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Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball: The Top 101 Baller Ranks

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Nick Mariano's updated fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings for Week 9 (2022). Baller Ranks is a weekly rankings list for the top 101 starting pitchers.

Batten down the hatches and prepare yourself for summertime humidor action across the diamond, RotoBallers! Yes, we are in the thick of June and another week brings an updated edition of my top-101 starting pitcher rankings -looking at rest-of-season values. Once again, I've got you covered with ranks, tiers, trends, and notes with the top-101 in a table with other fun things like earned value via Fangraphs. It's time for 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 2022. Do note that I leave off injured players, but next week I'll throw in an update regarding where they'd slot in. I highly encourage you to click the sheet.

As is tradition, these fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings are geared toward traditional 5x5 leagues. I don't have a ton of time this week as I bid my day job adieu, so you'll have to settle for the table with some notes, but from next week onward, I will be 100% RotoBallin' and I'm thrilled about it. Without further ado, here's my top-101 SP for the rest of 2022!

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Top-101 Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball

These are rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings for starting pitchers.

(+/-) Tier Player Rank EV $ PV Trend Notes
0 1 Corbin Burnes 1 $11.6 44.5 45.0 -0.5 ▼ He's mortal after all
0 1 Gerrit Cole 2 $15.2 43.5 43.0 0.5 ▲ Dismantled DET, 30 K in last 21 IP
0 2 Joe Musgrove 3 $15.1 41.0 39.0 2.0 ▲ One of the best gets road Rox next
0 2 Shane McClanahan 4 $13.2 37.0 37.0 0.0 ▬
0 2 Kevin Gausman 5 $22.7 36.0 36.5 -0.5 ▼ Tagged by Twins but @DET next
0 2 Sandy Alcantara 6 $14.3 34.0 33.0 1.0 ▲
0 2 Zack Wheeler 7 $15.4 34.0 32.0 2.0 ▲ Heads into ARI matchup w/ dad strength
3 2 Justin Verlander 8 $9.2 32.0 29.0 3.0 ▲ Season-high 12 Ks v. SEA, lovely
3 2 Alek Manoah 9 $12.2 31.0 28.5 2.5 ▲
3 2 Max Fried 10 $13.5 30.0 28.5 1.5 ▲
-3 3 Walker Buehler 11 $6.7 29.5 32.0 -2.5 ▼ Failing fastball draining effectiveness
-2 3 Carlos Rodon 12 $13.2 28.5 29.5 -1.0 ▼ Inefficiency building, 6 IP once in last 5; LAD next
-4 3 Lucas Giolito 13 $2.8 28.5 31.0 -2.5 ▼
1 3 Shohei Ohtani 14 $8.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 ▬
3 3 Aaron Nola 15 $10.0 25.0 22.5 2.5 ▲
-2 3 Dylan Cease 16 $10.5 24.5 26.0 -1.5 ▼ That WHIP creeps ever higher
-1 3 Pablo Lopez 17 $11.6 23.5 23.5 0.0 ▬
2 3 Shane Bieber 18 $12.2 22.5 21.0 1.5 ▲ Cutting through easy matchups as he should
2 4 Frankie Montas 19 $12.7 21.0 19.5 1.5 ▲
5 4 Nestor Cortes 20 $15.0 20.0 17.5 2.5 ▲ Shut down LAA, incredible story
1 4 Chris Bassitt 21 $3.1 20.0 19.5 0.5 ▲
-3 4 Logan Webb 22 $9.9 20.0 22.0 -2.0 ▼
-6 4 Julio Urias 23 $3.9 20.0 23.5 -3.5 ▼
-1 4 Logan Gilbert 24 $11.7 18.0 18.0 0.0 ▬
-1 4 Zac Gallen 25 $9.4 17.5 17.5 0.0 ▬
0 4 Yu Darvish 26 $8.3 17.5 17.5 0.0 ▬
1 5 Michael Kopech 27 $7.5 17.0 16.0 1.0 ▲ They said regression, he shut down LAD
2 5 Nathan Eovaldi 28 $1.4 15.5 15.0 0.5 ▲
4 5 Luis Severino 29 $6.9 15.5 14.0 1.5 ▲ 7 scoreless w/ 10 Ks, looking sharp
2 5 Kyle Wright 30 $11.3 14.5 14.0 0.5 ▲ 3 straight QS, went 8 IP strong v. OAK
3 5 Luis Castillo 31 $5.9 14.5 13.5 1.0 ▲
-3 5 Charlie Morton 32 $1.9 14.0 16.0 -2.0 ▼
-2 5 Sean Manaea 33 $8.9 14.0 14.5 -0.5 ▼
2 5 Shane Baz 34 N/A 13.0 N/A N/A Stellar rehab, expect shorter starts at first
4 5 Tarik Skubal 35 $18.0 13.0 11.0 2.0 ▲ 6 ER in last 6 starts, found his MLB control
-1 5 Joe Ryan 36 $8.2 12.5 12.5 0.0 ▬
-1 5 Jose Berrios 37 $1.9 12.5 12.5 0.0 ▬ Insane rebound w/ 13 Ks, DET next
0 5 Framber Valdez 38 $11.2 12.0 12.0 0.0 ▬
6 5 Tony Gonsolin 39 $9.4 11.0 9.0 2.0 ▲ NYM couldn't slow his roll, 6 IP/QS in 4 straight
0 6 Luis Garcia 40 $6.3 10.5 10.5 0.0 ▬
1 6 Carlos Carrasco 41 $14.3 10.0 9.0 1.0 ▲ 4 straight Ws, hit 7 IP for first time since 4/27
3 6 Mike Clevinger 42 $2.5 9.5 N/A N/A 3 IP, 1 ER, 5 K in return from IL, solid
1 6 Eric Lauer 43 $7.1 9.0 9.0 0.0 ▬
3 6 Jordan Montgomery 44 $7.7 9.0 9.0 0.0 ▬
3 6 Cristian Javier 45 $6.9 9.0 8.0 1.0 ▲
3 6 George Kirby 46 $4.1 9.0 8.0 1.0 ▲ 2 straight QS, good home test v. BOS looms
3 6 MacKenzie Gore 47 $13.3 9.0 8.0 1.0 ▲ Elite, how will IP workload play out?
-21 6 Robbie Ray 48 $1.9 8.5 17.0 -8.5 ▼ 3+ ER in his last 5, 7 of last 8. No good
-3 6 Garrett Whitlock 49 $7.1 8.5 9.0 -0.5 ▼
4 7 Aaron Ashby 50 $6.3 8.0 7.5 0.5 ▲
-8 7 Patrick Sandoval 51 $10.3 7.5 9.0 -1.5 ▼ Poor 2-start go, must regain control of zone
1 7 Tyler Mahle 52 $8.9 7.5 7.5 0.0 ▬ Will CIN get him out of GABP by deadline?
-1 7 Bailey Ober 53 $7.2 7.0 7.5 -0.5 ▼
1 7 Adam Wainwright 54 $6.4 7.0 7.5 -0.5 ▼
1 7 Triston McKenzie 55 $4.2 6.5 6.5 0.0 ▬
2 7 Stephen Strasburg 56 N/A 5.5 N/A N/A Set to return on 6/9, nice
5 7 Roansy Contreras 57 $3.9 5.5 5.0 0.5 ▲ Incredible talented limited by PIT
-7 7 Trevor Rogers 58 -$1.0 5.5 8.0 -2.5 ▼
-2 7 Blake Snell 59 $2.4 5.0 6.0 -1.0 ▼
-2 7 Noah Syndergaard 60 $6.2 5.0 5.5 -0.5 ▼
-2 7 Jameson Taillon 61 $13.2 5.0 5.0 0.0 ▬
-1 8 Drew Rasmussen 62 $6.8 5.0 5.0 0.0 ▬
3 8 Martin Perez 63 $16.3 4.5 3.5 1.0 ▲
5 8 Nick Pivetta 64 $10.0 4.5 3.5 1.0 ▲ Fenway/ALE is scary but 6 straight gems
10 8 Tyler Anderson 65 $11.2 4.5 2.5 2.0 ▲ 4 consecutive W/QS; 0 ER in last 3 starts
-6 8 Alex Wood 66 $5.7 4.0 5.0 -1.0 ▼
-3 8 Paul Blackburn 67 $9.5 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
-5 8 Michael Lorenzen 68 $6.4 3.5 4.0 -0.5 ▼
-4 8 Marcus Stroman 69 $3.7 3.5 4.0 -0.5 ▼
-3 8 Yusei Kikuchi 70 $1.8 3.5 3.5 0.0 ▬
2 9 Josiah Gray 71 -$1.9 3.0 2.5 0.5 ▲ Command shaky but movement can overpower
2 9 Spencer Strider 72 $6.6 3.0 2.5 0.5 ▲
-5 9 Jose Urquidy 73 $3.8 3.0 3.5 -0.5 ▼
4 9 Jeffrey Springs 75 $5.1 3.0 2.5 0.5 ▲ Navigated strong STL lineup w/ 6 scoreless IP
16 9 Edward Cabrera 84 $0.9 3.0 1.0 2.0 ▲ Changeup eating batters alive
-4 9 Merrill Kelly 74 $8.6 2.5 3.0 -0.5 ▼
-5 9 Kyle Gibson 76 $9.5 2.5 3.0 -0.5 ▼
-5 9 Reid Detmers 77 $1.8 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
-2 9 Jon Gray 78 $4.7 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬ Too inconsistent, not worth chasing usually
4 9 Hunter Greene 79 $0.0 2.5 2.0 0.5 ▲ As volatile a guy as it gets in 2022
-2 9 Brady Singer 80 $3.0 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
0 10 Ranger Suarez 81 $3.6 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬ Rebound with 7 IP, 2 ER at MIL
2 10 Zach Eflin 82 $10.5 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬ Outstanding at home, but @MIL next
3 10 Jakob Junis 83 $3.5 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
-3 10 Miles Mikolas 85 $8.3 1.5 2.0 -0.5 ▼
-1 10 Cal Quantrill 86 $5.8 1.5 2.0 -0.5 ▼ Solid QS resource if you can eat low Ks
0 10 Taijuan Walker 87 $4.7 1.5 2.0 -0.5 ▼
-11 10 Ian Anderson 88 $1.7 1.5 2.5 -1.0 ▼
-1 10 Kyle Hendricks 89 -$0.3 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
N/A 10 Graham Ashcraft 91 $1.9 1.5 N/A N/A Modest Ks but 1 ER in last 20 1/3 IP
0 10 Jose Quintana 90 $8.3 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
-1 10 Chris Flexen 92 $1.2 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
-1 10 Dane Dunning 93 $6.2 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
-1 11 JT Brubaker 94 $2.4 1.0 1.5 -0.5 ▼
N/A 11 Michael Wacha 95 $6.4 1.0 N/A N/A CGSHO for the lads, attacking zone
-1 11 Chad Kuhl 96 $7.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
-1 11 Madison Bumgarner 97 $0.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
0 11 Alex Faedo 98 $3.8 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
-10 11 Bruce Zimmermann 99 $1.3 1.0 1.5 -0.5 ▼
-1 11 David Peterson 100 $2.4 1.0 1.0 N/A
-4 11 Justin Steele 101 $8.4 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬


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