Welcome to the ultimate guide to drafting Starting Pitchers for 2026 Fantasy Baseball. I’ve ranked the Top 400 (actually 430…) starting pitchers for the year ahead in an attempt to determine every SP who could help your fantasy teams this season.
However, before you scroll down to the Top 1-20, it’s incredibly important that you read this introduction. It highlights how I rank pitchers and why this is not a projection of the end of season Player Rater. It’s my strategy of how I draft pitchers, embracing the burn and churn nature of the game.
Remember, these ranks are based on a 12-teamer, 5×5 roto format. Adjust accordingly to your situation. I’ve also added the Top 100 SP table at the bottom of this article.
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Tier 8 – Cherry Bomb But Moreso (Cont’d)
41. Chase Burns (CIN, RHP)
Look at Greene’s analysis. Now look at me. I am the past and the future. The comp is as easy as they come: A two-pitch RHP with a 98/99 mph four-seamer and whiff-heavy slider. His strikeout ability is without doubt after fanning ten batters in four straight starts (no, one inning of a rainout does not count and he even had two strikeouts then), and what may be more impressive was his elite pitch separation – four-seamers up-and-armside, sliders down-and-gloveside – outlining a skilled flamethrower who can actually execute what he’s trying to do. It makes me optimistic that Burns can expand the arsenal in 2026, and we had a glimpse of it with LHB seeing changeups 10% of the time. That slowball has good enough fade to be a proper offering if he can get it down-and-away as intended. It arguably doesn’t even need an adjustment after 60%+ strikes and a 17% SwStr rate last year, and maybe we’re overthinking this. Maybe Burns is already a three-pitch arm and ready to dominate.
Yes, yes, Cincinnati is not a great place for a guy like Burns. Four-seamer/slider arms are traditionally more HR prone than your crafty sinkerballers and that park is…rough. There’s also the question of his four-seamer’s steep attack-angle that can make his 17/18″ of vert four-seamer more hittable than you’d think, but Burns’ command is better than your standard flamethrower. He’ll make it work.
Every time I take another look at Burns, I find myself more convinced. It’s easy to put the HIPSTER label on him or do “the smart thing” and refuse to chase the new hotness with a small sample size and no track record of a full season. On the other hand, his stuff is undeniable, the changeup looks to be a legit #3 pitch as he gets more frames, and I don’t believe his command gets enough credit. Did I just convince myself to draft Burns? Oh jeez, I guess I did…but wait. Hold on. The flexor strain. RIGHT. If there were no injury risk attached, I’d have him flirting Top 30. However, already having a strain, even if it possibly was a phantom IL to limit his innings (and he came back after!), I have to ding him for it. Womp womp.
Quick Take: He’s a two-pitch arm with a 98/99 mph four-seamer and deadly slider, who also has good command and room to grow in his arsenal. He may be a little volatile with batters sitting heater, prone to HRs and an elevated H/9, but the strikeouts will flow, the walks should be fine, and he’s as electric as it gets.
Tier 9 – Cherry Bomb But Moreso Moreso
42. Shane McClanahan (TBR, LHP)
Health health health health. I really dislike how much of these SP blurbs focus on “Is this guy going to be able to stay off the IL?” when we haven’t seen McShane pitch since 2023 after undergoing TJS, and then he lost another year due to a nerve issue. Now we’re in the same place as last season, hoping nothing will go wrong before he steps back on the mound, let alone give us the promised 140/150 IP to follow in the footsteps of Rasmussen. Yes, his health risk is bigger than most, though, once again, I believe in the quality per inning when he does pitch. It may not be quite as elite as in the past given how long it has been since he got into a rhythm, but then again, his 2023 marks (which were fine!) came with McClanahan dealing with arm issues. The guy is an elite SWATCH and could have been even better if he had a sinker to keep LHB off his heater.
The best part about McClanahan is the lack of hype. I wouldn’t feel comfortable drafting him as my SP #2 or SP #3, but as an SP #4(ish)? I think I’m down. It’s a season where you can splurge and grab six SP instead of four based on the depth of starters in the draft pool, and it allows for some fun flexibility with McShane in the group. Why not go for someone safer? Because winning in fantasy baseball is creating a floor that supports you when you search for the upside that propels you into first. McShane sure feels like the right risk/reward to target this year if he’s going around SP #40 or so. The velocity, extension, and vert on his four-seamer with three good secondaries from the left side is just…beautiful.
Quick Take: McClanahan is so fun and I want to become a McFlanaFan in 2026. Yes, we all got burned trusting him last year, and he may do so again this season, but the cost is cheaper and the upside is so good when the floor isn’t toxic to your ratios. If he leaves spring without a hitch, you’ll likely have to deal with a little less volume than normal as the Rays manage his innings, but it’ll be worth it in the end.
43. Kris Bubic (KCR, RHP)
He was a breakout star last season across his first 12 starts, then slowed down a bit entering June, capping the season off with an IL stint at the end of July due to a rotator cuff strain. Not great, Bob. However, at the beginning of the year, we didn’t know about the power of the “SWATCH,” and Bubic had all the elements you want, except for supreme velocity. So, the 92 mph fastball was hit? A bit, yeah, but it also returned a 13% SwStr to RHB while the changeup cooked and the sweeper returned a 35% CSW, and he elected to feature 19% sinkers to LHB to great effect. There’s still room for growth here – the four-seamer should be saved for two-strike counts to LHB, his sweeper & slider aren’t the devastators to LHB we expect from southpaws, and he really shouldn’t try that slide piece to RHB.
At the very least, if Bubic is healthy out of camp, I’d expect him to be more of the same, likely with a better walk rate as he certainly finds enough strikes to prevent free passes (it was a handful of games where he lost his feel that pushed it up), and a lower WHIP with more sinkers over four-seamers. Easy tweaks. As far as his ability to pitch, he’s healthy, and had a normal offseason leading into spring training, according to the latest reports. That’s what you said about PabLó. Yes, that’s true. Welcome to the impossibility of predicting pitching injuries. I understand passing on Bubic at a high price due to the uncertainty, but if Bubic pitches through camp, that’s already extra time that he isn’t hurt. In addition, Bubic is a free agent at the end of 2026, which certainly makes me feel like the Royals will push him instead of baby him, and Bubic will go for as long as he can. You’ll likely be able to grab him as your SP #5/6, and I’m so down for that.
Quick Take: Health is a question mark, though the draft price bakes it in effectively, leaving a SWATCH with room to grow ripe for the draft pick. His four-seamer and changeup are fantastic to RHB, and a heavier lean on sinkers to LHB will do wonders to limit hits as his walk rate positively regresses. I’m a fan.
44. Blake Snell (LAD, LHP)
I won’t do it. We KNOW what he does and it’s absurdly stressful as a manager to endure it. I’m new here, what does he do? Snell either hits the IL or is mediocre across the first three months of the season, then it becomes HOT SNELL SUMMER and he turns into an absolute stud. Or at least he has. As a manager rostering Snell, I have two questions for you. First, let’s say he is a stud for the second half, is it enough volume to justify a high draft pick? Second, how much faith are you going to have in June when he’s either on the IL or pitching poorly that he’ll take off the TIARA in the second half? He always does. Yes, until he doesn’t. That’s too much stress for me.
But fine, how does Snell turn into a stud? He becomes an elite SWATCH. He destroys LHB with his curve and slider with 13%+ SwStr rates on his four-seamer up-and-away above the deadly slide piece, and his changeup is as elite as it gets against RHB. When he’s cooking, the slider and curve are able to find strikes to RHB and the heater is effectively upstairs to avoid damage as Snell plays the lovely tightrope of never giving into batters, and often sacrifices a walk for a chance to strikeout the next. Wait, that’s more anxiety. IT SURE IS.
I sure hope he has another Cy Young run across 180 IP of brilliance (or at least, four months of brilliance to mask a poor April and May), though he’s already showcasing his early injury question marks with the current statement as “hoping to be ready by Opening Day”. Y’all know that ain’t happening. Do your future self a favor and grab a pitcher who won’t make you anxious for six months.
Quick Take: Take Snell if you like – he features elite Top 5 SP upside if healthy and clicking for all six months. Unfortunately, Snell has proven time and again that he’ll miss time early in the season and do his very best to turn on the jets in the second half, forcing you to forget the stress you endured for months. If that’s cool with you, I get it. Just set-and-forget in a roto league and it’ll be productive, but the realistic ceiling is capped with expected time on the IL and I’d rather go for more consistent arms.
Tier 10 – Holly I Feel A Little Worse About
45. Bryce Miller (SEA, RHP)
It’s weird thinking of Bryce as a sleeper, but he might just be that. His four-seamer is still legit and if he’s able to push it toward 96 mph instead of 94/95 mph, it can be the foundational offering he needs it to be. The real question has always been the secondaries, but in reality, he already has legit secondaries. The curveball has plenty of break at 83 mph, his sweeper comes in at roughly 17″ of sweeper and almost 10″ of drop, also at 83 mph. There’s also a decent enough 15-16″ of horizontal ride, and the cutter has plenty of separation from the four-seamer at just 5 mph slower. So what’s the issue? Command, of course. The curve and sweeper were not reliable to RHB and he just didn’t touch the cutter for whatever reason, while the curveball earned just 55% strikes across 16% usage to LHB and, again, the cutter wasn’t used. It’s right there, he just has to practice it more. BELIEVE IN THEM BRYCE. Isn’t there another problem? Oh. Right.
Miller missed a lot of the 2025 season dealing with bone spurs in his elbow. He received a PRP and cortisone injection to deal with it and he’s apparently feeling great n all. Best shape of his life! Well, I hear “PRP” and think “NOOOOPE”, which makes me hesitant to chase Bryce in the year ahead, but at the same time, he’s not going as an SP #4. And I don’t believe he’s a 68% LOB rate, stupid-high HR rate guy with over a hit per inning and a near 9% walk rate. That screams “my elbow is annoying me” and at least for the time being, that’s not the case. I’m down to chase Bryce and enjoy the positive times when he’s feeling great, especially during his home starts. And you know what, I’ll even wishcast that he begins to trust his secondaries more, giving them the needed reps to actually earn enough strikes with them, helping him become a true force. Wouldn’t that be something?
Quick Take: 2024 sure seems like the peak of Miller, though I don’t believe we’ve seen his best skillset quite yet. The secondaries are filthy but lack feel and I’m willing to believe they will improve with more reps – the breakers simply move too much at 83 mph to fail. His elbow is a concern after dealing with bone spurs last season, but I’ll take the chance, given you don’t need to spend a high pick to take Miller for a pin in 2026. There’s real stud potential here with his four-seamer leading the way.
46. Edward Cabrera (CHC, RHP)
Well this is fun. Cabrera was traded to the Cubs in early January and it’s a lovely fit. I’m a fan of Tyler Zombro’s work (Tread Athletics!) and it should be a large step up from Miami’s assistance. Wins should be easier to find, the Cubs defense has routinely been among the best in the league, and fortunately, Cabrera has already made the right changes to his game. All he needs to do is more of the same.
That same is a lower arm angle and the adjustment from his repugnant four-seamer that repelled the zone for a sub 54% strike rate last year to a sinker against RHB with a 71% strike rate. Ohhhh, so THAT’S why his walk rate is better. Yup. Please stop looking at career walk rates and thinking he’s “in-between”. If a pitcher has a low strike pitch and replaces it with a high strike pitch, he’s not going to back to the low strike pitch. Stop looking at the output (BB%) at look at the input (Pitch Level Strike%).
That sinker isn’t the sole tweak. The pitch gets demolished as much as any in the league by LHB, and I loved watching his 88/89 mph slider (think cutter) work the inside edge to LHB in the second half. If I had it my way, I’d have Cabrera go “changeup” (quotations because it’s 94/95 mph lol) and slider to LHB, with the rare sinker down-and-away to keep batters honest on the slowball + a rare high four-seamer in two-strikes. While we’re at it, throw in the reliable curveball for called strikes, too.
I have to acknowledge the elbow sprain in the summer of 2025 that is sure to pour cold water on those aggressively eager to draft him. However, I have often cited my love for pitchers who have an arm injury and return to pitch before the end of the season, expressing health and allowing for a normal off-season, and that’s what Cabrera did, starting two games at the end of September, including a final start of dominance against the Mets, where he sat 1-2 ticks up on everything. It means I’m not concerned in the short term, though ECab has yet to produce a season above 140 IP – last season was his first over 100! – and I don’t love drafting arms at a price where they need to do something they haven’t yet.
Cabrera should help all fantasy teams, though the balance of “how much will he help?” and “how many innings will he survive?” is a tough one to wrangle. It puts me in a position where I’m okay letting Edward slide a touch in drafts before electing to grab him, but I’d much rather snag him instead of a HIPSTER or another arm who has yet to put it all together.
Quick Take: I love the adjustments Cabrera made at the start and end of the season, priming him for a true breakout campaign in 2026 with a great squad supporting him. However, he’ll have to stay on the mound to make it happen and with 2025’s 137 IP marking his first above 100 frames, there’s good reason to be hesitant about his 2026 volume. At the very least, expect the walk rate to stay down with a similar ERA and sub 1.20 WHIP. He won’t hurt you.
47. Andrew Abbott (CIN, LHP)
I know this sounds wild, but I actually understand him now. Abbott’s 2025 wasn’t a fluke in its entirety. Sure, he limited HRs off the fastball more than expected, which in turn raised his LOB% rate to the commonly unsustainable 80% threshold, but he’s also an improved pitcher and it should work as a standard SWATCH, even with more room to grow.
Let’s start with the longball. His four-seamer has routinely allowed double-digit HRs off the pitch to RHB, but slashed the mark to just five in 2025. Oddly enough, I don’t believe it was the four-seamer itself that did the trick, but rather two shifts. The first was a physical one: He moved closer to first base and throws a bit more cross-body to RHB than before, hiding the ball a little later and getting a touch more action on his offerings. The second was the slowball, which Abbott began to trust and featured it 25% of the time, earning 63% strikes and forcing batters to think twice before chasing heaters. Its increased effectiveness allowed Abbott to go outside more with fastballs, which helped the changeup, and on and on and on. THEY HELPED EACH OTHER, OKAY?
Abbott isn’t just two-pitch against RHB, either. His curveball took a step forward and landed more often in the zone, vastly raising its strike rate as another pitch that catalyzed his near three-point drop in walk rate. There was even a cutter Abbott toyed with to RHB last season. He was able to keep it gloveside consistently and it induced a ton of weak contact, taking advantage of batters who leaned away for the fastball/change. Expect it to become a larger part of his toolkit in 2026, helping him maintain solid ratios.
The blueprint against LHB improved as well. Abbott’s sweeper is the weapon of choice and it gained a few inches of depth without losing velocity, tightening its precision to gravitate toward the down-and-away corner, shaving a heavy number of wild mistakes over the plate or well outside. It’s the breaker you want every southpaw to have, evidenced by a 67% strike rate with 22% SwStr rate at over 30% usage. Beautiful.
If you’d like to suggest Abbott had peak command and his feel will diminish in the year ahead, I understand not fully buying into one season of rhythm. At the same time, the results from 2025 were not egregious based on his skills and could even improve with a step forward in his cutter. More HRs are likely on the horizon, which will vault his ERA well north of 3.00 after the 2.76 bliss on 2025, but the WHIP seems reasonable while the strikeout rate should stick above 20% with his great sweeper and possibly rise if he can keep fine-tuning the changeup and cutter to RHB. I’m a fan.
Quick Take: Abbott’s 2025 was a surprise initially, though his arsenal improved and displayed skills that justified plenty of his success. The changeup and four-seamer became a true combo to RHB, the curveball and sweeper tightened to find more strikes and play their roles, and there’s even a cutter that shows promise for 2026. Even with an uptick in HRs, Abbott should produce another stable season for trusting managers in 12-teamers.
48. Shota Imanaga (CHC, LHP)
There’s a whole lot of talk about Imanaga’s HRs and his drop in strikeouts, creating this picture of a pitcher (sorry to those with an accent for the repetitive word) who is destined to hurt you in fantasy leagues. Uhhhh, he just had a near 2.0 HR/9 season (highly likely to positively regress, about one or two pitchers have that per season) and he still had a 3.71 ERA. How? Because he doesn’t walk batters and is a heavy flyball pitcher, i.e. low BABIP, i.e. a 0.99 WHIP with few runners on base when they do hit HRs. The benefit of Imanaga’s WHIP outweighs the ERA concerns in my view, let alone the fact that I think he’ll allow fewer longballs this year. Let me tell you why.
The antagonist of Imanaga’s 2025 campaign was his four-seamer. The pitch was down a tick to 90/91 mph in April and never recovered, while he lost over an inch of vert by the second half, causing a surge of HRs in his final six games (12 of his 31!). The impact was felt everywhere. His fastball’s 17% putaway rate was roughly average in 2024, but fell to 12% in 2025, a sight worthy of ghost tales around a campfire. The lack of fastball fear was felt in his splitter as well, which also dropped in putaway rate, a full six points down to a below-average 20% for league-wide splitters. Not fun.
The argument is simple: Imanaga is unlikely to carry the same putaway rates with his four-seamer and splitter, which in turn reduces the chances of batters hitting HRs as he earns more strikeouts. It’s that simple. The biggest counter is his fastball’s loss of velocity and drop in vert in the second half, and it’s why I don’t have Imanaga in my Top 25 as I did in October. I personally believe its vert drop is a product of his hamstring injury and is something Zombro & Co. will work on to fix for 2026, bringing Imanga back to a low-to-mid 3s ERA with an elite WHIP and 22%+ strikeouts for a great team. How can you turn that down?
Quick Take: HRs off the four-seamer plagued Imanaga in 2025, though he still managed to keep runners off the basepaths via pop-ups and refusing to distribute free passes. With positive regression expected in both HRs allowed and putaway rates, I anticipate an improved 2026 season as a workhorse for a winning team, making him a great SP #3/4 for fantasy squads.
49. Aaron Nola (PHI, RHP)
I’m in on Nola for 2026. No, not because of EVEN YEAR NOLA, but because I see 2025 as a bit of a lost season where he was disrupted a ton, while his skillset is still intact. He’s the perfect example of a Holly that you can get for incredibly cheap in drafts after a terrible season that clearly stands out as an outlier. This is actually as simple as telling you how Nola’s K-BB% was essentially the same, and his HOTEL was horrificly unlucky (62% LOB rate, 31% HR/FB, 19th percentile BABIP lol). But fine, I’ll give you more.
The sinker command is a little weird and I don’t fully know why he doesn’t jam more RHB with the pitch and save his four-seamer as a two-strike weapon upstairs. His curveball is still Sir Dope McGee and he could just play the sinker/breaker card with high heaters when needed. Don’t overcomplicate this with that backdoor sinker stuff. Quick, easy fix. It’s not like he doesn’t have the command to do it.
His four-seamer was commanded stupid well to LHB last year and was far-and-away the best pitch he had. He either went up-and-in or down-and-away with little in between, returning just a 33% ICR and .163, though the rare times good contact was made, it left the yard (32% HR/FB). That’s not going to stick. The curveball also failed him against LHB despite throwing essentially the same offering as he always has. Hitters performed far better than expected against it and it just seems wrong. It’s the same strong skills he’s always had.
Sure, I could hope his changeup improves to LHB or that he puts more trust into the cutter he utilized just 6% of the time last year (it did get hit harder than expected, so I get it), but really, we just need a healthy Nola and he should have a decent WHIP, a sub 4.00 ERA, and a 23%+ strikeout rate for a winning team. That’s a Holly worthy of your time, who you will not drop all year. Sign me up.
Quick Take: It’s time to once again Live Every Day Like Nola Day. His skills are still intact, and I’m blaming luck and a lack of rhythm for his ghastly 2025 numbers. He’s still a 23-25% strikeout rate arm who will constantly go six frames for a winning team, flirting with 180+ frames with good enough ratios. Go for it.
Tier 11 – Frizzle
50. MacKenzie Gore (TEX, LHP)
I wasn’t going to be in on Gore this year, but that was when he was with the Nationals. After getting traded to the Rangers, I’m pumped. I trust their pitching development more, I love the Rangers’ home park, he’ll pitch in more meaningful games with higher morale across his teammates, and I believe all of this will make for a breakout season for Gore, staving off the second-half dip he’s displayed recently.
What does he do? Why, he features a 16″ vert, 1.2 HAVAA 95/96 mph four-seamer that can push upper 90s at seven feet of extension. And an 81/82 mph curveball with legit two-plane break. And a new-and-improved slider that returns 22% SwStr to LHB (but he struggled to get down and was punished plenty). And a changeup that hasn’t found enough strikes to RHB, but it sure is filthy. IT’S ALL THERE.
Okay, fine. There is polish still left to add and it’s why I can’t fling Gore up the ranks as much as my heart tells me. I need to be responsible and not just assume a guy will be better. I wish he’d add a sinker for LHB (do the Rangers do that with their southpaws…? I don’t think so, right?) and work a little more on his changeup to RHB to complete the SWATCH metamorphosis, while the curveball should get a little more focus to LHB and maybe a little less to RHB (he doesn’t always spot it). Oh, and please go BSB with the four-seamer. I loved the jump in hiLoc to 57% against right-handers last year, let’s keep that going as you improve the rest of the arsenal.
What separates Gore from other arms is the numerous paths he can grow. All of his stuff is filthy and he’s displayed the ability to execute each of these pitches incredibly well. It’s just about consistency and approach, and I keep going back to the positive impact of leaving the Nationals and heading to the Rangers. It feels like the year we’ve always waited for from Gore.
Quick Take: We’ve talked about Gore’s potential for what feels like a decade and a move to the Rangers feels like the moment it could all come together. The change of scenery comes in many forms, from better coaching and team context, to an improved home park and improved team morale. Gore’s 27% strikeout rate wasn’t a fluke last year and simply lowering his hit rate and walk rate a touch here and there translates into solid ratios across 170+ IP where he flirts with 200 strikeouts. It’s so close and I’m incredibly tempted to bank on it coming together.
51. Emmet Sheehan (LAD, RHP)
If Sheehan were on a different team and firmly locked into a rotation spot, I’d be all over him for 2026. But he is locked for a rotation spot! Yes and no? There’s a sense that the Dodgers don’t want to push Sheehan to become a proper workhorse starter and even as the #5 as I write this with just Sasaki(?) and Casparius/Wrobleski behind him, and the understanding that Snell and Glasnow are massive injury risks, I still have my concerns. After all, the Dodgers are sure to add one more depth starter to the mix, which could shred Sheehan’s consistency across his third season in the bigs (2023, TJS, limited 2025). I really hope I’m overstating the Dodgeritis effect.
Let’s say Sheehan is, in fact, starting regularly and allowed to go 85+ pitches. I like the fella! His 95/96 mph four-seamer comes at a low arm-angle for a legit 1.6 HAVAA and carries surprise vert at the top of the zone consistently. Hard not to love that.
Against RHB, he is a bit two-pitch, though, and batters made it clear that they are four-seamer hunting, smacking the pitch for a 50%+ ICR, complaining as it soars through the air, looking at the slider getting treated as the favorite child. Why do I have to take a beating and the slide piece gets a 25% SwStr rate and a sub 31% ICR?! I’M THE ONE THAT’S COMMANDED BETTER! Yes, it is spotted more consistently, but the slider isn’t hung upstairs and gets all the chases away at 88mph. I just wish there was one more offering to make batters question aggression upstairs…oh! Of course! A 35-degree arm angle typically speaks to a sinker of some kind and I’d be shocked if Sheehan isn’t experimenting with one come spring. It would make sense that the Dodgers didn’t tinker much upon his return from injury, letting the youngin’ get comfortable with what he used to do before tinkering.
A sinker would be a lovely addition, as well as a bit of polish on his changeup – a pitch that rarely suffered punishment but just squeezed over a 60% strike rate between its moments sailing up-and-armside against LHB. It’s a kick-change (and a beauty) with 17″ of depth relative to the four-seamer and I’d even suggest he feature it against RHB more than 10% of the time, though Sheehan’s lack of expertise locating the pitch has a bit to do with it.
I find myself looking at Emmet on paper and seeing a legit starter, rooted in his four-seamer’s routine of landing upstairs and carrying all the qualities you want out of a high fastball. However, I’m not completely sold in his slider and changeup feel, and we’ve seen batters capably knocking around the heater at times, despite its vert and flat attack. That said, if the Dodgers make it clear that he’s planted in the rotation indefinitely, sign me up. At the current moment, there’s still some haze in the matter (there’s still time for FA signings and what they want to do with the rest of their starters), so pay attention to his usage this spring.
Quick Take: Sheehan’s four-seamer sets a fantastic foundation upstairs for his slider and kick-change to attack batters. There’s a bit of polish left to add with his secondaries, though we may see a sinker to help keep RHB from fastball hunting, and more time on the bump is sure to come with improved changeup precision. The Dodgers’ rotation lacks the veteran depth of old (for now) and it seems likely that Sheehan has a firm grasp on the SP #5 spot, though it’s still a situation to be monitored. If he has the full go, I’m grabbing him everywhere.
52. Ryan Weathers (NYY, LHP)
Weathers may scare some based on the volume and lack of breakout performance when on the mound, but for a guy going well past the point of This Needs To Work, Weathers is exactly the arm you’re looking for. He has the perfect recipe of health risk and growth potential, making him a late pick you can confidently hold or drop early.
The first adjustment is simple. He has a sinker with 18 inches of horizontal break that looks like a legitimate weapon to fend off LHB, and he threw it 7% of the time last year. Meanwhile, the four-seamer to LHB posted a 57% strike rate, and I’m laughing at how obvious of a change that will be. We even saw Luzardo go from Miami to Philly and make the same effective tweak last year and I’d be floored if we don’t see it in 2026. Sweet.
The bigger issue is his sweeper feel to LHB, which may still be present in 2026. It’s a necessity for lefty-on-lefty and Weathers hasn’t nailed down any version of the breaker across his career. The good news? His changeup has been called upon to fill the secondary void and it has worked wonders to LHB across 18% usage, matching the 20%+ SwStr rate it features against RHB. Lefties aside, his approach to RHB speaks “SWATCH” at higher velocity, whose biggest hurdle is staying on the field. Well, he’s on the field now and likely starting opening weekend. That means your SP #6 – you know, the pitcher you draft who normally is off your team within a month – could be a rock for the entire year if he evades the injury bug, with quality being a lesser question than others at his range. Yes, that is exactly who you want to draft.
Quick Take: Weathers has actionable fixes (last year’s 7% sinker usage to LHB is criminal) that should make him a beneficial addition to your squads as long as he’s on the field, with potential growth if he can sort out a proper breaker to keep down-and-away to LHB. With health as the biggest concern, grab him now and hope his value sticks for months.
Tier 12 – Toby Upside 1
53. Nick Lodolo (CIN, LHP)
We finally got a long stretch in-season of Lodolo pitching every five days and I was thrilled to see the man in rhythm. A proper SWATCH, Lodolo had a field day against RHB with his changeup, mixing in a sinker above it for groundballs, a four-seamer front-dooring batters up-and-in, and a curveball that he trusted more inside the zone than in 2024 to plenty of success with a 90th percentile ICR.
LHB is more of a struggle for Lodolo than you’d expect. Despite raising his strike rate seven points, his curveball barely missed eclipsing the 60% strike mark, a result of Lodolo frequently tugging his curveball too far into the opposite batter’s box. Southpaws are known for their breakers that demolish their other half and his inability to strike fear in the hearts of LHB with his curve opens the door for damage on his heaters. Unfortunately, Lodolo fails to get his sinker inside to LHB, leading to a middling ICR while his four-seamer gets pummeled as it sits out over the plate – when it doesn’t get passed upon for a called strike, of course.
There’s also an oddity in his arsenal you should know about. His curveball held the same velocity and depth as 2024, but lost three inches of horizontal. It may be the catalyst for his increased zone rate – tighter movement to wrangle, after all – but I can’t say I’m a fan of losing three inches of lateral movement on an 81 mph curveball, especially when he needs to squeeze the most out of it to take down LHB.
This is all to say that Lodolo has a few flaws that may get more exposure in another season. After all, an 80%+ LOB rate is an easy tell for negative regression, and I’m not convinced he can hold a sub 5% walk rate for another season. Toss in the longest season of his career (which still had a finger and groin injury) and I’m fading Lodolo for the year ahead, unless I can grab him after the Top #40 SP are snagged. It’s too much to ask for his LHB approach to shift + keep the same LOB% rate + avoid too much damage in Cincy’s home park + stay healthy for a full year.
Quick Take: Lodolo had a fantastic year in his first season above 120 IP and it’s too much to ask him to replicate it after some good fortune, clear cracks in the armor, and a history of low volume. He should help teams when on the field, though it may be hard to reach his ceiling and a lower floor than 2025 would suggest.
54. Sonny Gray (BOS, RHP)
See! I KNEW he wasn’t going to keep up the 30% strikeout rate! Sure, his sinker’s 40% putaway rate to RHB was destined to regress, but it fell to…31%. That’s 14 points higher than average. His sweeper’s ability to land down-and-glove side to both LHB and RHB stuck around, too, and Gray still had a 27% strikeout rate. That’s pretty dang cool.
You know what isn’t? A 40%+ ICR across all of his pitches to LHB and a 50%+ on both his four-seamer and curveball to RHB. Yikes. It’s alarming to see two straight seasons of a sub 70% LOB rate from Gray, paired with his elevated BABIP in St. Louis, and there has to be more at play here (struggles from the stretch? Defense letting him down? Stressful moments? Simply bad luck?) and I’m going to throw up my hands and play the odds that the BABIP and LOB extremes are going to positively regress in Boston.
Oh right. The whole moving to Boston thing. He’ll lose the benefit of a great home park + a strong team behind him (not to say it’s destined for the Red Sox to have a poor team backing him up), and he’ll gain a boon in Win chance (fourteen from last year can be repeated!), while the deep right field in Fenway will help him limit HRs. Most importantly, I believe the coaching staff will aid him more than in St. Louis, preventing seasons like 2025’s 9.2 hits-per-nine rooted in the aforementioned inflated ICR marks.
The best news? He still locates well and has generally the same velocity of old, with a wider array. I’d be shocked if he repeated the same poor ratios of 2025, and I’d love to draft him as my SP #5, starting him out of the gate with confidence. Maybe he’s my SP #4 as ADP settles in March, and that should be fine as well. It’s highly unlikely Sonny will be dropped from your teams this season.
Quick Take: Sonny had a few major blowups in 2025 that anchored his ratios as he attempted to sail the seas of excellence, though there was an underlying issue of hard contact to both LHB and RHB that needs to be addressed. I’m banking on the Red Sox to bring the necessary tweaks, while his ability to strike batters out and go deep into games remains. Sign me up.
55. Ranger Suárez (BOS, LHP)
Updated 1/14/26 after signing
The true league winner of 2025 was the injured Ranger Suárez, who missed the entirety of April with a back injury, and sandwiched his twenty six starts with three games of 16 ER – that is, removing his Still ILL of seven runs and the nine allowed in his final two, Suárez gave managers twenty three starts of a 2.48 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and 24% strikeout rate with twelve Wins. Hot diggity is that some gold off the wire. And now that he’s off to Boston, he’s sure to have a similar Win chance, and Philly was no darling of a pitcher’s park either, making the question come down to Suárez most of all: Is this repeatable?
It’s possible. It wasn’t the first stellar run from Suárez who first got our attention after converting from reliever to starter in 2021, ending the season with twelve starts of a 1.51 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, and a 25% strikeout rate. Thing is, back then he was hurling 93 mph sinkers and since the start of 2024, he’s down to 90 mph. Not a great sign.
To his credit, Suárez has expanded his arsenal in his effort to subdue RHB, now featuring five different pitches at least 15% of the time. Only the four-seamer allowed more than 40% ICR (due to mistakes in two-strike counts), as the sinker consistently hit the outside black while dropping like a bowling ball with only 3″ of vert. Changeups fell beneath them at ten ticks lower velocity, providing more weak contact, curveballs cascade down into the zone routinely for a surprise strike that can take advantage of antsy hitters, and there’s even a cutter he’s learned to aggressively feature up-and-in to catch batters leaning away for the sinker/change. Boy do I love that cutter addition.
LHB have it easier. Well, simpler. 45% of the time, they should expect a sinker on the inner half, which does what traditional inside sinkers do – creates strikes and mostly weak contact – while the rest is a concoction of sliders and curveballs with a dash of changeups, cutters, and four-seamers. Unlike his southpaw peers, Suárez doesn’t have a devastating breaker to silence LHB with ease (his slider has a high SwStr rate, but just a 55% strike rate as he pulls it off the plate too often), but at least that sinker frequently gets the job done.
All of this is fine and I don’t want it to be fine, I want it to be convincing. Defiant against those who would dare question its sustainability. And yet, his whole schtick is boring and I know I’m not alone when I feel weird chasing a pitcher who feels so close to the edge of a 4.50 ERA season. After all, Suárez is no stranger to baserunners, inducing nearly a hit per inning across his last four seasons and relying on his low walk rate and ability to keep the ball in the park to prevent runners from swiping the plate. It’s why he hasn’t returned a sub 1.20 WHIP in his four seasons of regularly starting.
Considering Suárez has been able to make his 90 mph sinker work for two straight seasons, it seems reasonable to believe he has an above-average level of command that will stick for another year, though it may come in waves and not for a full six months (he’s never accrued 160+ frames in a season). I sure hope this isn’t the year it all falls apart.
Quick Take: Suárez has featured stellar command to squeeze out the most of his six-pitch mix and overcome a 90 mph sinker and it’s not unreasonable to believe another ERA well under 4.00 is on its way. However, the ceiling isn’t as high as other SWATCH types: He’s never hit 160 IP, there’s no reason to believe he’ll be luckier to claim a 1.15 WHIP or better, and his stuff will likely degrade before it polishes. The potential floor has me pushing him down my ranks, but he should still be a helpful addition to 12-teamer staffs.
56. Noah Cameron (KCR, LHP)
To some, Cameron’s 2025 success doesn’t make sense. And honestly, it doesn’t really make sense to me either. At least, I wouldn’t dare suggest that his .241 BABIP and 84% LOB rate, which catalyzed his 2.99 ERA and 1.10 WHIP, are what we should expect consistently. And his fastball! 92 mph with a sub 60% strike rate and 5% SwStr rate! Yep, that’s not great in the slightest. Thing is, Cameron knows it’s not a great pitch, and keeps it elevated, avoiding the heart of the plate. Instead, he relies on his stellar secondary command to feature sliders, cutters, and curves to LHB, while pushing a great changeup over the slider to RHB. It all works. He commands the cutter inside, change away and uses the curveball effectively as a putaway pitch to RHB, while the slider does exactly what it should to LHB, with help from the harder cutter landing above it. The only real worry is the four-seamer and hopefully he can reduce its SIP% (Strikes in Play) from a 97th percentile and BIP% (Balls In Play) down from 87th percentile. We don’t want this pitch in play, we want everything else.
Here’s what I see: Cameron’s 20% strikeout rate is low for his 12-13% SwStr rate and should go up as the BABIP does. Wait, what?! Yes, instead of those early pitches landing for outs in play, they’ll be hits, leading to less efficiency, Cameron adjusting to avoid early hacks, and finding two strikes more often. Weird, right? In concert, this will mean a few more hits and the ratios will increase, but then again, maybe he has a sinker to help. Or the 94 mph velocity we saw in March last year before it fell to 92 mph. At the very least, he’s a command pitcher with strong secondaries. That’s a steady Toby with upside for Holly.
Quick Take: Cameron’s command leads the way and could combat the clear regression of his HOTEL. The strikeouts should rise a bit, while the ratios are likely rising along the way. Consider him a great volume arm for 15-teamers and a Toby who could be more in 12-teamers.
57. Gavin Williams (CLE, RHP)
I can’t draft Gavin. I know all of his potential, positive and negative, and those who tell you they know what he’ll look like in 2026 are insincere. The fella had a journey of a season, experimenting with cutters, sweepers, sinkers, curveballs, and shifting his four-seamer usage, all the while oscillating his extension from 6.5 to 7.1+ feet start-to-start, fighting constantly to find a rhythm and routine he can hang his hat on. It was maddening.
The ideal version of Gavin comes with 7+ extension for his 96/97 mph four-seamers, living up in the zone, paired with cutters landing underneath for strikes, and sweepers + curveballs for whiffs. LHB, RHB, doesn’t matter, just make that happen. I don’t love his sinker, even if it added more strikes. The fastball variation carries deadzone movement without any precision, and I worry it will get pummeled if it becomes a regular patron of his establishment.
The spectrum of outcomes is incredibly wide for 2026. Gavin has 180+ IP ability with high pitch counts as the workhorse of the staff, rooted in a four-seamer that can take over games. He also cannot be trusted to carry 60%+ strike rates across his secondaries (nor a 70% strike rate on his fastball), opening the door for many nights of inefficiency and removal before completing the sixth. It gives me no pleasure to slam my giant red HIPSTER stamp across his forehead.
Quick Take: We know the potential of Williams. His four-seamer sits 96/97 mph as a great foundation when paired with cutters and breakers that keep him ahead in counts. When his extension is consistently around 7″ and strikes are easy to find, Gavin looks like a stud. Sadly, he’s displayed little ability to replicate, creating too much uncertainty for me to circle his name in drafts.
58. Shane Baz (BAL, RHP)
Look, 2025 wasn’t great. Baz had a strong end to the 2024 season, showcasing a foundational four-seamer with an elite curveball, and he took a step back last season with all the HRs. I’m willing to put much of the blame on his home park transitioning from Tropicana (+1-2″ of vert!) to George Steinbrenner Field, which Ryan Pepiot described along the lines of “I have no idea what my pitches are going to do.” The unfamiliar park led to his slider feel disappearing completely, becoming a major liability even when featuring it just a few times a game. It was rough. And not what I expect for 2026.
While I wish he could call Tropicana his home, Baltimore is a fine compromise. It’s a squad that is assuredly going to give him more run support, while we can expect 90+ pitches with more regularity than the helicopter parenting of the Rays. In addition, I’m a fan of Baz turning his slider into a cutter last season, and I expect the Orioles to lean into the pitch against LHB (oh how the times have changed since they refused to let Dylan Bundy throw his cutter…). With his four-seamer sitting 98 mph in his final outing of 2025 (albeit, at just 49 pitches), I’m confident he’ll have a strong three-pitch mix entering the year.
Still, there is a bit of wishcasting after enduring such a ghastly season, and while half his games came in a horrific Triple-A park, it’s within reason that Baz himself still has warts that need work to cure. The ceiling here is a 3.50 ERA arm with a low WHIP and 25% strikeout rate (especially if he can find his slider again!), while the floor comes with a hoard of longballs as he can’t find consistency start-to-start. I’ll take my chances he’s closer to the former.
Quick Take: Baz is happy to leave 2025 in the past and start fresh in Baltimore with a team ready to lean on him regularly, though it’s unclear how far removed he will be from his HR-laden season. Hopefully the new cutter can bond with his four-seamer to take down LHB, while the curveball can be its elite self and the putaway offering it was in 2024.
59. Ryne Nelson (ARI, RHP)
I’m still a bit frustrated that Nelson didn’t have a rotation spot out of camp in 2025, though he excelled in the role once he had proper security after his ghastly 7 ER outing in early June, sporting a 2.89 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 22% strikeout rate across 19 starts and 109 frames, including six Quality Starts in his final seven outings of the season. The catalyst is obvious: The highest favored four-seamer by any starting pitcher in the majors, and Nelson has good reason to feature the pitch 62% of the time. Its combination of elite vert (with a lower arm angle than expected) and above-average extension at 95/96 mph allows Nelson to incessantly pound heat in the upper half of the zone, creating the foundational piece every pitcher dreams of.
So what’s the problem? He cannot find a proper complement. Unlike Flanders’ parents, he’s tried everything. He’s tried a cutter, slider, curve, change, and even asked Eno Sarris “Can someone be neither a pronator or a supinator?” In other words, he doesn’t have feel for anything but hurling that heater, and he’s hoping to break that wall to find something to get him over the hump. Don’t be fooled by the great ratios last year, Nelson really needs the help. His massive reduction in hits-per-nine led to a 1.07 WHIP, and we shouldn’t expect those gains to stick with the same approach as last year – batters are going up to the plate expecting four-seamers and are not punished frequently enough to keep them honest. His four-seamer’s putaway rate is beneath what’s expected of its caliber, and a near 50% ICR to RHB gives us a glimpse of how rough this can get if help doesn’t arrive.
It puts me in a tough position. If Nelson finds a proper #2 pitch, he could be Top 25 overnight. If he doesn’t, he’ll likely fall into 4.00+ ERA and 1.25+ WHIP territory. That has me electing to favor other starters who I don’t have to wishcast development.
Quick Take: As much as I believe Nelson’s dominance were he to find a great breaker, changeup, or cutter, it’s more probable he doesn’t find the next gear in 2026. That profiles him as a 20/21% strikeout arm with waiver-wire worthy ratios, not a hold for your 12-teamers.
60. Joe Musgrove (SDP, RHP)
I’m excited to see Musgrove return to the mound this season. I’m also not going to assume he can become a stable workhorse who definitely helps you when he does. The problem? His fastballs. They are rough. Below average movement on both, and we last saw them at 93 mph. Even if it’s 94 mph, I really don’t want to see him featuring them a whole lot, save for playing the “Cannibal McSanchez” game against LHB. That means it’ll be cutter city with plenty of sweepers and curveballs once again, relying on his command to get him deeper into counts to set up punchouts. There will be a lot of hard contact along the way, and the days that Musgrove doesn’t have one of his curve or sweeper will be a tough one. The upside here is a Holly, with the floor being a HIPSTER. I’m inclined to believe he’ll be closer to the latter after missing so much time – usually command comes back over the season and not right away – though I have no problem taking him in the later rounds and just seeing what happens. After all, he was still productive in 2024 even with RHB destroying his four-seamer and sinker (sidenote: Can you jam it inside to RHB like you did in 2023 again? That would be cool).
Quick Take: Don’t draft Musgrove expecting him to replicate 2023 or 2024. Draft him with the hope he can go six frames early without destroying your ratios. His ceiling isn’t as high as others, but there is still Holly potential here with a strikeout per inning.
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Badges | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett CrochetT1 | BOS | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside | - |
| 2 | Paul Skenes | PIT | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside | - |
| 3 | Tarik Skubal | DET | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside | - |
| 4 | Bryan WooT2 | SEA | Aces Gonna Ace Ratio Focused | - |
| 5 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | Aces Gonna Ace Wins Bonus | - |
| 6 | Max Fried | NYY | Aces Gonna Ace Wins Bonus | - |
| 7 | Cristopher Sánchez | PHI | Aces Gonna Ace Wins Bonus | - |
| 8 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | - |
| 9 | Hunter Greene | CIN | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | - |
| 10 | Hunter Brown | HOU | Aces Gonna Ace Quality Starts | - |
| 11 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside | - |
| 12 | Logan WebbT3 | SF | Holly Quality Starts | - |
| 13 | Joe Ryan | MIN | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside | - |
| 14 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | Ace Potential Wins Bonus | +2 |
| 15 | Jacob deGromT4 | TEX | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | +3 |
| 16 | Cole Ragans | KC | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | -2 |
| 17 | George Kirby | SEA | Aces Gonna Ace Quality Starts Injury Risk | -2 |
| 18 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | +1 |
| 19 | Chris Sale | ATL | Aces Gonna Ace Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | +1 |
| 20 | Kyle BradishT5 | BAL | Ace Potential Quality Starts | -3 |
| 21 | Eury Pérez | MIA | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside | +UR |
| 22 | Nick Pivetta | SD | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside | +8 |
| 23 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside | -1 |
| 24 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | Ace Potential Ratio Focused | -1 |
| 25 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | Ace Potential Wins Bonus | - |
| 26 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | Ace Potential Quality Starts | - |
| 27 | Framber Valdez | DET | Ace Potential Quality Starts | - |
| 28 | Michael KingT6 | SD | Cherry Bomb Strikeout Upside | -4 |
| 29 | Dylan Cease | TOR | Cherry Bomb Strikeout Upside | - |
| 30 | Jesús Luzardo | PHI | Cherry Bomb Strikeout Upside | +12 |
| 31 | Kevin GausmanT7 | TOR | Holly Quality Starts | +5 |
| 32 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | Holly Quality Starts | +16 |
| 33 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | Holly Quality Starts | +1 |
| 34 | Nolan McLean | NYM | Holly Wins Bonus | +1 |
| 35 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | Cherry Bomb Strikeout Upside | +5 |
| 36 | Trey Yesavage | TOR | Cherry Bomb Strikeout Upside | +5 |
| 37 | Cade Horton | CHC | Holly Wins Bonus | +10 |
| 38 | Robbie RayT8 | SF | Cherry Bomb Quality Starts | +6 |
| 39 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | Ace Potential Quality Starts Injury Risk | +4 |
| 40 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | -8 |
| 41 | Chase Burns | CIN | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | -10 |
| 42 | Shane McClanahanT9 | TB | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | -5 |
| 43 | Kris Bubic | KC | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | +21 |
| 44 | Blake Snell | LAD | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | -11 |
| 45 | Bryce MillerT10 | SEA | Holly Ratio Focused | +7 |
| 46 | Edward Cabrera | CHC | Holly Wins Bonus | -8 |
| 47 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | Holly Quality Starts | -8 |
| 48 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | Ace Potential Ratio Focused | -3 |
| 49 | Aaron Nola | PHI | Holly Quality Starts | +11 |
| 50 | MacKenzie GoreT11 | TEX | Frizzle Strikeout Upside | - |
| 51 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | Frizzle Strikeout Upside | - |
| 52 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | Frizzle Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | +2 |
| 53 | Nick LodoloT12 | CIN | Holly Strikeout Upside | -7 |
| 54 | Sonny Gray | BOS | Holly Wins Bonus | -5 |
| 55 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | Holly Quality Starts | - |
| 56 | Noah Cameron | KC | Holly Ratio Focused | - |
| 57 | Gavin Williams | CLE | Holly Strikeout Upside | - |
| 58 | Shane Baz | BAL | Holly Strikeout Upside Team Context Effect | -5 |
| 59 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | Holly Ratio Focused | -1 |
| 60 | Joe Musgrove | SD | Holly Wins Bonus Injury Risk | +2 |
| 61 | Zac Gallen | ARI | Holly Quality Starts | +9 |
| 62 | Brandon WoodruffT13 | MIL | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | -34 |
| 63 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | -2 |
| 64 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | Ace Potential Quality Starts Injury Risk | -1 |
| 65 | Carlos Rodón | NYY | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | - |
| 66 | Jared Jones | PIT | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | +UR |
| 67 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | -1 |
| 68 | Shane Bieber | TOR | Ace Potential Quality Starts Injury Risk | -9 |
| 69 | Matthew BoydT14 | CHC | Toby Quality Starts | -2 |
| 70 | Luis Castillo | SEA | Toby Quality Starts | -2 |
| 71 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | Toby Quality Starts | -2 |
| 72 | Zach Eflin | BAL | Toby Quality Starts | - |
| 73 | Andrew PainterT15 | PHI | Hipster Strikeout Upside | +UR |
| 74 | Spencer Strider | ATL | Hipster Strikeout Upside | +2 |
| 75 | Logan Henderson | MIL | Hipster Strikeout Upside | +UR |
| 76 | Robby Snelling | MIA | Hipster Strikeout Upside | +UR |
| 77 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | Hipster Strikeout Upside | -4 |
| 78 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | Toby Hipster Wins Bonus | -3 |
| 79 | Jack Flaherty | DET | Hipster Frizzle Strikeout Upside | -5 |
| 80 | Kodai SengaT16 | NYM | Toby Quality Starts Injury Risk | +UR |
| 81 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | Toby Quality Starts | -10 |
| 82 | Bailey Ober | MIN | Toby Quality Starts | -4 |
| 83 | Cody Ponce | TOR | Toby Quality Starts | +UR |
| 84 | Brayan Bello | BOS | Toby Quality Starts | -5 |
| 85 | Seth Lugo | KC | Toby Quality Starts | +UR |
| 86 | Landen Roupp | SF | Toby Strikeout Upside | +UR |
| 87 | Tyler Mahle | SF | Toby Ratio Focused | -2 |
| 88 | Max Scherzer | TOR | Toby Wins Bonus | -2 |
| 89 | Quinn Priester | MIL | Toby Ratio Focused | -7 |
| 90 | Ryan Weiss | HOU | Toby Team Context Effect | +UR |
| 91 | Shane Smith | CWS | Toby Strikeout Upside | -7 |
| 92 | Jack LeiterT17 | TEX | Frizzle Strikeout Upside | -4 |
| 93 | Cristian Javier | HOU | Frizzle Strikeout Upside | -4 |
| 94 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | Frizzle Strikeout Upside | -4 |
| 95 | Mike Burrows | HOU | Frizzle Ratio Focused | +UR |
| 96 | Grant Holmes | ATL | Frizzle Strikeout Upside | -2 |
| 97 | Grayson Rodriguez | LAA | Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Risk | +UR |
| 98 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | Frizzle Strikeout Upside | +UR |
| 99 | Jacob Lopez | Frizzle Strikeout Upside | -7 | |
| 100 | Will Warren | NYY | Toby Wins Bonus | -5 |
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