2024 In-Season Starting Pitcher Rankings – August

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August 13, 2024

OK, this will probably be the last full ranking of the regular season because once we flip the calendar to September, it’s allll about what can you do for me right now. By then we can’t worry about tomorrow, everything is immediate focus only and playing hard to our standings.

I decided to rank ReyLo before he returns from injury because he’s making a rehab start tonight and expected back very soon, but if he doesn’t return, I still have Holmes ranked, too.

(Note: There won’t be a Wednesday SP Chart, but these rankings should definitely help your decisions for the day and I have my chat at 1 pm Central where you can ask any questions about the rankings!)

The $ is the earned auction value so far this year. Those with – in their Change column means they weren’t ranked last month due to injury or simply not being in the MLB rotation. ADP is the spring average draft position.

Auto-Start

The cream of the crop. The pitchers who are locked into the rotation without question.
Auto-Start
Rank Name Team Pos Change ADP $
1 Tarik Skubal DET SP ▲2 45 $35
2 Zack Wheeler PHI SP – 23 $27
3 Tyler Glasnow LAD SP ▼2 38 $22
4 Chris Sale ATL SP – 107 $32
5 Jack Flaherty LAD SP ▲15 337 $22
6 Blake Snell SFG SP – 73 $2
7 Dylan Cease SDP SP ▲12 98 $23
8 Logan Gilbert SEA SP ▲6 61 $27
9 Paul Skenes PIT SP ▼2 295 $19
10 Corbin Burnes BAL SP ▼5 19 $25
11 Hunter Greene CIN SP ▲37 140 $21
12 Bailey Ober MIN SP ▲12 122 $22
13 Luis Castillo SEA SP ▲2 28 $13

All Formats

More excellent pitchers who almost never leave the rotation, but a couple duds in a row miiight cause a sit v. a tough offense
All Formats
Rank Name Team Pos Change ADP $
14 George Kirby SEA SP ▼1 33 $18
15 Aaron Nola PHI SP ▼3 53 $13
16 Michael King SDP SP ▲21 132 $13
17 Sonny Gray STL SP ▼7 132 $15
18 Gerrit Cole NYY SP ▼12 92 -$6
19 Cole Ragans KCR SP ▼10 80 $15
20 Framber Valdez HOU SP ▲15 55 $14
21 Shota Imanaga CHC SP ▼5 170 $16
22 Max Fried ATL SP ▼11 59 $4
23 Ronel Blanco HOU SP ▲13 617 $18
24 Carlos Rodón NYY SP ▲28 142 $9
25 Logan Webb SFG SP ▲8 50 $9
26 Tanner Bibee CLE SP ▼1 105 $16
27 Seth Lugo KCR SP ▲1 260 $26
28 Pablo López MIN SP ▼5 34 $6
29 Robbie Ray SFG SP – 544
30 Taj Bradley TBR SP ▲13 316 $8
31 Luis Gil NYY SP ▼4 507 $17
32 Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP ▲25 228 -$6
33 Freddy Peralta MIL SP ▼12 50 $4
34 Justin Steele CHC SP ▼2 95 $7
35 Bryce Miller SEA SP ▲11 170 $15
36 Hunter Brown HOU SP ▲4 160 $2

Most Formats

Consistently in lineups across most formats, but they see more sits in shallower formats and even in deep leagues on occasion
Most Formats
Rank Name Team Pos Change ADP $
37 Zach Eflin BAL SP ▲4 76 $5
38 Zac Gallen ARI SP ▼21 40 $5
39 Ryan Pepiot TBR SP ▼5 188 $6
40 Garrett Crochet CHW SP ▼32 427 $13
41 Bryan Woo SEA SP – 183 $12
42 Brandon Pfaadt ARI SP ▲21 207 $6
43 Clayton Kershaw LAD SP – 478
44 Reynaldo López ATL SP ▼13 363 $14
45 Spencer Schwellenbach ATL SP ▲37 $3
46 Cristopher Sánchez PHI SP ▼8 214 $0
47 Mitch Keller PIT SP ▲4 157 $8
48 Kevin Gausman TOR SP ▼1 38 $0
49 Jeffrey Springs TBR SP – 560
50 Joe Musgrove SDP SP – 93 -$9
51 Tanner Houck BOS SP ▼25 367 $13
52 Tyler Anderson LAA SP ▲23 578 $13
53 Brayan Bello BOS SP ▲21 218 -$8
54 Nestor Cortes NYY SP ▼4 225 -$4
55 Kutter Crawford BOS SP ▼10 231 $5
56 Sean Manaea NYM SP ▲39 320 $8

Team Streamers

A streamer who doesn’t leave your team when you aren’t using them because they do have upside to move up the rankings and become firm options
Team Streamers
Rank Name Team Pos Change ADP $
57 Merrill Kelly ARI SP – 140 $2
58 Spencer Arrighetti HOU SP ▲41 -$11
59 Nick Pivetta BOS SP ▼4 161 $2
60 Ryne Nelson ARI SP ▲68 481 -$5
61 Nathan Eovaldi TEX SP ▼8 199 $9
62 José Soriano LAA SP ▲7 682 $5
63 David Festa MIN SP ▲25 -$6
64 Tobias Myers MIL SP ▲14 $11
65 Brady Singer KCR SP ▼4 441 $8
66 Jake Irvin WSN SP ▼10 623 $8
67 Edward Cabrera MIA SP – 340 -$9
68 Erick Fedde STL SP ▼10 357 $10
69 Zebby Matthews MIN SP –
70 Kyle Gibson STL SP ▲19 454 -$2
70 Nick Lodolo CIN SP – 260 $8
71 Matt Waldron SDP SP ▼4 660 $4
72 Walker Buehler LAD SP – 182 -$11
73 Gavin Williams CLE SP ▲10 198 -$5
74 Grant Holmes ATL SP – -$10
75 Chris Bassitt TOR SP ▼16 125 -$6
76 Shane Baz TBR SP – 293 -$8
77 José Berríos TOR SP ▼17 160 $4
78 Jameson Taillon CHC SP ▲6 386 $6
79 Gavin Stone LAD SP ▼37 344 $1
80 Ben Lively CLE SP ▼4 750 $6
81 Tyler Mahle TEX SP – 670
82 JP Sears OAK SP ▲40 362 $2
84 Paul Blackburn NYM SP – 546 $1
85 Hayden Birdsong SFG SP ▲39 -$6
86 Zack Littell TBR SP ▼15 340 -$6
87 Albert Suárez BAL SP ▲5 732 $0
88 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI SP – 216
89 Nick Martinez CIN SP – 433 $9
90 Jordan Montgomery ARI SP ▲17 170 -$22
91 Colin Rea MIL SP ▲20 490 $10
92 Michael Wacha KCR SP ▼22 290 $6
93 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN SP ▼14 744 $0
94 Bowden Francis TOR SP – 490 -$10
95 Alex Cobb CLE SP – 423
96 Andrew Abbott CIN SP ▼19 296 $4
97 Luis Severino NYM SP ▼16 258 -$2
98 Cody Bradford TEX SP – 612 $2
99 Charlie Morton ATL SP ▼33 225 -$5
100 Valente Bellozo MIA SP ▲36

Standard Streamers

Spot start ’em when you need ’em, but then you can move on
Standard Streamers
Rank Name Team Pos Change ADP $
101 Mitchell Parker WSN SP ▼33 $1
101 Frankie Montas MIL SP ▲31 326 -$14
102 Luis L. Ortiz PIT SP – 669 $4
103 Andrew Heaney TEX SP ▼18 374 -$2
104 Tyler Phillips PHI SP – -$2
105 Carson Spiers CIN SP ▼8 748 -$3
106 Martín Pérez SDP SP ▲33 577 -$17
107 Kyle Harrison SFG SP ▼4 235 -$2
108 DJ Herz WSN SP ▼18 751 -$5
109 David Peterson NYM SP ▼18 719 -$1
110 Trevor Rogers BAL SP ▲8 322 -$21
111 Marcus Stroman NYY SP ▼49 258 -$5
112 Matthew Boyd CLE SP –
113 Mitch Spence OAK SP ▼12 733 -$4
114 MacKenzie Gore WSN SP ▼70 267 -$12
115 Jon Gray TEX SP ▼51 306 $0
116 Dean Kremer BAL SP ▼8 314 -$6
117 Joey Estes OAK SP ▼31 743 -$4
118 Osvaldo Bido OAK SP – -$2
119 José Quintana NYM SP ▲1 395 -$2
120 Louie Varland MIN SP – 282 -$14
121 Max Meyer MIA SP – 401 -$5
122 Aaron Civale MIL SP ▼49 193 -$15
123 Michael Lorenzen KCR SP ▼27 503 -$3
124 Miles Mikolas STL SP ▼7 407 -$12
125 Kenta Maeda DET SP ▼9 238 -$22
126 Jonathan Cannon CHW SP ▼11 -$5
128 Kyle Hendricks CHC SP ▼9 442 -$23
129 Cal Quantrill COL SP ▼20 692 -$10
130 Davis Martin CHW SP –
131 James Paxton BOS SP ▼25 303 -$6
132 Bailey Falter PIT SP ▼38 738 -$4
133 Javier Assad CHC SP – 523 -$1
134 Griffin Canning LAA SP ▼41 268 -$18
135 Andre Pallante STL SP ▲3 -$6
136 Drew Thorpe CHW SP ▼15 -$8
137 Taijuan Walker PHI SP – 476 -$11
138 Joe Boyle OAK SP – 395 -$12
139 Brant Hurter DET SP –
140 Yariel Rodríguez TOR SP ▲2 577 -$4

Hard Pass

I just don’t see any scenarios that are going to interest me w/this group right now
Hard Pass
Rank Name Team Pos Change ADP $
141 Kyle Freeland COL SP – 654 -$14
142 Carson Fulmer LAA SP – -$11
143 Davis Daniel LAA SP ▼33 -$10
144 Roddery Muñoz MIA SP ▼17 -$15
145 Tanner Gordon COL SP – -$10
146 Bradley Blalock COL SP –
147 Ross Stripling OAK SP – 549 -$18
148 Ky Bush CHW SP –
149 Austin Gomber COL SP ▼4 734 -$14
150 Patrick Corbin WSN SP ▼4 641 -$32
151 Jake Woodford PIT SP –

Full Rankings Without Tiers

No tiers. Just the rankings.
Full Rankings Without Tiers
Rank Name Team Pos Change ADP $
1 Tarik Skubal DET SP ▲2 45 $35
2 Zack Wheeler PHI SP – 23 $27
3 Tyler Glasnow LAD SP ▼2 38 $22
4 Chris Sale ATL SP – 107 $32
5 Jack Flaherty LAD SP ▲15 337 $22
6 Blake Snell SFG SP – 73 $2
7 Dylan Cease SDP SP ▲12 98 $23
8 Logan Gilbert SEA SP ▲6 61 $27
9 Paul Skenes PIT SP ▼2 295 $19
10 Corbin Burnes BAL SP ▼5 19 $25
11 Hunter Greene CIN SP ▲37 140 $21
12 Bailey Ober MIN SP ▲12 122 $22
13 Luis Castillo SEA SP ▲2 28 $13
14 George Kirby SEA SP ▼1 33 $18
15 Aaron Nola PHI SP ▼3 53 $13
16 Michael King SDP SP ▲21 132 $13
17 Sonny Gray STL SP ▼7 132 $15
18 Gerrit Cole NYY SP ▼12 92 -$6
19 Cole Ragans KCR SP ▼10 80 $15
20 Framber Valdez HOU SP ▲15 55 $14
21 Shota Imanaga CHC SP ▼5 170 $16
22 Max Fried ATL SP ▼11 59 $4
23 Ronel Blanco HOU SP ▲13 617 $18
24 Carlos Rodón NYY SP ▲28 142 $9
25 Logan Webb SFG SP ▲8 50 $9
26 Tanner Bibee CLE SP ▼1 105 $16
27 Seth Lugo KCR SP ▲1 260 $26
28 Pablo López MIN SP ▼5 34 $6
29 Robbie Ray SFG SP – 544
30 Taj Bradley TBR SP ▲13 316 $8
31 Luis Gil NYY SP ▼4 507 $17
32 Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP ▲25 228 -$6
33 Freddy Peralta MIL SP ▼12 50 $4
34 Justin Steele CHC SP ▼2 95 $7
35 Bryce Miller SEA SP ▲11 170 $15
36 Hunter Brown HOU SP ▲4 160 $2
37 Zach Eflin BAL SP ▲4 76 $5
38 Zac Gallen ARI SP ▼21 40 $5
39 Ryan Pepiot TBR SP ▼5 188 $6
40 Garrett Crochet CHW SP ▼32 427 $13
41 Bryan Woo SEA SP – 183 $12
42 Brandon Pfaadt ARI SP ▲21 207 $6
43 Clayton Kershaw LAD SP – 478
44 Reynaldo López ATL SP ▼13 363 $14
45 Spencer Schwellenbach ATL SP ▲37 $3
46 Cristopher Sánchez PHI SP ▼8 214 $0
47 Mitch Keller PIT SP ▲4 157 $8
48 Kevin Gausman TOR SP ▼1 38 $0
49 Jeffrey Springs TBR SP – 560
50 Joe Musgrove SDP SP – 93 -$9
51 Tanner Houck BOS SP ▼25 367 $13
52 Tyler Anderson LAA SP ▲23 578 $13
53 Brayan Bello BOS SP ▲21 218 -$8
54 Nestor Cortes NYY SP ▼4 225 -$4
55 Kutter Crawford BOS SP ▼10 231 $5
56 Sean Manaea NYM SP ▲39 320 $8
57 Merrill Kelly ARI SP – 140 $2
58 Spencer Arrighetti HOU SP ▲41 -$11
59 Nick Pivetta BOS SP ▼4 161 $2
60 Ryne Nelson ARI SP ▲68 481 -$5
61 Nathan Eovaldi TEX SP ▼8 199 $9
62 José Soriano LAA SP ▲7 682 $5
63 David Festa MIN SP ▲25 -$6
64 Tobias Myers MIL SP ▲14 $11
65 Brady Singer KCR SP ▼4 441 $8
66 Jake Irvin WSN SP ▼10 623 $8
67 Edward Cabrera MIA SP – 340 -$9
68 Erick Fedde STL SP ▼10 357 $10
69 Zebby Matthews MIN SP –
70 Kyle Gibson STL SP ▲19 454 -$2
70 Nick Lodolo CIN SP – 260 $8
71 Matt Waldron SDP SP ▼4 660 $4
72 Walker Buehler LAD SP – 182 -$11
73 Gavin Williams CLE SP ▲10 198 -$5
74 Grant Holmes ATL SP – -$10
75 Chris Bassitt TOR SP ▼16 125 -$6
76 Shane Baz TBR SP – 293 -$8
77 José Berríos TOR SP ▼17 160 $4
78 Jameson Taillon CHC SP ▲6 386 $6
79 Gavin Stone LAD SP ▼37 344 $1
80 Ben Lively CLE SP ▼4 750 $6
81 Tyler Mahle TEX SP – 670
82 JP Sears OAK SP ▲40 362 $2
84 Paul Blackburn NYM SP – 546 $1
85 Hayden Birdsong SFG SP ▲39 -$6
86 Zack Littell TBR SP ▼15 340 -$6
87 Albert Suárez BAL SP ▲5 732 $0
88 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI SP – 216
89 Nick Martinez CIN SP – 433 $9
90 Jordan Montgomery ARI SP ▲17 170 -$22
91 Colin Rea MIL SP ▲20 490 $10
92 Michael Wacha KCR SP ▼22 290 $6
93 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN SP ▼14 744 $0
94 Bowden Francis TOR SP – 490 -$10
95 Alex Cobb CLE SP – 423
96 Andrew Abbott CIN SP ▼19 296 $4
97 Luis Severino NYM SP ▼16 258 -$2
98 Cody Bradford TEX SP – 612 $2
99 Charlie Morton ATL SP ▼33 225 -$5
100 Valente Bellozo MIA SP ▲36
101 Mitchell Parker WSN SP ▼33 $1
101 Frankie Montas MIL SP ▲31 326 -$14
102 Luis L. Ortiz PIT SP – 669 $4
103 Andrew Heaney TEX SP ▼18 374 -$2
104 Tyler Phillips PHI SP – -$2
105 Carson Spiers CIN SP ▼8 748 -$3
106 Martín Pérez SDP SP ▲33 577 -$17
107 Kyle Harrison SFG SP ▼4 235 -$2
108 DJ Herz WSN SP ▼18 751 -$5
109 David Peterson NYM SP ▼18 719 -$1
110 Trevor Rogers BAL SP ▲8 322 -$21
111 Marcus Stroman NYY SP ▼49 258 -$5
112 Matthew Boyd CLE SP –
113 Mitch Spence OAK SP ▼12 733 -$4
114 MacKenzie Gore WSN SP ▼70 267 -$12
115 Jon Gray TEX SP ▼51 306 $0
116 Dean Kremer BAL SP ▼8 314 -$6
117 Joey Estes OAK SP ▼31 743 -$4
118 Osvaldo Bido OAK SP – -$2
119 José Quintana NYM SP ▲1 395 -$2
120 Louie Varland MIN SP – 282 -$14
121 Max Meyer MIA SP – 401 -$5
122 Aaron Civale MIL SP ▼49 193 -$15
123 Michael Lorenzen KCR SP ▼27 503 -$3
124 Miles Mikolas STL SP ▼7 407 -$12
125 Kenta Maeda DET SP ▼9 238 -$22
126 Jonathan Cannon CHW SP ▼11 -$5
128 Kyle Hendricks CHC SP ▼9 442 -$23
129 Cal Quantrill COL SP ▼20 692 -$10
130 Davis Martin CHW SP –
131 James Paxton BOS SP ▼25 303 -$6
132 Bailey Falter PIT SP ▼38 738 -$4
133 Javier Assad CHC SP – 523 -$1
134 Griffin Canning LAA SP ▼41 268 -$18
135 Andre Pallante STL SP ▲3 -$6
136 Drew Thorpe CHW SP ▼15 -$8
137 Taijuan Walker PHI SP – 476 -$11
138 Joe Boyle OAK SP – 395 -$12
139 Brant Hurter DET SP –
140 Yariel Rodríguez TOR SP ▲2 577 -$4
141 Kyle Freeland COL SP – 654 -$14
142 Carson Fulmer LAA SP – -$11
143 Davis Daniel LAA SP ▼33 -$10
144 Roddery Muñoz MIA SP ▼17 -$15
145 Tanner Gordon COL SP – -$10
146 Bradley Blalock COL SP –
147 Ross Stripling OAK SP – 549 -$18
148 Ky Bush CHW SP –
149 Austin Gomber COL SP ▼4 734 -$14
150 Patrick Corbin WSN SP ▼4 641 -$32
151 Jake Woodford PIT SP –





 

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hscerMember since 2024
3 months ago

unfortunately, while Nelson is clearly better than Montgomery at this point, he’s not being paid like it, and so he’s probably not starting much longer

https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/ryne-nelson-confirms-he-ll-work-out-of-the-bullpen-wednesday-01j5485ktbke

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