Justin Mason’s Top 121 Starting Pitchers

February 7, 2019

Our positional previews series on The Sleeper and the Bust are upon us and so I thought I would begin to release my personal ranks for the 2019 season. Like in Paul’s ranks, I have highlighted the tiers, but I did it in Giants Orange because that is better than Tigers blue. I also ranked a total of 121 pitchers because, like on the pod, I just want to be a little bit better than Paul.

Over the next ten days, I will release the rest of my positional ranks for the 2019 season. ADP is from NFBC sorted by 1/1/2019 through 2/7/19

My Rank	Player	Team	Pos	SP ADP	ADP	Min Pick	Max Pick	Difference
1	Scherzer, Max	WAS	P	1	6.55	3	12	0
2	deGrom, Jacob	NYM	P	2	11.77	8	19	0
3	Verlander, Justin	HOU	P	4	22.74	14	39	-1
4	Sale, Chris	BOS	P	3	16.54	9	30	1
5	Cole, Gerrit	HOU	P	7	27.74	16	36	-2
6	Kluber, Corey	CLE	P	6	23.68	14	40	0
7	Severino, Luis	NYY	P	10	36.79	26	51	-3
8	Nola, Aaron	PHI	P	5	23.09	12	31	3
9	Snell, Blake	TB	P	8	29.07	3	40	1
10	Bauer, Trevor	CLE	P	9	34.62	27	45	1
11	Carrasco, Carlos	CLE	P	11	36.87	27	52	0
12	Buehler, Walker	LAD	P	12	38.02	21	53	0
13	Kershaw, Clayton	LAD	P	13	38.06	25	52	0
14	Taillon, Jameson	PIT	P	17	61.09	49	83	-3
15	Syndergaard, Noah	NYM	P	14	41.79	30	54	1
16	Paxton, James	NYY	P	16	56.33	41	77	0
17	Flaherty, Jack	STL	P	21	66.02	49	101	-4
18	Clevinger, Mike	CLE	P	19	65.15	41	87	-1
19	Martinez, Carlos	STL	P	33	127.13	95	158	-14
20	Greinke, Zack	ARZ	P	20	65.39	45	94	0
21	Corbin, Patrick	WAS	P	15	50.11	34	74	6
22	Strasburg, Stephen	WAS	P	18	62.41	44	99	4
23	Berrios, Jose	MIN	P	23	78.73	62	103	0
24	Wheeler, Zack	NYM	P	26	94.51	67	126	-2
25	Price, David	BOS	P	28	98.62	72	130	-3
26	Marquez, German	COL	P	25	84.83	49	127	1
27	Castillo, Luis	CIN	P	29	112.78	82	144	-2
28	Heaney, Andrew	LAA	P	44	165.28	130	196	-16
29	Foltynewicz, Mike	ATL	P	24	82.54	59	114	5
30	Bumgarner, Madison	SF	P	22	76.06	46	117	8
31	Mikolas, Miles	STL	P	27	95.05	64	133	4
32	Morton, Charlie	TB	P	32	122.73	86	158	0
33	Pivetta, Nick	PHI	P	40	155.88	126	182	-7
34	Freeland, Kyle	COL	P	38	153.94	114	209	-4
35	Tanaka, Masahiro	NYY	P	36	136.91	108	168	-1
36	Darvish, Yu	CHC	P	42	157.06	120	191	-6
37	Hendricks, Kyle	CHC	P	31	120.21	72	158	6
38	Hamels, Cole	CHC	P	37	148.94	106	197	1
39	Ray, Robbie	ARZ	P	30	120.01	81	149	9
40	Gausman, Kevin	ATL	P	53	199.32	145	238	-13
41	Nelson, Jimmy	MLW	P	71	250.99	188	306	-30
42	Skaggs, Tyler	LAA	P	63	230.77	129	281	-21
43	Eovaldi, Nathan	BOS	P	45	165.51	108	213	-2
44	Stripling, Ross	LAD	P	62	227.46	183	294	-18
45	Wood, Alex	CIN	P	61	225.72	171	295	-16
46	Quintana, Jose	CHC	P	51	187.4	151	227	-5
47	Lester, Jon	CHC	P	50	186.06	132	229	-3
48	Keuchel, Dallas	HOU	P	49	180.56	142	218	-1
49	James, Josh	HOU	P	54	201.43	146	279	-5
50	Whitley, Forrest	HOU	P	65	238.63	151	315	-15
51	Glasnow, Tyler	TB	P	46	166.82	120	201	5
52	Happ, J.A.	NYY	P	35	136.54	100	162	17
53	Gray, Jon	COL	P	55	201.83	166	254	-2
54	Godley, Zack	ARZ	P	66	245.8	160	314	-12
55	Gibson, Kyle	MIN	P	73	271.55	183	356	-18
56	Luzardo, Jesus	OAK	P	68	246.85	186	322	-12
57	Bieber, Shane	CLE	P	39	155.61	112	190	18
58	Rodriguez, Eduardo	BOS	P	41	156.35	131	218	17
59	Archer, Chris	PIT	P	34	134.41	99	172	25
60	Wacha, Michael	STL	P	77	278.66	150	339	-17
61	Rodon, Carlos	CWS	P	79	281.99	146	385	-18
62	Maeda, Kenta	LAD	P	60	222.82	102	304	2
63	Hill, Rich	LAD	P	47	173.77	119	237	16
64	Ryu, Hyun-Jin	LAD	P	52	187.74	146	239	12
65	Reyes, Alex	STL	P	57	203.8	144	287	8
66	Lopez, Reynaldo	CWS	P	70	250.88	174	321	-4
67	Soroka, Mike	ATL	P	83	298.09	225	393	-16
68	Samardzija, Jeff	SF	P	121	475.88	256	460	-53
69	Toussaint, Touki	ATL	P	91	330.21	212	416	-22
70	Fulmer, Michael	DET	P	90	327.32	267	389	-20
71	Kikuchi, Yusei	SEA	P	48	174.1	96	300	23
72	Teheran, Julio	ATL	P	81	286.4	210	368	-9
73	Bundy, Dylan	BAL	P	82	290.01	172	375	-9
74	Porcello, Rick	BOS	P	43	159.37	128	210	31
75	Chacin, Jhoulys	MLW	P	67	246.38	160	322	8
76	Lucchesi, Joey	SD	P	56	202.8	162	251	20
77	Musgrove, Joe	PIT	P	64	233.22	172	295	13
78	Woodruff, Brandon	MLW	P	94	348.39	266	414	-16
79	Sanchez, Anibal	WAS	P	78	279.93	174	354	1
80	Newcomb, Sean	ATL	P	58	211.07	152	297	22
81	Weaver, Luke	ARZ	P	84	306.32	226	379	-3
82	Arrieta, Jake	PHI	P	59	218.21	162	285	23
83	Williams, Trevor	PIT	P	74	272.23	210	345	9
84	Minor, Mike	TEX	P	89	326.99	230	402	-5
85	McHugh, Collin	HOU	P	69	248.12	145	450	16
86	Gonzales, Marco	SEA	P	75	274.73	230	326	11
88	Junis, Jake	KC	P	87	319.79	249	375	1
89	Anderson, Chase	MLW	P	105	401.76	298	463	-16
90	Peralta, Freddy	MLW	P	96	350.98	233	415	-6
91	Harvey, Matt	LAA	P	95	349.38	268	474	-4
92	Eflin, Zach	PHI	P	93	341.57	254	376	-1
93	Gonzalez, Gio	MLW	P	111	436.56	310	498	-18
94	Urias, Julio	LAD	P	80	282.01	137	362	14
95	Matz, Steven	NYM	P	72	254.76	203	324	23
95	Roark, Tanner	CIN	P	107	405.98	293	497	-12
96	Lynn, Lance	TEX	P	113	438.72	292	512	-17
97	Rodriguez, Dereck	SF	P	85	316.76	213	415	12
98	Lugo, Seth	NYM	P	122	481.57	303	528	-24
99	Boyd, Matthew	DET	P	86	317.83	241	393	13
100	Sanchez, Aaron	TOR	P	102	386.94	275	449	-2
101	DeSclafani, Anthony	CIN	P	104	399.28	259	453	-3
102	Duffy, Danny	KC	P	117	445.33	302	523	-15
103	Richards, Trevor	MIA	P	116	442.99	318	548	-13
104	Holland, Derek	SF	P	97	364.39	284	460	7
105	Strahm, Matt	SD	P	120	468.63	274	584	-15
106	Velasquez, Vince	PHI	P	100	376.63	292	404	6
107	Allen, Logan	SD	P	148	594.93	385	623	-41
108	Lauer, Eric	SD	P	149	596.61	315	654	-41
109	Reid-Foley, Sean	TOR	P	164	643.07	425	652	-55
110	Faria, Jacob	TB	P	169	662.13	490	646	-59
111	Gray, Sonny	CIN	P	76	277.24	202	356	35
112	Fiers, Mike	OAK	P	88	322.55	254	393	24
113	Miley, Wade	HOU	P	140	560.98	326	659	-27
114	Gohara, Luiz	ATL	P	147	591.56	369	589	-33
115	Wright, Kyle	ATL	P	159	630.23	364	695	-44
116	Straily, Dan	MIA	P	163	642.7	382	613	-47
117	Cahill, Trevor	LAA	P	99	374.23	251	537	18
118	Odorizzi, Jake	MIN	P	101	378.33	278	458	17
119	Puk, AJ	OAK	P	155	617.29	315	716	-36
120	Estrada, Marco	OAK	P	171	663.59	372	745	-51
121	Keller, Brad	KC	P	118	456.18	340	532	3

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