Starting Pitcher Chart – September 27-28th, 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.
Hit me with any questions in the comments.
One more weekend, here we go!!!!
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RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK | NOTE |
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1 | Cristopher Sánchez | PHI v MIN | x | x | x | 196 | 2.57 | 1.08 | 20% | 13th | Sunday |
2 | Logan Webb | SFG v COL | x | x | x | 201 | 3.30 | 1.25 | 20% | 27th | Sunday |
3 | Freddy Peralta | MIL v CIN | x | x | x | 174 | 2.68 | 1.07 | 19% | 14th | Sunday |
4 | Tarik Skubal | DET at BOS | x | x | x | 195 | 2.21 | 0.89 | 28% | 5th | Sunday |
5 | Logan Gilbert | SEA v LAD | x | x | x | 126 | 3.43 | 1.03 | 27% | 4th | Saturday |
6 | Nick Pivetta | SDP v ARI | x | x | x | 181 | 2.87 | 0.99 | 19% | 5th | Sunday |
7 | Kevin Gausman | TOR v TBR | x | x | x | 189 | 3.47 | 1.03 | 18% | 12th | Sunday |
8 | Ranger Suárez | PHI v MIN | x | x | x | 153 | 3.12 | 1.20 | 17% | 13th | Saturday |
9 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD at SEA | x | x | x | 87 | 3.30 | 1.09 | 17% | 9th | Saturday |
10 | Eury Pérez | MIA v NYM | x | x | x | 90 | 4.20 | 1.04 | 18% | 2nd | Saturday |
11 | Cam Schlittler | NYY v BAL | x | x | x | 66 | 3.27 | 1.30 | 16% | 20th | Saturday |
12 | Michael King | SDP v ARI | x | x | x | 70 | 3.57 | 1.20 | 17% | 5th | Saturday |
13 | Edward Cabrera | MIA v NYM | x | x | x | 132 | 3.66 | 1.22 | 18% | 2nd | Sunday |
14 | Spencer Strider | ATL v PIT | x | x | x | 119 | 4.45 | 1.38 | 15% | 30th | Saturday |
15 | Justin Verlander | SFG v COL | x | x | x | 146 | 3.88 | 1.38 | 12% | 27th | Saturday |
16 | Gavin Williams | CLE v TEX | x | x | x | 167 | 3.06 | 1.27 | 13% | 24th | Sunday |
17 | Brady Singer | CIN at MIL | x | x | x | 166 | 3.95 | 1.23 | 14% | 8th | Sunday |
18 | Trey Yesavage | TOR v TBR | x | x | x | 9 | 5.00 | 1.44 | 15% | 12th | Saturday |
19 | Andrew Abbott | CIN at MIL | x | x | x | 161 | 2.80 | 1.16 | 15% | 8th | Saturday |
20 | Kyle Bradish | BAL at NYY | x | x | x | 28 | 2.25 | 1.00 | 27% | 1st | Sunday |
21 | Shane Smith | CHW at WSN | x | x | x | 140 | 3.98 | 1.24 | 13% | 21st | Sunday |
22 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD at SEA | x | x | x | 107 | 3.52 | 1.23 | 10% | 12th | Sunday |
23 | Cole Ragans | KCR at ATH | x | x | x | 57 | 5.02 | 1.22 | 29% | 9th | Sunday |
24 | Lucas Giolito | BOS v DET | x | x | x | 145 | 3.41 | 1.29 | 11% | 19th | Sunday |
25 | Ian Seymour | TBR at TOR | x | x | x | 53 | 2.85 | 1.08 | 18% | 4th | Sunday |
26 | Jameson Taillon | CHC v STL | W | x | x | 123 | 3.78 | 1.07 | 13% | 25th | Saturday |
27 | Connelly Early | BOS v DET | x | x | 14 | 1.88 | 1.12 | 32% | 1st | Saturday | |
28 | Bubba Chandler | PIT at ATL | x | x | 25 | 4.56 | 0.97 | 20% | 17th | Saturday | |
29 | Luis Morales | ATH v KCR | x | x | 44 | 3.07 | 1.11 | 12% | 18th | Saturday | |
30 | Joey Cantillo | CLE v TEX | x | x | 89 | 3.21 | 1.30 | 15% | 24th | Saturday | |
31 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL v CIN | x | x | 63 | 4.38 | 1.19 | 22% | 25th | Saturday | |
32 | David Peterson | NYM at MIA | x | x | 168 | 4.22 | 1.37 | 12% | 21st | Sunday | |
33 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH v KCR | x | x | 171 | 4.11 | 1.21 | 12% | 26th | Sunday | |
34 | Jacob Latz | TEX at CLE | x | x | 80 | 2.80 | 1.26 | 10% | 27th | Saturday | |
35 | Michael Wacha | KCR at ATH | x | x | 166 | 4.00 | 1.24 | 11% | 7th | Saturday | |
36 | Joe Boyle | TBR at TOR | x | 47 | 4.40 | 1.34 | 14% | 6th | Saturday | ||
37 | Sean Burke | CHW at WSN | x | 130 | 4.29 | 1.47 | 11% | 21st | Saturday | ||
38 | Johan Oviedo | PIT at ATL | x | 35 | 3.57 | 1.22 | 13% | 17th | Sunday | ||
39 | Cristian Javier | HOU at LAA | x | 37 | 4.62 | 1.27 | 12% | 26th | Sunday | ||
40 | AJ Blubaugh | HOU at LAA | x | 28 | 1.93 | 0.82 | 24% | 26th | Saturday | ||
41 | Bryce Miller | SEA v LAD | x | 86 | 5.53 | 1.39 | 11% | 4th | Sunday | ||
42 | Michael McGreevy | STL at CHC | x | 91 | 4.35 | 1.23 | 10% | 10th | Saturday | ||
43 | Sean Manaea | NYM at MIA | x | 59 | 5.80 | 1.22 | 24% | 21st | Saturday | ||
44 | Brad Lord | WSN v CHW | x | 126 | 4.12 | 1.28 | 12% | 29th | Sunday | ||
45 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL at NYY | x | 152 | 4.54 | 1.34 | 10% | 1st | Saturday | ||
46 | Patrick Corbin | TEX at CLE | 151 | 4.34 | 1.35 | 12% | 27th | Sunday | |||
47 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI at SDP | 172 | 5.00 | 1.33 | 14% | 16th | Sunday | |||
48 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI at SDP | 148 | 4.91 | 1.56 | 12% | 19th | Saturday | |||
49 | Mick Abel | MIN at PHI | 33 | 7.36 | 1.67 | 10% | 3rd | Saturday | |||
50 | Charlie Morton | ATL v PIT | 140 | 5.89 | 1.57 | 12% | 30th | Sunday | |||
51 | Javier Assad | CHC v STL | 31 | 4.26 | 1.29 | 4% | 25th | Sunday | |||
52 | Jake Irvin | WSN v CHW | 174 | 5.69 | 1.44 | 7% | 29th | Saturday | |||
53 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN at PHI | 105 | 4.27 | 1.34 | 12% | 3rd | Sunday | |||
54 | Kyle Leahy | STL at CHC | 85 | 3.18 | 1.26 | 14% | 10th | Sunday | |||
55 | Caden Dana | LAA v HOU | 25 | 6.39 | 1.66 | 10% | 23rd | Saturday | |||
56 | Luis Gil | NYY v BAL | 52 | 3.29 | 1.44 | 4% | 20th | Sunday | |||
57 | Kyle Freeland | COL at SFG | 156 | 5.00 | 1.45 | 12% | 29th | Saturday | |||
58 | Chris Paddack | DET at BOS | 153 | 5.27 | 1.25 | 11% | 11th | Saturday | |||
59 | McCade Brown | COL at SFG | 22 | 7.54 | 1.81 | 5% | 15th | Sunday | |||
60 | Sam Aldegheri | LAA v HOU | 9 | 8.00 | 2.22 | 10th | Sunday |
How much should we take into account teams that have something to play for vs those that don’t?