Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 5 of the 2025 season (April 28 - May 4). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo!

For the fantasy teams looking to add more gusto to the starting lineups, Augustin Ramirez and Nick Kurtz stand out this week in leagues with weekly waiver wires on Sunday.

I worry that's where we are with Jacob deGrom so far in 2025. He had another good start Thursday night against the Athletics, limiting them to two runs on six hits with six strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work.