Week 24 starting-pitcher waiver wire for 2025 (Sept 8-14) highlights free-agent arms rostered 30-50% in Yahoo! leagues, led by Noah Cameron, Luis Morales, Justin Verlander, Ryan Bergert, and Payton Tolle. Cameron and Morales offer respectable ratios and wins as the Royals and Athletics stay in playoff chase; Verlander has surged with multiple strong outings. Deeper leagues get a look at Ian Seymour, Emmet Sheehan, Shane Smith, Martin Perez, Zebby Matthews, and Brandon Sproat (all under 30%), plus late-week streams from Stephen Kolek, Javier Assad, Michael Lorenzen, and Johan Oviedo.

Targets emphasize pitchers with ongoing rotation roles, improving peripherals, and favorable next-week matchups (Guardians, Angels, Rockies, Athletics). The piece stresses staying active and proactive as the schedule winds down, with several under-the-radar arms offering multi-start potential or favorable opponents in Week 24.

Cubs host Washington in a pivotal three-game set as Chicago chases a playoff return after five years. Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+ features Javier Assad for the Cubs against Jake Irvin of Washington, a matchup that could set the tone early in the series.

The games run at 2:20 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Irvin is 8-20 with a 5.42 ERA; Assad is 1-1 with a 4.05 ERA. With Chicago in playoff contention, fantasy managers will eye streaming value and bullpen angles in this cross-division showdown.

The Cubs edged the Rockies 4-3 at Coors Field, extending their series dominance to six straight wins and 12 of 14 overall. Chicago leaned on timely hitting and bullpen steadiness after McCade Brown’s taxing start, while Colorado fought to the end but couldn’t sustain its offense in the late innings.

Key moments: Happ’s RBI double and Kyle Tucker’s early run-scoring hit helped the Cubs grab a lead that held through the finale as Bernabel snapped a 0-for-26 skid with a two-out single. Moniak’s triple and a late sac fly padded Chicago’s cushion; the Rockies stranded 11 and lacked a rally after the sixth.

Fantasy takeaway: chase Cubs hitters who produced multi-hit nights and monitor Brown’s next turn at altitude; Rockies’ spark plugs—Moniak, Fernández, Montes, Freeman, Goodman—remain streaming options in the right matchups.