x	58	2.79	1.28	13%	28th
10	Zebby Matthews	MIN at SEA	x	x	x	7	7.71	2.00	29%	10th
11	Seth Lugo	KCR v DET	x	x	x	56	3.02	1.09	12%	5th
12	Colin Rea	CHC v CIN	x	x	x	46	3.28	1.29	13%	16th
13	Chris Bassitt	TOR v ATH	x	x	x	61	3.38	1.32	19%	7th
14	Andrew Abbott	CIN at CHC		x	x	40	1.77	1.16	17%	4th
15	Ryan Pepiot	TBR at HOU		x	x	63	3.55	1.23	13%	8th
16	Grant Holmes	ATL v BOS		x	x	58	3.68	1.16	12%	6th
17	Jeffrey Springs	ATH at TOR		x	x	59	3.97	1.22	10%	25th
18	Kyle Harrison	SFG at MIA			x	9	3.86	1.07	21%	17th
19	Tony Gonsolin	LAD v NYY			x	25	4.68	1.44	15%	1st
20	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE v LAA			x	53	4.73	1.43	13%	27th
21	Jake Irvin	WSN at ARI			x	68	3.42	1.10	10%	11th
22	Lucas Giolito	BOS at ATL			x	27	5.27	1.43	13%	22nd
23	Jack Leiter	TEX v STL			x	41	4.17	1.24	5%	13th
24	Mitch Keller	PIT at SDP				64	3.66	1.30	14%	15th
25	Taijuan Walker	PHI v MIL				39	2.97	1.30	10%	24th
26	José Soriano	LAA at CLE				62	3.73	1.53	6%	21st
27	Quinn Priester	MIL at PHI				44	4.23	1.43	5%	3rd
28	Sean Burke	CHW at BAL				54	4.33	1.46	4%	30th
29	Kyle Freeland	COL at NYM				55	5.86	1.68	12%	9th
30	Cal Quantrill	MIA v SFG				44	6.09	1.49	8%	18th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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