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Updated Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings - 2023 Roto League Drafts: Triston McKenzie, George Kirby, Patrick Sandoval

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Updated 2023 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings for roto 5x5 mixed leagues as of March 17th, 2023. Use our SP rankings, tiers and analysis to win your fantasy baseball drafts.

Draft season is upon us, and we'll be releasing updated rankings constantly! In this article below, you'll find our MLB team's updated 2023 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings for roto leagues and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues as of March 17. This is an exciting time of year for MLB and fantasy baseball fans, as the MLB season is getting closer, and a full year of fantasy baseball lies ahead. We're here to ensure you crush your drafts, win your leagues, and earn those bragging rights.

Starters logging over 200 innings in a season is a rarity these days, as only eight pitchers threw over 200-plus innings in 2022. Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara led the way with 228 2/3 innings last season. Justin Verlander was the last pitcher to throw for over 250 innings, and that was over a decade ago. Drafting pitchers in early rounds can be risky with injuries and workload management. Not counting two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes and New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole were the only two pitchers to crack the top 20 in RotoBaller's top 300 overall rankings. We're here to help sort it out with our 2023 fantasy baseball rankings. Let's see where key starters like Spencer Strider, Triston McKenzie, Tyler Glasnow, George Kirby, Nick Lodolo, Kodai Senga, Patrick Sandoval, Grayson Rodriguez, Zach Eflin, and Hunter Brown rank, among others.

Our fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings are put together by Nick Mariano, Jon Anderson, JB Branson, Connelly Doan, and Ben Rosener. You can also find our other draft rankings for all league formats, continually updated throughout the preseason, in our main fantasy baseball Rankings Wizard tool. Also, make use of all our premium resources with our MLB Draft Kit. Most importantly, our brand new free mobile app is a must-have – download it and configure your notifications. We deliver all the top MLB news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts!

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Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings - Roto Leagues

The staff rankings are for roto leagues and standard 5x5 categories. They are always updated on our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. Nick Mariano was named the #1 overall most accurate industry expert ranker for the 2018 season, and Ariel Cohen was #1 overall for the 2019 season.

Last updated on Friday 3/17 at 8:00 am ET:

 SP Tier SP Ranking Player Name Pos Overall
1 1 Shohei Ohtani DH/SP 7
1 2 Gerrit Cole SP 13
1 3 Corbin Burnes SP 15
2 4 Spencer Strider SP 24
2 5 Jacob deGrom SP 25
2 6 Sandy Alcantara SP 26
2 7 Aaron Nola SP 27
2 8 Brandon Woodruff SP 29
2 9 Shane McClanahan SP 31
2 10 Justin Verlander SP 32
2 11 Max Scherzer SP 34
3 12 Zack Wheeler SP 41
3 13 Shane Bieber SP 42
3 14 Dylan Cease SP 45
3 15 Kevin Gausman SP 48
3 16 Luis Castillo SP 49
3 17 Julio Urias SP 50
3 18 Carlos Rodon SP 52
3 19 Max Fried SP 53
3 20 Cristian Javier SP/RP 56
4 21 Alek Manoah SP 64
4 22 Yu Darvish SP 69
4 23 Zac Gallen SP 70
4 24 Framber Valdez SP 73
5 25 Robbie Ray SP 90
5 26 Triston McKenzie SP 92
5 27 Logan Webb SP 93
5 28 Joe Musgrove SP 95
5 29 George Kirby SP 100
5 30 Hunter Greene SP 103
5 31 Blake Snell SP 106
5 32 Clayton Kershaw SP 107
5 33 Nestor Cortes Jr. SP/RP 109
5 34 Luis Severino SP 110
6 35 Lance Lynn SP 120
6 36 Logan Gilbert SP 121
6 37 Nick Lodolo SP 131
6 38 Chris Bassitt SP 132
6 39 Tyler Glasnow SP 134
6 40 Kyle Wright SP 135
6 41 Pablo Lopez SP 137
6 42 Jordan Montgomery SP 138
7 43 Freddy Peralta SP 139
7 44 Joe Ryan SP 143
7 45 Charlie Morton SP 147
7 46 Luis Garcia (SP) SP 149
7 47 Lucas Giolito SP 150
7 48 Dustin May SP 152
7 49 Chris Sale SP 155
7 50 Jeffrey Springs SP/RP 164
7 51 Drew Rasmussen SP 167
7 52 Jesus Luzardo SP 174
7 53 Andrew Heaney SP 176
7 54 Brady Singer SP 181
7 55 Kodai Senga SP 184
7 56 Nathan Eovaldi SP 187
7 57 Patrick Sandoval SP 190
7 58 Alex Cobb SP 191
8 59 Jon Gray SP 196
8 60 Sonny Gray SP 198
8 61 Grayson Rodriguez SP 204
8 62 Reid Detmers SP 206
8 63 Jose Berrios SP 216
8 64 Tyler Mahle SP 220
8 65 Tony Gonsolin SP 221
8 66 Lance McCullers Jr. SP 224
8 67 Merrill Kelly SP 228
8 68 Miles Mikolas SP 230
8 69 Jack Flaherty SP 233
8 70 Tyler Anderson SP 239
8 71 Marcus Stroman SP 240
8 72 Carlos Carrasco SP 243
8 73 Jameson Taillon SP 245
8 74 Edward Cabrera SP 249
8 75 Jose Urquidy SP 254
9 76 Eduardo Rodriguez SP 258
9 77 Justin Steele SP 260
9 78 Zach Eflin SP/RP 262
9 79 Trevor Rogers SP 263
9 80 Sean Manaea SP 267
9 81 Garrett Whitlock SP/RP 268
9 82 Steven Matz SP/RP 271
9 83 Kenta Maeda SP 272
9 84 Eric Lauer SP 274
9 85 Martin Perez SP 280
9 86 Jose Quintana SP 284
9 87 Aaron Civale SP 286
9 88 Alex Wood SP 288
9 89 Ross Stripling SP/RP 294
9 90 Roansy Contreras SP 295
9 91 Aaron Ashby SP/RP 297
9 92 Michael Kopech SP 307
9 93 Ranger Suarez SP 308
10 94 Adam Wainwright SP 320
10 95 David Peterson SP/RP 324
10 96 Ken Waldichuk SP 328
10 97 Taijuan Walker SP 330
10 98 Cal Quantrill SP 332
10 99 Noah Syndergaard SP 343
10 100 Tanner Houck SP/RP 344
10 101 Bailey Ober SP 351
10 102 Cole Irvin SP 353
10 103 Jose Suarez SP 359
10 104 Michael Wacha SP 364
10 105 Spencer Turnbull SP 369
10 106 Clarke Schmidt SP/RP 370
10 107 MacKenzie Gore SP 373
10 108 Brayan Bello SP 374
10 109 Tarik Skubal SP 380
10 110 Domingo German SP 384
11 111 Tylor Megill SP/RP 388
11 112 Nick Pivetta SP 390
11 113 Mike Soroka SP 392
11 114 Josiah Gray SP 398
11 115 Kyle Gibson SP 399
11 116 Cody Morris SP 400
11 117 Bailey Falter SP 406
11 118 Jalen Beeks SP/RP 413
11 119 Kyle Bradish SP 415
11 120 Hayden Wesneski SP 419
11 121 Drey Jameson SP 425
12 122 Corey Kluber SP 430
12 123 German Marquez SP 431
12 124 Frankie Montas SP 434
12 125 Mitch Keller SP 438
12 126 Matt Brash SP/RP 442
12 127 Ryne Nelson SP 444
12 128 Brandon Pfaadt SP 445
12 129 Paul Blackburn SP 447
12 130 Nick Martinez SP/RP 448
12 131 Johnny Cueto SP 449
12 132 Drew Smyly SP 453
12 133 James Paxton SP 456
12 134 Marco Gonzales SP 460
12 135 Braxton Garrett SP 463
12 136 Shintaro Fujinami SP 468
12 137 JT Brubaker SP 469
12 138 Matt Manning SP 477
12 139 Michael Lorenzen SP 479
12 140 Andrew Painter SP 481
12 141 Mike Clevinger SP 492
13 142 JP Sears SP 505
13 143 Yusei Kikuchi SP/RP 512
13 144 Yonny Chirinos SP/RP 515
13 145 Anthony DeSclafani SP 520
13 146 Keegan Thompson SP/RP 532
13 147 Jakob Junis SP/RP 535
13 148 Daniel Lynch SP 538
13 149 Dean Kremer SP 545
13 150 Wade Miley SP 547
13 151 Graham Ashcraft SP 553
13 152 Danny Duffy SP 557
13 153 Kyle Muller SP 558
14 154 Kyle Hendricks SP 566
14 155 Joey Wentz SP 570
14 156 James Kaprielian SP 573
14 157 Jordan Hicks SP/RP 575
14 158 Zach Plesac SP 578
14 159 Zack Greinke SP 580
14 160 Matt Bush SP/RP 582
14 161 Elieser Hernandez SP/RP 587
14 162 John Means SP 592
14 163 Joey Lucchesi SP 593
14 164 Taj Bradley SP 594
14 165 Hyun Jin Ryu SP 601
14 166 Kyle Harrison SP 602
14 167 Rich Hill SP 604
14 168 Gavin Stone SP 608
14 169 Sixto Sanchez SP 612
14 170 Zach Davies SP 615
14 171 Mason Englert P 618
14 172 Ian Anderson SP 621
15 173 Chris Flexen SP/RP 622
15 174 Bobby Miller SP 631
15 175 Ryan Pepiot SP 632
15 176 Bryce Elder SP 633
15 177 JT Chargois SP/RP 644
15 178 Kyle Freeland SP 645
15 179 Joe Ross SP 648
15 180 Drew Rucinski SP 651
15 181 Nate Pearson SP 655
15 182 Jake Odorizzi SP 658
16 183 Kutter Crawford SP/RP 660
16 184 Ricky Tiedemann SP 665
16 185 Shawn Dubin SP/RP 672
16 186 Mitch White SP/RP 673
16 187 Chris Paddack SP 675
16 188 Austin Gomber SP/RP 678
16 189 Ryan Yarbrough SP/RP 679
16 190 Adrian Houser SP 681
16 191 Shawn Armstrong SP/RP 683
16 192 Eury Perez SP 692
16 193 Luis Gil SP 695
16 194 Hogan Harris SP 697
16 195 Jhony Brito SP/RP 701
16 196 Matthew Liberatore SP 702
16 197 Johan Oviedo SP/RP 704
16 198 Louie Varland SP 706
16 199 Stephen Strasburg SP 709
16 200 Vince Velasquez SP/RP 710
16 201 Luis Patino SP 711
16 202 Adrian Martinez SP/RP 717
16 203 Reiver Sanmartin SP/RP 719
16 204 Walker Buehler SP 721
16 205 Patrick Corbin SP 722
16 206 Dane Dunning SP 725
16 207 Tanner Bibee SP 726
16 208 Chase Silseth SP 732
16 209 Xzavion Curry SP/RP 734
16 210 Madison Bumgarner SP 736
16 211 Reese Olson SP 738
16 212 Daniel Espino SP 741
16 213 Quinn Priester SP 742
16 214 Jordan Lyles SP 745
16 215 Adrian Sampson SP 746


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