2024 In-Season Starting Pitcher Rankings – May

We’re a month and a half into the season so it’s time for a big sweeping update on the SP rankings. See my Daily SP Charts for regular commentary on pitchers. The $ is the earned auction value so far this year.

There are 151 ranked because I left Cole Irvin even with Grayson Rodriguez returning this weekend just because I hadn’t see what they were going to do. I assume it’ll just be Irvin to the bullpen but I left him in the rankings for now removed him after I ran an update to get Scott into the rankings.

May 19th update – Added C.Scott, Removed C.Irvin, A.Houser | shifted some of the tier rankings

May 20th update – Earned Auction $ and ADP values updated for rookies who weren’t populating

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 Tyler Glasnow LAD SP ▲8 38 $30
2 Tarik Skubal DET SP ▲9 45 $36
3 Zack Wheeler PHI SP 23 $25
4 Corbin Burnes BAL SP ▼2 19 $18
5 Cole Ragans KCR SP ▲16 80 $5
6 George Kirby SEA SP ▼2 33 $10
7 Chris Sale ATL SP ▲25 107 $27
8 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD SP ▲7 37 $14
9 Freddy Peralta MIL SP ▲8 50 $6
10 Luis Castillo SEA SP ▼5 28 $11
11 Pablo López MIN SP ▼3 34 $10
12 Max Fried ATL SP ▲4 59 $1

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 $
13 Jared Jones PIT SP ▲83 $19
14 Shota Imanaga CHC SP ▲27 170 $33
15 Zac Gallen ARI SP ▲4 40 $15
16 Dylan Cease SDP SP ▲10 98 $31
17 Joe Ryan MIN SP ▲10 86 $9
18 Sonny Gray STL SP ▲11 132 $16
19 Logan Gilbert SEA SP ▼6 61 $16
20 Framber Valdez HOU SP ▼13 55 $5
21 Logan Webb SFG SP ▼15 50 $2
22 Bailey Ober MIN SP 122 $8
23 Aaron Nola PHI SP ▼5 53 $20
24 Kyle Bradish BAL SP ▲101 369 -$3
25 Zach Eflin TBR SP ▼11 76 -$1
26 Grayson Rodriguez BAL SP ▼14 65 $7
27 Yu Darvish SDP SP ▲1 176 $21
28 Kevin Gausman TOR SP ▼5 38 -$11
29 Kutter Crawford BOS SP ▲7 231 $12
30 Tanner Houck BOS SP ▲60 367 $18
31 Garrett Crochet CHW SP ▲60 427 $4
32 Paul Skenes PIT SP 295 $3
33 Carlos Rodón NYY SP ▲7 142 $11
34 Jack Flaherty DET SP ▲38 337 $6
35 Ranger Suárez PHI SP ▲49 335 $43
36 Joe Musgrove SDP SP ▼11 93 -$15
37 Justin Steele CHC SP ▼6 95 -$7
38 Walker Buehler LAD SP ▲38 182 -$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 $
39 Yusei Kikuchi TOR SP ▲32 228 $11
40 Bryce Miller SEA SP ▲5 170 $13
41 Clarke Schmidt NYY SP ▲40 338 $17
42 Reynaldo López ATL SP 363 $5
43 Christian Scott NYM SP -$6
44 Tanner Bibee CLE SP ▼20 105 -$1
45 Blake Snell SFG SP ▼25 73 -$18
46 Hunter Greene CIN SP ▼2 140 $7
47 Reese Olson DET SP ▲31 287 $8
48 Taj Bradley TBR SP ▲68 316 $2
49 John Means BAL SP ▲82 374 $5
50 Luis Gil NYY SP ▲57 507 $20
51 José Berríos TOR SP ▼17 160 $13
52 Nestor Cortes NYY SP ▲15 225 $6
53 Jesús Luzardo MIA SP ▼20 79 -$6
54 Brayan Bello BOS SP ▼8 218 $5
55 Bryan Woo SEA SP ▲1 183
56 Cristian Javier HOU SP ▼18 173 $3
57 Justin Verlander HOU SP ▲2 169 -$1
58 Jon Gray TEX SP ▼3 306 $10
59 Seth Lugo KCR SP ▼2 260 $32
60 Robert Gasser MIL SP $5
61 Nick Pivetta BOS SP ▼14 161 $9
62 MacKenzie Gore WAS SP ▲64 267 $0
63 Michael King SDP SP ▼26 132 -$3
64 Chris Bassitt TOR SP ▼29 125 -$13
65 Matt Manning DET SP ▲45 417 -$14
66 Cristopher Sánchez PHI SP ▼23 214 -$4
67 Jordan Hicks SFG SP ▲46 320 $5
68 Jordan Montgomery ARI SP ▲20 170 -$9
69 Zack Littell TBR SP ▲17 340 -$1
70 Brandon Pfaadt ARI SP ▼9 207 -$1

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 $
71 Reid Detmers LAA SP ▼7 228 -$7
72 Casey Mize DET SP ▼12 412 -$3
73 José Soriano LAA SP 682 -$6
74 Aaron Civale TBR SP ▼26 193 -$15
75 Gavin Stone LAD SP ▼2 344 $3
76 Triston McKenzie CLE SP ▼26 210 -$1
77 Kyle Harrison SFG SP ▲22 235 $3
78 Luis Severino NYM SP ▼10 258 $0
79 Mitchell Parker WAS SP $3
80 Brady Singer KCR SP ▲63 441 $15
81 Erick Fedde CHW SP ▲51 357 $15
82 Griffin Canning LAA SP ▼20 268 -$12
83 Dean Kremer BAL SP ▲12 314 $8
84 Javier Assad CHC SP ▲55 523 $20
85 Marcus Stroman NYY SP ▼5 258 -$2
86 Mitch Keller PIT SP ▼37 157 $3
87 Andrew Heaney TEX SP ▲41 374 -$8
88 Braxton Garrett MIA SP ▼14 247
89 Jameson Taillon CHC SP ▲60 386 $6
90 Chris Paddack MIN SP ▼15 311 -$6
91 Logan Allen CLE SP ▼6 341 -$7
92 Charlie Morton ATL SP ▼22 225 $5
93 Patrick Sandoval LAA SP ▲10 440 -$10
94 Ben Lively CLE SP 750 $1
95 Kyle Gibson STL SP ▲28 454 -$3
96 James Paxton LAD SP ▼33 303 $3
97 Andrew Abbott CIN SP ▲3 296 $4
98 Alec Marsh KCR SP 670 $10
99 Michael Wacha KCR SP ▼41 290 -$8
100 Cooper Criswell BOS SP 742 -$3

Standard Streamers

Spot start ’em when you need ’em, but then you can move on
Standard Streamers
Rank Name Team Pos Change ADP $
101 Jake Irvin WAS SP ▲66 623 $0
102 JP Sears OAK SP ▲39 362 -$2
103 Paul Blackburn OAK SP ▲44 546 $1
104 Tyler Anderson LAA SP ▲49 578 $12
105 Sean Manaea NYM SP ▲24 320 $3
106 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN SP 744 $1
107 Bryse Wilson MIL SP 750 -$4
108 Bryce Elder ATL SP ▲3 491 -$19
109 Ryan Weathers MIA SP 478 -$1
110 Lance Lynn STL SP ▼13 312 -$11
111 Keaton Winn SFG SP ▲11 451 -$11
112 Taijuan Walker PHI SP ▼10 476 -$3
113 Alek Manoah TOR SP ▲52 493 $3
114 Trevor Williams WAS SP 739 $13
115 Michael Lorenzen TEX SP ▼11 503 -$1
116 Colin Rea MIL SP 490 -$7
117 Trevor Rogers MIA SP ▼52 322 -$24
118 Frankie Montas CIN SP ▼17 326 -$6
119 Matt Waldron SDP SP 660 -$10
120 Chris Flexen CHW SP 715 -$13
121 Tylor Megill NYM SP 416
122 Joey Estes OAK SP 743
123 Tyler Alexander TBR SP
124 Ryan Feltner COL SP 741 -$20
125 Bailey Falter PIT SP 738 $4
126 Cal Quantrill COL SP 692 -$3
127 Miles Mikolas STL SP ▼45 407 -$16
128 Graham Ashcraft CIN SP ▼1 414 -$7
129 Joe Ross MIL SP 684 -$7
130 Ryne Nelson ARI SP ▼6 481 -$21
131 Hunter Brown HOU SP ▼92 160 -$31
132 Martín Pérez PIT SP ▲19 577 -$17
133 Steven Matz STL SP ▼16 390 -$19
134 José Quintana NYM SP ▼40 395 -$18

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 $
135 Sixto Sánchez MIA SP 632 -$21
136 Ross Stripling OAK SP ▲22 549 -$23
137 Spencer Arrigheti HOU SP -$21
138 Jack Leiter TEX SP
139 Nick Martinez CIN SP ▼2 433 -$5
140 Ty Blach COL SP -$9
141 Slade Cecconi ARI SP 748 -$4
142 Carlos Carrasco CLE SP 706 -$14
143 Kyle Hendricks CHC SP ▼24 442 -$39
144 Mike Clevinger CHW SP ▼36 487 -$10
145 Aaron Brooks OAK SP
146 José Ureña TEX SP 750 -$2
147 Brad Keller CHW SP 751 -$8
148 Austin Gomber COL SP 734 -$1
149 Patrick Corbin WAS SP 641 -$29
150 Dakota Hudson COL SP 749 -$26





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johnsond76
5 months ago

Been waiting for this list, thanks Paul! I don’t see Christian scott, maybe I’m blind. Where do you have him? Thanks!
This list seriously helps me a ton with determining pick ups and potential trades. Thanks again!

chopper2hopper
5 months ago
Reply to  johnsond76

Yes, was also going to ask about Scott, seeing that his inferior fellow-callup Gasser merited a mention.