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Updated MLB Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball: The Top-101 Baller Ranks

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We're in the second half of August and you need to either maximize the remaining innings in roto leagues or line up the best arms for H2H matchups.

Sadly, this week's edition is a bit bare as I'm dealing with family emergencies and the hospital WiFi isn't so great! I'll hit you with a top-101 table and some notes, but I can't get my usual tables to load. I appreciate you sticking with me for the latest edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks!

As is tradition, these fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings are geared toward traditional 5x5 leagues. Let's move along with my top-101 SP for the rest of 2022!

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Starting Pitcher Rankings Strategy Analysis

Thanks to my current situation here, I offer some philosophical approach musings in lieu of data-heavy sentences. I imagine the majority of you are playing a rotisserie-style format with an innings limit, such as 1,400 or 1,500 IP for your team.

Do not forget that, at least on Yahoo, you can squeeze as many innings as possible into that final day. Even if you have just one-third of an inning left, the entire day's stats will count. This can be crucial in gaining the wins and strikeouts necessary to edge out opponents.

If you are currently "over" innings and have a +50 or +100 trend then you need to tighten the belt on which matchups you aim for. Try to incorporate sports betting lines if needed to assist you towards more favorable win conditions or strikeout props. Cut lesser starters for bench bats or elite middle-relief guys who can help with ratios and K/9.

Those of you in head-to-head leagues should have a good idea of your team's strengths and weaknesses. Which pitching categories are you routinely winning? How do you stack up against the other top teams in your league?

Be honest with yourself and see if you should be trying to corner arms on teams that win a lot, or who may blow up your ratios but provide strikeouts. If you can't contend in all categories, then you can damn sure take swings at the volume-based ones.

I believe in you, and I don't want you to only have this conversation with yourself when the calendar hits September and others are also honing in on the stretch run. Get those championships!

 

Top-101 Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball

These are rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings for starting pitchers.

EV = Earned Value via Fangraphs (Last 30 Days), $ = My projected dollar value (think auction), PV = Previous $ Value

(+/-) Tier Player Rank EV $ PV Trend Notes
1 1 Jacob deGrom 1 $7.40 46 44 2.0 ▲ Has to be No. 1 when healthy
-1 1 Max Scherzer 2 $9.60 45 45 0.0 ▬ Mets have unreal 1-2 punch
0 1 Sandy Alcantara 3 $5.90 43.5 43 0.5 ▲ NL Cy but modest Ks limit fantasy ceiling
0 1 Corbin Burnes 4 $3.90 43 43 0.0 ▬ Walks a bit high but still elite
1 1 Justin Verlander 5 $8.90 43 42 1.0 ▲ Defeated Cease in AL Cy battle
1 1 Gerrit Cole 6 $6.50 42 42 0.0 ▬
-2 2 Shane McClanahan 7 $2.50 42 43 -1.0 ▼ Still solid but Ks waning
0 2 Shohei Ohtani 8 $6.10 40 40 0.0 ▬ Won't flinch if he wins MVP again
0 2 Zack Wheeler 9 $4.70 39 39 0.0 ▬
1 2 Carlos Rodon 10 $4.70 38.5 37 1.5 ▲ Excellent control yielding dividends
2 3 Aaron Nola 11 $6.60 36 33 3.0 ▲
3 3 Dylan Cease 12 $5.30 35 31 4.0 ▲
-3 3 Joe Musgrove 13 $1.70 34 38 -4.0 ▼
-2 3 Brandon Woodruff 14 $5.20 33.5 36 -2.5 ▼
-1 3 Max Fried 15 $6.70 32 32 0.0 ▬ Should return off 7-day IL shortly
1 3 Kevin Gausman 16 $5.70 30 29 1.0 ▲
1 3 Julio Urias 17 $11.60 29 27.5 1.5 ▲ Racking up Ws with LAD
4 3 Luis Castillo 18 $4.30 28 23 5.0 ▲
0 3 Yu Darvish 19 $6.30 28 26 2.0 ▲ Strikeout rate >30% in last month
0 3 Shane Bieber 20 $6.00 26 24.5 1.5 ▲
0 3 Spencer Strider 21 $6.70 25 24 1.0 ▲
-6 4 Alek Manoah 22 $2.80 24.5 29.5 -5.0 ▼ Only 1 QS in last 4 starts; B2B Ls v. BAL
0 4 Nestor Cortes 23 $6.00 23 22 1.0 ▲
0 4 Logan Webb 24 $3.50 22.5 22 0.5 ▲
0 4 Tony Gonsolin 25 $2.50 20.5 19 1.5 ▲
0 4 Chris Bassitt 26 $6.50 20.5 19 1.5 ▲
1 4 Cristian Javier 27 $1.80 19.5 17.5 2.0 ▲
2 4 Charlie Morton 28 $2.70 19 16.5 2.5 ▲ Elite 12-K drubbing of NYM
-2 4 Robbie Ray 29 ($0.60) 18.5 18.5 0.0 ▬ Keeps rebounding after HOU games
-1 5 Freddy Peralta 30 $0.60 17.5 17 0.5 ▲
0 5 Kyle Wright 31 ($0.40) 15.5 16 -0.5 ▼
0 5 Frankie Montas 32 $0.20 15.5 15.5 0.0 ▬ Still settling into his pinstripes
0 5 Framber Valdez 33 $5.70 14.5 14.5 0.0 ▬
0 5 Luis Garcia 34 $4.50 14 14 0.0 ▬
N/A 5 Lance McCullers Jr. 35 $0.80 14 N/A N/A Finding contact off LMC so tough
1 5 Triston McKenzie 36 $4.20 13 13 0.0 ▬
4 5 Zac Gallen 37 $9.50 13 12 1.0 ▲
29 5 Blake Snell 38 $10.70 13 6 7.0 ▲ Pristine form with BBs down, command up
13 5 Reid Detmers 39 $5.90 12.5 9 3.5 ▲
2 5 Jesus Luzardo 40 $4.60 12.5 12 0.5 ▲ No noticeable lingering effects off IL
-6 6 Pablo Lopez 41 $2.70 12.5 13.5 -1.0 ▼
-6 6 Andrew Heaney 42 $4.60 12.5 13 -0.5 ▼ Hopefully 100% after comebacker
0 6 Tyler Anderson 43 $5.70 12 11.5 0.5 ▲
0 6 Jordan Montgomery 44 $4.40 11.5 11.5 0.0 ▬
2 6 Tyler Mahle 45 $1.20 11 10.5 0.5 ▲ Keep thriving away from CIN
2 6 Lance Lynn 46 $3.50 11 10 1.0 ▲
-9 6 Nathan Eovaldi 47 $2.50 11 12.5 -1.5 ▼ Drop seems harsh but others rising
-9 6 Logan Gilbert 48 ($0.10) 11 12.5 -1.5 ▼ Whiffs down, walks up
0 6 Alex Wood 49 $2.00 10.5 10 0.5 ▲
1 6 George Kirby 50 $7.50 10.5 9.5 1.0 ▲ 1.52 FIP in the last month
-6 6 Joe Ryan 51 $0.70 10 10.5 -0.5 ▼
1 6 Jose Urquidy 52 $3.10 10 9 1.0 ▲
-13 6 Lucas Giolito 53 $3.70 10 12 -2.0 ▼
-4 6 Mike Clevinger 54 $1.60 9.5 9.5 0.0 ▬
-1 6 Alex Cobb 55 $4.80 9 8.5 0.5 ▲
0 6 Sonny Gray 56 $2.70 9 8 1.0 ▲ 10 Ks v. KC on Tuesday
3 7 Miles Mikolas 57 $3.50 7.5 7 0.5 ▲
7 7 Merrill Kelly 58 $7.40 7.5 6.5 1.0 ▲
3 7 Braxton Garrett 59 $3.70 6.5 6.5 0.0 ▬
4 7 Adam Wainwright 60 $4.10 6.5 6.5 0.0 ▬
5 7 Edward Cabrera 61 $3.10 6 6 0.0 ▬
12 7 Brady Singer 62 $9.10 6 4 2.0 ▲
-17 7 Jose Berrios 63 ($2.90) 5.5 10.5 -5.0 ▼ Won't blame anyone for cutting
-9 8 Nick Lodolo 64 $3.10 5.5 8 -2.5 ▼ Stellar raw stuff, needs refinement
-6 8 Taijuan Walker 65 ($2.70) 5.5 7.5 -2.0 ▼ Struggled, then left w/ back spasms
-8 8 Sean Manaea 66 ($0.80) 5.5 7.5 -2.0 ▼
-4 8 Martin Perez 67 $3.70 5.5 6.5 -1.0 ▼ Peripherals around 4.00, hanging in
0 8 Marcus Stroman 68 $3.10 5 5.5 -0.5 ▼
0 8 Patrick Sandoval 69 $1.70 5 5.5 -0.5 ▼
0 8 Aaron Ashby 70 $0.60 5 5.5 -0.5 ▼ Remain bullish on whiffs
2 8 Jose Quintana 71 $4.90 5 4.5 0.5 ▲
3 8 Ranger Suarez 72 $5.20 4.5 3.5 1.0 ▲
-1 8 Kutter Crawford 73 $2.10 4.5 4.5 0.0 ▬
-3 8 Keegan Thompson 74 ($1.20) 4.5 4.5 0.0 ▬
1 8 Jose Suarez 75 $5.00 4.5 3.5 1.0 ▲ New changeups are fiesty
1 9 Michael Kopech 76 $1.70 4 3 1.0 ▲ Nice to see a gem, though it was vs. DET
19 9 Cal Quantrill 77 $2.90 3.5 1 2.5 ▲ Some good luck yes but attacking zone well
4 9 Drew Rasmussen 78 $6.60 3.5 2.5 1.0 ▲ So close to history, command sharp as ever
11 9 Justin Steele 79 $4.40 3 1 2.0 ▲ Strong slider equals big Ks
4 9 Jeffrey Springs 80 $5.60 3 2 1.0 ▲
-3 9 Nick Pivetta 81 $0.50 3 3 0.0 ▬ 7 scoreless! But it was at PIT
-2 9 Josiah Gray 82 ($2.90) 2.5 3 -0.5 ▼
-2 9 Jameson Taillon 83 $0.40 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
-5 10 Noah Syndergaard 84 $5.40 2.5 3 -0.5 ▼ Lower Ks, higher WHIP; bad combo
-2 10 Eric Lauer 85 $0.60 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
2 10 Kyle Gibson 86 $1.70 2 1 1.0 ▲
-1 10 Johnny Cueto 87 $6.00 2 1 1.0 ▲
1 10 Spenser Watkins 88 $2.80 2 1 1.0 ▲
-4 10 Madison Bumgarner 89 $2.70 1.5 2 -0.5 ▼
-3 10 Corey Kluber 90 $3.10 1.5 1 0.5 ▲
3 10 Graham Ashcraft 91 $2.10 1.5 1 0.5 ▲
0 10 Jake Odorizzi 92 $1.20 1.5 1 0.5 ▲
0 10 Jakob Junis 93 $3.40 1.5 1 0.5 ▲ 2.63 FIP last 30D (6.28 ERA); then Tues. gem
5 10 Domingo German 94 $0.80 1 1 0.0 ▬
N/A 10 Dane Dunning 95 $3.30 1 N/A N/A
5 10 Kris Bubic 96 $3.80 1 1 0.0 ▬
N/A 10 Aaron Civale 97 $4.20 1 N/A N/A
N/A 10 JP Sears 98 $1.90 1 N/A N/A
N/A 10 Daniel Lynch 99 $2.60 1 N/A N/A
0 10 Jordan Lyles 100 $2.60 1 1 0.0 ▬
2 10 Mitch White 101 $4.00 1 1 0.0 ▬


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