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Updated fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) rankings for 2025 roto league drafts, as of March. Read our top 225 tiered SP rankings for fantasy baseball drafts.
The 2025 MLB officially gets started soon, and the biggest stretch of drafts is underway for fantasy baseball managers. We are back with more fantasy baseball rankings to help you cruise through your drafts with our MLB team's updated 2025 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 category mixed leagues).
Depending on who you ask, taking starting pitchers early in drafts is not a popular strategy among some fantasy managers. There is a lot of depth in pitching, and Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes is the only SP being selected in the first round in recent drafts. Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach's ADP continues to skyrocket after posting a 3.35 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, and 127:23 K:BB last season. But where do the rest of the pitchers rank? Let's take a look below at the top 225 pitchers.
The starting pitcher rankings below are specifically designed for traditional roto leagues (5x5 categories), put together by MLB team lead Nick Mariano. We also have many other rankings for various league formats, and 17 different rankings types to choose from. Some of the most popular ones are highlighted below.
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Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher News and Injury Updates
- Jared Jones Will be Shut Down For Six Weeks
- Jordan Montgomery Will Undergo Tommy John Surgery
- Hayden Birdsong Moved To The Bullpen
- Reid Detmers To Start In The Bullpen
- Shane McClanahan Feeling Better, Still No Timetable For His Return
- Clarke Schmidt Will Start The Season On The IL
- Ryan Weathers To Open Season On Injured List
- Jared Jones Dealing With Elbow Discomfort
- George Kirby Progressing From Shoulder Inflammation
- Rangers Place Jon Gray On 60-Day Injured List
- Yu Darvish Day-To-Day With Elbow Inflammation
- Shane Baz Not Worried About Spring Training Results
- Jacob deGrom Throws In Minor-League Game On Friday
- Grayson Rodriguez Should Begin Throwing Progression Next Week
- Kyle Wright Hoping To Face Live Hitters Next Week
- Carlos Rodon Named Opening Day Starter
- Zach Eflin Named Opening Day Starter
- Andrew Painter Throws First Live Batting Practice Session
- Mets Name Clay Holmes The Opening Day Starter
- Edward Cabrera Could Miss Next Start
- Max Scherzer Throws Successful Session On Friday
- George Kirby Receives Injection
- Cubs Discussing Contract With Lance Lynn
- Gerrit Cole's UCL Surgery Includes Internal Brace
Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings (March Update)
These rankings are for roto 5x5 category mixed leagues and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard.
| Ranking | Tier | Player | Position |
| 1 | 1 | Tarik Skubal | SP |
| 2 | 1 | Paul Skenes | SP |
| 3 | 1 | Zack Wheeler | SP |
| 4 | 2 | Garrett Crochet | SP |
| 5 | 2 | Chris Sale | SP |
| 6 | 2 | Logan Gilbert | SP |
| 7 | 2 | Blake Snell | SP |
| 8 | 2 | Corbin Burnes | SP |
| 9 | 2 | Jacob deGrom | SP |
| 10 | 2 | Cole Ragans | SP |
| 11 | 3 | Dylan Cease | SP |
| 12 | 3 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | SP |
| 13 | 3 | Framber Valdez | SP |
| 14 | 3 | Michael King | SP |
| 15 | 3 | Spencer Strider | SP |
| 16 | 3 | Pablo Lopez | SP |
| 17 | 3 | Shota Imanaga | SP |
| 18 | 4 | Joe Ryan | SP |
| 19 | 4 | Spencer Schwellenbach | SP |
| 20 | 4 | Bailey Ober | SP |
| 21 | 4 | Tanner Bibee | SP |
| 22 | 4 | Bryce Miller | SP |
| 23 | 4 | Roki Sasaki | SP |
| 24 | 5 | Max Fried | SP |
| 25 | 5 | Hunter Greene | SP |
| 26 | 5 | Hunter Brown | SP |
| 27 | 5 | Luis Castillo | SP |
| 28 | 5 | Tyler Glasnow | SP |
| 29 | 5 | Aaron Nola | SP |
| 30 | 5 | Sonny Gray | SP |
| 31 | 5 | Freddy Peralta | SP |
| 32 | 5 | Logan Webb | SP |
| 33 | 5 | Zac Gallen | SP |
| 34 | 5 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP |
| 35 | 6 | Carlos Rodon | SP |
| 36 | 6 | Justin Steele | SP |
| 37 | 6 | Bryan Woo | SP |
| 38 | 6 | George Kirby | SP |
| 39 | 6 | Robbie Ray | SP |
| 40 | 6 | Jack Flaherty | SP |
| 41 | 7 | Sandy Alcantara | SP |
| 42 | 7 | Kevin Gausman | SP |
| 43 | 7 | Reynaldo Lopez | SP |
| 44 | 7 | Kodai Senga | SP |
| 45 | 7 | Yusei Kikuchi | SP |
| 46 | 7 | Nick Pivetta | SP |
| 47 | 7 | Brandon Pfaadt | SP |
| 48 | 7 | Ryan Pepiot | SP |
| 49 | 7 | Taj Bradley | SP |
| 50 | 7 | Zach Eflin | SP |
| 51 | 7 | Seth Lugo | SP |
| 52 | 7 | Clay Holmes | SP/RP |
| 53 | 7 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP |
| 54 | 7 | Shane Baz | SP |
| 55 | 7 | Spencer Arrighetti | SP |
| 56 | 8 | Bowden Francis | SP/RP |
| 57 | 8 | Gavin Williams | SP |
| 58 | 8 | Tanner Houck | SP |
| 59 | 8 | MacKenzie Gore | SP |
| 60 | 8 | A.J. Puk | SP/RP |
| 61 | 8 | Nick Lodolo | SP |
| 62 | 8 | Jesus Luzardo | SP |
| 63 | 8 | Drew Rasmussen | SP/RP |
| 64 | 8 | Ronel Blanco | SP |
| 65 | 8 | Jeffrey Springs | SP |
| 66 | 8 | Jackson Jobe | SP/RP |
| 67 | 8 | Walker Buehler | SP |
| 68 | 8 | Grant Holmes | SP/RP |
| 69 | 8 | Brandon Woodruff | SP |
| 70 | 8 | Clarke Schmidt | SP |
| 71 | 8 | Nestor Cortes | SP |
| 72 | 9 | Reese Olson | SP |
| 73 | 9 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP |
| 74 | 9 | Mitch Keller | SP |
| 75 | 9 | Sean Manaea | SP |
| 76 | 9 | Jose Berrios | SP |
| 77 | 9 | Michael Wacha | SP |
| 78 | 9 | Kumar Rocker | SP |
| 79 | 9 | Shane McClanahan | SP |
| 80 | 9 | Matthew Boyd | SP |
| 81 | 9 | Shohei Ohtani (SP) | SP |
| 82 | 9 | Max Scherzer | SP |
| 83 | 9 | Kris Bubic | SP/RP |
| 84 | 9 | Merrill Kelly | SP |
| 85 | 9 | Luis Severino | SP |
| 86 | 10 | Jared Jones | SP |
| 87 | 10 | Bubba Chandler | SP |
| 88 | 10 | Ranger Suarez | SP |
| 89 | 10 | Tomoyuki Sugano | SP |
| 90 | 10 | Erick Fedde | SP |
| 91 | 10 | Justin Verlander | SP |
| 92 | 10 | David Peterson | SP |
| 93 | 10 | Dustin May | SP |
| 94 | 10 | Yu Darvish | SP |
| 95 | 10 | Aaron Civale | SP |
| 96 | 10 | Nick Martinez | SP/RP |
| 97 | 11 | Jameson Taillon | SP |
| 98 | 11 | Brayan Bello | SP |
| 99 | 11 | Chris Bassitt | SP |
| 100 | 11 | Landen Roupp | SP/RP |
| 101 | 11 | Casey Mize | SP |
| 102 | 11 | AJ Smith-Shawver | SP |
| 103 | 11 | Hayden Wesneski | SP/RP |
| 104 | 11 | David Festa | SP |
| 105 | 11 | Tobias Myers | SP |
| 106 | 11 | Brady Singer | SP |
| 107 | 11 | Luis L. Ortiz | SP/RP |
| 108 | 11 | Will Warren | SP |
| 109 | 11 | Jack Leiter | SP |
| 110 | 11 | Charlie Morton | SP |
| 111 | 11 | Eduardo Rodriguez | SP |
| 112 | 11 | Kutter Crawford | SP |
| 113 | 11 | Max Meyer | SP |
| 114 | 11 | Mike Soroka | SP/RP |
| 115 | 11 | Tylor Megill | SP |
| 116 | 11 | Sean Burke | SP |
| 117 | 11 | Zebby Matthews | SP |
| 118 | 12 | Quinn Mathews | SP |
| 119 | 12 | Cade Povich | SP |
| 120 | 12 | Marcus Stroman | SP |
| 121 | 12 | Ben Brown | SP/RP |
| 122 | 12 | Lucas Giolito | SP |
| 123 | 12 | Andrew Heaney | SP |
| 124 | 12 | Edward Cabrera | SP |
| 125 | 12 | Zack Littell | SP |
| 126 | 12 | Osvaldo Bido | SP/RP |
| 127 | 12 | Mike Clevinger | SP |
| 128 | 12 | Jose Quintana | SP |
| 129 | 12 | Frankie Montas | SP |
| 130 | 12 | Matthew Liberatore | SP/RP |
| 131 | 12 | Reid Detmers | SP |
| 132 | 12 | Hayden Birdsong | SP |
| 133 | 12 | Tyler Holton | SP/RP |
| 134 | 12 | Jake Irvin | SP |
| 135 | 12 | Tyler Mahle | SP |
| 136 | 12 | Joe Boyle | SP |
| 137 | 12 | Joey Cantillo | SP |
| 138 | 12 | Ryan Weathers | SP |
| 139 | 12 | Griffin Canning | SP |
| 140 | 12 | Jack Kochanowicz | SP |
| 141 | 12 | Shane Bieber | SP |
| 142 | 12 | Dean Kremer | SP |
| 143 | 12 | Graham Ashcraft | SP |
| 144 | 12 | Cody Bradford | SP |
| 145 | 12 | Beau Brieske | SP/RP |
| 146 | 12 | JP Sears | SP |
| 147 | 12 | Garrett Whitlock | SP |
| 148 | 12 | Luis Gil | SP |
| 149 | 12 | Simeon Woods Richardson | SP |
| 150 | 12 | Richard Fitts | SP |
| 151 | 12 | Bobby Miller | SP |
| 152 | 13 | Ryne Nelson | SP |
| 153 | 13 | Jordan Hicks | SP/RP |
| 154 | 13 | Mitchell Parker | SP |
| 155 | 13 | Logan Allen | SP |
| 156 | 13 | Emerson Hancock | SP |
| 157 | 13 | Carlos Carrasco | SP |
| 158 | 13 | Michael McGreevy | SP |
| 159 | 13 | Joey Estes | SP |
| 160 | 13 | Kyle Hart | SP |
| 161 | 13 | Kyle Harrison | SP |
| 162 | 13 | DJ Herz | SP |
| 163 | 13 | Tony Gonsolin | SP |
| 164 | 13 | Clayton Kershaw | SP |
| 165 | 13 | Tyler Anderson | SP |
| 166 | 13 | Thomas Harrington | SP |
| 167 | 13 | Alex Cobb | SP |
| 168 | 13 | Michael Lorenzen | SP/RP |
| 169 | 13 | Eury Perez | SP |
| 170 | 13 | Yariel Rodriguez | SP |
| 171 | 13 | Jon Gray | SP |
| 172 | 13 | Alec Marsh | SP |
| 173 | 13 | Ben Lively | SP |
| 174 | 13 | Kyle Gibson | SP |
| 175 | 13 | Brandon Sproat | SP |
| 176 | 14 | Chris Paddack | SP |
| 177 | 14 | Trevor Williams | SP |
| 178 | 14 | Noah Cameron | SP |
| 179 | 14 | Andrew Painter | SP |
| 180 | 14 | Andre Pallante | SP/RP |
| 181 | 14 | Andrew Abbott | SP |
| 182 | 14 | Jose Butto | SP/RP |
| 183 | 14 | Jacob Misiorowski | SP |
| 184 | 14 | Miles Mikolas | SP |
| 185 | 14 | Noah Schultz | SP |
| 186 | 14 | Taijuan Walker | SP |
| 187 | 14 | Bailey Falter | SP |
| 188 | 14 | Landon Knack | SP |
| 189 | 14 | Colin Rea | SP/RP |
| 190 | 14 | Jakob Junis | SP/RP |
| 191 | 14 | Quinn Priester | SP |
| 192 | 14 | Chase Dollander | SP |
| 193 | 14 | Matt Waldron | SP |
| 194 | 14 | Paul Blackburn | SP |
| 195 | 15 | Emiliano Teodo | SP |
| 196 | 15 | Steven Matz | SP/RP |
| 197 | 15 | Kenta Maeda | SP/RP |
| 198 | 15 | Albert Suarez | SP/RP |
| 199 | 15 | Rhett Lowder | SP |
| 200 | 15 | Triston McKenzie | SP |
| 201 | 15 | Jake Bloss | SP |
| 202 | 15 | Stephen Kolek | SP |
| 203 | 15 | Cal Quantrill | SP |
| 204 | 15 | Fernando Cruz | SP/RP |
| 205 | 15 | Jonathan Cannon | SP |
| 206 | 15 | Kyle Hendricks | SP/RP |
| 207 | 15 | Lance Lynn | SP |
| 208 | 15 | Trevor Rogers | SP |
| 209 | 15 | Shinnosuke Ogasawara | SP |
| 210 | 15 | Jared Koenig | SP/RP |
| 211 | 15 | Martin Perez | SP/RP |
| 212 | 15 | Logan Henderson | SP |
| 213 | 15 | Javier Assad | SP |
| 214 | 15 | Mitch Spence | SP/RP |
| 215 | 15 | Cade Cavalli | SP |
| 216 | 15 | Connor Gillispie | SP |
| 217 | 15 | Cade Horton | SP |
| 218 | 15 | Ian Anderson | SP |
| 219 | 15 | Kyle Bradish | SP |
| 220 | 15 | Kyle Freeland | SP |
| 221 | 15 | Slade Cecconi | SP/RP |
| 222 | 15 | Drew Thorpe | SP |
| 223 | 15 | Ryan Feltner | SP |
| 224 | 15 | Caden Dana | SP |
| 225 | 15 | Hurston Waldrep | SP |
| 226 | 15 | Austin Gomber | SP |
| 227 | 15 | Keider Montero | SP |
| 228 | 15 | Ian Seymour | SP |
| 229 | 15 | German Marquez | SP |
| 230 | 15 | Lance McCullers Jr. | SP |
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