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The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings

Jacob deGrom - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Injury News, DFS Picks

Nick Mariano's Baller Ranks is a weekly fantasy baseball rankings list for the top 101 starting pitchers. He ranks and analyzes updated pitcher values for Week 3.

Welcome to the first iteration of my 2021 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a weekly peek at my top 101 SPs moving forward.

Since this is the first version of the year, it won't be "full" because much of the punch hinges on movement from the prior week and a reliable set of stats. For now, enjoy my early Top 101 SPs with notes on many of these arms. Do note that I leave off most injured players.

Beginning next week, we'll also have enough stats to go off for a proper Baller Ranks spreadsheet with the usual 5x5 categories, strikeout rates, Called + Swinging Strike rates, xwOBA and more. Many of those stats are simply too noisy/small-sampleish this early, it'll just weigh us down. You can check out 2020's final article in the series here for reference.

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Top 101 Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 3

Tier Player Rank $ Notes
1 Jacob deGrom 1 43.0 Run support memes continue but he remains No. 1
1 Shane Bieber 2 39.0 24 K's in 12 1/3 IP balances early HR bumps
1 Gerrit Cole 3 38.0 No complaints here, 2 ER through 2 turns w/ 21 K's
2 Trevor Bauer 4 34.0 Only getting beat by longball...& maybe MLB investigation
2 Lucas Giolito 5 33.0 Yet to pitch six innings but still looks stellar, SP1 trust
2 Yu Darvish 6 30.0 Bumpy first outing but rebounded against SF. PIT next
2 Aaron Nola 7 29.0
2 Max Scherzer 8 28.0 Lower velo in 2nd start, but held LAD to 1 run
2 Luis Castillo 9 28.0 Erase that 1st freezing start, 2nd outing much more in line
2 Clayton Kershaw 10 26.0 A bad Coors start followed by two gems, sensible
2 Walker Buehler 11 25.0 2 QS to begin, but 8 K's in 12 IP isn't meeting the bar
3 Brandon Woodruff 12 24.0
3 Lance Lynn 13 24.0 Nothing like a CGSHO to silence the doubters
3 Corbin Burnes 14 22.0 Pair of 1-hit gems to open '21, how long can he sustain this?
3 Blake Snell 15 22.0
3 Kenta Maeda 16 21.0
3 Tyler Glasnow 17 21.0 2 QS with steady whiffs, no wins; TEX next is juicy
3 Hyun-Jin Ryu 18 19.0
4 Jose Berrios 19 19.0 Has he unlocked the next gear for big strikeouts?
4 Zack Wheeler 20 17.5
4 Stephen Strasburg 21 16.5 Went 6 scoreless in 2021 debut, hope health holds
4 Joe Musgrove 22 16.0 First no-hitter in SD history, first of '21; Take a bow, Joe
4 Jack Flaherty 23 15.0 Carved up MIA after poor CIN start; past last year's woes?
4 Max Fried 24 14.0 Left 2nd start after comebacker, rough turns but MIA next
4 Kyle Hendricks 25 14.0
4 Dylan Bundy 26 13.0
4 Zack Greinke 27 12.0 Low K's can be tolerated alongside low ratios. DET next
5 Zac Gallen 28 11.0 May return for April 13 start against OAK
5 Kevin Gausman 29 11.0
5 Jesus Luzardo 30 10.0 Hit hard in 1st start, poor control in 2nd. Consistency!
5 Ian Anderson 31 9.5 Held PHI to 1 run in '21 debut, yielded 4 ER in rematch
5 Sonny Gray 32 9.5 Threw simulated game on April 10; may return this week
5 Zach Plesac 33 9.5
5 Charlie Morton 34 9.5 QS in second outing of '21 with 7 K's
5 Lance McCullers Jr. 35 9.0 Only 5 IP in each start, but he looks sharp when out there
5 Frankie Montas 36 9.0 Unraveled in '21 debut vs. LAD but sharp QS at HOU after
5 Pablo Lopez 37 9.0
5 Marcus Stroman 38 8.5 W & QS with 6 innings of 1-run ball in return
5 Sandy Alcantara 39 8.5
5 Chris Paddack 40 8.5 2 ugly 4-IP outings to begin '21, missing command. PIT next
5 Zach Eflin 41 8.5
6 Triston McKenzie 42 8.0 Can induce whiffs, needs better control. CWS next = big test
6 Marco Gonzales 43 8.0 Hit very hard in each start, where is the command?
6 Patrick Corbin 44 8.0
6 Tyler Mahle 45 8.0 Only 9 IP thus far, but 15 K's & 2 ER has a lot to offer
6 Eduardo Rodriguez 46 8.0 His arm looked live w/ 7 K's over 5 IP, MIN tough test next
7 Shohei Ohtani 47 6.5 Exciting 7 K's in 1st start, 2nd delayed by blister but I'm ready
7 Aaron Civale 48 5.5 Dominated Detroit twice; can he do the same against CWS?
7 Julio Urias 49 5.0
7 Freddy Peralta 50 4.5 7 scoreless IP, 14 K's highlights his potential
7 Cristian Javier 51 4.5 Don't mind the Alt-Site assignment, he needs more stamina
7 Michael Pineda 52 4.0
7 Jordan Montgomery 53 4.0
7 German Marquez 54 4.0 7 K's in first road start but SF still tagged him. Coors looms
7 Jose Urquidy 55 4.0
7 Jameson Taillon 56 4.0 Strong 7 K's over 4 2/3 IP in return to bump, gotta love it
7 Dustin May 57 4.0 8 K's across 6 shutout frames, road Rockies upcoming
7 Trevor Rogers 58 4.0 Went toe-to-toe with deGrom; early NL RoY candidate?
7 Yusei Kikuchi 59 2.0 Handled MIN lineup well, 2 QS with 16 K's through 12 IP
8 Dallas Keuchel 60 3.5 Hasn't found paintstrokes on edge of zone yet, wait it out
8 John Means 61 3.0
8 Chris Bassitt 62 3.0
8 Dinelson Lamet 63 2.5 SD may activate him next week after 3 2/3 IP sim game
8 Drew Smyly 64 2.5
8 Zach Davies 65 2.5
8 Andrew Heaney 66 2.0
8 Nathan Eovaldi 67 2.0
8 Sean Manaea 68 2.0 Ugly opener vs. HOU but QS in the rematch, DET next
8 Brady Singer 69 2.0
9 Corey Kluber 70 1.5 Some flashes of old, but control isn't there yet
9 Ryan Yarbrough 71 1.5
9 Taijuan Walker 72 1.5 Continued his strong 2020 with QS in 2021 debut vs. MIA
9 Dane Dunning 73 1.5
9 Matthew Boyd 74 1.5 Loud contact will occur but nice to see 8 K's in 2nd start
9 Dylan Cease 75 1.5
9 Jake Odorizzi 76 1.5 Has built up his arm more, should debut against DET
9 Tarik Skubal 77 1.5
9 Casey Mize 78 1.5
9 Griffin Canning 79 1.5
9 Matt Shoemaker 80 1.5 Tagged for 2 HRs late vs. SEA, but 12/1 K/BB ratio early
10 Brad Keller 81 1.0
10 Adbert Alzolay 82 1.0
10 Logan Webb 83 1.0
10 Alex Cobb 84 1.0 7 K's in 1st start is intriguing; blister pushed 2nd outing
10 Adam Wainwright 85 1.0
10 Carlos Rodon 86 1.0 9 K's, 3 BB's in 5 shutout IP; classic. 95 mph is new, though
10 Justin Dunn 87 1.0
10 J.A. Happ 88 1.0
10 Deivi Garcia 89 1.0 His time may be coming after Germán was optioned
10 Tanner Houck 90 1.0 I know, waiting stinks but that is a fragile rotation
10 Tony Gonsolin 91 1.0
10 Steven Matz 92 1.0 Can he keep the ball in the smaller ALE parks long-term?
10 Rich Hill 93 1.0
10 Jakob Junis 94 1.0 How far can 2 pitches (FB/SL) go? Slider velo up 3 mph
10 Mike Minor 95 1.0
10 Chris Flexen 96 1.0 Misses 4-game BAL series; can he earn streamer status?
10 Justus Sheffield 97 1.0
10 Jon Gray 98 1.0
10 Danny Duffy 99 1.0
10 Johnny Cueto 100 1.0
10 Mitch Keller 101 1.0 5 IP, 7 K's, 1 ER on April 10; can he build off of that?

 



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