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With the MLB hot stove burning, here’s my updated top 100 fantasy pitchers heading into the 2020 season. Agree? Disagree? Let me know in the comments!
Top 100 Starting Pitchers
| # | NFBC ADP | DIFF | Name | ERA | WHIP | K/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NFBC ADP | DIFF | Name | ERA | WHIP | K/9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Cole, Gerrit | 2.87 | 1.05 | 12.43 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | Scherzer, Max | 2.73 | 1.00 | 11.98 |
| 3 | 2 | -1 | deGrom, Jacob | 2.99 | 1.10 | 11.37 |
| 4 | 3 | -1 | Verlander, Justin | 3.11 | 1.07 | 11.47 |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | Sale, Chris | 2.70 | 1.03 | 11.90 |
| 6 | 10 | 4 | Snell, Blake | 2.96 | 1.08 | 12.19 |
| 7 | 9 | 2 | Strasburg, Stephen | 3.19 | 1.16 | 10.41 |
| 8 | 6 | -2 | Clevinger, Mike | 3.21 | 1.17 | 11.94 |
| 9 | 5 | -4 | Buehler, Walker | 3.16 | 1.14 | 10.02 |
| 10 | 15 | 5 | Castillo, Luis | 3.34 | 1.19 | 11.54 |
| 11 | 8 | -3 | Bieber, Shane | 3.27 | 1.17 | 10.63 |
| 12 | 23 | 11 | Syndergaard, Noah | 3.14 | 1.14 | 10.22 |
| 13 | 7 | -6 | Flaherty, Jack | 3.34 | 1.20 | 11.07 |
| 14 | 17 | 3 | Giolito, Lucas | 3.32 | 1.18 | 10.79 |
| 15 | 18 | 3 | Severino, Luis | 3.28 | 1.18 | 10.46 |
| 16 | 12 | -4 | Corbin, Patrick | 3.59 | 1.28 | 11.24 |
| 17 | 16 | -1 | Kershaw, Clayton | 3.08 | 1.08 | 9.11 |
| 18 | 20 | 2 | Glasnow, Tyler | 3.24 | 1.16 | 10.75 |
| 19 | 13 | -6 | Nola, Aaron | 3.54 | 1.24 | 9.50 |
| 20 | 24 | 4 | Ohtani, Shohei | 3.46 | 1.21 | 11.62 |
| 21 | 27 | 6 | Paxton, James | 3.53 | 1.21 | 10.54 |
| 22 | 22 | 0 | Darvish, Yu | 3.63 | 1.25 | 10.45 |
| 23 | 19 | -4 | Morton, Charlie | 3.47 | 1.22 | 10.00 |
| 24 | 14 | -10 | Paddack, Chris | 3.46 | 1.14 | 9.06 |
| 25 | 33 | 8 | Carrasco, Carlos | 3.28 | 1.19 | 10.66 |
| 26 | 25 | -1 | Bauer, Trevor | 3.69 | 1.26 | 11.09 |
| 27 | 29 | 2 | Berrios, Jose | 3.71 | 1.24 | 8.93 |
| 28 | 39 | 11 | Gallen, Zac | 3.74 | 1.24 | 10.07 |
| 29 | 36 | 7 | Lamet, Dinelson | 3.62 | 1.23 | 11.70 |
| 30 | 31 | 1 | Soroka, Mike | 3.56 | 1.23 | 8.49 |
| 31 | 26 | -5 | Kluber, Corey | 3.83 | 1.23 | 8.82 |
| 32 | 35 | 3 | Luzardo, Jesus | 3.53 | 1.26 | 9.94 |
| 33 | 21 | -12 | Greinke, Zack | 3.81 | 1.26 | 8.70 |
| 34 | 37 | 3 | Montas, Frankie | 3.78 | 1.29 | 9.03 |
| 35 | 32 | -3 | Ryu, Hyun-Jin | 3.67 | 1.24 | 8.50 |
| 36 | 28 | -8 | Woodruff, Brandon | 3.78 | 1.27 | 8.91 |
| 37 | 42 | 5 | Ray, Robbie | 3.83 | 1.29 | 11.74 |
| 38 | 38 | 0 | Wheeler, Zack | 3.73 | 1.25 | 8.87 |
| 39 | 46 | 7 | Boyd, Matthew | 3.63 | 1.16 | 10.21 |
| 40 | 30 | -10 | Gray Sonny | 3.86 | 1.31 | 9.54 |
| 41 | 60 | 19 | Canning, Griffin | 3.86 | 1.30 | 10.18 |
| 42 | 56 | 14 | Musgrove, Joe | 3.84 | 1.26 | 8.40 |
| 43 | 55 | 12 | Maeda, Kenta | 3.54 | 1.24 | 10.07 |
| 44 | 40 | -4 | Rodriguez, Eduardo | 3.95 | 1.32 | 9.10 |
| 45 | 50 | 5 | Price, David | 3.76 | 1.29 | 9.04 |
| 46 | 52 | 6 | Heaney, Andrew | 3.62 | 1.23 | 9.64 |
| 47 | 63 | 16 | German, Domingo | 3.72 | 1.22 | 10.19 |
| 48 | 49 | 1 | Marquez, German | 3.84 | 1.29 | 10.11 |
| 49 | 59 | 10 | Stroman, Marcus | 3.74 | 1.33 | 9.39 |
| 50 | 43 | -7 | Fried, Max | 3.71 | 1.34 | 9.34 |
| 51 | 71 | 20 | Archer, Chris | 3.92 | 1.33 | 10.48 |
| 52 | 51 | -1 | McCullers, Lance | 3.73 | 1.34 | 9.99 |
| 53 | 61 | 8 | Urquidy, Jose | 3.93 | 1.29 | 9.38 |
| 54 | 66 | 12 | McKay, Brendan | 3.62 | 1.23 | 9.40 |
| 55 | 58 | 3 | Smith, Caleb | 3.88 | 1.19 | 9.95 |
| 56 | 69 | 13 | Kopech, Michael | 3.85 | 1.34 | 10.86 |
| 57 | 95 | 38 | Lopez, Pablo | 3.67 | 1.26 | 8.59 |
| 58 | 47 | -11 | Minor, Mike | 3.91 | 1.25 | 8.96 |
| 59 | 34 | -25 | Bumgarner, Madison | 3.76 | 1.25 | 8.33 |
| 60 | 73 | 13 | Houser, Adrian | 3.84 | 1.31 | 9.24 |
| 61 | 79 | 18 | Richards, Garrett | 3.76 | 1.31 | 9.36 |
| 62 | 99 | 37 | Bundy, Dylan | 3.85 | 1.26 | 9.32 |
| 63 | 78 | 15 | Chirinos, Yonny | 3.85 | 1.29 | 8.45 |
| 64 | 105 | 41 | Gibson, Kyle | 3.98 | 1.35 | 9.36 |
| 65 | 44 | -21 | Hendricks, Kyle | 4.01 | 1.27 | 7.53 |
| 66 | 53 | -13 | Weaver, Luke | 4.18 | 1.38 | 8.87 |
| 67 | 41 | -26 | Lynn, Lance | 4.22 | 1.42 | 8.95 |
| 68 | 45 | -23 | Manaea, Sean | 4.07 | 1.32 | 8.06 |
| 69 | 62 | -7 | Keller, Mitch | 4.28 | 1.45 | 9.01 |
| 70 | 65 | -5 | Tanaka, Masahiro | 3.99 | 1.29 | 8.62 |
| 71 | 90 | 19 | Gore, MacKenzie | 3.73 | 1.27 | 9.06 |
| 72 | 48 | -24 | Odorizzi, Jake | 4.21 | 1.34 | 8.94 |
| 73 | 134 | 61 | Shoemaker, Matt | 3.94 | 1.29 | 8.92 |
| 74 | 67 | -7 | Gray, Jon | 4.08 | 1.36 | 9.53 |
| 75 | 82 | 7 | Hamels, Cole | 4.16 | 1.39 | 8.90 |
| 76 | 88 | 12 | Pineda, Michael | 4.23 | 1.30 | 8.75 |
| 77 | 139 | 62 | Gausman, Kevin | 3.56 | 1.21 | 10.12 |
| 78 | 77 | -1 | Cease, Dylan | 4.16 | 1.40 | 9.63 |
| 79 | 190 | 111 | Fulmer, Michael | 3.89 | 1.30 | 8.00 |
| 80 | 68 | -12 | May, Dustin | 3.95 | 1.32 | 8.09 |
| 81 | 94 | 13 | Kelly, Merrill | 4.26 | 1.36 | 7.65 |
| 82 | 160 | 78 | Hernandez, Elieser | 3.92 | 1.26 | 8.77 |
| 83 | 101 | 18 | Plesac, Zach | 4.11 | 1.30 | 7.66 |
| 84 | 113 | 29 | Eflin, Zach | 4.15 | 1.34 | 8.32 |
| 85 | 131 | 46 | Graterol, Brusdar | 4.05 | 1.38 | 9.38 |
| 86 | 84 | -2 | Lopez, Reynaldo | 4.33 | 1.36 | 8.40 |
| 87 | 129 | 42 | Wood, Alex | 4.06 | 1.32 | 8.16 |
| 88 | 192 | 104 | Perez, Martin | 4.03 | 1.35 | 8.35 |
| 89 | 70 | -19 | Yarbrough, Ryan | 4.02 | 1.29 | 7.99 |
| 90 | 87 | -3 | Cueto, Johnny | 4.18 | 1.35 | 8.03 |
| 91 | 72 | -19 | Alcantara, Sandy | 4.12 | 1.36 | 9.10 |
| 92 | 108 | 16 | Eovaldi, Nathan | 4.16 | 1.33 | 8.70 |
| 93 | 54 | -39 | Foltynewicz, Mike | 4.19 | 1.38 | 8.39 |
| 94 | 136 | 42 | Pivetta, Nick | 4.03 | 1.35 | 9.16 |
| 95 | 93 | -2 | Means, John | 4.43 | 1.38 | 7.81 |
| 96 | 74 | -22 | Whitley, Forrest | 3.87 | 1.32 | 10.81 |
| 97 | 76 | -21 | DeSclafani, Anthony | 4.23 | 1.36 | 9.10 |
| 98 | 140 | 42 | Howard, Spencer | 3.74 | 1.29 | 10.54 |
| 99 | 173 | 74 | Ross, Joe | 4.16 | 1.36 | 8.24 |
| 100 | 178 | 78 | Smyly, Drew | 4.32 | 1.31 | 8.93 |