Starting Pitcher Chart – May 6th, 2025

May 6, 2025

The chart includes their performance for 2025 (I changed over from 2024 #s on April 15th), their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far (this changed as of April 14th), 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 basically a 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 value focusing on roto.

Couch night! Crashed out watching games (OK, and the Met Gala entrances)… I’ll answer any questions about guys in the comments!

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Starter Notes May 6, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK
1	Paul Skenes	PIT at STL	x	x	x	42	2.74	0.91	20%	9th
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI at TBR	x	x	x	44	3.48	1.00	28%	10th
3	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX at BOS	x	x	x	42	2.11	0.77	26%	7th
4	Seth Lugo	KCR v CHW	x	x	x	44	3.07	1.05	13%	27th
5	Michael King	SDP at NYY	x	x	x	38	2.09	1.01	22%	2nd
6	Drew Rasmussen	TBR v PHI	x	x	x	30	2.64	0.98	19%	11th
7	Pablo López	MIN v BAL	x	x	x	28	2.25	1.00	20%	5th
8	Tony Gonsolin	LAD at MIA	x	x	x	6	4.50	1.00	38%	22nd
9	Chris Sale	ATL v CIN	x	x	x	35	4.84	1.42	24%	14th
10	Matthew Liberatore	STL v PIT	x	x	x	34	3.44	0.97	20%	22nd
11	Hayden Wesneski	HOU at MIL	x	x	x	28	3.86	1.00	20%	19th
12	Zac Gallen	ARI v NYM		x	x	38	4.93	1.30	15%	12th
13	David Peterson	NYM at ARI		x	x	32	3.06	1.36	15%	16th
14	Sean Burke	CHW at KCR		x	x	33	4.91	1.36	7%	24th
15	Jackson Jobe	DET at COL		x	x	24	3.38	1.33	4%	30th
16	Lucas Giolito	BOS v TEX			x	6	4.50	1.17	20%	28th
17	Colin Rea	CHC v SFG			x	24	1.46	1.05	16%	17th
18	Clarke Schmidt	NYY v SDP			x	14	5.52	1.43	9%	16th
19	Cade Povich	BAL at MIN			x	29	5.16	1.65	10%	24th
20	Jeffrey Springs	ATH v SEA			x	34	4.98	1.43	7%	12th
21	Tyler Anderson	LAA v TOR			x	33	2.67	1.04	9%	9th
22	Justin Verlander	SFG at CHC			x	37	4.38	1.30	12%	6th
23	Eric Lauer	TOR at LAA			x	4	4.50	1.25	12%	29th
24	Ben Lively	CLE at WSN				36	3.72	1.27	9%	18th
25	Chad Patrick	MIL v HOU				31	2.87	1.28	12%	23rd
26	Emerson Hancock	SEA at ATH				17	6.62	1.75	13%	15th
27	Chase Dollander	COL v DET				25	6.48	1.52	13%	8th
28	Brad Lord	WSN v CLE				22	4.43	1.66	7%	20th
29	Andrew Abbott	CIN at ATL				19	2.84	1.26	14%	21st
30	Cal Quantrill	MIA v LAD				26	8.10	1.80	5%	1st

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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waitingfornextyear

6 months ago

How risky-risky is Giolito? I’m in a QS points league and picked up Gio as a spec but lost a couple guys to injuries. I love the matchups this week and the streaming wire is thin this week.

Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff

Reply to waitingfornextyear

Honestly, 1-x is too light. I overestimated TEX, they’re a team to pick on right now and I’m pro-Gio so I’m running him! (FYI, I deleted your other msg since it was also about Gio)

Last edited 6 months ago by Paul Sporer