2017 Rankings: Top 100 Starting Pitchers For Fantasy Baseball

Old roundup.

3/13 update: I have since updated these rankings on March 13th. Check out those rankings here.

We're continuing our rankings of the Top Starting Pitchers for 2017 after going through the Top 20, Top 40, Top 60, and Top 80 earlier this week. One more article awaits tomorrow going over all the possible options and today we have the Top 100 Starting Pitchers for 2017 (okay, it's actually Top 125). Here we go:

Tier 7: Am I Helping? Please Tell Me I’m Helping (Continued)

81. Tyler Anderson (Colorado Rockies) - I have to hand it to Anderson - a 3.54 ERA and matching DIPS numbers while calling Coors your home is not an easy thing to do. Match that with a 7.79 K/9, 2.20 BB/9 and 51% GB rate and suddenly the idea of Anderson being a super sleeper is apparent. I wasn't a big fan of Anderson last year despite these numbers and it comes down to his repertoire. Essentially, he's trying to do the Keuchel/Hendricks style of ultra finesse with a heater that sits just under 91mph as he spots his Changeup/Cutter very well around the edges. This allowed him to mitigate Hard Contact at under 29%. That's excellent command given how easy it is to get tatted in Coors. But if you guys have been reading all of these blurbs thus far, you'll understand that I don't like investing in finesse pitchers to duplicate their hard/soft contact numbers after a small sample (just look at how Keuchel fell off after his Cy Young year!) and if you're drafting Anderson, you're praying he maintains the same batted ball profile for 2017. Let's say he does that - you get a #4 SP? But if you don't, you have a guy who will demolish your team's ERA in a heartbeat and on the wire before April ends. It could work out...maybe? 

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Nick Pollack

Founder of Pitcher List. Creator of CSW, The List, and SP Roundup. Worked with MSG, FanGraphs, CBS Sports, and Washington Post. Former college pitcher, travel coach, pitching coach, and Brandeis alum. Wants every pitcher to be dope.

One response to “2017 Rankings: Top 100 Starting Pitchers For Fantasy Baseball”

  1. Shea (Stadium) Thompson says:

    Would Wacha move up the rankings at all now with Reyes out?

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