Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings by Paul Sporer July 17, 2020 We’re a week away from baseball. I unloaded the chamber and dropped 181 names here (and probably still missed SOMEONE). As with the last update, I’ll have a podcast or column out on Monday covering specifics, but for today here are the rankings with the comparison to the last list. Let’s talk about these rankings the comments! (Blue indicates a new tier starting) 60-Game Season SP Ranks PLAYER TM LAST DIFF 1 Jacob deGrom NYM 1 0 2 Max Scherzer WAS 2 0 3 Justin Verlander HOU 3 0 4 Gerrit Cole NYY 4 0 5 Stephen Strasburg WAS 6 1 6 Mike Clevinger CLE 7 1 7 Shane Bieber CLE 9 2 8 Luis Castillo CIN 12 4 9 Clayton Kershaw LAD 10 1 10 Blake Snell TB 11 1 11 Jack Flaherty STL 13 2 12 Walker Buehler LAD 5 -7 13 Patrick Corbin WAS 8 -5 14 Charlie Morton TB 15 1 15 Lucas Giolito CWS 14 -1 16 Yu Darvish CHC 16 0 17 Zack Greinke HOU 17 0 18 Frankie Montas OAK 18 0 19 Sonny Gray CIN 23 4 20 Chris Paddack SD 19 -1 21 James Paxton NYY 21 0 22 José Berríos MIN 24 2 23 Corey Kluber TEX 25 2 24 Brandon Woodruff MIL 26 2 25 Carlos Carrasco CLE 59 34 26 Aaron Nola PHI 22 -4 27 Lance Lynn TEX 28 1 28 Shohei Ohtani LAA 30 2 29 Hyun-Jin Ryu 류현진 TOR 29 0 30 Tyler Glasnow TB 20 -10 31 Kyle Hendricks CHC 31 0 32 Max Fried ATL 27 -5 33 Mike Soroka ATL 32 -1 34 Jake Odorizzi MIN 33 -1 35 Kenta Maeda MIN 34 -1 36 Joe Musgrove PIT 37 1 37 Trevor Bauer CIN 38 1 38 Matthew Boyd DET 44 6 39 Luke Weaver ARI 41 2 40 Julio Urías LAD 35 -5 41 Ross Stripling LAD 103 62 42 Zac Gallen ARI 42 0 43 Lance McCullers Jr. HOU 51 8 44 Jesús Luzardo OAK 43 -1 45 Mike Minor TEX 46 1 46 Zack Wheeler PHI 36 -10 47 Mike Foltynewicz ATL 47 0 48 Aaron Civale CLE 53 5 49 Madison Bumgarner ARI 45 -4 50 Carlos Martinez STL 39 -11 51 Robbie Ray ARI 49 -2 52 Garrett Richards SD 81 29 53 German Márquez COL 52 -1 54 A.J. Puk OAK 85 31 55 Mitch Keller PIT 55 0 56 Josh James HOU 79 23 57 Nathan Eovaldi BOS 86 29 58 Dinelson Lamet SD 50 -8 59 Jon Gray COL 54 -5 60 Eduardo Rodriguez BOS 48 -12 61 Sandy Alcantara MIA 62 1 62 Homer Bailey MIN 65 3 63 Alex Wood LAD 127 64 64 Jose Urquidy HOU 56 -8 65 Steven Matz NYM 72 7 66 Andrew Heaney LAA 60 -6 67 Ryan Yarbrough TB 67 0 68 Marcus Stroman NYM 63 -5 69 Dylan Cease CWS 71 2 70 Rich Hill MIN 64 -6 71 Dylan Bundy LAA 61 -10 72 Kyle Gibson TEX 69 -3 73 Pablo López MIA 75 2 74 Sean Manaea OAK 58 -16 75 Adrian Houser MIL 73 -2 76 Caleb Smith MIA 68 -8 77 Josh Lindblom 린드블럼 MIL 78 1 78 Masahiro Tanaka NYY 57 -21 79 John Means BAL 93 14 80 Spencer Turnbull DET 80 0 81 Miles Mikolas STL 92 11 82 Joey Lucchesi SD 77 -5 83 Anthony DeSclafani CIN 88 5 84 Yonny Chirinos TB 66 -18 85 Jordan Lyles TEX 70 -15 86 Jordan Montgomery NYY 91 5 87 Wade Miley CIN 83 -4 88 Reynaldo López CWS 84 -4 89 Marco Gonzales SEA 87 -2 90 Austin Voth WAS 138 48 91 Aníbal Sánchez WAS 94 3 92 Corbin Burnes MIL 145 53 93 Yusei Kikuchi SEA 102 9 94 Jeff Samardzija SF 76 -18 95 Nate Pearson TOR 134 39 96 Griffin Canning LAA 97 1 97 Matt Shoemaker TOR 96 -1 98 Cole Hamels ATL 74 -24 99 Zach Plesac CLE 98 -1 100 Freddy Peralta MIL 118 18 101 Spencer Howard PHI 158 57 102 Zach Eflin PHI 100 -2 103 Danny Duffy KC 147 44 104 Johnny Cueto SF 95 -9 105 Taijuan Walker SEA 120 15 106 J.A. Happ NYY 104 -2 107 Alec Mills CHC N/A N/A 108 Chris Bassitt OAK 116 8 109 Tanner Roark TOR 105 -4 110 Dustin May LAD 107 -3 111 Derek Holland PIT N/A N/A 112 Kwang Hyun Kim 김광현 STL 110 -2 113 Dallas Keuchel CWS 119 6 114 Daniel Norris DET 90 -24 115 MacKenzie Gore SD 112 -3 116 Mike Fiers OAK 115 -1 117 Merrill Kelly 켈리 ARI 143 26 118 Brad Peacock HOU 109 -9 119 Kyle Wright ATL 166 47 120 Forrest Whitley HOU 111 -9 121 Jordan Yamamoto MIA 126 5 122 Michael Fulmer DET 101 -21 123 Rick Porcello NYM 167 44 124 Tyler Mahle CIN 142 18 125 Chad Kuhl PIT N/A N/A 126 Vince Velasquez PHI 113 -13 127 Brendan McKay TB 139 12 128 Julio Teheran LAA 89 -39 129 Chase Anderson TOR 106 -23 130 Michael Wacha NYM 159 29 131 Dakota Hudson STL 114 -17 132 Bryse Wilson ATL 169 37 133 Kevin Gausman SF 123 -10 134 Alex Young ARI 144 10 135 Jonathan Loaisiga NYY 129 -6 136 Jose Quintana CHC 99 -37 137 Patrick Sandoval LAA 117 -20 138 Brady Singer KC N/A N/A 139 Trent Thornton TOR N/A N/A 140 Michael Pineda MIN 125 -15 141 Elieser Hernandez MIA N/A N/A 142 Clarke Schmidt NYY N/A N/A 143 Brad Keller KC 133 -10 144 Carlos Rodón CWS N/A N/A 145 Nick Pivetta PHI 108 -37 146 Jon Lester CHC 121 -25 147 Tony Gonsolin LAD 131 -16 148 Casey Mize DET 136 -12 149 Jake Arrieta PHI 146 -3 150 Adam Wainwright STL N/A N/A 151 Trevor Richards TB N/A N/A 152 Drew Smyly SF 124 -28 153 Alex Cobb BAL N/A N/A 154 Martín Pérez BOS 141 -13 155 Gio González CWS 128 -27 156 Félix Peña LAA 173 17 157 Justus Sheffield SEA 156 -1 158 Logan Webb SF 155 -3 159 Collin McHugh BOS N/A N/A 160 Randy Dobnak MIN 152 -8 161 Zach Davies SD 130 -31 162 Tarik Skubal DET 163 1 163 Jaime Barria LAA N/A N/A 164 Justin Dunn SEA 162 -2 165 Jorge López KC 157 -8 166 Matt Manning DET 135 -31 167 Deivi Garcia NYY 137 -30 168 Sixto Sanchez MIA 140 -28 169 Mike Montgomery KC 160 -9 170 Brusdar Graterol LAD 161 -9 171 Jakob Junis KC 148 -23 172 Eric Lauer MIL 149 -23 173 Brett Anderson MIL 150 -23 174 Sean Newcomb ATL 153 -21 175 Ian Anderson ATL 154 -21 176 Erick Fedde WAS N/A N/A 177 Devin Smeltzer MIN 165 -12 178 Matt Andriese LAA N/A N/A 179 Daniel Ponce de Leon STL 168 -11 180 Iván Nova DET 171 -9 181 Mitchell White LAD 172 -9 We hoped you liked reading Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings by Paul Sporer! 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