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Yesterday the state of the position for pitchers dropped. Garrett also discussed recent transactions in yesterday’s Roto Report (Arrieta, Lynn, Lucroy). I gave my thoughts on Neil Walker signing with the Yankees. Hint, I like it.
Today, Eddy chimed in with his coveted three-tier piece. Inside, you can find his favorite elite, mid-range, and value hurlers for 2018.
Basically, we have you covered, fam. Now let’s dive into the Top 75 for starting pitching. After 75 I lost interest, because really, once you get to Rick Porcello, it’s time to hang it up, eh?
As always, feel free to haggle away in the comments. Ranking this many players is an undertaking, one I do not enjoy. For my part, once I’m out of the Top 24 or so, I start taking my shots. Hence, Trevor Bauer at No. 25. I also like Cueto to have a resurgent season. And I like “The Shark” for solid ratios and all those strikeouts.
Who do you like? Who do you not like? Who would you like to hear about this week? Put us to work! Enjoy!
Top 75 Starers for 2018
Player Name | Rank | Heath | Eddy | Punk | AVG | Min | Max |
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Player Name | Rank | Heath | Eddy | Punk | AVG | Min | Max |
Max Scherzer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.33 | 1 | 2 |
Clayton Kershaw | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.67 | 1 | 2 |
Corey Kluber | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.33 | 3 | 4 |
Chris Sale | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.67 | 3 | 4 |
Madison Bumgarner | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6.33 | 5 | 9 |
Stephen Strasburg | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6.33 | 5 | 8 |
Noah Syndergaard | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6.67 | 6 | 8 |
Jacob deGrom | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8.67 | 7 | 10 |
Zack Greinke | 9 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 13 |
Luis Severino | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9.33 | 8 | 11 |
Justin Verlander | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11.67 | 10 | 13 |
Carlos Carrasco | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12.33 | 11 | 14 |
Yu Darvish | 13 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12.33 | 10 | 14 |
Chris Archer | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14.67 | 14 | 15 |
Carlos Martinez | 15 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14.67 | 12 | 16 |
Robbie Ray | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16.67 | 15 | 18 |
Aaron Nola | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17.33 | 16 | 18 |
Gerrit Cole | 18 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 20 |
James Paxton | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19.67 | 19 | 21 |
Jose Quintana | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 23 |
Shohei Ohtani | 21 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 23.67 | 21 | 28 |
Masahiro Tanaka | 22 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 30 |
Dallas Keuchel | 23 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 24.33 | 21 | 29 |
Zack Godley | 24 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 27 |
Trevor Bauer | 25 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 26.67 | 25 | 30 |
Luis Castillo | 26 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 29.67 | 29 | 31 |
Jake Arrieta | 27 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 30.33 | 26 | 35 |
Johnny Cueto | 28 | 19 | 35 | 37 | 30.33 | 19 | 37 |
Jeff Samardzija | 29 | 26 | 26 | 39 | 30.33 | 26 | 39 |
Alex Wood | 30 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32.33 | 32 | 33 |
Lance McCullers Jr | 31 | 22 | 40 | 35 | 32.33 | 22 | 40 |
Luke Weaver | 32 | 34 | 43 | 25 | 34 | 25 | 43 |
Jose Berrios | 33 | 32 | 42 | 28 | 34 | 28 | 42 |
Rich Hill | 34 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 36 |
David Price | 35 | 24 | 28 | 50 | 34 | 24 | 50 |
Jon Gray | 36 | 38 | 27 | 40 | 35 | 27 | 40 |
Kyle Hendricks | 37 | 41 | 41 | 24 | 35.33 | 24 | 41 |
Jon Lester | 38 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 36.33 | 36 | 37 |
Kevin Gausman | 39 | 44 | 34 | 43 | 40.33 | 34 | 44 |
Jameson Taillon | 40 | 31 | 38 | 55 | 41.33 | 31 | 55 |
Danny Duffy | 41 | 43 | 44 | 38 | 41.67 | 38 | 44 |
Sonny Gray | 42 | 40 | 54 | 34 | 42.67 | 34 | 54 |
Gio Gonzalez | 43 | 44.5 | 53 | 31 | 42.83 | 31 | 53 |
Chase Anderson | 44 | 46 | 39 | 44 | 43 | 39 | 46 |
Taijuan Walker | 45 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 44.33 | 42 | 46 |
Marcus Stroman | 46 | 39 | 55 | 41 | 45 | 39 | 55 |
Blake Snell | 47 | 47 | 37 | 52 | 45.33 | 37 | 52 |
Garrett Richards | 48 | 45 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 51 |
Dylan Bundy | 49 | 50 | 50 | 42 | 47.33 | 42 | 50 |
Dinelson Lamet | 50 | 48 | 46 | 54 | 49.33 | 46 | 54 |
Charlie Morton | 51 | 51 | 47 | 56 | 51.33 | 47 | 56 |
Lance Lynn | 52 | 49 | 57 | 49 | 51.67 | 49 | 57 |
Jacob Faria | 53 | 58 | 52 | 48 | 52.67 | 48 | 58 |
Michael Fulmer | 54 | 56 | 56 | 47 | 53 | 47 | 56 |
Kenta Maeda | 55 | 54 | 49 | 57 | 53.33 | 49 | 57 |
Michael Wacha | 56 | 61 | 48 | 58 | 55.67 | 48 | 61 |
JA Happ | 57 | 53 | 59 | 60 | 57.33 | 53 | 60 |
Alex Cobb | 58 | 60 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 60 |
Mike Clevinger | 59 | 55 | 60 | 62 | 59 | 55 | 62 |
Lucas Giolito | 60 | 62 | 61 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 63 |
Danny Salazar | 61 | 52 | 82 | 53 | 62.33 | 52 | 82 |
Drew Pomeranz | 62 | 57 | 81 | 51 | 63 | 51 | 81 |
Jordan Montgomery | 63 | 63 | 65 | 71 | 66.33 | 63 | 71 |
Aaron Sanchez | 64 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 67 | 59 | 75 |
Ervin Santana | 65 | 66 | 66 | 73 | 68.33 | 66 | 73 |
Julio Teheran | 66 | 65 | 80 | 61 | 68.67 | 61 | 80 |
Patrick Corbin | 67 | 67 | 63 | 77 | 69 | 63 | 77 |
Luiz Gohara | 68 | 72 | 62 | 74 | 69.33 | 62 | 74 |
Tanner Roark | 69 | 71 | 68 | 76 | 71.67 | 68 | 76 |
Tyler Chatwood | 70 | 74 | 64 | 78 | 72 | 64 | 78 |
Jake Odorizzi | 71 | 70 | 83 | 64 | 72.33 | 64 | 83 |
Miles Mikolas | 72 | 75 | 69 | 82 | 75.33 | 69 | 82 |
Sean Manaea | 73 | 64 | 97 | 67 | 76 | 64 | 97 |
Eduardo Rodriguez | 74 | 76 | 70 | 83 | 76.33 | 70 | 83 |
Felix Hernandez | 75 | 68 | 71 | 91 | 76.67 | 68 | 91 |