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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 Pitchers News and Injuries
- Ryan Yarbrough Continues Making Progress
- Jacob deGrom To Take The Mound On Sunday
- Adrian Morejon Avoids Serious Injury
- Shane McClanahan Scoreless Over Two Starts This Spring
- Paul Blackburn Will Start Season On Injured List
- Tony Gonsolin To Begin Season On Injured List
- Lance Lynn To Start For Team USA On Saturday
- Sandy Alcantara Showing No Rust This Spring
- Garrett Whitlock Sharp In Spring Debut
- Yu Darvish May Not Make Opening Day Start
- Nathan Eovaldi To Be On Pitch Count Early On
- Hayden Wesneski Expected To Win Final Rotation Spot
- Kyle Wright To Make Spring Debut Next Week
- Cade Cavalli Needs Tommy John Surgery
- Zack Wheeler Having Tough Spring
- Julio Urias Having Uneven Spring So Far
- Aaron Ashby Hoping To Return Mid-May
- Cole Hamels Hoping To Return Midseason
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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