Starting Pitcher Chart – May 31st, 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.

Starter Notes May 31, 2025
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB 2025 wOBA RK NOTE
1 Tarik Skubal DET at KCR x x x 68 2.49 0.84 32% 26th I love that he’s on my favorite team!
2 Jesús Luzardo PHI v MIL x x x 67 2.15 1.18 21% 24th
3 Dylan Cease SDP v PIT x x x 59 4.58 1.25 21% 27th Great spot to start shaving that ERA down
4 Sonny Gray STL at TEX x x x 62 4.06 1.16 21% 29th
5 Robbie Ray SFG at MIA x x x 63 2.56 1.15 16% 14th
6 Bailey Ober MIN at SEA x x x 58 3.41 1.33 13% 12th
7 Kodai Senga NYM v COL x x x 55 1.46 1.24 11% 28th
8 Spencer Schwellenbach ATL v BOS x x x 68 3.42 1.05 17% 6th
9 Brandon Pfaadt ARI v WSN x x x 62 3.90 1.22 13% 16th
10 Nick Lodolo CIN at CHC x x 63 3.39 1.10 16% 2nd He’s not quite an ace, but he has been excellent outside the 1 dud v. WAS so he is startable everywhere as long as you’re comfortable w/the risk
11 Slade Cecconi CLE v LAA x x 11 3.27 1.09 27% 23rd A pair of strong outings so far and the schedule gives him a chance to stay hot
12 Michael Wacha KCR v DET x x 61 3.21 1.26 10% 15th High floor streamer hasn’t allowed >4 ER
13 Chad Patrick MIL at PHI x x 57 2.97 1.25 14% 11th Classic random MIL breakout: hasn’t allowed >3 ER in any of his 12 app. en route to a sub-3.00 ERA despite the modest 14% K-BB
14 Dean Kremer BAL v CHW x 61 5.02 1.39 11% 30th After allowing 10 ER in his final 2 starts of Apr, he’s allowed just 10 in all of May (30.3 IP) so let’s see how it goes w/the great matchup
15 Colton Gordon HOU v TBR x 14 5.52 1.43 18% 20th Decent in 3 starts, espec. w/just 2 BB (3%) but he looks like a 5-and-dive so the margin for error is small
16 Walker Buehler BOS at ATL x 41 3.95 1.20 13% 10th I remain really nervous about starting him
17 Davis Martin CHW at BAL x 62 3.45 1.26 8% 8th Pitching well of late and catching BAL at the right time, but don’t come looking for Ws here
18 Will Warren NYY at LAD x 50 4.09 1.26 22% 1st I really wanna get cute here as he’s toting a 2.75 ERA/1.15 WHIP/29% K-BB in 5 May starts, but it’s extremelyyyyy risky and I know it’s a bad idea
19 Gunnar Hoglund ATH at TOR x 26 5.13 1.41 12% 25th 5 HR & 8 BB have been instrumental in his crash back to Earth after a fast start (7.20 ERA/1.67 WHIP in L3)
20 Bryce Miller SEA v MIN x 39 5.22 1.54 8% 22nd 1st start off the IL
21 Michael Soroka WSN at ARI 25 5.61 1.21 19% 2nd Aces-only at ARI
22 Edward Cabrera MIA v SFG 40 4.73 1.40 16% 20th
23 Patrick Corbin TEX v STL 48 3.75 1.29 11% 13th
24 Zack Littell TBR at HOU 65 3.97 1.08 12% 18th
25 Bailey Falter PIT at SDP 59 3.47 1.14 8% 15th
26 Braydon Fisher TOR v ATH 7 0.00 0.43 45% 14th Opening for Eric Lauer who might actually have some deep lg appeal if TOR can get a lead for him to steal a dub
27 Drew Pomeranz CHC v CIN 12 0.00 0.55 23% 16th
28 Antonio Senzatela COL at NYM 54 6.50 1.94 5% 9th
29 Kyle Hendricks LAA at CLE 53 5.23 1.26 8% 21st
30 Landon Knack LAD v NYY 29 5.22 1.36 14% 3rd
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues





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Ciudad FritosMember since 2023
4 days ago

Starting Cabrera against the Giants, may the force be with me.