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Fantasy baseball points leagues are becoming increasingly popular, and the setup closely resembles fantasy football. We published our roto league positional rankings series, and now it's time to focus on points leagues. Today, we focus on pitchers with our 2025 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings and tiers for points leagues.
Pitching is almost always at a premium in points leagues and often gets pushed up in draft boards, a concept that can differ from standard 5x5 roto leagues. As you'll see in the rankings below, Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubal, Zack Wheeler, and Logan Gilbert are still the only pitchers in the top 25 overall. There are a total of 14 pitchers ranked within the top 50. Pitching is deep this year, but it's usually worth investing in starting pitching early in point formats, so be sure to use these rankings on draft day and to prepare ahead of time.
The SP rankings below are specifically designed for points leagues, put together by RotoBaller's MLB points expert Nicklaus Gaut. We also have many other fantasy baseball rankings, tools, and resources to help you win in 2025, including our constantly-updated fantasy baseball points rankings for all positions. Be sure to also download our free fantasy baseball mobile app so you can stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis articles.
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Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball News and Injuries
- Guardians Agree With John Means On Monday
- Frankie Montas Has High-Grade Lat Strain, To Be Shut Down 6-8 Weeks
- Jack Flaherty Returning To Detroit On Two-Year Contract
- Shane Bieber Not Expected To Rejoin Rotation Until Midway Through The Season
- Pirates Invite Bubba Chandler To Spring Training
- Tigers Might Be Flexible With Kenta Maeda's Role
- Rays Acquire Alex Faedo From Tigers
- Carlos Carrasco Signs Minor-League League Deal With Yankees
- Jackson Jobe Has Path To Begin The Season In The Rotation
- Shohei Ohtani Expected To Pitch In May
- Clayton Kershaw Starts Throwing Progression, Remains In Contact With Dodgers
- Tyler Glasnow Throws Bullpen Session, Feels Good Heading Into Spring Training
- Mets Are "Unlikely" To Trade For Dylan Cease
- Padres Would Target Jack Flaherty, Nick Pivetta If They Trade A Starting Pitcher
SP Points Rankings for Fantasy Baseball (February)
These rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our roto fantasy baseball rankings.
Before we get to the rankings, let's quickly review points leagues and how they differ from other formats. Typically, points leagues have different league settings and scoring formats than other fantasy baseball leagues. Different MLB stats and categories are assigned different point values, and those can vary by individual league settings. Those different point buckets are then added up over the course of a scoring period or season.
In many cases, hitters who walk more and strike out less are preferred for points leagues. Also, many league formats tend to give more weight to pitchers than normal, as they can easily accrue points through categories like Innings Pitched. These are the general frameworks that we use for our points league rankings below, and explain why they look different than more standard 5x5 roto fantasy baseball rankings.
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