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Pitching wins fantasy baseball championships, and there are always lots of pitcher injuries and surprises with MLB rotations to start the season. It's key to stay updated before your drafts, and we're here to help out with our MLB team's updated 2024 fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) rankings.
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Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball News and Injuries
- Bryan Woo Lands On Injured List With Elbow Inflammation
- Emerson Hancock Takes Woo's Spot In Seattle's Rotation
- Gerrit Cole Could Land On 60-Day Injured List
- Jacob deGrom Officially Placed On 60-Day Injured List
- Blake Snell Won't Be Ready For Opening Day
- Tylor Megill Wins Rotation Spot
- Eury Perez To Start On Injured List With Elbow Inflammation
- Eduardo Rodriguez Will Open On Injured List
- Max Meyer Makes Opening Day Roster
- Sonny Gray To Open Season On Injured List
- Michael Lorenzen Will Be A Starter For Texas
- Ricky Tiedemann Still In Mix For Rotation Spot?
- Kodai Senga's Ramp-Up Period Could Be Stretched Out
- Justin Verlander Won't Pitch In Grapefruit League Game
- Kevin Gausman May Avoid Injured List Stint
- Zack Thompson To Start The Year In The Rotation
- Aaron Ashby Optioned To Triple-A
- Justin Steele Could Be Ready For Opening Day
- Jameson Taillon Out Until at Least Mid-April
- Kyle Bradish, John Means Not Expected To Be Out For Long
- Tanner Houck Locks Up Rotation Spot
Updated Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings
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| SP Tier | SP Ranking | Player Name | Pos | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Spencer Strider | SP | 7 |
| 1 | 2 | Corbin Burnes | SP | 20 |
| 1 | 3 | Zack Wheeler | SP | 22 |
| 2 | 4 | Luis Castillo | SP | 29 |
| 2 | 5 | George Kirby | SP | 32 |
| 2 | 6 | Kevin Gausman | SP | 34 |
| 2 | 7 | Pablo Lopez | SP | 35 |
| 2 | 8 | Zac Gallen | SP | 37 |
| 2 | 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | SP | 41 |
| 2 | 10 | Tyler Glasnow | SP | 42 |
| 2 | 11 | Tarik Skubal | SP | 43 |
| 3 | 12 | Logan Webb | SP | 46 |
| 3 | 13 | Aaron Nola | SP | 47 |
| 3 | 14 | Freddy Peralta | SP | 52 |
| 3 | 15 | Framber Valdez | SP | 55 |
| 3 | 16 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | 60 |
| 3 | 17 | Max Fried | SP | 62 |
| 3 | 18 | Zach Eflin | SP | 65 |
| 3 | 19 | Logan Gilbert | SP | 66 |
| 3 | 20 | Blake Snell | SP | 69 |
| 4 | 21 | Bobby Miller | SP | 72 |
| 4 | 22 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | 74 |
| 4 | 23 | Joe Ryan | SP | 80 |
| 4 | 24 | Justin Steele | SP | 84 |
| 5 | 25 | Cole Ragans | SP/RP | 89 |
| 5 | 26 | Joe Musgrove | SP | 96 |
| 5 | 27 | Tanner Bibee | SP | 103 |
| 5 | 28 | Michael King | SP/RP | 109 |
| 5 | 29 | Dylan Cease | SP | 119 |
| 5 | 30 | Sonny Gray | SP | 125 |
| 5 | 31 | Shane Bieber | SP | 126 |
| 5 | 32 | Chris Sale | SP | 127 |
| 5 | 33 | Shota Imanaga | SP | 130 |
| 5 | 34 | Bailey Ober | SP | 131 |
| 6 | 35 | Chris Bassitt | SP | 132 |
| 6 | 36 | Jordan Montgomery | SP | 133 |
| 6 | 37 | Eury Perez | SP | 134 |
| 6 | 38 | Hunter Brown | SP | 136 |
| 6 | 39 | Hunter Greene | SP | 138 |
| 6 | 40 | Justin Verlander | SP | 150 |
| 6 | 41 | Carlos Rodon | SP | 160 |
| 6 | 42 | Merrill Kelly | SP | 162 |
| 7 | 43 | Nick Pivetta | SP/RP | 163 |
| 7 | 44 | Bryce Miller | SP | 164 |
| 7 | 45 | Gavin Williams | SP | 165 |
| 7 | 46 | Mitch Keller | SP | 175 |
| 7 | 47 | Cristian Javier | SP | 177 |
| 7 | 48 | Jose Berrios | SP | 178 |
| 7 | 49 | Ryan Pepiot | SP/RP | 179 |
| 7 | 50 | Walker Buehler | SP | 181 |
| 7 | 51 | Yu Darvish | SP | 185 |
| 7 | 52 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP | 189 |
| 7 | 53 | Aaron Civale | SP | 194 |
| 7 | 54 | Louie Varland | SP/RP | 196 |
| 7 | 55 | Kodai Senga | SP | 202 |
| 7 | 56 | A.J. Puk | SP/RP | 208 |
| 7 | 57 | Mason Miller | SP/RP | 209 |
| 7 | 58 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP | 226 |
| 8 | 59 | Nick Lodolo | SP | 229 |
| 8 | 60 | Brayan Bello | SP | 231 |
| 8 | 61 | Triston McKenzie | SP | 232 |
| 8 | 62 | Brandon Pfaadt | SP | 233 |
| 8 | 63 | Nestor Cortes Jr. | SP | 235 |
| 8 | 64 | Charlie Morton | SP | 236 |
| 8 | 65 | John Means | SP | 237 |
| 8 | 66 | Eduardo Rodriguez | SP | 239 |
| 8 | 67 | Braxton Garrett | SP | 245 |
| 8 | 68 | Kyle Harrison | SP | 248 |
| 8 | 69 | Reid Detmers | SP | 250 |
| 8 | 70 | Kutter Crawford | SP/RP | 251 |
| 8 | 71 | Andrew Abbott | SP | 260 |
| 8 | 72 | Kenta Maeda | SP | 263 |
| 8 | 73 | Marcus Stroman | SP | 265 |
| 8 | 74 | Gerrit Cole | SP | 273 |
| 8 | 75 | Yusei Kikuchi | SP | 278 |
| 9 | 76 | Griffin Canning | SP | 281 |
| 9 | 77 | Bryan Woo | SP | 282 |
| 9 | 78 | Max Scherzer | SP | 283 |
| 9 | 79 | Shane Baz | SP | 288 |
| 9 | 80 | Logan Allen | SP | 294 |
| 9 | 81 | Taj Bradley | SP | 299 |
| 9 | 82 | Emmet Sheehan | SP | 300 |
| 9 | 83 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | 302 |
| 9 | 84 | Luis Severino | SP | 310 |
| 9 | 85 | Jon Gray | SP | 311 |
| 9 | 86 | Lance Lynn | SP | 312 |
| 9 | 87 | Edward Cabrera | SP | 313 |
| 9 | 88 | Reese Olson | SP | 314 |
| 9 | 89 | Erick Fedde | SP | 319 |
| 9 | 90 | Tyler Wells | SP/RP | 320 |
| 9 | 91 | Michael Wacha | SP | 323 |
| 9 | 92 | Sean Manaea | SP/RP | 331 |
| 9 | 93 | Steven Matz | SP/RP | 333 |
| 10 | 94 | Ranger Suarez | SP | 338 |
| 10 | 95 | Dean Kremer | SP | 339 |
| 10 | 96 | James Paxton | SP | 344 |
| 10 | 97 | Andrew Heaney | SP/RP | 346 |
| 10 | 98 | Alex Cobb | SP | 359 |
| 10 | 99 | Frankie Montas | SP | 367 |
| 10 | 100 | Paul Skenes | SP | 368 |
| 10 | 101 | Gavin Stone | SP | 369 |
| 10 | 102 | Patrick Sandoval | SP | 370 |
| 10 | 103 | Jameson Taillon | SP | 371 |
| 10 | 104 | Chase Silseth | SP/RP | 373 |
| 10 | 105 | Ricky Tiedemann | SP | 376 |
| 10 | 106 | Clayton Kershaw | SP | 378 |
| 10 | 107 | Josiah Gray | SP | 379 |
| 10 | 108 | Kyle Bradish | SP | 380 |
| 10 | 109 | Trevor Rogers | SP | 381 |
| 10 | 110 | Jared Jones | SP | 383 |
| 11 | 111 | John Brebbia | SP/RP | 386 |
| 11 | 112 | Miles Mikolas | SP | 387 |
| 11 | 113 | Chris Paddack | SP | 388 |
| 11 | 114 | Clarke Schmidt | SP | 393 |
| 11 | 115 | Max Meyer | SP | 394 |
| 11 | 116 | Michael Kopech | SP/RP | 396 |
| 11 | 117 | Tanner Houck | SP | 398 |
| 11 | 118 | Graham Ashcraft | SP | 399 |
| 11 | 119 | Michael Lorenzen | SP | 400 |
| 11 | 120 | Luis Gil | SP | 401 |
| 11 | 121 | Garrett Whitlock | SP/RP | 403 |
| 12 | 122 | JP Sears | SP | 405 |
| 12 | 123 | Casey Mize | SP | 406 |
| 12 | 124 | Garrett Crochet | SP/RP | 410 |
| 12 | 125 | Jack Flaherty | SP | 417 |
| 12 | 126 | Dane Dunning | SP/RP | 426 |
| 12 | 127 | Matt Strahm | SP/RP | 427 |
| 12 | 128 | Jose Quintana | SP | 428 |
| 12 | 129 | Joe Boyle | SP | 429 |
| 12 | 130 | Tylor Megill | SP | 434 |
| 12 | 131 | Jacob deGrom | SP | 438 |
| 12 | 132 | Aaron Ashby | SP/RP | 440 |
| 12 | 133 | Ryan Weathers | SP | 447 |
| 13 | 134 | Kyle Gibson | SP | 449 |
| 13 | 135 | Sawyer Gipson-Long | SP | 451 |
| 13 | 136 | Zack Littell | SP/RP | 454 |
| 13 | 137 | Alek Manoah | SP | 455 |
| 13 | 138 | Bryce Elder | SP | 457 |
| 13 | 139 | Kyle Hendricks | SP | 461 |
| 13 | 140 | Keaton Winn | SP | 463 |
| 13 | 141 | AJ Smith-Shawver | SP | 465 |
| 13 | 142 | Jordan Wicks | SP | 466 |
| 13 | 143 | Matt Manning | SP | 474 |
| 13 | 144 | Jhony Brito | SP/RP | 479 |
| 13 | 145 | Brady Singer | SP | 480 |
| 13 | 146 | Ross Stripling | SP/RP | 481 |
| 13 | 147 | Javier Assad | SP/RP | 488 |
| 13 | 148 | Wade Miley | SP | 489 |
| 13 | 149 | Cade Horton | SP | 493 |
| 13 | 150 | Jeffrey Springs | SP/RP | 494 |
| 13 | 151 | Cole Irvin | SP/RP | 500 |
| 13 | 152 | Drew Rasmussen | SP | 502 |
| 13 | 153 | J.P. France | SP | 503 |
| 13 | 154 | Taijuan Walker | SP | 505 |
| 13 | 155 | Robbie Ray | SP | 506 |
| 14 | 156 | David Peterson | SP/RP | 513 |
| 14 | 157 | Hayden Wesneski | SP/RP | 520 |
| 14 | 158 | Robert Gasser | SP | 521 |
| 14 | 159 | Drew Thorpe | SP | 522 |
| 14 | 160 | Bowden Francis | SP | 525 |
| 14 | 161 | Spencer Turnbull | SP | 528 |
| 14 | 162 | Brandon Williamson | SP | 531 |
| 14 | 163 | Domingo German | SP | 534 |
| 14 | 164 | Lance McCullers Jr. | SP | 544 |
| 14 | 165 | Emerson Hancock | SP | 547 |
| 14 | 166 | Will Warren | SP | 549 |
| 14 | 167 | Ryne Nelson | SP | 560 |
| 14 | 168 | Nick Martinez | SP/RP | 564 |
| 14 | 169 | Mike Clevinger | SP | 565 |
| 14 | 170 | Mike Soroka | SP | 566 |
| 15 | 171 | Drew Smyly | SP/RP | 569 |
| 15 | 172 | Paul Blackburn | SP | 571 |
| 15 | 173 | Jose Urquidy | SP/RP | 572 |
| 15 | 174 | Luis Medina | SP/RP | 574 |
| 15 | 175 | Shane McClanahan | SP | 582 |
| 15 | 176 | Connor Phillips | SP | 583 |
| 15 | 177 | Colin Rea | SP | 584 |
| 15 | 178 | Anthony DeSclafani | SP | 588 |
| 15 | 179 | Adrian Houser | SP | 590 |
| 15 | 180 | Mason Black | SP | 591 |
| 16 | 181 | Randy Vasquez | SP/RP | 593 |
| 16 | 182 | Shawn Armstrong | SP/RP | 605 |
| 16 | 183 | Ty Madden | SP | 612 |
| 16 | 184 | Caleb Ferguson | SP/RP | 615 |
| 16 | 185 | Tyler Holton | SP/RP | 622 |
| 16 | 186 | Joe Ross | SP | 623 |
| 16 | 187 | Dustin May | SP | 624 |
| 16 | 188 | Michael Grove | SP/RP | 628 |
| 16 | 189 | Yariel Rodriguez | SP | 632 |
| 16 | 190 | Roansy Contreras | SP/RP | 643 |
| 16 | 191 | Jackson Jobe | SP | 645 |
| 16 | 192 | Luke Weaver | SP | 648 |
| 16 | 193 | Sixto Sanchez | SP | 649 |
| 16 | 194 | Cade Cavalli | SP | 650 |
| 16 | 195 | Jack Leiter | SP | 651 |
| 16 | 196 | Hurston Waldrep | SP | 656 |
| 16 | 197 | Jake Eder | SP | 665 |
| 16 | 198 | Jared Shuster | SP | 666 |
| 16 | 199 | Tyler Anderson | SP | 668 |
| 16 | 200 | Shintaro Fujinami | SP/RP | 670 |
| 16 | 201 | Albert Suarez | SP | 678 |
| 16 | 202 | Cody Bradford | SP | 680 |
| 16 | 203 | Chayce McDermott | SP | 682 |
| 16 | 204 | Mick Abel | SP | 684 |
| 16 | 205 | Matthew Liberatore | SP/RP | 685 |
| 17 | 206 | Alex Wood | SP | 689 |
| 17 | 207 | Tyler Mahle | SP | 690 |
| 17 | 208 | Jake Irvin | SP | 691 |
| 17 | 209 | Tekoah Roby | SP | 694 |
| 17 | 210 | Cal Quantrill | SP | 696 |
| 17 | 211 | Luis L. Ortiz | SP | 698 |
| 17 | 212 | Quinn Priester | SP | 699 |
| 17 | 213 | Alex Faedo | SP | 705 |
| 17 | 214 | Mike Vasil | SP | 707 |
| 17 | 215 | Jose Butto | SP | 709 |
| 17 | 216 | Touki Toussaint | SP | 712 |
| 17 | 217 | Ryan Yarbrough | SP/RP | 713 |
| 17 | 218 | Mitch Spence | SP | 715 |
| 17 | 219 | Martin Perez | SP/RP | 716 |
| 17 | 220 | Spencer Arrighetti | SP | 719 |
| 17 | 221 | Allan Winans | SP | 722 |
| 17 | 222 | Matt Waldron | SP | 724 |
| 17 | 223 | Patrick Corbin | SP | 726 |
| 17 | 224 | Carlos Rodriguez | SP | 727 |
| 17 | 225 | Darius Vines | SP | 729 |
| 17 | 226 | Brandon Bielak | SP | 732 |
| 17 | 227 | Cody Poteet | SP/RP | 741 |
| 17 | 228 | Joey Cantillo | SP | 746 |
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