Starting Pitcher Chart – September 2nd, 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 AM!
| RK | PITCHER | GAME | 10 | 12 | 15+ | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | 2025 wOBA RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Crochet | BOS v CLE | x | x | x | 172 | 2.40 | 1.06 | 25% | 29th |
| 2 | Bryan Woo | SEA at TBR | x | x | x | 164 | 2.95 | 0.95 | 21% | 11th |
| 3 | Drew Rasmussen | TBR v SEA | x | x | x | 129 | 2.64 | 0.98 | 17% | 13th |
| 4 | Max Fried | NYY at HOU | x | x | x | 162 | 3.06 | 1.11 | 17% | 5th |
| 5 | Logan Webb | SFG at COL | x | x | x | 173 | 3.16 | 1.21 | 21% | 27th |
| 6 | Nolan McLean | NYM at DET | x | x | x | 20 | 0.89 | 0.69 | 23% | 18th |
| 7 | Framber Valdez | HOU v NYY | x | x | x | 164 | 3.18 | 1.19 | 15% | 1st |
| 8 | Shota Imanaga | CHC v ATL | x | x | x | 117 | 3.08 | 0.93 | 16% | 17th |
| 9 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD at PIT | x | x | x | 88 | 3.06 | 1.15 | 10% | 28th |
| 10 | Nick Lodolo | CIN v TOR | x | x | x | 134 | 3.22 | 1.04 | 19% | 3rd |
| 11 | José Berríos | TOR at CIN | x | x | x | 152 | 3.95 | 1.26 | 13% | 14th |
| 12 | Yu Darvish | SDP v BAL | x | x | 47 | 5.66 | 1.11 | 14% | 15th | |
| 13 | Jacob Latz | TEX at ARI | x | x | 63 | 3.13 | 1.28 | 12% | 11th | |
| 14 | Luis Severino | ATH at STL | x | x | 136 | 4.82 | 1.34 | 10% | 26th | |
| 15 | Cade Cavalli | WSN v MIA | x | x | 24 | 5.11 | 1.58 | 13% | 12th | |
| 16 | Michael Lorenzen | KCR v LAA | x | 113 | 4.62 | 1.35 | 14% | 25th | ||
| 17 | Davis Martin | CHW at MIN | x | 116 | 4.03 | 1.28 | 10% | 21st | ||
| 18 | Tyler Wells | BAL at SDP | x | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 19th | ||
| 19 | Slade Cecconi | CLE at BOS | x | 102 | 4.41 | 1.26 | 13% | 10th | ||
| 20 | Sawyer Gipson-Long | DET v NYM | 25 | 4.32 | 1.04 | 16% | 2nd | |||
| 21 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT v LAD | 84 | 3.86 | 1.32 | 14% | 4th | |||
| 22 | Adam Mazur | MIA at WSN | 9 | 5.59 | 1.45 | 4% | 20th | |||
| 23 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN v CHW | 84 | 4.59 | 1.42 | 9% | 30th | |||
| 24 | Joey Wentz | ATL at CHC | 78 | 4.92 | 1.42 | 9% | 10th | |||
| 25 | Miles Mikolas | STL v ATH | 130 | 5.04 | 1.35 | 10% | 8th | |||
| 26 | Nabil Crismatt | ARI v TEX | 14 | 1.84 | 1.36 | 9% | 22nd | |||
| 27 | Kyle Freeland | COL v SFG | 131 | 5.28 | 1.51 | 11% | 30th | |||
| 28 | Mitch Farris | LAA at KCR | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A | 21st |
Recommendations for Roto 5×5 Leagues |
KEY
x: Standard Recommendation | W: Chasing the Win