Starting Pitcher Chart – September 17th, 2025

September 17, 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.

Board tonight, comments in the morning!

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Starter Notes September 17, 2025

RK	PITCHER	GAME	10	12	15+	IP	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	2025 wOBA RK
1	Jacob deGrom	TEX at HOU	x	x	x	162	2.82	0.92	22%	21st
2	Matthew Boyd	CHC at PIT	x	x	x	171	3.05	1.07	16%	29th
3	Brandon Woodruff	MIL v LAA	x	x	x	59	3.32	0.96	25%	25th
4	Blake Snell	LAD v PHI	x	x	x	48	2.79	1.39	16%	6th
5	Nick Pivetta	SDP at NYM	x	x	x	171	2.73	0.95	20%	3rd
6	Kevin Gausman	TOR at TBR	x	x	x	177	3.44	1.00	18%	11th
7	Jesús Luzardo	PHI at LAD	x	x	x	169	4.03	1.26	20%	4th
8	David Peterson	NYM v SDP	x	x	x	162	3.77	1.32	13%	19th
9	Brady Singer	CIN at STL	x	x	x	155	3.94	1.24	14%	26th
10	Lucas Giolito	BOS v ATH	x	x	x	136	3.31	1.25	12%	7th
11	Hurston Waldrep	ATL at WSN	x	x	x	45	2.78	1.17	13%	19th
12	Gavin Williams	CLE at DET	x	x	x	156	3.16	1.29	11%	17th
13	Ian Seymour	TBR v TOR		x	x	42	3.16	1.13	21%	3rd
14	Justin Verlander	SFG at ARI		x	x	134	3.94	1.37	13%	6th
15	Ryan Weathers	MIA at COL		x	x	29	2.73	1.04	16%	21st
16	Johan Oviedo	PIT v CHC		x	x	25	2.81	1.17	14%	9th
17	Luis Gil	NYY at MIN	W	x	x	41	2.83	1.40	4%	20th
18	Martín Pérez	CHW v BAL		x	x	52	3.27	1.05	10%	20th
19	Tyler Wells	BAL at CHW		x	x	11	2.31	0.60	21%	28th
20	Bryce Miller	SEA at KCR	W	W	x	75	5.59	1.37	11%	24th
21	Jack Flaherty	DET v CLE	W	W	x	151	4.69	1.28	19%	29th
22	Cole Ragans	KCR v SEA			x	48	5.18	1.29	29%	12th
23	Cristian Javier	HOU v TEX			x	26	4.78	1.29	12%	23rd
24	José Soriano	LAA at MIL				167	4.13	1.38	11%	8th
25	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI v SFG				157	5.31	1.40	14%	13th
26	Taj Bradley	MIN v NYY				132	4.88	1.30	11%	1st
27	Brad Lord	WSN v ATL				115	4.21	1.30	12%	22nd
28	Andre Pallante	STL v CIN				155	5.34	1.43	7%	15th
29	Mason Barnett	ATH at BOS				12	8.53	1.89	11%	10th
30	Mc Cade Brown	COL v MIA				13	9.88	2.12	1%	14th

Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues

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