Eno’s Pitcher Ranks, Updated
It’s been a bit more than a month, so it’s time to update my rankings, maybe in time for your last draft. Mostly injuries have moved the needle, but a few spring training strikeout rates and pitch changes may have factored into the moves. I gave you the new NFBC ADP and my old rankings so you could see the movements in the rankings.
Enjoy!
| Name | AL/NL | Arsenal | K-BB% | NFBC ADP 2/23 | NFBC ADP 4/3 | RG Rank 2/23 | My Rank 2/23 | My New Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Kershaw | NL | 2.26 | 27.8% | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Max Scherzer | NL | 0.78 | 20.9% | 27 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Stephen Strasburg | NL | 2.42 | 22.9% | 28 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Felix Hernandez | AL | 3.97 | 22.2% | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Chris Sale | AL | 1.49 | 24.7% | 22 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| David Price | AL | 1.57 | 23.1% | 32 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Madison Bumgarner | NL | 0.51 | 20.2% | 29 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Corey Kluber | AL | 3.88 | 22.9% | 33 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Zack Greinke | NL | 2.39 | 20.0% | 49 | 49 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Cole Hamels | NL | 3.00 | 16.8% | 59 | 60 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| Matt Harvey | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 69 | 58 | 26 | 12 | 11 |
| Johnny Cueto | NL | 1.70 | 18.4% | 41 | 40 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| Jon Lester | NL | 1.72 | 19.4% | 54 | 56 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | NL | 0.74 | 19.1% | 61 | 56 | 12 | 15 | 14 |
| Alex Wood | NL | 1.26 | 18.0% | 103 | 102 | 23 | 17 | 15 |
| James Shields | NL | 0.06 | 14.5% | 103 | 92 | 21 | 18 | 16 |
| Gerrit Cole | NL | 2.34 | 17.2% | 90 | 82 | 27 | 23 | 17 |
| Carlos Carrasco | AL | 3.93 | 21.0% | 118 | 112 | 15 | 21 | 18 |
| Julio Teheran | NL | 0.62 | 15.3% | 78 | 82 | 24 | 20 | 19 |
| Jacob deGrom | NL | 2.47 | 17.9% | 114 | 109 | 31 | 24 | 20 |
| Adam Wainwright | NL | 0.16 | 14.4% | 52 | 58 | 18 | 26 | 21 |
| Jake Arrieta | NL | 2.30 | 20.5% | 106 | 102 | 22 | 27 | 22 |
| Michael Wacha | NL | 0.42 | 13.7% | 168 | 148 | 41 | 28 | 23 |
| Gio Gonzalez | NL | 2.74 | 16.2% | 125 | 121 | 28 | 30 | 24 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | AL | 1.37 | 22.1% | 134 | 129 | 32 | 33 | 25 |
| Jeff Samardzija | AL | 2.55 | 18.1% | 75 | 75 | 19 | 25 | 26 |
| Phil Hughes | AL | -1.42 | 19.9% | 183 | 172 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| Alex Cobb | AL | 1.74 | 15.0% | 87 | 104 | 17 | 16 | 28 |
| Hyun-Jin Ryu | NL | 0.05 | 17.4% | 154 | 178 | 20 | 19 | 29 |
| Garrett Richards | AL | 3.04 | 16.7% | 168 | 146 | 44 | 35 | 30 |
| Hisashi Iwakuma | AL | 0.12 | 18.8% | 102 | 101 | 16 | 32 | 31 |
| Lance Lynn | NL | 2.16 | 12.6% | 149 | 148 | 35 | 36 | 32 |
| Tyson Ross | NL | 3.54 | 15.2% | 101 | 98 | 39 | 41 | 33 |
| Drew Hutchison | AL | 0.34 | 15.8% | 261 | 235 | 58 | 42 | 34 |
| Sonny Gray | AL | 1.44 | 12.1% | 88 | 89 | 30 | 38 | 35 |
| Mat Latos | NL | -0.81 | 11.4% | 179 | 186 | 60 | 39 | 36 |
| Andrew Cashner | NL | 0.45 | 12.7% | 163 | 165 | 52 | 40 | 37 |
| Chris Archer | AL | 0.54 | 12.3% | 189 | 178 | 54 | 43 | 38 |
| Homer Bailey | NL | 3.12 | 13.1% | 218 | 228 | 38 | 37 | 39 |
| Drew Smyly | AL | 1.05 | 14.7% | 177 | 189 | 43 | 31 | 40 |
| Collin McHugh | AL | 0.12 | 18.7% | 207 | 185 | 37 | 46 | 41 |
| Anibal Sanchez | AL | -1.83 | 14.0% | 188 | 185 | 36 | 47 | 42 |
| Jered Weaver | AL | -0.95 | 11.7% | 202 | 192 | 48 | 48 | 43 |
| Matt Shoemaker | AL | -0.84 | 18.4% | 213 | 211 | 47 | 44 | 44 |
| Michael Pineda | AL | 0.19 | 17.9% | 165 | 146 | 56 | 50 | 45 |
| Francisco Liriano | NL | 2.47 | 13.6% | 228 | 215 | 42 | 53 | 46 |
| Mike Fiers | NL | 0.14 | 21.5% | 198 | 191 | 33 | 52 | 47 |
| Yordano Ventura | AL | 2.85 | 11.5% | 149 | 147 | 61 | 57 | 48 |
| Ian Kennedy | NL | 2.37 | 16.2% | 182 | 165 | 49 | 54 | 49 |
| Dallas Keuchel | NL | 0.99 | 12.1% | 248 | 234 | 55 | 55 | 50 |
| James Paxton | AL | 2.17 | 9.9% | 239 | 231 | 75 | 56 | 51 |
| Jose Fernandez | NL | 1.99 | 27.8% | 211 | 211 | 69 | 58 | 52 |
| Jose Quintana | AL | 0.41 | 15.2% | 212 | 196 | 45 | 59 | 53 |
| John Lackey | NL | -0.20 | 14.1% | 285 | 273 | 51 | 60 | 54 |
| Matt Cain | NL | -0.75 | 10.2% | 248 | 241 | 63 | 61 | 55 |
| Brandon McCarthy | NL | 1.57 | 17.0% | 262 | 237 | 50 | 63 | 56 |
| Doug Fister | NL | -1.62 | 11.2% | 153 | 151 | 46 | 62 | 57 |
| Jesse Hahn | AL | 1.44 | 12.4% | 301 | 286 | 92 | 64 | 58 |
| Scott Kazmir | AL | -2.27 | 14.7% | 248 | 241 | 40 | 65 | 59 |
| Chris Tillman | AL | -0.16 | 9.6% | 267 | 258 | 70 | 67 | 60 |
| Jake Odorizzi | AL | -1.72 | 16.0% | 241 | 229 | 64 | 66 | 61 |
| Drew Pomeranz | AL | 0.78 | 13.7% | 327 | 293 | 98 | 79 | 62 |
| Henderson Alvarez | NL | -0.23 | 10.1% | 301 | 291 | 74 | 74 | 63 |
| CC Sabathia | AL | 2.55 | 18.2% | 356 | 345 | 89 | 70 | 64 |
| Justin Verlander | AL | -1.17 | 10.5% | 194 | 192 | 62 | 51 | 65 |
| Shelby Miller | NL | -0.38 | 7.1% | 249 | 241 | 78 | 72 | 66 |
| Rick Porcello | AL | -1.53 | 10.5% | 290 | 281 | 68 | 69 | 67 |
| Shane Greene | AL | 2.09 | 15.1% | 398 | 340 | 100 | 85 | 68 |
| Trevor Bauer | AL | 0.55 | 12.5% | 322 | 301 | 97 | 77 | 69 |
| Carlos Martinez | NL | 4.34 | 12.4% | #N/A | #N/A | 99 | 89 | 70 |
| Wade Miley | AL | 1.26 | 12.5% | 360 | 349 | 85 | 87 | 71 |
| Chase Anderson | NL | 1.26 | 13.4% | 457 | 418 | 111 | 80 | 72 |
| Matt Garza | NL | 1.47 | 11.2% | 324 | 318 | 83 | 81 | 73 |
| Kyle Lohse | NL | -2.44 | 11.8% | 293 | 272 | 71 | 68 | 74 |
| Derek Holland | AL | 0.12 | 13.7% | 243 | 243 | 59 | 84 | 75 |
| Taijuan Walker | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 262 | 232 | 117 | 105 | 76 |
| Jason Hammel | NL | 0.53 | 15.9% | 309 | 294 | 66 | 75 | 77 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | AL | -0.12 | 11.6% | 380 | 328 | 116 | 94 | 78 |
| Wily Peralta | NL | 1.53 | 11.1% | 294 | 274 | 76 | 71 | 79 |
| Mike Leake | NL | -0.89 | 12.6% | 351 | 331 | 81 | 86 | 80 |
| Jake Peavy | NL | 0.09 | 11.2% | 330 | 321 | 67 | 78 | 81 |
| Brett Anderson | NL | 1.82 | #N/A | 400 | 372 | 122 | 107 | 82 |
| Wei-Yin Chen | AL | -2.08 | 13.1% | 340 | 333 | 80 | 88 | 83 |
| T.J. House | AL | 1.17 | 13.5% | #N/A | #N/A | 109 | 122 | 84 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | NL | -0.19 | 14.4% | 595 | 496 | 132 | 99 | 85 |
| Zach McAllister | AL | -1.64 | 12.2% | 183 | N/a | 86 | ||
| Brandon Morrow | NL | n/a | n/a | n/a | 87 | |||
| Mike Minor | NL | -1.61 | 11.9% | 294 | 333 | 72 | 83 | 88 |
| Jon Niese | NL | -0.95 | 11.8% | #N/A | #N/A | 87 | 92 | 89 |
| Danny Duffy | AL | -1.53 | 9.9% | 271 | 260 | 86 | 93 | 90 |
| Kyle Hendricks | NL | -0.43 | 10.0% | 293 | 278 | 102 | 95 | 91 |
| A.J. Burnett | NL | 1.49 | 10.1% | 323 | 316 | 82 | 115 | 92 |
| Kendall Graveman | AL | N/a | N/a | n/a | n/a | 93 | ||
| Joe Kelly | AL | 1.33 | 5.8% | 139 | 96 | 94 | ||
| Bud Norris | AL | -1.23 | 12.7% | 361 | 354 | 103 | 97 | 95 |
| Kyle Gibson | AL | 0.27 | 6.6% | 161 | 131 | 96 | ||
| R.A. Dickey | AL | -0.51 | 10.8% | 284 | 278 | 65 | 98 | 97 |
| Daniel Norris | AL | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 98 | ||
| Joe Wieland | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 187 | n/a | 99 | ||
| Danny Salazar | AL | 1.52 | 17.9% | 231 | 250 | 53 | 49 | 100 |
| Aaron Sanchez | AL | n/a | 101 | |||||
| Rubby de la Rosa | NL | -1.25 | 8.8% | 147 | 100 | 102 | ||
| David Buchanan | NL | -1.73 | 7.8% | 155 | 109 | 103 | ||
| Odrisamer Despaigne | NL | 0.32 | 8.2% | 462 | 469 | 121 | 101 | 104 |
| Tim Hudson | NL | 1.31 | 10.9% | 395 | 374 | 84 | 116 | 105 |
| Josh Collmenter | NL | -1.69 | 10.6% | 385 | 358 | 96 | 119 | 106 |
| Clay Buchholz | AL | 0.01 | 10.6% | 363 | 328 | 95 | 102 | 107 |
| Archie Bradley | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 174 | n/a | 108 | ||
| Raisel Iglesias | NL | n/a | 109 | |||||
| Andrew Heaney | AL | #N/A | 10.3% | 348 | 350 | 131 | 90 | 110 |
| Kevin Gausman | AL | 0.36 | 10.5% | 264 | 259 | 73 | 73 | 111 |
| Patrick Corbin | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 523 | 535 | 128 | 104 | 112 |
| Jarred Cosart | NL | -0.63 | 5.5% | 375 | 370 | 110 | 139 | 113 |
| Nate Karns | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 142 | 149 | 114 | ||
| Justin Masterson | AL | 3.37 | 7.9% | 399 | 402 | 113 | 106 | 115 |
| Carlos Rodon | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 136 | 138 | 116 | ||
| Roenis Elias | AL | 0.66 | 11.4% | 403 | 410 | 94 | 91 | 117 |
| Dan Haren | NL | -1.85 | 14.1% | 407 | 373 | 79 | 112 | 118 |
| Adam Warren | AL | n/a | 119 | |||||
| Rafael Montero | NL | 0.47 | #N/A | 182 | 146 | 120 | ||
| Bartolo Colon | NL | -1.84 | 14.3% | 428 | 411 | 93 | 110 | 121 |
| Dillon Gee | NL | -2.16 | 9.0% | 134 | 136 | 122 | ||
| Trevor Cahill | NL | 3.31 | 10.0% | 175 | 134 | 123 | ||
| Ervin Santana | AL | 0.49 | 14.2% | 298 | 292 | 77 | 76 | 124 |
| Yovani Gallardo | AL | -1.04 | 11.3% | 341 | 339 | 101 | 114 | 125 |
| Dan Straily | AL | 2.79 | 10.0% | 168 | 108 | 126 | ||
| Jesse Chavez | AL | -0.63 | 14.0% | 449 | 441 | 125 | 117 | 127 |
| Marco Gonzales | NL | 0.06 | #N/A | 486 | 446 | 108 | 133 | 128 |
| Miguel Gonzalez | AL | -1.33 | 8.9% | 452 | 444 | 112 | 118 | 129 |
| C.J. Wilson | AL | 0.86 | 8.7% | 365 | 365 | 107 | 125 | 130 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | AL | -2.93 | 8.7% | 524 | 527 | 130 | 120 | 131 |
| Jaime Garcia | NL | 3.77 | #N/A | 189 | 121 | 132 | ||
| Robbie Erlin | NL | 0.16 | 11.7% | 151 | 142 | 133 | ||
| Nicholas Tropeano | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 156 | 113 | 134 | ||
| Jorge de la Rosa | NL | 1.03 | 9.4% | 414 | 419 | 104 | 123 | 135 |
| Noah Syndergaard | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 150 | 143 | 136 | ||
| Matt Moore | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 422 | 439 | 114 | 130 | 137 |
| Chase Whitley | AL | -1.34 | 12.7% | 166 | 124 | 138 | ||
| Tanner Roark | NL | -0.30 | 12.4% | 252 | 294 | 118 | 126 | 139 |
| Allen Webster | NL | 2.59 | 3.1% | 184 | 111 | 140 | ||
| Erasmo Ramirez | AL | 0.26 | 7.7% | 199 | 137 | 141 | ||
| Alex Meyer | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 181 | 148 | 142 | ||
| Eddie Butler | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 195 | 132 | 143 | ||
| Alfredo Simon | AL | 0.59 | 8.7% | 389 | 375 | 126 | 127 | 144 |
| J.A. Happ | AL | -1.48 | 12.2% | 472 | 433 | 91 | 128 | 145 |
| Jeff Locke | NL | 0.57 | 8.9% | 546 | 557 | 127 | 129 | 146 |
| Charlie Morton | NL | -0.05 | 10.4% | 160 | 159 | 147 | ||
| Ivan Nova | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 153 | 135 | 148 | ||
| Jeremy Hellickson | NL | -1.27 | 11.7% | 436 | 431 | 123 | 155 | 149 |
| Edinson Volquez | AL | 0.24 | 8.5% | 387 | 375 | 124 | 141 | 150 |
| A.J. Griffin | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 619 | 619 | 119 | 147 | 151 |
| Jarrod Parker | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 162 | 150 | 152 | ||
| Tsuyoshi Wada | NL | 0.33 | 13.2% | 464 | 476 | 120 | 151 | 153 |
| Tim Lincecum | NL | 0.24 | 10.6% | 141 | 152 | 154 | ||
| Mark Buehrle | AL | -3.51 | 8.5% | 447 | 430 | 115 | 153 | 155 |
| Colby Lewis | AL | -3.38 | 11.2% | 157 | 154 | 156 | ||
| Vance Worley | NL | -2.53 | 12.5% | 468 | 442 | 106 | 156 | 157 |
| Tony Cingrani | NL | 0.16 | 9.3% | 355 | #N/A | 88 | 82 | 158 |
| Jimmy Nelson | NL | 1.10 | 12.2% | 397 | 353 | 105 | 157 | 159 |
| Jason Vargas | AL | -1.55 | 11.0% | 413 | 401 | 90 | 158 | 160 |
| Buck Farmer | AL | #N/A | #N/A | 198 | 145 | 161 | ||
| Ubaldo Jimenez | AL | -1.38 | 7.1% | 165 | 160 | 162 | ||
| Jhoulys Chacin | NL | #N/A | 5.2% | 176 | 161 | 163 | ||
| Mike Foltynewicz | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 158 | 140 | 164 | ||
| Tom Koehler | NL | -0.03 | 10.2% | 429 | 427 | 129 | 162 | 165 |
| Blake Treinen | NL | #N/A | 7.9% | 163 | 166 | |||
| Cory Rasmus | AL | #N/A | 17.8% | 164 | 167 | |||
| Jacob Turner | NL | -0.88 | 7.6% | 165 | 168 | |||
| Tyler Matzek | NL | -1.33 | 9.3% | 146 | 166 | 169 | ||
| Erik Johnson | AL | 1.16 | #N/A | 167 | 170 | |||
| Aaron Harang | NL | -2.73 | 10.3% | 178 | 168 | 171 | ||
| Tyler Skaggs | AL | 0.98 | 12.1% | 169 | 172 | |||
| Josh Johnson | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 149 | 170 | 173 | ||
| David Hale | NL | 0.80 | 1.3% | 171 | 174 | |||
| Trevor May | AL | 0.52 | #N/A | 172 | 175 | |||
| Wandy Rodriguez | NL | 0.05 | #N/A | 192 | 173 | 176 | ||
| Ricky Nolasco | AL | -1.45 | 11.1% | 135 | 174 | 177 | ||
| Josh Tomlin | AL | -0.10 | 17.9% | 152 | 144 | 178 | ||
| Brandon Beachy | NL | #N/A | #N/A | 133 | 175 | 179 | ||
| Yu Darvish | AL | 2.69 | 22.0% | 46 | 70 | 10 | 10 | n/a |
| Gavin Floyd | AL | 2.75 | 14.0% | 138 | 103 | n/a | ||
| Zack Wheeler | NL | 3.20 | 13.6% | 160 | 157 | 57 | 45 | n/a |
| Marcus Stroman | AL | 0.73 | 15.5% | 164 | 158 | 25 | 22 | n/a |
| Cliff Lee | NL | -0.61 | 17.1% | 165 | 229 | 34 | 34 | n/a |
With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity.
Owe you a Colorado IPA bomber for this. Perfect timing.
Am I reading this wrong or is Yu Darvish’s new rank 10?
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Very surprised Kendall Graveman isn’t on this list.
he’s on now
Draft at 9 – owe you one!
Darvish still ranked 10?
off now
Daniel Norris not on the list?
on now
I probably should’ve also included Aaron Sanchez in that comment.
No Raisel? Am I missing him? I know he’s a total wildcard, but he has a job at the moment.
on now
You are one of the hardest working guys in fantasy when it comes helping the public. Thanks.
Version 1 had no love for Daniel Norris. Version 2 seems to have even less love for him.
I actually like him but inconsistent command and lack of pedigree or track record has him there.
Thoughts on my list? 16 team H2H Greinke, Lynn, Cashner, Hutchison, Bailey, Hahn and Sabathia? Went for an Ace and then a bunch mid to late in the draft.
Aaron Sanchez? And Keuchel is AL.
Just behind Bradley when I do next round of corrections
Adam Warren?
Thanks for the list!
Just ahead of weiland
No love for Brandon Morrow?
We have spring training data on him which is nice!
Fastball is sitting 95mph getting above average whiffs and grounders.
His slider is above average by whiffs and grounders and is sitting 88mph this spring. And the splitter is a quality pitch as well. Everything looks good to me as velo and shape are career norms. And we has just looked pretty good
Now I know he has been an injury mess: But one was a nerve problem that has been fixed and the other was finger issue. It seems there is a chance he can provide 100IP of good ratios in that park and a good source of strikeouts. Make we could live in the Brett Anderson area?
Volquez is in the AL. But probably still terrible. Thanks for the list!
Also Hector Santiago?
After all the love for McAllister this week I went ahead and grabbed him. Now I have til Sunday to decide between him and Hahn in a QS league for my final SP in a deeeeeep league.
Eno……your a legend. Dig referring to these lists. You, Sporer and Thorburn are the go to guys for pitching advice. Thanks
I’m stunned to see Sabathia ahead of Trevor Bauer.
…..by the way, thanks Eno! Great job as usual.
Why is Iwakuma ranked so low (compared to the rotograph staff rankings)? Any big potential concerns?
He’s had pretty big shoulder problems in the past and is old. Not a good combo.
Ryu at #29 seems odd given his status…you that confident he’s alright?
Are we confidant with Hutchison all the way up there, given the division he plays in and he still is primarily a two pitch pitcher (his change is pretty bad.)
First of all, you’re amazing. Secondly, I’m confused. You said that Graveman is in the new list, but he’s not on the above lost. Am I missing a list? Is there a newer one? Also know you like T.J. House and he seems ranked pretty low. Thanks!
fyi, some of the NA guys for NFBC ADP are listed under RP. For example, Carlos Martinez is picked #285 on average
Time to start the McAllister fan club. Alllll aboard!!
Hector Santiago?
Jimmy Nelson?
Nevermind
Orgasmo Ramirez?
Thanks for the list Eno
Will you be updating this list?