Justin Mason’s Top 125 Starting Pitchers (2/25 Update)
It is time for an update to my starting pitcher ranks for 2020. I will be discussing some of these with Paul Sporer and Nick Pollack on tomorrow’s Sleeper and the Bust Podcast, so definitely listen to that.
All ranks are based on 15-team standard leagues. ADP is from ADP and reflects Online Championship’s data since 1/1/2020. For more ranks of mine for 2020, you can click the links below:
Rank | Player | Team | ADP | Change |
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1 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | 6.48 | 0 |
2 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | 5.54 | 0 |
3 | Justin Verlander | HOU | 12.92 | 0 |
4 | Walker Buehler | LAD | 15.27 | 1 |
5 | Max Scherzer | WAS | 15.25 | -1 |
6 | Blake Snell | TB | 30.19 | 1 |
7 | Chris Sale | BOS | 34.92 | 1 |
8 | Jack Flaherty | STL | 22.44 | 2 |
9 | Shane Bieber | CLE | 27.21 | 0 |
10 | Luis Castillo | CIN | 39.48 | 1 |
11 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | 44.75 | 1 |
12 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | 28.48 | 1 |
13 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | 52.83 | 4 |
14 | Aaron Nola | PHI | 52.04 | 1 |
15 | Mike Clevinger | CLE | 25.98 | -9 |
16 | Chris Paddack | SD | 50.92 | 5 |
17 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | 47.19 | -1 |
18 | Charlie Morton | TB | 60.83 | 0 |
19 | Noah Syndergaard | NYM | 64.38 | 3 |
20 | Zack Greinke | HOU | 71.21 | 4 |
21 | Yu Darvish | CHC | 57.54 | -1 |
22 | José Berríos | MIN | 84.25 | 4 |
23 | Mike Soroka | ATL | 108.33 | 4 |
24 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | 80.77 | 1 |
25 | Lance Lynn | TEX | 126.1 | 4 |
26 | Sonny Gray | CIN | 102.38 | 7 |
27 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | 61.25 | -8 |
28 | Trevor Bauer | CIN | 81.81 | -5 |
29 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | 105.31 | 1 |
30 | Zac Gallen | ARZ | 130.15 | 1 |
31 | Frankie Montas | OAK | 124.29 | 1 |
32 | Max Fried | ATL | 135 | 19 |
33 | Jesus Luzardo | OAK | 118.19 | 3 |
34 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | 112.19 | 4 |
35 | Mike Minor | TEX | 178.28 | 4 |
36 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | 177.78 | 13 |
37 | Eduardo Rodriguez | BOS | 139.9 | -2 |
38 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | TOR | 145.82 | -4 |
39 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | 161.88 | 2 |
40 | Madison Bumgarner | ARZ | 129.1 | -3 |
41 | Luis Severino | NYY | 82.06 | -27 |
42 | Corey Kluber | TEX | 100.4 | -2 |
43 | Robbie Ray | ARZ | 154.48 | 9 |
44 | Andrew Heaney | LAA | 200.88 | -1 |
45 | Matthew Boyd | DET | 167.16 | -3 |
46 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | 129.04 | -2 |
47 | Sean Manaea | OAK | 169.82 | -2 |
48 | David Price | BOS | 180.42 | 2 |
49 | Julio Urías | LAD | 146.22 | 5 |
50 | A.J. Puk | OAK | 233.88 | 20 |
51 | Luke Weaver | ARZ | 191.64 | -5 |
52 | Carlos Martinez | STL | 180.14 | -5 |
53 | James Paxton | NYY | 155.62 | -25 |
54 | Mike Foltynewicz | ATL | 204.34 | -6 |
55 | Joe Musgrove | PIT | 216.12 | 1 |
56 | German Márquez | COL | 173.94 | -3 |
57 | Mitch Keller | PIT | 228.92 | 0 |
58 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | 171.34 | 5 |
59 | Dinelson Lamet | SD | 135.12 | -4 |
60 | MacKenzie Gore | SD | 274.34 | 2 |
61 | Dylan Cease | CWS | 293.24 | 0 |
62 | Garrett Richards | SD | 266.64 | -2 |
63 | Kyle Gibson | TEX | 339.18 | -4 |
64 | Griffin Canning | LAA | 217.46 | 7 |
65 | Michael Kopech | CWS | 281.2 | 9 |
66 | Jake Odorizzi | MIN | 186.34 | 6 |
67 | Jon Gray | COL | 255.86 | -9 |
68 | Joey Lucchesi | SD | 227.5 | 12 |
69 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | 253.5 | -3 |
70 | Jeff Samardzija | SF | 333.28 | -6 |
71 | Ross Stripling | LAD | 284.48 | -6 |
72 | Marcus Stroman | NYM | 214 | -5 |
73 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | 217.3 | 33 |
74 | Wade Miley | CIN | 360.78 | 38 |
75 | Adrian Houser | MIL | 251.7 | 34 |
76 | Joshua James | HOU | 295.24 | 34 |
77 | Chris Bassitt | OAK | 333.1 | -8 |
78 | Domingo German | NYY | 342.74 | -10 |
79 | Johnny Cueto | SF | 307 | -3 |
80 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | 229.48 | -2 |
81 | Nathan Eovaldi | BOS | 355.12 | -2 |
82 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | 355.46 | 2 |
83 | Forrest Whitley | HOU | 302.48 | -6 |
84 | Kevin Gausman | SF | 392.16 | 4 |
85 | Anthony DeSclafani | CIN | 265.88 | -4 |
86 | Chris Archer | PIT | 265.92 | -4 |
87 | Spencer Turnbull | DET | 358.5 | 37 |
88 | Yusei Kikuchi | SEA | 579.63 | 13 |
89 | Dallas Keuchel | CWS | 277.08 | -3 |
90 | Caleb Smith | MIA | 235.76 | -1 |
91 | Michael Pineda | MIN | 295.26 | -8 |
92 | John Means | BAL | 351.2 | 21 |
93 | Brad Peacock | HOU | 351 | 0 |
94 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | 566.5 | -2 |
95 | Reynaldo López | CWS | 295.33 | -8 |
96 | Dustin May | LAD | 244.02 | -6 |
97 | Tyler Beede | SF | 356.02 | -12 |
98 | Yonny Chirinos | TB | 288.93 | 9 |
99 | Dakota Hudson | STL | 306.3 | -4 |
100 | Steven Matz | NYM | 290.86 | -1 |
101 | Jordan Lyles | TEX | 353.37 | 7 |
102 | Zach Davies | SD | 351.55 | -8 |
102 | Howard, Spencer | PHI | 492.35 | NR |
103 | Jose Quintana | CHC | 318.38 | -7 |
104 | Danny Duffy | KC | 570.52 | 11 |
105 | Mike Fiers | OAK | 348.02 | 16 |
107 | Pablo Lopez | MIA | 339.92 | 16 |
108 | Homer Bailey | MIN | 345.42 | 8 |
109 | Nate Pearson | TOR | 340.24 | -11 |
109 | Cole Hamels | ATL | 266.8 | -34 |
110 | Aaron Civale | CLE | 271.04 | -19 |
111 | Justin Dunn | SEA | 360 | -9 |
112 | Justus Sheffield | SEA | 354.5 | 8 |
113 | Ryan Yarbrough | TB | 263.13 | 13 |
114 | Kyle Wright | ATL | 360.59 | -9 |
115 | Rick Porcello | NYM | 346.34 | 2 |
116 | Nick Pivetta | PHI | 360.45 | NR |
117 | Matt Shoemaker | TOR | 357.14 | NR |
118 | Miles Mikolas | STL | 262.43 | -45 |
120 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | 353.98 | -1 |
121 | Jon Lester | CHC | 357.56 | -3 |
122 | Julio Teheran | LAA | 334.16 | 0 |
123 | Dylan Bundy | LAA | 288.29 | 2 |
124 | Anibal Sanchez | WAS | 344.24 | -27 |
125 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | 545.79 | -25 |
Justin is the co-host on The Sleeper and The Bust Podcast and writes for Rotographs covering the Roto Riteup as well as other periodic articles. In addition to his work at Rotographs, Justin is the lead fantasy writer/analyst and co-owner for FriendswithFantasyBenefits.com, and the owner of The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. He is also a certified addiction treatment counselor. Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinMasonFWFB.
Curious what prompted the drop for non-injury guys like Bauer and Ryu. Any insight you’d care to share?
There was news that Ryu will probably have an innings limit in Toronto.