Starting Pitcher Chart – September 23rd, 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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| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET at CLE | x | x | x | 189 | 2.23 | 0.88 | 28% | 27th |
| 2 | Cristopher Sánchez | PHI v MIA | x | x | x | 189 | 2.66 | 1.10 | 20% | 21st |
| 3 | Logan Webb | SFG v STL | x | x | x | 195 | 3.27 | 1.24 | 21% | 25th |
| 4 | Cole Ragans | KCR at LAA | x | x | x | 52 | 5.16 | 1.26 | 28% | 16th |
| 5 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD at ARI | x | x | x | 41 | 3.29 | 1.07 | 27% | 5th |
| 6 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR at BAL | x | x | x | 164 | 3.77 | 1.16 | 16% | 20th |
| 7 | Kevin Gausman | TOR v BOS | x | x | x | 183 | 3.38 | 1.01 | 18% | 11th |
| 8 | Gavin Williams | CLE v DET | x | x | x | 161 | 3.06 | 1.28 | 12% | 19th |
| 9 | Brady Singer | CIN v PIT | x | x | x | 161 | 3.86 | 1.22 | 14% | 30th |
| 10 | Cade Horton | CHC v NYM | x | x | x | 115 | 2.66 | 1.10 | 13% | 2nd |
| 11 | Hurston Waldrep | ATL v WSN | x | x | x | 50 | 3.04 | 1.15 | 16% | 21st |
| 12 | Lucas Giolito | BOS at TOR | x | x | x | 140 | 3.46 | 1.28 | 11% | 6th |
| 13 | Bryce Miller | SEA v COL | x | x | 80 | 5.58 | 1.41 | 11% | 27th | |
| 14 | Johan Oviedo | PIT at CIN | x | x | 30 | 3.52 | 1.24 | 11% | 14th | |
| 15 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH v HOU | x | x | 166 | 4.17 | 1.22 | 12% | 10th | |
| 16 | Edward Cabrera | MIA at PHI | x | 128 | 3.57 | 1.21 | 18% | 3rd | ||
| 17 | David Peterson | NYM at CHC | x | 167 | 3.98 | 1.34 | 12% | 7th | ||
| 18 | Dean Kremer | BAL v TBR | x | 164 | 4.39 | 1.26 | 14% | 12th | ||
| 19 | Zebby Matthews | MIN at TEX | x | 72 | 5.97 | 1.58 | 18% | 24th | ||
| 20 | Shane Smith | CHW at NYY | x | 135 | 4.06 | 1.22 | 13% | 1st | ||
| 21 | Cristian Javier | HOU at ATH | x | 32 | 4.45 | 1.24 | 12% | 7th | ||
| 22 | Luis Gil | NYY v CHW | x | 46 | 3.33 | 1.50 | 3% | 29th | ||
| 23 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI v LAD | 166 | 5.02 | 1.34 | 14% | 4th | |||
| 24 | Patrick Corbin | TEX v MIN | 147 | 4.33 | 1.35 | 12% | 22nd | |||
| 25 | Andre Pallante | STL at SFG | 160 | 5.29 | 1.44 | 7% | 15th | |||
| 26 | Randy Vásquez | SDP v MIL | 125 | 3.94 | 1.36 | 4% | 8th | |||
| 27 | Brad Lord | WSN at ATL | 120 | 4.18 | 1.30 | 12% | 17th | |||
| 28 | McCade Brown | COL at SEA | 17 | 9.17 | 2.09 | -2% | 9th | |||
| 29 | Bruce Zimmermann | MIL at SDP | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 19th | |||
| 30 | Sam Aldegheri | LAA v KCR | 4 | 10.38 | 2.54 | -4% | 26th |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
KEY x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win