2021 Starting Pitcher Ranks – Final Draft Edition
by Paul Sporer
March 26, 2021
This weekend is the last big push of drafts so it’s time for one final update of my SP ranks. Lots of movement as it’s time to lock in and put together our rotations.
The blue bar represents the START of a new tier. Yes, deGrom is his own tier.
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UPDATE(S):
- I didn’t adjust Carrasco for his groin issue, so I put him at 102.5 right now because I’m not able to update the table right now and he’s going to slot in after Thor, but I wanted to note Carrasco’s drop. Thanks to Mike from Twitter for catching that.
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This is the lowest I’ve seen Kluber ranked. Think he’s going to get hurt/stink in NY?
Not stink, but I threw a dose of reality on myself when judging the already-bad fastball guy coming back from essentially 2 yrs off. Love the secondary stuff, but think a few really rough starts will spoil his season and leave him w/an ERA approaching or exceeding 4.00.
I just have a feeling we’re gonna be like “well he had a 3.38 ERA if you remove these 4 starts”, but w/those 4 starts, he’s at like 4.25 w/a decent WHIP and solid Ks. Draftable, but I’ve toned down my overall interest in him, espec. versus their other reclamation project: Jameson Taillon.
Do you feel that he might be more or less valuable in H2H?
What do you see as a BEST case scenario for Taillon?