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Nick Mariano's updated fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings for Week 23 (2024). Baller Ranks is a weekly rankings list for the top-101 starting pitchers.
The final days of August mean we have one calendar month remaining in the fantasy baseball season. Your competition is still on cruise control but the path to victory is built on consistent preparation. Let's stay strong with the Week 23 edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks!
This week will be an abbreviated one, with tiered ranks, complemented by a rest-of-season auction value ($), their Previous Week's Value (PV), the trend between the two, and a (+/-) column denoting the rank shift compared to last week. We've got a family situation here so we're skipping straight to the ranks, my apologies, but this week's table supplies a specialized blend between talent and projected remaining schedules.
These ranks are geared toward traditional 5x5 roto leagues, and I typically exclude most injured SPs, lest a return is imminent. I'm looking forward to slotting Jacob deGrom into the top 10 soon! Best of luck to you all as the September sprint to the finish begins!
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Top 101 Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 23
| (+/-) | Tier | Player | Rank | $ | PV | Trend |
| 0 | 1 | Chris Sale | 1 | $44.0 | 44.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 1 | Blake Snell | 2 | $44.0 | 44.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 1 | Zack Wheeler | 3 | $44.0 | 44.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 1 | Jack Flaherty | 4 | $43.0 | 43.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 1 | 1 | Dylan Cease | 5 | $41.0 | 38.5 | 2.5 ▲ |
| -1 | 2 | Bailey Ober | 6 | $39.5 | 42.0 | -2.5 ▼ |
| 0 | 2 | Logan Gilbert | 7 | $38.0 | 37.0 | 1.0 ▲ |
| 0 | 2 | Tarik Skubal | 8 | $37.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 2 | Gerrit Cole | 9 | $37.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 2 | Michael King | 10 | $35.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 2 | Luis Castillo | 11 | $34.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 2 | Cole Ragans | 12 | $33.0 | 33.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 2 | Framber Valdez | 13 | $33.0 | 33.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 2 | Paul Skenes | 14 | $32.0 | 32.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 1 | 3 | Aaron Nola | 15 | $31.5 | 31.0 | 0.5 ▲ |
| -1 | 3 | George Kirby | 16 | $31.0 | 31.5 | -0.5 ▼ |
| 0 | 3 | Shota Imanaga | 17 | $30.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 3 | Logan Webb | 18 | $29.5 | 29.5 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 3 | Justin Steele | 19 | $29.5 | 29.5 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 1 | 3 | Pablo Lopez | 20 | $27.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| -1 | 3 | Corbin Burnes | 21 | $26.0 | 28.0 | -2.0 ▼ |
| 1 | 3 | Max Fried | 22 | $25.5 | 25.5 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 2 | 3 | Yusei Kikuchi | 23 | $25.5 | 23.5 | 2.0 ▲ |
| -2 | 3 | Sonny Gray | 24 | $25.0 | 25.5 | -0.5 ▼ |
| 2 | 4 | Carlos Rodon | 25 | $23.5 | 23.5 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 0 | 4 | Spencer Schwellenbach | 26 | $23.5 | 23.5 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 1 | 4 | Tanner Bibee | 27 | $23.5 | 23.0 | 0.5 ▲ |
| 1 | 4 | Bryan Woo | 28 | $23.0 | 21.0 | 2.0 ▲ |
| 1 | 4 | Ronel Blanco | 29 | $21.0 | 21.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 2 | 4 | Bryce Miller | 30 | $21.0 | 20.0 | 1.0 ▲ |
| 6 | 4 | Cristopher Sanchez | 31 | $20.0 | 18.0 | 2.0 ▲ |
| -1 | 4 | Hunter Brown | 32 | $20.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 7 | 4 | Nathan Eovaldi | 33 | $20.0 | 16.5 | 3.5 ▲ |
| 9 | 4 | Joe Musgrove | 34 | $19.0 | 15.5 | 3.5 ▲ |
| 13 | 4 | Reynaldo Lopez | 35 | $18.5 | 13.0 | 5.5 ▲ |
| 9 | 4 | Ryan Pepiot | 37 | $18.0 | 14.0 | 4.0 ▲ |
| -3 | 5 | Jared Jones | 36 | $18.5 | 20.0 | -1.5 ▼ |
| -3 | 5 | Freddy Peralta | 38 | $17.0 | 18.5 | -1.5 ▼ |
| 2 | 5 | Spencer Arrighetti | 39 | $17.0 | 15.5 | 1.5 ▲ |
| 7 | 5 | Tobias Myers | 40 | $16.5 | 13.5 | 3.0 ▲ |
| 11 | 5 | Jeffrey Springs | 41 | $15.5 | 11.5 | 4.0 ▲ |
| 0 | 5 | Clayton Kershaw | 42 | $15.5 | 15.5 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 6 | 5 | Garrett Crochet | 43 | $15.5 | 12.0 | 3.5 ▲ |
| 13 | 5 | Ryne Nelson | 44 | $15.5 | 10.0 | 5.5 ▲ |
| 14 | 5 | Bowden Francis | 45 | $15.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 ▲ |
| 9 | 5 | Zebby Matthews | 46 | $14.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 ▲ |
| 9 | 5 | Nick Pivetta | 47 | $13.5 | 10.0 | 3.5 ▲ |
| 6 | 5 | Kevin Gausman | 48 | $13.0 | 11.0 | 2.0 ▲ |
| 1 | 5 | Shane Baz | 49 | $12.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 18 | 5 | Gavin Stone | 50 | $12.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 ▲ |
| -7 | 6 | Zac Gallen | 51 | $11.5 | 15.5 | -4.0 ▼ |
| -16 | 6 | Taj Bradley | 52 | $11.5 | 18.5 | -7.0 ▼ |
| -15 | 6 | Gavin Williams | 53 | $11.0 | 17.0 | -6.0 ▼ |
| N/A | 6 | Ranger Suarez | 54 | $11.0 | N/A | N/A |
| -10 | 6 | Seth Lugo | 55 | $10.0 | 15.0 | -5.0 ▼ |
| -5 | 6 | Tyler Anderson | 56 | $10.0 | 11.5 | -1.5 ▼ |
| 28 | 6 | Andrew Heaney | 57 | $10.0 | 2.5 | 7.5 ▲ |
| -5 | 6 | Kutter Crawford | 58 | $9.0 | 11.0 | -2.0 ▼ |
| -1 | 6 | Tanner Houck | 59 | $9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 1 | 6 | David Festa | 60 | $8.5 | 8.5 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 3 | 6 | Nestor Cortes | 61 | $8.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 ▲ |
| -23 | 6 | Brandon Pfaadt | 62 | $8.5 | 17.0 | -8.5 ▼ |
| 2 | 6 | Cody Bradford | 63 | $7.5 | 7.0 | 0.5 ▲ |
| -1 | 6 | Brady Singer | 64 | $7.0 | 7.5 | -0.5 ▼ |
| 1 | 6 | Eduardo Rodriguez | 65 | $7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| -6 | 7 | Brayan Bello | 66 | $7.0 | 8.5 | -1.5 ▼ |
| 0 | 7 | JP Sears | 67 | $6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 1 | 7 | Merrill Kelly | 68 | $5.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 ▲ |
| 1 | 7 | Justin Verlander | 69 | $5.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 ▲ |
| 8 | 7 | Jose Berrios | 70 | $4.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 ▲ |
| N/A | 7 | Yu Darvish | 71 | $4.5 | N/A | N/A |
| 11 | 7 | Sean Manaea | 72 | $4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 ▲ |
| -2 | 7 | Matthew Boyd | 73 | $4.0 | 4.5 | -0.5 ▼ |
| -1 | 7 | Chris Bassitt | 74 | $4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 4 | 7 | Osvaldo Bido | 75 | $4.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 ▲ |
| -1 | 8 | Mitch Keller | 76 | $3.0 | 4.0 | -1.0 ▼ |
| -1 | 8 | DJ Herz | 77 | $2.5 | 3.0 | -0.5 ▼ |
| 2 | 8 | Albert Suarez | 78 | $2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 ▬ |
| N/A | 8 | Ben Lively | 79 | $2.5 | N/A | N/A |
| -6 | 8 | Colin Rea | 80 | $2.5 | 4.0 | -1.5 ▼ |
| 1 | 8 | Edward Cabrera | 81 | $2.5 | 3.5 | -1.0 ▼ |
| 2 | 8 | Martin Perez | 82 | $3.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 ▲ |
| 4 | 8 | Simeon Woods Richardson | 83 | $3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 ▲ |
| 5 | 8 | Kyle Gibson | 84 | $2.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 ▲ |
| 5 | 8 | Luis Severino | 85 | $2.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 ▲ |
| -9 | 8 | Michael Wacha | 86 | $2.0 | 2.5 | -0.5 ▼ |
| -15 | 9 | Jake Irvin | 87 | $2.0 | 4.0 | -2.0 ▼ |
| 3 | 9 | Andrew Abbott | 88 | $2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| -3 | 9 | Jameson Taillon | 89 | $2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 2 | 9 | Marcus Stroman | 90 | $2.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 ▲ |
| 2 | 9 | Charlie Morton | 91 | $2.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 ▲ |
| 5 | 9 | Frankie Montas | 92 | $1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 ▲ |
| 6 | 9 | Joe Boyle | 93 | $1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 ▲ |
| -13 | 9 | Nick Martinez | 94 | $1.0 | 2.5 | -1.5 ▼ |
| 5 | 10 | Keider Montero | 95 | $1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| -1 | 10 | Yariel Rodriguez | 96 | $1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| N/A | 10 | Hayden Birdsong | 97 | $1.0 | N/A | N/A |
| -4 | 10 | Erick Fedde | 98 | $1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| 2 | 10 | Bobby Miller | 99 | $1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 ▬ |
| -12 | 10 | Walker Buehler | 100 | $1.0 | 2.0 | -1.0 ▼ |
| N/A | 10 | Jack Leiter | 101 | $1.0 | N/A | N/A |
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