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March 27, 2023, 1:21 pm
Without a doubt, starting pitchers are the hardest players to rank in fantasy baseball. There is so much volatility and uncertainty that goes with throwing ¬100 baseballs between 90-100MPH every five days, and it makes for a very challenging exercise to put 100 of them in the order that you believe makes the most sense.
This list has changed quite a bit throughout the offseason, with new information coming out regarding certain players that have made me change my tune, either for better or worse. I feel very confident in this version of the list, even though I know it will be changed many times throughout the season.
I’ll be updating my Top 100 SPs (and all of my rankings) throughout the offseason both here and on FantasyPros through their ECR (expert consensus rankings) where you can see where I differ from other analysts in the industry on particular players.
Reach out to me on Twitter with any questions you have regarding this list, or any of my other rankings.
Enjoy, and happy drafting.
1 Corbin Burnes 2 Shane McClanahan 3 Gerrit Cole 4 Spencer Strider 5 Brandon Woodruff 6 Aaron Nola 7 Shohei Ohtani 8 Jacob deGrom 9 Kevin Gausman 10 Max Scherzer 11 Sandy Alcantara 12 Alek Manoah 13 Justin Verlander 14 Luis Castillo 15 Zack Wheeler 16 Zac Gallen 17 Cristian Javier 18 Max Fried 19 Joe Musgrove 20 Dylan Cease 21 George Kirby 22 Blake Snell 23 Carlos Rodon 24 Framber Valdez 25 Shane Bieber 26 Clayton Kershaw 27 Yu Darvish 28 Julio Urias 29 Nestor Cortes Jr. 30 Robbie Ray 31 Lance Lynn 32 Logan Gilbert 33 Jesus Luzardo 34 Logan Webb 35 Nick Lodolo 36 Freddy Peralta 37 Grayson Rodriguez 38 Hunter Greene 39 Kyle Wright 40 Luis Severino 41 Lucas Giolito 42 Alex Cobb 43 Triston McKenzie 44 Jeffrey Springs 45 Chris Bassitt 46 Kodai Senga 47 Brady Singer 48 Jon Gray 49 Chris Sale 50 Charlie Morton 51 Patrick Sandoval 52 Pablo Lopez 53 Joe Ryan 54 Reid Detmers 55 Drew Rasmussen 56 Edward Cabrera 57 Dustin May 58 Jordan Montgomery 59 Luis Garcia 60 Sean Manaea 61 Sonny Gray 62 Tyler Glasnow 63 Nathan Eovaldi 64 Andrew Heaney 65 Ross Stripling 66 Justin Steele 67 Hunter Brown 68 Tyler Mahle 69 Trevor Rogers 70 Jose Berrios 71 Michael Kopech 72 Eric Lauer 73 Carlos Carrasco 74 Garrett Whitlock 75 Alex Wood 76 Tony Gonsolin 77 Kenta Maeda 78 Roansy Contreras 79 Miles Mikolas 80 Merrill Kelly 81 Ranger Suarez 82 Jameson Taillon 83 Noah Syndergaard 84 Kyle Bradish 85 Zach Eflin 86 Taijuan Walker 87 Martin Perez 88 MacKenzie Gore 89 Jose Urquidy 90 Ken Waldichuk 91 Marcus Stroman 92 Hayden Wesneski 93 Tyler Anderson 94 Lance McCullers Jr. 95 Josiah Gray 96 Brandon Pfaadt 97 Jose Suarez 98 Brayan Bello 99 Aaron Civale 100 Steven Matz