2021 Starting Pitcher Ranks – January

February 2, 2021

It’s been just over four months since my last SP update so this was overdue. I’ll have an article and a podcast discussing these in more detail. For this piece, I’ll just have the rankings and then respond to your comments. Blue bar starts a new tier. Let me know what you think!

January SP List

RK	PLAYER	TM
1	Jacob deGrom	NYM
2	Shane Bieber	CLE
3	Gerrit Cole	NYY
4	Walker Buehler	LAD
5	Yu Darvish	SDP
6	Clayton Kershaw	LAD
7	Max Scherzer	WAS
8	Trevor Bauer	FA
9	Lucas Giolito	CWS
10	Zac Gallen	ARI
11	Luis Castillo	CIN
12	Brandon Woodruff	MIL
13	Blake Snell	SDP
14	Lance Lynn	CWS
15	Aaron Nola	PHI
16	Tyler Glasnow	TBR
17	Hyun Jin Ryu 류현진	TOR
18	Sonny Gray	CIN
19	Corbin Burnes	MIL
20	Jack Flaherty	STL
21	Max Fried	ATL
22	Carlos Carrasco	NYM
23	Kenta Maeda	MIN
24	Zach Plesac	CLE
25	Zack Wheeler	PHI
26	Stephen Strasburg	WAS
27	Kyle Hendricks	CHC
28	Zack Greinke	HOU
29	Julio Urías	LAD
30	Frankie Montas	OAK
31	Jesus Luzardo	OAK
32	Pablo López	MIA
33	Charlie Morton	ATL
34	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU
35	Patrick Corbin	WAS
36	Ian Anderson	ATL
37	Joe Musgrove	SDP
38	Dinelson Lamet	SDP
39	Dylan Bundy	LAA
40	José Berríos	MIN
41	David Price	LAD
42	Sixto Sánchez	MIA
43	Sandy Alcantara	MIA
44	Kevin Gausman	SFG
45	Aaron Civale	CLE
46	Chris Paddack	SDP
47	Framber Valdez	HOU
48	Mike Soroka	ATL
49	Dustin May	LAD
50	Jose Urquidy	HOU
51	Tyler Mahle	CIN
52	Tony Gonsolin	LAD
53	John Means	BAL
54	Chris Bassitt	OAK
55	Germán Márquez	COL
56	Jameson Taillon	NYY
57	Corey Kluber	NYY
58	Andrew Heaney	LAA
59	Marco Gonzales	SEA
60	Drew Smyly	ATL
61	Marcus Stroman	NYM
62	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS
63	Mike Minor	KCR
64	Zach Eflin	PHI
65	Cristian Javier	HOU
66	Triston McKenzie	CLE
67	Jordan Montgomery	NYY
68	James Paxton	FA
69	Taijuan Walker	TOR
70	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS
71	Griffin Canning	LAA
72	Dallas Keuchel	CWS
73	Jake Odorizzi	FA
74	Brady Singer	KCR
75	Zach Davies	CHC
76	Ryan Yarbrough	TBR
77	Elieser Hernandez	MIA
78	Michael Pineda	MIN
79	Michael Kopech	CWS
80	Brad Keller	KCR
81	Spencer Turnbull	DET
82	Kwang Hyun Kim 김광현	STL
83	Seth Lugo	NYM
84	Matthew Boyd	DET
85	Dylan Cease	CWS
86	Sean Manaea	OAK
87	J.A. Happ	MIN
88	Mitch Keller	PIT
89	Tanner Houck	BOS
90	Domingo Germán	NYY
91	Dane Dunning	TEX
92	Casey Mize	DET
93	Tarik Skubal	DET
94	Nate Pearson	TOR
95	Michael Lorenzen	CIN
96	Luis Severino	NYY
97	Chris Sale	BOS
98	Noah Syndergaard	NYM
99	Shohei Ohtani	LAA
100	Josh Lindblom 린드블럼	MIL
101	Garrett Richards	BOS
102	Chad Kuhl	PIT
103	Daniel Ponce de Leon	STL
104	Alec Mills	CHC
105	Cole Hamels	ATL
106	Miles Mikolas	STL
107	Spencer Howard	PHI
108	Cal Quantrill	CLE
109	Kris Bubic	KCR
110	Chris Archer	FA
111	Justus Sheffield	SEA
112	JT Brubaker	PIT
113	Deivi García	NYY
114	Adam Wainwright	STL
115	Austin Voth	WAS
116	Justin Dunn	SEA
117	Robbie Ray	TOR
118	Danny Duffy	KCR
119	Rich Hill	MIN
120	Matt Shoemaker	TOR
121	Yusei Kikuchi	SEA
122	Tejay Antone	CIN
123	Luke Weaver	ARI
124	Anthony DeSclafani	SFG
125	Ross Stripling	TOR
126	Madison Bumgarner	ARI
127	Caleb Smith	ARI
128	Carlos Martinez	STL
129	Michael Fulmer	DET
130	Adrian Morejon	SDP
131	Randy Dobnak	MIN
132	Adbert Alzolay	CHC
133	Steven Matz	TOR
134	Jose Quintana	LAA
135	Antonio Senzatela	COL
136	Dean Kremer	BAL
137	Keegan Akin	BAL
138	A.J. Puk	OAK
139	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI
140	David Peterson	NYM
141	Josh Fleming	TBR
142	Patrick Sandoval	LAA
143	Alex Cobb	LAA
144	Kyle Freeland	COL
145	Jakob Junis	KCR
146	Jon Gray	COL
147	Adrian Houser	MIL
148	Tanner Roark	TOR
149	Kyle Gibson	TEX
150	Ljay Newsome	SEA
151	Luis Patiño	TBR
152	Kyle Wright	ATL
153	Nick Pivetta	BOS
154	Tyler Chatwood	TOR
155	Bryse Wilson	ATL
156	Jeff Samardzija	SFG
157	Martín Pérez	BOS
158	Wade Miley	CIN
159	Carlos Rodón	CWS
160	Jon Lester	WAS
161	Mike Fiers	OAK
162	Clarke Schmidt	NYY
163	Joe Ross	WAS
164	Jordan Lyles	TEX
165	Brailyn Marquez	CHC
166	Homer Bailey	MIN
167	Trevor Williams	CHC
168	Chase Anderson	TOR
169	Austin Gomber	COL
170	Vince Velasquez	PHI
171	Alex Young	ARI
172	Michael Wacha	TBR
173	Kyle Cody	TEX
174	Aníbal Sánchez	WAS
175	José Ureña	DET