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Nick Mariano's Early 2021 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings

The upcoming 2021 season may not be normal -- going from 2020 to 2021 doesn't wave a magic wand -- but there's still comfort in baseball. As such, I will approach ranks as if a traditional 162-game season is coming. Join me for my position-by-position ranking series for the 2021 fantasy baseball season.

How much weight do we give 2020? How well can you erase notions such as the East, Central, and West divisions only playing each other? How about the DH in the National League. For now, I'm operating under the assumption of no NL DH moving forward. And it's clear that many familiar names may be frozen out of fair contracts as owners cry about lost revenue from the limited 2020 season.

We've covered all the hitters by now, talking about catchers, first base, second basethird baseshortstop and the outfield so far, so now we explore starting pitchers. It's early so I'll keep it light. Let's comb through my top 150 as we prepare for what we hope will be a refreshing 2021 season. NFBC ADP presented is through December 2nd.

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In case you missed it, our very own "Big Pick Nick" Mariano was named the #1 overall most accurate industry expert ranker for the 2018 season. Be sure to follow his updated rankings all season long!

Rank Tier Player Position
1 1 Jacob deGrom SP
2 1 Gerrit Cole SP
3 1 Shane Bieber SP
4 2 Trevor Bauer SP
5 2 Yu Darvish SP
6 2 Lucas Giolito SP
7 2 Aaron Nola SP
8 2 Luis Castillo SP
9 2 Max Scherzer SP
10 3 Clayton Kershaw SP
11 3 Jack Flaherty SP
12 3 Walker Buehler SP
13 3 Brandon Woodruff SP
14 3 Zac Gallen SP
15 3 Kenta Maeda SP
16 3 Tyler Glasnow SP
17 3 Blake Snell SP
18 3 Max Fried SP
19 3 Zach Plesac SP
20 4 Sonny Gray SP
21 4 Lance Lynn SP
22 4 Corbin Burnes SP
23 4 Hyun Jin Ryu SP
24 4 Stephen Strasburg SP
25 4 Dinelson Lamet SP
26 4 Carlos Carrasco SP
27 4 Jose Berrios SP
28 5 Framber Valdez SP
29 5 Zack Wheeler SP
30 5 Kyle Hendricks SP
31 5 Jesus Luzardo SP
32 5 Dylan Bundy SP
33 5 Julio Urias SP
34 5 Zack Greinke SP
35 5 Sixto Sanchez SP
36 5 Chris Paddack SP
37 6 Pablo Lopez SP
38 6 Ian Anderson SP
39 6 Sandy Alcantara SP
40 6 Lance McCullers Jr. SP
41 6 Frankie Montas SP
42 6 David Price SP
43 6 Aaron Civale SP
44 7 Kevin Gausman SP
45 7 Marco Gonzales SP
46 7 Charlie Morton SP
47 7 Joe Musgrove SP
48 7 Dustin May SP
49 7 Patrick Corbin SP
50 7 Mike Soroka SP
51 7 German Marquez SP
52 7 Triston McKenzie SP
53 7 Tyler Mahle SP
54 7 Chris Bassitt SP
55 7 Cristian Javier SP
56 7 Dallas Keuchel SP
57 7 Tony Gonsolin SP
58 7 Jose Urquidy SP
59 7 Andrew Heaney SP
60 7 Corey Kluber SP
61 7 Zach Eflin SP
62 7 Chris Sale SP
63 8 Brady Singer SP
64 8 Zach Davies SP
65 8 Jameson Taillon SP
66 8 Michael Pineda SP
67 8 Jordan Montgomery SP
68 8 John Means SP
69 8 Michael Kopech SP
70 8 Drew Smyly SP
71 8 Marcus Stroman SP
72 8 Eduardo Rodriguez SP
73 8 Nathan Eovaldi SP
74 8 MacKenzie Gore SP
75 8 Shohei Ohtani DH/SP
76 8 James Paxton SP
77 9 Elieser Hernandez SP
78 9 Nate Pearson SP
79 9 Justus Sheffield SP
80 9 Kwang Hyun Kim SP
81 9 Sean Manaea SP
82 9 Ryan Yarbrough SP
83 9 Brad Keller SP
84 9 Taijuan Walker SP
85 9 Dane Dunning SP
86 9 Caleb Smith SP
87 9 Masahiro Tanaka SP
88 9 Domingo German SP
89 9 Mitch Keller SP
90 9 Deivi Garcia SP
91 9 Tanner Houck SP
92 10 Matthew Boyd SP
93 10 Tarik Skubal SP
94 10 Casey Mize SP
95 10 Griffin Canning SP
96 10 Yusei Kikuchi SP
97 10 Luis Severino SP
98 10 Noah Syndergaard SP
99 10 Jake Odorizzi SP
100 10 Dylan Cease SP
101 10 David Peterson SP
102 10 Spencer Turnbull SP
103 10 Robbie Ray SP
104 10 Josh Lindblom SP
105 10 Madison Bumgarner SP
106 10 Adbert Alzolay SP
107 10 Tejay Antone SP/RP
108 10 Mike Minor SP
109 10 Cal Quantrill SP/RP
110 10 Adrian Houser SP
111 10 Spencer Howard SP
112 10 Adam Wainwright SP
113 10 Kris Bubic SP
114 10 Carlos Martinez SP
115 10 Luke Weaver SP
116 10 Daniel Ponce de Leon SP
117 10 Garrett Richards SP
118 10 Rich Hill SP
119 10 Adrian Morejon SP
120 10 A.J. Puk SP
121 10 Matt Manning SP
122 10 Antonio Senzatela SP
123 10 Bryan Garcia SP
124 10 Dean Kremer SP
125 10 Alec Mills SP
126 10 Keegan Akin SP
127 10 Clarke Schmidt SP
128 10 Miles Mikolas SP
129 10 J.A. Happ SP
130 10 Luis Patino SP
131 10 Matt Shoemaker SP
132 10 Ross Stripling SP/RP
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134 10 Kyle Wright SP
135 10 Jon Gray SP
136 10 Bryse Wilson SP
137 10 Austin Gomber SP
138 10 Jose Quintana SP
139 10 Justin Dunn SP
140 10 Danny Duffy SP
141 10 Merrill Kelly SP
142 10 Trevor Rogers SP
143 10 JT Brubaker SP
144 10 Anthony DeSclafani SP
145 10 Forrest Whitley SP
146 10 Kyle Freeland SP
147 10 Josh Fleming SP
148 10 Chris Archer SP
149 10 Joe Ross SP/RP
150 10 Steven Brault SP

Tier One

It appears I have a different hierarchy for the top three compared to early NFBC Draft Champions leagues, but deGrom is my champion for 2021. I doubt I draft a pitcher in the first two rounds with next year’s mold but Cole still has some homer problems and Bieber will face non-Central teams next year. I won’t die on any hills with this trio -- draft to your heart’s content and get your SP1.

If you believe the Yanks pair Cole with Kyle Higashioka to better results and healthier Ks, then I can see it, while Bieber’s 41.1% K rate and sturdy sabermetrics supply the optimism. But I'll take the deGrominator:

 

Tier Two

Most of us will be choosing our first pitcher from this group, especially if some of you double-tap two Tier Ones at the elbow. Where does the top free-agent arm, Trevor Bauer, land? Some may have him in their elite tier but we’ve seen Bauer tinker and seemingly outsmart himself from performing well before so I can't trust him like the others.

The most polarizing arm here seems to be Luis Castillo, whose changeup makes us all swoon. He cut down on walks and homers in the short 2020, with a pristine 2.65 FIP and 2.82 xFIP underneath the 3.21 ERA. One of just 17 starters with at least 70 innings pitched in ‘20, Castillo was coming off 226 K in 190 ⅔ IP in ‘19 and has proven himself to be a workhorse that’s beyond the weaker 2018 campaign. Mix that with a 22.5% fly-ball rate that was eighth-lowest out of 126 SPs (min. 30 IP) in ‘20 and you’ve got ace potential on your hands. Bury that offspeed, Mr. Castillo.

 

Tier Three

Many will ache at my dropping Walker Buehler here instead of the second tier, but the 26-year-old continues to be “managed” by LA instead of consistently working deep into games. This isn’t to say Buehler isn’t worth a high pick -- he’s still No. 11 on my board! -- but it’s difficult to say the man was unlucky regarding wins when he’s regularly pulled in the fifth or sixth inning. Also, he had a .198 BABIP in 36 ⅔ IP last year and while he’s good, don’t latch onto the resulting 0.95 WHIP that closely. A similar precaution goes to Kenta Maeda, who posted a .208 BABIP and 0.75 WHIP. Once again: Still very good, just not insanely good.

There’s plenty to pick apart but I want to hone in on Jack Flaherty. Is he going to lose Yadier Molina behind the dish? More importantly, can Flaherty get back to locating his fastball up in the zone? Fangraphs’ Jeff Zimmerman had a great piece here that included the frequency that pitchers threw their heat up in the zone and found that Flaherty checked in at 5% after posting 11% in ‘19. He points out the likely connection to three-year lows in the 28.8% K rate, 1.34 HR/9 and .281 BABIP, as well as give on his 9.4% walk rate. I have faith it’s easily repairable but it should be observable in Spring Training.

 

Tier Four

I have to admit that I expected Hyun-Jin Ryu to flop in the AL East but he crushed it. I still don’t want to bet on him long-term but the defense behind him improves with Vladito shifting to 1B and a potential shift to the corner outfield for Randal Grichuk.

Corbin Burnes will almost surely be overdrafted in 2021 after breaking out in the shortened 2020 season. I respect his arsenal and love the poise shown after early command woes capped his upside. He walked three batters in four of his first five outings and only worked deeper than five innings once in that span.

But then he picked apart a soft schedule that included two Pittsburgh matchups, Detroit, and Kansas City to the tune of a 1.63 ERA with four wins and a 59/10 K/BB ratio in 38 ⅔ IP across his final seven starts. And then there's the inning question that we'll have to ask of so many arms.

 

Tier Five

Zack Greinke and some youngsters reside here, with Framber Valdez, Dylan Bundy, and Sixto Sanchez drawing the most buzz. The dream is walking away from the draft with two of those three emerging arms, but helium and hype will surely keep their names atop many a queue.

Chris Paddack faltered after a hot rookie campaign, with many blaming his introduction of a cutter on throwing off his approach. Then there’s Frankie Montas, who carried high hopes and started well before injury waylaid his year. After holding opponents to just four runs in his first four starts combined, he was torched for 9 ER in 1 ⅔ IP to ignite a horrid six-start stretch where he should’ve just been on the injured list. Then he reminds us of his ceiling with 13 strikeouts over six shutout frames in his final start of 2020 -- go figure.

 

Tier Six

Don’t forget about David Price, who returns to LA after opting out for the 2020 season. He’ll be 35 years old and recently saw his fastball fall to 92 mph in 2018-19 from the usual 94 mph, so will he emphasize the cutter and changeup even more? Probably so, and we’ll hope that he enjoys a steady diet of Ws on a strong Dodger team much like his 16-win 2018 season. Fellow Dodger Julio Urías will need to improve his 20.1% strikeout rate, as the 2.5 K/BB ratio was only 83rd among 126 SP with at least 30 frames in ‘20.

I appear far lower than the public regarding Ian Anderson while standing much higher on Aaron Civale. The early NFBC Draft Champions leagues have seen Anderson go as the 27th pitcher whereas Civale is the 53rd arm (do note those are overall pitchers, not just SP). Anderson is wildly talented but still had a 10.1% walk rate after posting rates between 10-15% in the minor leagues. 

 

Tier Seven

This is the majority of the affectionately-dubbed “glut” as Paul Sporer would say. You can go in several directions here and I won’t take issue with most of them. Do you seek out the rehabbing veterans in Corey Kluber and Chris Sale? It’s been rumored that the BoSox are looking into signing Kluber, but the latest rumor links Kluber to the Yankees (and I'd love that).

Do you load up on arms coming off injured-affected years in Charlie Morton and Mike Soroka? What about the kids? You can mix in Dustin May, Triston McKenzie, Cristian Javier, and Tony Gonsolin as well. I worry that many of that last mix will go higher than I'm willing to go, especially May and McKenzie. May's social media pop via PitchingNinja and a wicked two-seamer that deserves plenty of shine is louder than his production thus far, while McKenzie had one excellent month that will vault him up the draft boards.

 

Tier Eight

I’m surprised to see that the pitcher being drafted highest here among early NFBC leagues is Brady Singer, he of the 4.06 ERA and modest 23.2% strikeout rate. I loved rostering him down the stretch after he survived a run of bad-luck matchups that brought three straight games against the Bomba Squad (MIN) followed by back-to-back starts against the White Sox. He exhaled with only four runs allowed over his final four starts, going 3-1 with a 25/8 K/BB ratio in 27 IP. While encouraging, the Twins and White Sox aren’t going anywhere and remain threatening opponents.

Another large batch of arms that missed the entirety (or most) of 2020 can be found strewn about, with Jameson Taillon, Michael Kopech, Eduardo Rodriguez, Shohei Ohtani, and Marcus Stroman reporting for duty. I expect to walk away from drafts with plenty of Kopech and Stroman in particular, with high hopes for Kopech's development with Yasmani Grandal behind the dish.

 

Tier Nine

Elieser Hernandez suffered a lat injury that further shortened his 2020, but his six starts offer some hope for the 25-year-old righty. His 27.4% K-BB% was eighth out of 165 SPs with at least 20 IP in 2020, sitting with Dinelson Lamet (27.3%) thanks to added life on his fastball and a sharp slider. He laid off his change, going from 11.4% in ‘19 to just 5.7% in ‘20. The heavier fastball diet led to five HRs in just 25 ⅔ IP and a career 1.87 HR/9 is scary, but he’s trending up.

Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller has taken quite the windy path to the bigs and 2020 continued that trend. After a spicy 28.6% strikeout rate was tied to a gaudy .475 BABIP in 48 IP two seasons ago, he lost 10 percentage points on the K’s but enjoyed a .104 BABIP through 21 ⅔ IP in 2020. He didn’t give up a hit in his last two starts, but walked 10 in those 11 innings and wound up with more free passes (18) than punchouts (16) in the short year. Can he pump up the fastball again?

I’d rather take a chance on Boston’s Tanner Houck, aka the right-handed Chris Sale. The walks might just be insurmountable in the end, but he attacks hitters with a potent fastball-slider combo. People will surely read too much into the 0.53 ERA/0.88 WHIP that’ll display in draft rooms, but that’s what 17 IP can do. He still had a 14.3% walk rate that mirrored his minor-league experiences (usually 9-12%), but the .161 BABIP helps immensely. I like some of the tools but he’s still a dangerous dude.

 

Tier 10

We’ve got two Tigers looking to get back in our good graces here. Matthew Boyd broke many hearts last year by throwing meatball heaters, even seeing his slider get cracked often. Hitters slugged .583 off the slider in ‘20, up from .339 in ‘19 alongside the ~100-point jump on fastballs. It’s no surprise we saw a career-high 37% hard-hit rate per Statcast. His 2019 showed enough where we can’t bail, this isn’t a Robbie Ray meltdown scenario.

Then there’s Spencer Turnbull, who only went deeper than six innings once in his 11 starts. His first three outings of 2020 were encouraging, yielding two wins with only four runs allowed and a season-high eight K’s in his first start. He then averaged four walks per start in the coming month and struggled with consistency. With less than a strikeout per inning, we couldn’t tolerate that and hopes must be modest as he enters his age-28 season.

Let’s just stick with Detroit and mention Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize. Mize remains the higher-touted prospect but Skubal looked more MLB-ready in 2020. Both had about 30 innings of work but Skubal’s 1.22 WHIP easily beat Mize’s 1.48 mark, while the 19.4% K-BB rate nearly doubled Mize’s 9.8%. Recall Skubal’s insane 48.2% strikeout rate from Double-A in ‘19 (only 42 ⅓ IP) and let’s see if a full offseason can sharpen the young talent here.



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Brandon Aiyuk had a career year last season, finishing seventh in the league in receiving yards (1342), second in yards per catch (17.9), and catching seven touchdowns. For his efforts, he was named to the Second-team All-Pro. However, despite many expecting them to do so, the 49ers failed to win Super Bowl LVIII and now... Read More


Players to Avoid Drafting in 2024 Best Ball

In my first article of the offseason, I highlighted four players to target in 2024 Best Ball leagues. In this article, I'll turn my attention to players you should avoid drafting in Best Ball leagues this season. There are lots of reasons to avoid a player in Best Ball, whether it's a new role, a... Read More


2024 NFL Mock Draft Round 1 Predictions (Post-Free Agency Update) - Picks from All 32 Teams

We've now reached the point in the year where the disappointment of there not being any live football until the fall has subsided and hope has begun to renew for each fanbase heading into draft season. The first wave of NFL Free Agency has also passed and the rosters of all 32 teams have begun... Read More


Drake London - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

2024 Top-200 Fantasy Football Rankings - Post Free Agency Edition

Fantasy football drafts are still five months away, but rankings and how fantasy managers value all of the players are constantly changing. With the better part of free agency in the rearview mirror and the best players on their new teams, we can re-evaluate our rankings to see which players have moved up and down.... Read More


Deshaun Watson - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Deshaun Watson- 2024 Dynasty Fantasy Football Outlook

The NFL offseason has been scorching hot. It's been fun to watch. While redraft fantasy football players have been able to put their feet up and relax, dynasty players know their work never stops. With major signings and big names on the move, the start of the offseason is one of the busiest times of... Read More


NFL DRAFT - Bold Predictions Round 2 2024

2024 NFL Draft: Bold Predictions and Potential Surprises for Round 2

Football never sleeps at RotoBaller! With the 2024 NFL Draft fast approaching, we're digging into what might transpire in this year's edition. RotoBaller analyst LaQuan Jones previews the 2024 NFL Draft and makes some BOLD Predictions about possible surprises and potential landing spots for the second round of the draft. Don't forget to check out... Read More


UFL SCHEDULE - Fantasy Football, 2024

2024 UFL Schedule (United Football League): Full 10-Game Schedule For Each Team

Check out the full 2024 UFL schedule for each team in the United Football League. The inaugural season of the UFL begins on March 30, and the first year of the XFL-USFL merger should be a fun one to keep tabs on. Each team will play ten regular season games before a four-team playoff consisting... Read More