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It's an exciting time for baseball! At RotoBaller HQ, we have already released our overall fantasy baseball rankings for roto leagues and will break down each position in the upcoming weeks. Today, we focus on pitchers with our 2025 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. There is a plethora of talent in this year's starting pitcher pool to choose from as we broke it down in our ranks below.
The battle for the top ace in 2025 essentially comes down to Pittsburgh Pirates' electric right-hander Paul Skenes vs. Detroit Tigers southpaw Tarik Skubal. Skubal was the top pitcher last season after posting a 2.39 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, and a 10.7 K:9 over 228 innings. Skenes was incredible over 133 innings, posting a 1.96 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, and 170 whiffs over 133 frames, winning the National League Rookie of the Year award. Find out who RotoBaller has first among the two aces and where other key pitchers, such as Jacob deGrom, Spencer Schwellenbach, Roki Sasaki, and Spencer Strider, are listed in our 2025 pitcher ranks.
The starting pitcher rankings below are specifically designed for traditional roto 5x5 mixed leagues (click here for points leagues, dynasty leagues, and prospect rankings). We also have many other tools and resources to help you win in 2025 drafts with our 2025 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. It includes various fantasy baseball tools and exclusive articles/projections for different formats.
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Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher News and Injuries
- Erick Fedde Not Expected To Be Traded Before Spring Training
- Max Scherzer Drawing Interest From Toronto
- Jacob deGrom Feels Good Heading Into Spring Training
- Dodgers Sign Roki Sasaki
- Patrick Sandoval Recovering From Internal-Brace Procedure
- Aidan Miller, Andrew Painter Invited To Spring Training
- Jack Flaherty Could Sign Short-Term Contract
- Justin Verlander Feeling Good
- Sandy Alcantara Will Not Be Traded Before Opening Day
- Diamondbacks Would Like To Trade Jordan Montgomery
2025 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings (January Update)
Rankings by Nick Mariano, Ariel Cohen, and Brad Camara. They are for 5x5 category mixed roto leagues and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. Download our free mobile app with push notification alerts and stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis.
| Tier | Rank | Player | Pos. | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Tarik Skubal | SP | 8 |
| 1 | 2 | Paul Skenes | SP | 9 |
| 1 | 3 | Zack Wheeler | SP | 19 |
| 2 | 4 | Logan Gilbert | SP | 23 |
| 2 | 5 | Chris Sale | SP | 27 |
| 2 | 6 | Garrett Crochet | SP | 32 |
| 2 | 7 | George Kirby | SP | 38 |
| 2 | 8 | Jacob deGrom | SP | 40 |
| 2 | 9 | Blake Snell | SP | 41 |
| 2 | 10 | Dylan Cease | SP | 43 |
| 2 | 11 | Corbin Burnes | SP | 50 |
| 3 | 12 | Cole Ragans | SP | 52 |
| 3 | 13 | Framber Valdez | SP | 54 |
| 3 | 14 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | SP | 58 |
| 3 | 15 | Gerrit Cole | SP | 66 |
| 3 | 16 | Pablo Lopez | SP | 67 |
| 3 | 17 | Shota Imanaga | SP | 69 |
| 3 | 18 | Michael King | SP | 70 |
| 3 | 19 | Luis Castillo | SP | 75 |
| 3 | 20 | Bryce Miller | SP | 80 |
| 4 | 21 | Logan Webb | SP | 82 |
| 4 | 22 | Joe Ryan | SP | 83 |
| 4 | 23 | Tyler Glasnow | SP | 85 |
| 4 | 24 | Max Fried | SP | 87 |
| 5 | 25 | Sonny Gray | SP | 88 |
| 5 | 26 | Roki Sasaki | SP | 91 |
| 5 | 27 | Spencer Schwellenbach | SP | 93 |
| 5 | 28 | Aaron Nola | SP | 95 |
| 5 | 29 | Bailey Ober | SP | 96 |
| 5 | 30 | Tanner Bibee | SP | 98 |
| 5 | 31 | Justin Steele | SP | 102 |
| 5 | 32 | Freddy Peralta | SP | 109 |
| 5 | 33 | Hunter Greene | SP | 110 |
| 5 | 34 | Shane McClanahan | SP | 120 |
| 6 | 35 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | 122 |
| 6 | 36 | Zac Gallen | SP | 123 |
| 6 | 37 | Hunter Brown | SP | 127 |
| 6 | 38 | Bryan Woo | SP | 129 |
| 6 | 39 | Reynaldo Lopez | SP | 133 |
| 6 | 40 | Carlos Rodon | SP | 137 |
| 6 | 41 | Spencer Strider | SP | 138 |
| 6 | 42 | Kevin Gausman | SP | 149 |
| 7 | 43 | Ryan Pepiot | SP | 153 |
| 7 | 44 | Zach Eflin | SP | 154 |
| 7 | 45 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP | 157 |
| 7 | 46 | Kodai Senga | SP | 162 |
| 7 | 47 | Jack Flaherty | SP | 163 |
| 7 | 48 | Jared Jones | SP | 165 |
| 7 | 49 | Yusei Kikuchi | SP | 166 |
| 7 | 50 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP | 173 |
| 7 | 51 | Sean Manaea | SP | 177 |
| 7 | 52 | Taj Bradley | SP | 179 |
| 7 | 53 | Robbie Ray | SP | 181 |
| 7 | 54 | Sandy Alcantara | SP | 186 |
| 7 | 55 | Nick Pivetta | SP | 187 |
| 7 | 56 | Seth Lugo | SP | 188 |
| 7 | 57 | Brandon Pfaadt | SP | 194 |
| 7 | 58 | Shane Baz | SP | 202 |
| 8 | 59 | Tanner Houck | SP | 203 |
| 8 | 60 | Bowden Francis | SP/RP | 209 |
| 8 | 61 | Brandon Woodruff | SP | 215 |
| 8 | 62 | Walker Buehler | SP | 217 |
| 8 | 63 | Drew Rasmussen | SP/RP | 219 |
| 8 | 64 | Nick Lodolo | SP | 222 |
| 8 | 65 | Yu Darvish | SP | 225 |
| 8 | 66 | Ranger Suarez | SP | 226 |
| 8 | 67 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | 227 |
| 8 | 68 | Luis Gil | SP | 230 |
| 8 | 69 | Jeffrey Springs | SP | 231 |
| 8 | 70 | Michael Wacha | SP | 248 |
| 8 | 71 | Clarke Schmidt | SP | 249 |
| 8 | 72 | Ronel Blanco | SP | 258 |
| 8 | 73 | Tyler Holton | SP/RP | 260 |
| 8 | 74 | Nestor Cortes | SP | 262 |
| 8 | 75 | Jose Berrios | SP | 266 |
| 9 | 76 | Jackson Jobe | SP | 268 |
| 9 | 77 | Gavin Williams | SP | 275 |
| 9 | 78 | Reese Olson | SP | 276 |
| 9 | 79 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | 278 |
| 9 | 80 | Merrill Kelly | SP | 280 |
| 9 | 81 | Kumar Rocker | SP | 282 |
| 9 | 82 | Kutter Crawford | SP | 285 |
| 9 | 83 | Dustin May | SP | 287 |
| 9 | 84 | Erick Fedde | SP | 288 |
| 9 | 85 | Mitch Keller | SP | 293 |
| 9 | 86 | Clayton Kershaw | SP | 301 |
| 9 | 87 | DJ Herz | SP | 306 |
| 9 | 88 | Clay Holmes | SP/RP | 307 |
| 9 | 89 | Cody Bradford | SP | 313 |
| 9 | 90 | Spencer Arrighetti | SP | 315 |
| 10 | 91 | Matthew Boyd | SP | 317 |
| 10 | 92 | Max Scherzer | SP | 320 |
| 10 | 93 | Bubba Chandler | SP | 321 |
| 10 | 94 | David Festa | SP | 325 |
| 10 | 95 | Tomoyuki Sugano | SP | 327 |
| 10 | 96 | David Peterson | SP | 329 |
| 10 | 97 | Brayan Bello | SP | 338 |
| 10 | 98 | Shane Bieber | SP | 342 |
| 10 | 99 | Kris Bubic | SP | 344 |
| 10 | 100 | Chris Bassitt | SP | 346 |
| 10 | 101 | Reid Detmers | SP | 350 |
| 10 | 102 | Justin Verlander | SP | 353 |
| 10 | 103 | Eury Perez | SP | 355 |
| 10 | 104 | Eduardo Rodriguez | SP | 358 |
| 10 | 105 | Jameson Taillon | SP | 359 |
| 10 | 106 | Brady Singer | SP | 360 |
| 10 | 107 | Frankie Montas | SP | 363 |
| 10 | 108 | Tobias Myers | SP | 365 |
| 10 | 109 | Kyle Harrison | SP | 378 |
| 10 | 110 | Bobby Miller | SP | 382 |
| 10 | 111 | Dedniel Nunez | SP | 383 |
| 10 | 112 | Luis Garcia (SP) | SP | 389 |
| 10 | 113 | Aaron Civale | SP | 392 |
| 10 | 114 | Luis Severino | SP | 397 |
| 10 | 115 | Zack Littell | SP | 398 |
| 10 | 116 | Lucas Giolito | SP | 399 |
| 10 | 117 | Grant Holmes | SP/RP | 400 |
| 10 | 118 | Nick Martinez | SP/RP | 404 |
| 10 | 119 | Hayden Birdsong | SP | 406 |
| 11 | 120 | Alex Cobb | SP | 412 |
| 11 | 121 | Edward Cabrera | SP | 417 |
| 11 | 122 | Zebby Matthews | SP | 419 |
| 11 | 123 | Tylor Megill | SP | 424 |
| 11 | 124 | Ryan Weathers | SP | 425 |
| 12 | 125 | Jared Koenig | SP/RP | 426 |
| 12 | 126 | Luis L. Ortiz | SP | 427 |
| 12 | 127 | Cade Povich | SP | 433 |
| 12 | 128 | Jon Gray | SP | 438 |
| 12 | 129 | Garrett Whitlock | SP | 448 |
| 12 | 130 | Ben Brown | SP/RP | 450 |
| 12 | 131 | Andrew Heaney | SP | 453 |
| 12 | 132 | Tyler Mahle | SP | 461 |
| 12 | 133 | Joey Cantillo | SP | 469 |
| 12 | 134 | Dean Kremer | SP | 472 |
| 12 | 135 | Tony Gonsolin | SP | 475 |
| 12 | 136 | Rhett Lowder | SP | 476 |
| 12 | 137 | Shinnosuke Ogasawara | SP | 478 |
| 12 | 138 | Jose Butto | SP/RP | 479 |
| 12 | 139 | Michael Lorenzen | SP | 480 |
| 12 | 140 | Kyle Gibson | SP | 486 |
| 12 | 141 | Michael McGreevy | SP | 487 |
| 12 | 142 | Quinn Mathews | SP | 488 |
| 12 | 143 | Jose Quintana | SP | 490 |
| 12 | 144 | Chris Paddack | SP | 495 |
| 12 | 145 | Albert Suarez | SP | 498 |
| 12 | 146 | Miles Mikolas | SP | 501 |
| 12 | 147 | Hayden Wesneski | SP/RP | 502 |
| 12 | 148 | Andrew Abbott | SP | 503 |
| 12 | 149 | Jake Irvin | SP | 507 |
| 12 | 150 | Steven Matz | SP/RP | 512 |
| 13 | 151 | Jakob Junis | SP/RP | 513 |
| 13 | 152 | Charlie Morton | SP | 515 |
| 13 | 153 | JP Sears | SP | 519 |
| 13 | 154 | Mitchell Parker | SP | 528 |
| 13 | 155 | Ryne Nelson | SP | 529 |
| 13 | 156 | Paul Blackburn | SP | 533 |
| 13 | 157 | Lance Lynn | SP | 536 |
| 13 | 158 | Osvaldo Bido | SP/RP | 547 |
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