Starting Pitcher Chart – September 12th-14th, 2025

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September 12, 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.

I know the Cubs game is going already today, but here’s the rest of the weekend!

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Starter Notes September 12-14, 2025
RK PITCHER GAME 10 12 15+ IP ERA WHIP K-BB 2025 wOBA RK NOTE
1 Tarik Skubal DET at MIA x x x 180 2.10 0.86 28% 26th Friday
2 Jacob deGrom TEX at NYM x x x 155 2.78 0.93 22% 2nd Friday
3 Hunter Brown HOU at ATL x x x 167 2.25 1.01 21% 20th Saturday
4 Garrett Crochet BOS v NYY x x x 185 2.57 1.05 25% 2nd Sunday
5 Joe Ryan MIN v ARI x x x 157 3.32 1.01 23% 6th Saturday
6 George Kirby SEA v LAA x x x 108 4.56 1.27 17% 25th Sunday
7 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD at SFG x x x 155 2.72 1.01 21% 13th Friday
8 Max Fried NYY at BOS x x x 176 3.02 1.10 16% 5th Saturday
9 Trevor Rogers BAL at TOR x x x 95 1.51 0.87 18% 3rd Friday
10 Tyler Glasnow LAD at SFG x x x 75 3.21 1.03 19% 13th Sunday
11 Logan Webb SFG v LAD x x x 184 3.12 1.22 21% 5th Saturday
12 Pablo López MIN v ARI x x x 66 2.84 1.08 18% 6th Friday
13 Shota Imanaga CHC v TBR x x x 129 3.21 0.93 16% 24th Sunday
14 Hunter Greene CIN at ATH x x x 90 2.59 0.93 27% 7th Saturday
15 Framber Valdez HOU at ATL x x x 176 3.42 1.19 16% 15th Sunday
16 Bryan Woo SEA v LAA x x x 175 3.02 0.95 21% 25th Saturday
17 Matthew Boyd CHC v TBR x x x 166 2.92 1.06 16% 24th Friday
18 Drew Rasmussen TBR at CHC x x x 139 2.64 0.98 16% 10th Saturday
19 Nolan McLean NYM v TEX x x x 31 1.42 0.95 19% 23rd Sunday
20 Dylan Cease SDP v COL x x x 151 4.71 1.34 20% 27th Friday
21 Hurston Waldrep ATL v HOU x x x 40 1.33 1.06 14% 22nd Friday
22 Nick Lodolo CIN at ATH x x x 139 3.10 1.03 19% 8th Sunday
23 Brandon Woodruff MIL v STL x x x 59 3.32 0.96 25% 26th Saturday
24 Jonah Tong NYM v TEX x x x 11 4.09 1.18 17% 23rd Friday
25 Ryne Nelson ARI at MIN x x x 137 3.48 1.05 15% 21st Saturday
26 Shane Bieber TOR v BAL x x x 23 4.30 1.04 24% 18th Sunday
27 Michael King SDP v COL x x x 62 2.87 1.07 18% 27th Sunday
28 Jacob Misiorowski MIL v STL x x x 55 4.09 1.09 24% 26th Sunday
29 Robbie Ray SFG v LAD x x x 173 3.32 1.17 15% 4th Sunday
30 Tanner Bibee CLE v CHW x x x 161 4.69 1.30 13% 28th Friday
31 Sonny Gray STL at MIL x x x 163 4.45 1.22 21% 9th Saturday
32 Luis Castillo SEA v LAA x x x 161 3.85 1.27 15% 25th Friday
33 Max Scherzer TOR v BAL x x x 74 4.36 1.16 17% 18th Saturday
34 Quinn Priester MIL v STL x x x 141 3.25 1.23 11% 26th Friday
35 Yu Darvish SDP v COL x x x 57 5.65 1.17 16% 27th Saturday
36 Bubba Chandler PIT at WSN x x x 14 7.36 1.50 12% 19th Saturday
37 Martín Pérez CHW at CLE x x x 45 3.15 1.07 11% 28th Friday
38 Mike Burrows PIT at WSN W x x 85 3.99 1.24 16% 19th Sunday
39 Mitch Keller PIT at WSN W x x 162 4.16 1.26 13% 19th Friday
40 Noah Cameron KCR at PHI x x 120 3.00 1.12 12% 7th Sunday
41 Jacob Latz TEX at NYM x x 74 2.91 1.24 11% 17th Sunday
42 Parker Messick CLE v CHW x x 23 1.93 1.33 16% 14th Saturday
43 Chris Bassitt TOR v BAL x x 161 3.97 1.32 16% 18th Friday
44 Clayton Kershaw LAD at SFG x x 99 3.27 1.16 11% 30th Saturday
45 Will Warren NYY at BOS x x 147 4.22 1.35 15% 8th Sunday
46 Adrian Houser TBR at CHC x x 107 3.11 1.26 12% 10th Sunday
47 Justin Verlander SFG v LAD x x 127 4.09 1.39 14% 5th Friday
48 Yusei Kikuchi LAA at SEA x x 161 4.18 1.48 13% 12th Friday
49 Davis Martin CHW at CLE x x 127 4.03 1.28 9% 29th Saturday
50 J.T. Ginn ATH v CIN x x 76 4.95 1.34 19% 15th Friday
51 Luis Morales ATH v CIN x x 33 2.73 1.09 15% 15th Sunday
52 Andrew Alvarez WSN v PIT x x 9 1.86 0.93 3% 29th Saturday
53 Slade Cecconi CLE v CHW x x 115 4.45 1.25 13% 28th Sunday
54 Yoendrys Gómez CHW at CLE x x 46 5.05 1.51 9% 29th Sunday
55 Brayan Bello BOS v NYY x 152 3.12 1.21 10% 1st Saturday
56 Bailey Ober MIN v ARI x 129 5.08 1.34 14% 6th Sunday
57 Charlie Morton DET at MIA x 135 5.59 1.53 12% 14th Saturday
58 AJ Blubaugh HOU at ATL x 21 2.57 0.90 23% 20th Friday
59 Brady Singer CIN at ATH x 149 3.98 1.26 14% 7th Friday
60 Brandon Sproat NYM v TEX x 6 4.50 1.17 13% 23rd Saturday
61 Lucas Giolito BOS v NYY x 130 3.38 1.26 11% 1st Friday
62 Cade Cavalli WSN v PIT x 34 4.67 1.47 13% 30th Sunday
63 Colin Rea CHC v TBR x 141 4.20 1.31 10% 11th Saturday
64 Janson Junk MIA v DET x 92 4.48 1.18 14% 16th Saturday
65 Ryan Bergert KCR at PHI x 72 3.48 1.23 12% 4th Saturday
66 Aaron Nola PHI v KCR x 75 6.24 1.45 16% 24th Sunday
67 Nabil Crismatt ARI at MIN x 25 3.24 1.40 9% 21st Sunday
68 Brandon Pfaadt ARI at MIN 153 5.18 1.38 14% 21st Friday
69 Luis Gil NYY at BOS 35 3.31 1.53 5% 8th Friday
70 Sandy Alcantara MIA v DET 154 5.67 1.32 11% 16th Friday
71 Tomoyuki Sugano BAL at TOR 143 4.51 1.34 10% 3rd Saturday
72 Joey Wentz ATL v HOU 85 5.82 1.52 10% 6th Sunday
73 Mitch Farris LAA at SEA 11 2.45 0.82 10% 12th Saturday
74 Patrick Corbin TEX at NYM 142 4.36 1.32 12% 17th Saturday
75 Shane Baz TBR at CHC 155 4.94 1.34 16% 10th Friday
76 Caden Dana LAA at SEA 15 6.32 1.60 11% 12th Sunday
77 Michael Lorenzen KCR at PHI 124 4.63 1.33 14% 4th Friday
78 Bryce Elder ATL v HOU 138 5.35 1.41 10% 22nd Saturday
79 Albert Suárez 수아레즈 BAL at TOR 7 2.35 1.04 10% 3rd Sunday
80 Brad Lord WSN v PIT 109 4.20 1.31 12% 30th Friday
81 Keider Montero DET at MIA 76 4.70 1.43 9% 14th Sunday
82 Luis Severino ATH v CIN 146 4.67 1.31 11% 15th Saturday
83 Andre Pallante STL at MIL 150 5.28 1.43 8% 9th Friday
84 Taijuan Walker PHI v KCR 111 4.03 1.38 8% 24th Saturday
85 Tanner Gordon COL at SDP 60 6.60 1.60 11% 17th Friday
86 Miles Mikolas STL at MIL 141 4.84 1.32 9% 9th Sunday
87 Adam Mazur MIA v DET 20 6.30 1.75 5% 16th Sunday
88 Walker Buehler PHI v KCR 112 5.45 1.56 6% 24th Friday
89 Bradley Blalock COL at SDP 47 8.62 1.79 2% 17th Saturday
90 Germán Márquez COL at SDP 112 6.31 1.70 7% 17th Sunday

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |

KEY x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win





 

Paul is the Editor of Rotographs and Content Director for OOTP Perfect Team. Follow Paul on Twitter @sporer and on Twitch at sporer.

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Andy SplinterMember since 2019
21 days ago

Hey Paul, just wanted to say that this is dope and super helpful going into one of the most important weekends of the year in H2H. Thanks for putting in the time to create it

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TonMember since 2025
21 days ago
Reply to  Andy Splinter

Agreed, great to get the lookahead

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