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 | Hunter Greene | CIN v PIT | x | x | x | 101 | 2.74 | 0.92 | 25% | 30th |
| 2 | Garrett Crochet | BOS at TOR | x | x | x | 197 | 2.69 | 1.05 | 26% | 4th |
| 3 | Paul Skenes | PIT at CIN | x | x | x | 181 | 2.03 | 0.96 | 23% | 14th |
| 4 | Jacob deGrom | TEX v MIN | x | x | x | 167 | 3.01 | 0.93 | 22% | 22nd |
| 5 | Hunter Brown | HOU at ATH | x | x | x | 180 | 2.30 | 1.01 | 21% | 7th |
| 6 | Jesús Luzardo | PHI v MIA | x | x | x | 176 | 4.08 | 1.25 | 20% | 21st |
| 7 | Sonny Gray | STL at SFG | x | x | x | 174 | 4.33 | 1.23 | 22% | 15th |
| 8 | Max Fried | NYY v CHW | x | x | x | 188 | 2.92 | 1.11 | 17% | 17th |
| 9 | Blake Snell | LAD at ARI | x | x | x | 55 | 2.44 | 1.28 | 18% | 11th |
| 10 | Dylan Cease | SDP v MIL | x | x | x | 163 | 4.64 | 1.32 | 20% | 8th |
| 11 | Matthew Boyd | CHC v NYM | x | x | x | 174 | 3.20 | 1.11 | 16% | 15th |
| 12 | Robbie Ray | SFG v STL | x | x | x | 182 | 3.65 | 1.21 | 15% | 18th |
| 13 | Tanner Bibee | CLE v DET | x | x | x | 176 | 4.34 | 1.23 | 14% | 19th |
| 14 | Max Scherzer | TOR v BOS | x | x | x | 80 | 5.06 | 1.25 | 16% | 11th |
| 15 | Luis Castillo | SEA v COL | x | x | x | 173 | 3.63 | 1.23 | 15% | 27th |
| 16 | Ryne Nelson | ARI v LAD | x | x | x | 148 | 3.34 | 1.07 | 14% | 4th |
| 17 | Tyler Wells | BAL v TBR | x | x | 17 | 2.04 | 0.62 | 21% | 12th | |
| 18 | Jonah Tong | NYM at CHC | x | x | 16 | 5.94 | 1.44 | 19% | 10th | |
| 19 | Quinn Priester | MIL at SDP | x | x | 152 | 3.25 | 1.21 | 13% | 16th | |
| 20 | Stephen Kolek | KCR at LAA | x | x | 106 | 3.54 | 1.14 | 11% | 26th | |
| 21 | Ryan Weathers | MIA at PHI | x | x | 33 | 3.21 | 1.22 | 13% | 6th | |
| 22 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA v KCR | x | x | 173 | 4.05 | 1.45 | 13% | 26th | |
| 23 | Jack Flaherty | DET at CLE | x | 156 | 4.60 | 1.28 | 19% | 28th | ||
| 24 | J.T. Ginn | ATH v HOU | x | 86 | 4.57 | 1.32 | 18% | 23rd | ||
| 25 | Andrew Alvarez | WSN at ATL | x | 19 | 2.84 | 1.11 | 10% | 14th | ||
| 26 | Shane Baz | TBR at BAL | x | 162 | 4.99 | 1.35 | 16% | 20th | ||
| 27 | Tanner Gordon | COL at SEA | 72 | 6.00 | 1.46 | 13% | 9th | |||
| 28 | Bryce Elder | ATL v WSN | 149 | 5.36 | 1.42 | 11% | 21st | |||
| 29 | Taj Bradley | MIN at TEX | 136 | 5.20 | 1.34 | 11% | 24th | |||
| 30 | Tyler Alexander | CHW at NYY | 94 | 5.13 | 1.43 | 12% | 2nd |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues
KEY x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win
Chart is for the 24th, not the 23rd.