The List 7/11: Ranking The Top 100 Starting Pitchers Every Monday

Every week, I will be releasing “The List” where I rank the current value of the Top 100 pitchers in fantasy baseball for the rest of the season. Use these...

Every week, I will be releasing “The List” where I rank the current value of the Top 100 pitchers in fantasy baseball for the rest of the season. Use these rankings to help understand what to expect from pitchers for the rest of 2016, and as a tool to gauge trade value in your fantasy leagues.

Let’s see how the SP landscape has changed since last week:

Rank Player Prev Best Worst
1 Max Scherzer 6 3 6
2 Madison Bumgarner 3 3 11
3 Stephen Strasburg 3 3 12
4 Jose Fernandez 4 4 9
5 Clayton Kershaw 5 1 5
6 Jake Arrieta 6 2 6
7 Chris Sale 7 3 7
8 Jacob DeGrom 8 6 8
9 Noah Syndergaard 9 4 11
10 Carlos Carrasco 13 9 19
11 Johnny Cueto 11 11 30
12 David Price 12 8 14
13 Jon Lester 13 13 19
14 Rich Hill 14 14 105
15 Corey Kluber 15 8 15
16 Justin Verlander 16 16 31
17 Steven Matz 17 17 27
18 Zack Greinke 18 12 18
19 Gerrit Cole 19 13 25
20 Yu Darvish 20 20 44
21 Danny Salazar 21 16 23
22 Drew Pomeranz 36 36 172
23 Masahiro Tanaka 39 37 39
24 Kyle Hendricks 24 24 61
25 Aaron Nola 25 25 48
26 Michael Fulmer 26 26 254
27 Carlos Martinez 27 23 35
28 Kenta Maeda 28 28 63
29 John Lackey 29 18 67
30 Cole Hamels 30 20 30
31 Jose Quintana 31 23 39
32 Danny Duffy 32 32 142
33 Felix Hernandez 33 16 41
34 Matt Shoemaker 34 31 124
35 James Paxton 35 35 121
36 Anthony DeSclafani 36 36 110
37 Steven Wright 37 30 222
38 Aaron Sanchez 38 38 236
39 Vincent Velasquez 39 37 72
40 Adam Wainwright 40 22 84
41 Jerad Eickhoff 41 41 70
42 Sonny Gray 42 25 42
43 Taijuan Walker 43 29 50
44 Marco Estrada 44 44 91
45 Bud Norris 49 49 323
46 Trevor Bauer 47 42 136
47 Julio Teheran 48 21 116
48 Tanner Roark 50 46 142
49 Rick Porcello 51 51 70
50 Kevin Gausman 45 45 72
51 Lance McCullers 46 36 46
52 Dallas Keuchel 52 15 65
53 Jameson Taillon 53 39 188
54 Jason Hammel 54 50 68
55 Chris Archer 55 14 64
56 Michael Pineda 56 24 82
57 Blake Snell 57 50 85
58 Jeff Samardzija 58 26 78
59 Chris Tillman 59 51 129
60 Michael Wacha 60 45 63
61 Marcus Stroman 61 20 88
62 Daniel Mengden 62 61 334
63 Brandon McCarthy 63 63 225
64 Junior Guerra 64 64 329
65 Drew Smyly 65 22 65
66 Carlos Rodon 66 39 66
67 Lucas Giolito 67 58 136
68 Ian Kennedy 68 56 81
69 J.A. Happ 69 69 90
70 Tyler Glasnow 70 66 93
71 Jake Odorizzi 71 34 71
72 Josh Tomlin 72 71 87
73 Mike Foltynewicz 73 73 316
74 Alex Cobb 74 74 101
75 Zack Wheeler 75 75 103
76 Joe Ross 101 31 101
77 Zach Davies 76 76 187
78 Zach Eflin 77 77 333
79 Collin McHugh 78 59 95
80 Jon Gray 79 73 144
81 Hisashi Iwakuma 80 40 89
82 Adam Conley 81 72 120
83 Mike Leake 82 68 127
84 Robbie Ray 83 71 119
85 Doug Fister 84 82 147
86 Bartolo Colon 95 89 143
87 Mike Montgomery 86 86 297
88 Alex Reyes 87 87 330
89 Scott Kazmir 88 66 102
90 Matt Moore 89 56 113
91 Tyson Ross 90 44 103
92 Archie Bradley 91 77 135
93 Gio Gonzalez 92 55 92
94 Jaime Garcia 93 31 93
95 Jeremy Hellickson 105 88 153
96 Cody Reed 95 67 335
97 Chad Green 96 96 337
98 Jordan Zimmermann 97 40 97
99 Yordano Ventura 98 50 98
100 Jimmy Nelson 99 85 111

Notes

– A little more shuffling in the Top 10 as Arrieta has continued to make us question his ability to be a true stud. Clayton Kershaw also looks to be way ahead of schedule, making him move up above the more questionable aces. Meanwhile, Noah Syndergaard is fighting injuries and takes a strong hit.

– You may be a little surprised at Justin Verlander rising all the way to #16, but keep in mind it’s due to players falling behind him, like John Lackey and Danny Salazarthe latter of which reported elbow soreness, and mixed with a questionable walk rate and high hard contact have forced him out of the Top 20 for the first time in a long time.

– Jose Quintana has also taken a sizeable fall as his last four starts have been very worrisome. He’s getting less movement on his heavily relied on Curveball, and it looks to be a more consistent lack of performance than a small blip on the radar.

– Carlos Martinez has turned it up in the last month, featuring a 1.49 ERA (2.84 FIP!) with a 2.65 BB/9 and 8.12 K/9 over his last eight starts. It’s somewhat small sample, but enough to bump him into the 20s.

– Martinez’s teammate Adam Wainwright has also shown newfound success, earning himself a sub 3.00 ERA across his last ten outings. I’m not fully sold he’s returned to be a stable asset, though his recent performances are enough to raise him to #40 given the dearth of dependable options.

– Dallas Keuchel has shown improvement across his last five starts with a 2.78 ERA. It doesn’t look to be quite sustainable, but there may be something there that will prevent him from being pure waiver wire fodder in the second half.

– After striking out a career high 10 batters over the weekend, Mike Foltynewicz rejoins the fray. I don’t expect him to harness his upside consistently, but the chance to produce at a high level on a given night gives him a seat inside the Top 75.

– Mike Montgomery also gets his chance back on The List as he pitches for the injury-riddled Mariners. I could be a short stint in the rotation, but there’s an outside chance he sticks once Felix/Taijuan return given the poor performances of Wade MileyIf a switch were to occur, Nate Karns is the first obvious option, but if Monty is performing, he could get more opportunities.

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.

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