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The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings

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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 21.

Welcome to the Baller Ranks for the last month or so of the 2021 fantasy baseball season! I know football continues to grab headlines, but stay the course and dominate the stretch run for that sweet, sweet championship. Finish strong with another edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks!

This google sheet accompanies the table below and adds relevant 5x5 stats, K%, BB%, BABIP, FIP, xFIP, SIERA, ERA-FIP, and CSW% from the second half of the season. Do note that I leave off most injured players, and removing those injured players can give an illusion that others have risen despite mediocre performances. I highly encourage you to click the linkCLICK IT!

As always, these Rest of Season ranks are geared towards traditional 5x5 leagues sans most injured SPs, lest a return is imminent. If 25% of the board is on the IL, then it isn't terribly actionable, and I'll intermittently weave in updates of where I'd throw them in if they were healthy. For now, let's dive into my Top 101 SPs and be sure we've got the best chance at the podium.

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Top 101 Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 21

(+/-) Tier Player Rank EV $ $PV Trend Notes
0 1 Max Scherzer 1 6.1 42.0 42.0 0.0 ▬
0 1 Walker Buehler 2 14.2 41.0 41.0 0.0 ▬ Making up for lack of top-end Ks w/ consistency
0 1 Gerrit Cole 3 8.1 40.0 40.0 0.0 ▬
0 1 Zack Wheeler 4 10.1 39.0 39.0 0.0 ▬
2 2 Robbie Ray 5 9.9 37.5 31.0 6.5 ▲
-1 2 Brandon Woodruff 6 4.3 35.5 36.0 -0.5 ▼
-1 2 Lance Lynn 7 6.1 33.0 33.0 0.0 ▬ Hilarious belt antics should be worth points
0 2 Corbin Burnes 8 12.1 30.5 30.0 0.5 ▲
1 2 Chris Sale 9 1.6 28.0 27.0 1.0 ▲ Will he ramp up to 94+ mph on his heat soon?
-1 2 Lucas Giolito 10 6.5 27.5 29.0 -1.5 ▼
0 2 Jack Flaherty 11 2.0 27.5 27.0 0.5 ▲
0 3 Kevin Gausman 12 3.0 25.5 27.0 -1.5 ▼ Only 1 QS in 7 second-half starts, at least Ks remain
0 3 Luis Castillo 13 5.8 23.5 23.5 0.0 ▬ He's not perfect but ceiling showing more often
0 3 Charlie Morton 14 9.7 23.0 23.0 0.0 ▬
0 4 Frankie Montas 15 12.8 21.0 20.0 1.0 ▲
1 4 Aaron Nola 16 7.7 20.0 19.0 1.0 ▲ Corner turned? .218 BABIP since ASB is helpful
2 4 Shohei Ohtani 17 9.4 19.5 19.0 0.5 ▲ Preseason MVP bet looking pretty good
2 4 Max Fried 18 12.6 19.0 18.0 1.0 ▲ In pristine form, dominant on the bump
10 4 Logan Webb 19 8.3 19.0 12.0 7.0 ▲ Logan "Gamestop" Webb is rising quickly
-4 4 Joe Musgrove 20 6.7 19.0 20.0 -1.0 ▼
N/A 4 Yu Darvish 21 -0.3 18.0 0.0 18.0 ▲ Hopefully isn't returning at much less than 100%
2 4 Lance McCullers Jr. 22 7.4 17.0 15.0 2.0 ▲
-2 4 Jose Berrios 23 2.3 15.0 17.0 -2.0 ▼
N/A 4 Julio Urias 24 7.3 15.0 0.0 15.0 ▲ Imminent return, round in form for playoffs
-3 4 Tyler Mahle 25 4.1 15.0 15.0 0.0 ▬
-1 4 Sandy Alcantara 26 3.2 15.0 15.0 0.0 ▬
1 5 Alek Manoah 27 2.7 12.5 12.5 0.0 ▬
10 5 Adam Wainwright 28 13.4 12.5 8.5 4.0 ▲ Curve aging like fine wine; plus ratios and wins
-2 5 Luis Garcia 29 3.5 12.5 12.5 0.0 ▬
0 5 Hyun-Jin Ryu 30 10.6 11.5 11.0 0.5 ▲
0 5 Zack Greinke 31 0.2 11.0 11.0 0.0 ▬
0 5 Framber Valdez 32 6.4 10.5 10.0 0.5 ▲
0 5 Kyle Hendricks 33 3.0 10.0 9.5 0.5 ▲
0 5 Shane McClanahan 34 8.7 10.0 9.5 0.5 ▲ That .367 BABIP post-ASB should iron out w/ time
0 5 Sean Manaea 35 1.7 9.0 9.0 0.0 ▬
3 5 Tanner Houck 36 7.7 9.0 8.5 0.5 ▲ Optioning shenanigans distracting from skill
3 5 Marcus Stroman 37 9.3 9.0 8.0 1.0 ▲
9 5 Jameson Taillon 38 8.7 8.5 7.0 1.5 ▲
-3 6 German Marquez 39 3.3 8.0 9.0 -1.0 ▼ Stomach issues get us all, I forgive it
3 6 Dylan Cease 40 7.5 8.0 8.0 0.0 ▬ 32.1% strikeout rate post-ASB, confidence growing
9 6 Triston McKenzie 41 5.2 8.5 6.5 2.0 ▲
0 6 Huascar Ynoa 42 1.5 8.0 8.0 0.0 ▬
6 6 Nathan Eovaldi 43 5.8 7.0 6.5 0.5 ▲
0 6 Elieser Hernandez 44 -0.9 7.0 7.0 0.0 ▬
N/A 7 Edward Cabrera 45 #N/A 6.5 0.0 6.5 ▲ MLB debut Wednesday; big heat, sharp slider
-1 7 Alex Wood 46 5.7 6.5 7.0 -0.5 ▼ 5.11 ERA in 2nd half burns, but 3.39 FIP, 3.61 SIERA
4 7 Josiah Gray 47 -2.3 6.5 6.0 0.5 ▲
8 7 Jordan Montgomery 48 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 ▬
26 7 Cal Quantrill 49 9.6 6.0 2.5 3.5 ▲ Mixing well, attacking the zone, peripherals sub-3.00
7 7 Zach Thompson 50 2.0 5.5 5.0 0.5 ▲
23 7 Marco Gonzales 51 8.0 5.5 2.5 3.0 ▲ Back to ace when Graveman left, did he hate him?
-6 8 Wade Miley 52 3.8 5.0 7.0 -2.0 ▼
-1 8 Sonny Gray 53 4.2 5.0 5.0 0.0 ▬
7 8 Tarik Skubal 54 3.8 5.0 4.0 1.0 ▲ 2.2% walk rate after the break is encouraging
4 8 John Means 55 1.1 5.0 4.0 1.0 ▲
4 8 Zac Gallen 56 2.2 5.0 4.0 1.0 ▲
-2 8 Blake Snell 57 3.3 4.5 4.0 0.5 ▲ All 3 ER v. PHI w/ 2 outs in 3rd; trending up, caution
7 8 Tylor Megill 58 6.9 4.0 3.0 1.0 ▲
N/A 8 Kyle Freeland 59 11.1 4.0 0.0 4.0 ▲ Total command, more curveballs = more whiffs
-2 8 Casey Mize 60 -1.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
2 8 Austin Gomber 61 1.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
2 8 Touki Toussaint 62 2.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 ▲
-10 8 Yusei Kikuchi 63 -2.0 3.5 5.0 -1.5 ▼ More HOU games are not what you want
-10 8 Eduardo Rodriguez 64 9.2 3.5 5.0 -1.5 ▼
2 8 James Kaprielian 65 4.0 3.5 3.0 0.5 ▲
N/A 9 Miles Mikolas 66 1.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 ▲ 5 scoreless v. PIT in return, gets PIT again next
-1 9 Jon Gray 67 5.7 3.0 3.0 0.0 ▬
0 9 Logan Gilbert 68 2.6 2.5 3.0 -0.5 ▼ Still a 3.77 SIERA behind the 7.56 ERA post-ASB
2 9 Luis Gil 69 5.3 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬ Will miss turn for AAA start, then should be back
3 9 Madison Bumgarner 70 8.5 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
10 9 Carlos Hernandez 71 3.8 2.5 1.5 1.0 ▲ Overperforming a touch, riding fastball to Ws
-24 9 Carlos Carrasco 72 -0.8 2.5 6.5 -4.0 ▼ 3.91 SIERA, but command rust yields mistakes
-3 9 Mike Minor 73 4.8 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
3 9 Taijuan Walker 74 -4.9 2.5 2.0 0.5 ▲ Signs of life at 95 mph? He's burned some bridges
-6 10 Kyle Gibson 75 2.7 2.0 2.5 -0.5 ▼
-14 10 Zach Plesac 76 0.1 2.0 4.0 -2.0 ▼ Horrid results, but does line up for TEX & KC
6 10 Vladimir Gutierrez 77 5.4 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲ His schedule makes him a hold down the stretch
-2 10 Jake Odorizzi 78 -4.7 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
-1 10 Nick Pivetta 79 3.2 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
-1 10 Cole Irvin 80 4.6 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
-1 10 Steven Matz 81 6.5 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
0 10 Daniel Lynch 82 4.1 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬ Looks much better but set to face HOU & CWS
10 10 Nestor Cortes 83 2.6 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
3 10 Eli Morgan 84 5.8 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲ Low walk rate and plus strikeouts hooks me
5 10 Tyler Anderson 85 7.7 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
-14 11 David Price 86 2.8 1.0 2.5 -1.5 ▼
4 11 Patrick Corbin 87 -0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬ Sigh, can we trust improved velocity? 94 mph helps
-4 11 Chris Flexen 88 3.4 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
-4 11 Andrew Heaney 89 -0.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
10 11 Luis Patino 90 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
-3 11 Reid Detmers 91 -1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬ Until curve is more reliable it's hard to stream
0 11 Griffin Jax 92 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
N/A 12 Brad Keller 93 5.2 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲
1 12 Bailey Ober 94 4.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
-6 12 Tyler Gilbert 95 2.7 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
N/A 12 Kris Bubic 96 -0.4 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲
N/A 12 Ryan Yarbrough 97 2.5 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲
3 12 J.A. Happ 98 0.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
-3 12 Dallas Keuchel 99 -2.8 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
-14 12 Jesus Luzardo 100 -1.6 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬ Pure bench speculation on his regaining command
N/A 12 Jose Suarez 101 1.2 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲


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