The 2024 fantasy baseball season was a surprising one at the starting pitcher position. It was hard to imagine who would end up at the top of the leaderboard. How many of us could have predicted that Tarik Skubal would take the American League — and the entire league as a whole — by storm?

All the rankings, projections, cheat sheets, strategy and analysis you need for the 2025 fantasy baseball season

Eric ranks his top 25 fantasy baseball prospects and rookies for the 2025 fantasy baseball season and redraft leagues. These are impact MLB prospects for 2025.

Another year, another top-five fantasy baseball draft standing for New York Yankees superstar slugger, Aaron Judge. And Judge will likely go top-three this year, and it's not hard to see why. Judge was far and away the obvious pick for A.L. MVP in 2024, leading the league with 58 home runs, 144 RBI, 133 walks and a 1.159 OPS.

Castillo will be a significant name to watch in 2025. The teenage shortstop is a slender 6’3″, 165 lbs, with room to grow. His speed is at least 60 grade, and the hit tool isn’t far behind. When Castillo taps into his power, we’re looking at a guy who could be a top-25 overall prospect.

Fantasy baseball managers tend to get a bit too excited about prospects, as for every Corbin Carroll and Paul Skenes who excel, there are myriad disappointments such as Jordan Walker and Jack Leiter.

If a prospects-only mock draft for 5x5 Rotisserie scoring exists somewhere out there on the interwebs, then by golly, so should one for Head-to-Head points scoring. And that's what this is. The goal is to create a contrast for my top 100 prospects by asking people to put their money where their mouth is,

Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball league for the 2025 MLB season] It's also loaded with talent. We've already mentioned Helsley and Clase. Josh Hader should be better in season 2 with the Astros,