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A few readers indicated in my Starting Pitcher rankings published a few weeks ago that I overlooked a few starters that should be ranked in my Top 50 starters for 2016, so I wanted to update them before the Winter Meetings craziness begins and I forget.
So, I added Rays starter Drew Smyly (#47) and White Sox starter Jose Quintana (#38) to my rankings below. In addition, I moved Mets starter Noah Syndergaard up a few spots, to #22, ahead of Carlos Martinez, Carlos Carrasco and Michael Wacha.
My rankings of Rangers starter Yu Darvish and Rays starter Alex Cobb might be too low, but they are both coming back from surgery and there is no telling how quick they will return to their near-ace status in 2016.
Let's discuss the rankings in the comments section. Did I miss anyone that you think should be in the top 50? Who is ranked too high or too low?
Top 50 Starting Pitchers for 2016
Rank |
$ Value |
Name |
W |
IP |
K/9 |
BB/9 |
GB% |
ERA |
FIP |
xFIP |
WAR |
1 |
$38 |
Clayton Kershaw |
16 |
232.2 |
11.64 |
1.62 |
50.00% |
2.13 |
1.99 |
2.09 |
8.6 |
2 |
$32 |
Max Scherzer |
14 |
228.2 |
10.86 |
1.34 |
36.00% |
2.79 |
2.77 |
2.88 |
6.4 |
3 |
$30 |
Chris Sale |
13 |
208.2 |
11.82 |
1.81 |
42.60% |
3.41 |
2.73 |
2.60 |
6.2 |
4 |
$27 |
Zack Greinke |
19 |
222.2 |
8.08 |
1.62 |
48.00% |
1.66 |
2.76 |
3.22 |
5.9 |
5 |
$30 |
Jake Arrieta |
22 |
229.0 |
9.28 |
1.89 |
56.20% |
1.77 |
2.35 |
2.61 |
7.3 |
6 |
$23 |
Dallas Keuchel |
20 |
232.0 |
8.38 |
1.98 |
61.70% |
2.48 |
2.91 |
2.75 |
6.1 |
7 |
$24 |
Jose Fernandez |
6 |
64.2 |
10.99 |
1.95 |
40.10% |
2.92 |
2.24 |
2.62 |
2.1 |
8 |
$24 |
David Price |
18 |
220.1 |
9.19 |
1.92 |
40.40% |
2.45 |
2.78 |
3.24 |
6.4 |
9 |
$25 |
Jacob deGrom |
14 |
191.0 |
9.66 |
1.79 |
44.40% |
2.54 |
2.70 |
2.92 |
5.2 |
10 |
$24 |
Madison Bumgarner |
18 |
218.1 |
9.65 |
1.61 |
41.70% |
2.93 |
2.87 |
3.02 |
5.1 |
11 |
$22 |
Gerrit Cole |
19 |
208.0 |
8.74 |
1.90 |
48.00% |
2.60 |
2.66 |
3.16 |
5.4 |
12 |
$20 |
Adam Wainwright |
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13 |
$22 |
Matt Harvey |
13 |
189.1 |
8.94 |
1.76 |
46.00% |
2.71 |
3.05 |
3.24 |
4.4 |
14 |
$19 |
Chris Archer |
12 |
212.0 |
10.70 |
2.80 |
46.10% |
3.23 |
2.90 |
3.01 |
5.3 |
15 |
$18 |
Sonny Gray |
14 |
208.0 |
7.31 |
2.55 |
52.70% |
2.73 |
3.45 |
3.69 |
3.8 |
16 |
$17 |
Felix Hernandez |
18 |
201.2 |
8.52 |
2.59 |
56.20% |
3.53 |
3.72 |
3.33 |
2.8 |
17 |
$15 |
Johnny Cueto |
11 |
212.0 |
7.47 |
1.95 |
42.50% |
3.44 |
3.53 |
3.78 |
4.1 |
18 |
$15 |
Cole Hamels |
13 |
212.1 |
9.11 |
2.63 |
47.70% |
3.65 |
3.47 |
3.40 |
4.2 |
19 |
$16 |
Corey Kluber |
9 |
222.0 |
9.93 |
1.82 |
42.40% |
3.49 |
2.97 |
3.05 |
5.5 |
20 |
$14 |
Danny Salazar |
14 |
185.0 |
9.49 |
2.58 |
43.90% |
3.45 |
3.62 |
3.48 |
3.0 |
21 |
$15 |
Jon Lester |
11 |
205.0 |
9.09 |
2.06 |
48.90% |
3.34 |
2.92 |
3.06 |
5.0 |
22 |
$17 |
Noah Syndergaard |
9 |
150.0 |
9.96 |
1.86 |
46.50% |
3.24 |
3.25 |
2.91 |
3.1 |
23 |
$13 |
Carlos Carrasco |
14 |
183.2 |
10.58 |
2.11 |
51.20% |
3.63 |
2.84 |
2.66 |
4.8 |
24 |
$13 |
Carlos Martinez |
14 |
179.2 |
9.22 |
3.16 |
54.50% |
3.01 |
3.21 |
3.28 |
3.4 |
25 |
$12 |
Michael Wacha |
17 |
181.1 |
7.59 |
2.88 |
45.80% |
3.38 |
3.87 |
3.88 |
2.3 |
26 |
$15 |
Marcus Stroman |
4 |
27.0 |
6.00 |
2.00 |
64.10% |
1.67 |
3.54 |
3.34 |
0.5 |
27 |
$12 |
Scott Kazmir |
7 |
183.0 |
7.62 |
2.90 |
42.90% |
3.10 |
3.98 |
4.14 |
2.4 |
28 |
$11 |
Francisco Liriano |
12 |
186.2 |
9.88 |
3.38 |
51.20% |
3.38 |
3.19 |
3.16 |
3.6 |
29 |
$9 |
Masahiro Tanaka |
12 |
154.0 |
8.12 |
1.58 |
47.00% |
3.51 |
3.98 |
3.29 |
2.2 |
30 |
$9 |
John Lackey |
13 |
218.0 |
7.22 |
2.19 |
46.00% |
2.77 |
3.57 |
3.77 |
3.6 |
31 |
$16 |
Stephen Strasburg |
11 |
127.1 |
10.96 |
1.84 |
42.20% |
3.46 |
2.81 |
2.69 |
3.4 |
32 |
$11 |
Garrett Richards |
15 |
207.1 |
7.64 |
3.30 |
54.90% |
3.65 |
3.86 |
3.80 |
2.5 |
33 |
$10 |
Jordan Zimmermann |
13 |
201.2 |
7.32 |
1.74 |
42.00% |
3.66 |
3.75 |
3.82 |
3.0 |
34 |
$13 |
Yu Darvish |
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35 |
$9 |
Alex Cobb |
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36 |
$7 |
Lance McCullers |
6 |
125.2 |
9.24 |
3.08 |
46.50% |
3.22 |
3.26 |
3.50 |
2.8 |
37 |
$7 |
Tyson Ross |
10 |
196.0 |
9.73 |
3.86 |
61.50% |
3.26 |
2.98 |
3.15 |
4.4 |
38 |
$7 |
Jose Quintana |
9 |
206.1 |
7.72 |
1.92 |
47.10% |
3.36 |
3.18 |
3.51 |
4.8 |
39 |
$7 |
Michael Pineda |
12 |
160.2 |
8.74 |
1.18 |
48.20% |
4.37 |
3.34 |
2.95 |
3.5 |
40 |
$7 |
Shelby Miller |
6 |
205.1 |
7.50 |
3.20 |
47.70% |
3.02 |
3.45 |
4.07 |
3.4 |
41 |
$7 |
Gio Gonzalez |
11 |
175.2 |
8.66 |
3.54 |
53.80% |
3.79 |
3.05 |
3.59 |
3.7 |
42 |
$7 |
Jake Odorizzi |
9 |
169.1 |
7.97 |
2.44 |
37.30% |
3.35 |
3.61 |
3.96 |
2.9 |
43 |
$3 |
Raisel Iglesias |
3 |
95.1 |
9.82 |
2.64 |
47.20% |
4.15 |
3.55 |
3.28 |
1.6 |
44 |
$3 |
Jason Hammel |
10 |
170.2 |
9.07 |
2.11 |
38.30% |
3.74 |
3.68 |
3.47 |
2.4 |
45 |
$2 |
Carlos Rodon |
9 |
139.1 |
8.98 |
4.59 |
46.80% |
3.75 |
3.87 |
4.03 |
2.1 |
46 |
$2 |
Yordano Ventura |
13 |
163.1 |
8.60 |
3.20 |
52.20% |
4.08 |
3.57 |
3.60 |
2.7 |
47 |
$2 |
Drew Smyly |
5 |
66.2 |
10.40 |
2.70 |
36.80% |
3.11 |
3.91 |
3.47 |
0.9 |
48 |
$2 |
Clay Buchholz |
7 |
113.1 |
8.50 |
1.83 |
48.30% |
3.26 |
2.68 |
3.30 |
3.2 |
49 |
$2 |
Jaime Garcia |
10 |
129.2 |
6.73 |
2.08 |
61.20% |
2.43 |
3.00 |
3.36 |
2.8 |
50 |
$2 |
Erasmo Ramirez |
11 |
163.1 |
6.94 |
2.20 |
47.80% |
3.75 |
3.76 |
3.88 |
2.4 |
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