Starting Pitcher Chart – September 20th-21st, 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.
The penultimate weekend of the season!! Sorry I missed Friday’s board, hope you navigated well in my absence.
This weekend plus one more week is all we have, let’s finish strong!
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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK | NOTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Ryan | MIN v CLE | x | x | x | 161 | 3.35 | 1.02 | 22% | 29th | Saturday |
| 2 | Carlos Rodón | NYY at BAL | x | x | x | 182 | 3.11 | 1.07 | 16% | 20th | Saturday |
| 3 | George Kirby | SEA at HOU | x | x | x | 115 | 4.46 | 1.23 | 19% | 21st | Saturday |
| 4 | Logan Gilbert | SEA at HOU | x | x | x | 114 | 3.54 | 1.03 | 28% | 21st | Sunday |
| 5 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD v SFG | x | x | x | 82 | 3.06 | 1.03 | 18% | 13th | Saturday |
| 6 | Shane Bieber | TOR at KCR | x | x | x | 29 | 3.72 | 1.00 | 23% | 24th | Saturday |
| 7 | Michael King | SDP at CHW | x | x | x | 62 | 2.87 | 1.07 | 18% | 28th | Sunday |
| 8 | Ranger Suárez | PHI at ARI | x | x | x | 149 | 2.84 | 1.17 | 18% | 11th | Sunday |
| 9 | Framber Valdez | HOU v SEA | x | x | x | 180 | 3.59 | 1.22 | 15% | 12th | Saturday |
| 10 | Andrew Abbott | CIN v CHC | x | x | x | 151 | 2.79 | 1.13 | 15% | 10th | Sunday |
| 11 | Nolan McLean | NYM v WSN | x | x | x | 37 | 1.19 | 0.98 | 20% | 19th | Saturday |
| 12 | Cam Schlittler | NYY at BAL | x | x | x | 56 | 3.05 | 1.32 | 17% | 18th | Sunday |
| 13 | Connelly Early | BOS at TBR | x | x | x | 5 | 1.20 | 48% | 23rd | Sunday | |
| 14 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH at PIT | x | x | x | 162 | 4.28 | 1.20 | 12% | 29th | Sunday |
| 15 | Bubba Chandler | PIT v ATH | x | x | x | 20 | 5.66 | 1.16 | 17% | 7th | Saturday |
| 16 | Luis Morales | ATH at PIT | W | x | x | 38 | 3.08 | 1.11 | 13% | 30th | Saturday |
| 17 | Jameson Taillon | CHC at CIN | W | x | x | 116 | 3.93 | 1.09 | 13% | 15th | Sunday |
| 18 | Noah Cameron | KCR v TOR | x | x | 127 | 2.98 | 1.09 | 13% | 3rd | Saturday | |
| 19 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR v BOS | x | x | 163 | 3.59 | 1.13 | 16% | 10th | Sunday | |
| 20 | Eury Pérez | MIA at TEX | x | x | 81 | 4.67 | 1.11 | 15% | 23rd | Sunday | |
| 21 | Kyle Bradish | BAL v NYY | x | x | 22 | 2.45 | 1.09 | 26% | 1st | Sunday | |
| 22 | Zack Littell | CIN v CHC | x | x | 177 | 3.86 | 1.11 | 13% | 9th | Saturday | |
| 23 | Mike Burrows | PIT v ATH | x | x | 90 | 4.10 | 1.24 | 17% | 7th | Sunday | |
| 24 | Trey Yesavage | TOR at KCR | x | x | 5 | 1.80 | 1.00 | 35% | 24th | Sunday | |
| 25 | Spencer Strider | ATL at DET | x | x | 114 | 4.64 | 1.36 | 15% | 17th | Sunday | |
| 26 | Joey Cantillo | CLE at MIN | x | x | 80 | 3.36 | 1.31 | 16% | 13th | Sunday | |
| 27 | Casey Mize | DET v ATL | x | x | 131 | 3.83 | 1.27 | 16% | 22nd | Sunday | |
| 28 | Slade Cecconi | CLE at MIN | x | x | 121 | 4.39 | 1.22 | 13% | 20th | Saturday | |
| 29 | Yu Darvish | SDP at CHW | x | x | 62 | 5.63 | 1.14 | 17% | 28th | Saturday | |
| 30 | Jack Leiter | TEX v MIA | x | x | 139 | 3.82 | 1.29 | 12% | 14th | Saturday | |
| 31 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD v SFG | W | x | 65 | 3.17 | 1.06 | 21% | 13th | Sunday | |
| 32 | Adrian Houser | TBR v BOS | x | 113 | 3.11 | 1.27 | 11% | 10th | Saturday | ||
| 33 | Jason Alexander | HOU v SEA | x | 71 | 4.04 | 1.30 | 12% | 12th | Sunday | ||
| 34 | Zac Gallen | ARI v PHI | x | 180 | 4.73 | 1.25 | 13% | 2nd | Saturday | ||
| 35 | Aaron Nola | PHI at ARI | x | 81 | 6.44 | 1.43 | 16% | 6th | Saturday | ||
| 36 | Cade Cavalli | WSN at NYM | x | 39 | 4.76 | 1.46 | 10% | 3rd | Saturday | ||
| 37 | Chad Patrick | MIL at STL | x | 110 | 3.67 | 1.30 | 16% | 26th | Saturday | ||
| 38 | Javier Assad | CHC at CIN | x | 27 | 4.23 | 1.30 | 5% | 15th | Saturday | ||
| 39 | Matthew Liberatore | STL v MIL | x | 146 | 4.30 | 1.31 | 12% | 7th | Sunday | ||
| 40 | Bailey Ober | MIN v CLE | x | 135 | 5.12 | 1.31 | 15% | 29th | Saturday | ||
| 41 | Joey Wentz | ATL at DET | x | 89 | 5.56 | 1.52 | 11% | 1st | Saturday | ||
| 42 | Michael Wacha | KCR v TOR | x | 159 | 3.45 | 1.18 | 12% | 4th | Sunday | ||
| 43 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL v NYY | x | 149 | 4.39 | 1.32 | 10% | 1st | Saturday | ||
| 44 | Sean Manaea | NYM v WSN | x | 50 | 5.76 | 1.24 | 25% | 27th | Sunday | ||
| 45 | Yoendrys Gómez | CHW v SDP | 51 | 4.91 | 1.42 | 10% | 16th | Saturday | |||
| 46 | Logan Allen로건 | CLE at MIN | 144 | 4.43 | 1.44 | 8% | 13th | Saturday | |||
| 47 | Kyle Harrison | BOS at TBR | 26 | 4.05 | 1.24 | 16% | 23rd | Saturday | |||
| 48 | Miles Mikolas | STL v MIL | 146 | 4.80 | 1.31 | 9% | 8th | Saturday | |||
| 49 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN v CLE | 100 | 4.31 | 1.36 | 12% | 29th | Sunday | |||
| 50 | Carson Whisenhunt | SFG at LAD | 23 | 5.01 | 1.46 | 4% | 4th | Sunday | |||
| 51 | Patrick Corbin | TEX v MIA | 146 | 4.23 | 1.34 | 12% | 24th | Sunday | |||
| 52 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI v PHI | 137 | 4.98 | 1.55 | 12% | 6th | Sunday | |||
| 53 | Sean Burke | CHW v SDP | 126 | 4.29 | 1.47 | 10% | 16th | Sunday | |||
| 54 | Jake Irvin | WSN at NYM | 162 | 5.70 | 1.43 | 7% | 3rd | Sunday | |||
| 55 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA at COL | 152 | 5.01 | 1.32 | 9% | 27th | Saturday | |||
| 56 | Germán Márquez | COL v LAA | 115 | 6.65 | 1.76 | 6% | 25th | Saturday | |||
| 57 | Kai-Wei Teng | SFG at LAD | 26 | 6.41 | 1.61 | 15% | 5th | Saturday | |||
| 58 | Adam Mazur | MIA at TEX | 26 | 4.85 | 1.46 | 6% | 23rd | Saturday | |||
| 59 | Keider Montero | DET v ATL | 83 | 4.32 | 1.38 | 10% | 22nd | Saturday | |||
| 60 | Kyle Freeland | COL v LAA | 145 | 4.97 | 1.46 | 12% | 17th | Sunday | |||
| 61 | Robert Gasser | MIL v STL | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 18th | Sunday | |||
| 62 | Sam Aldegheri | LAA at COL | 4 | 10.38 | 2.54 | -4% | 21st | Sunday |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
KEY x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win
Where would Clay Holmes rank vs WSN?
I put Manaea bc I think Holmes is just opening again, so likely just 3-4 IP and I’m not sure he’s worth starting anywhere