Fantasy Baseball Player Rankings: SP

2019 Season, Updated Mar 28

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These 2019 fantasy baseball rankings are based on Last Player Picked dollar value calculations using Draft Buddy projections, (which are Steamer projections applying our own playing time adjustments). League settings are 15-team NFBC 5x5 Roto format, starting 14 hitters and 9 pitchers. Expect ranking updates through Spring Training to Opening Day due to projection and playing time changes.

Starting Pitcher

Rank	Name	5X5	ADP¹
Tier 1
1	Jacob deGrom, NYM	$42	1.10
2	Max Scherzer, WAS	$42	1.03
Tier 2
3	Chris Sale, BOS	$35	1.11
4	Justin Verlander, HOU	$34	2.04
Tier 3
5	Corey Kluber, CLE	$27	2.11
6	Carlos Carrasco, CLE	$26	3.03
7	Gerrit Cole, HOU	$26	2.06
8	Blake Snell, TB	$25	2.14
Tier 4
9	James Paxton, NYY	$22	4.05
10	Walker Buehler, LAD	$21	3.07
11	Aaron Nola, PHI	$21	2.10
12	Clayton Kershaw, LAD	$20	5.10
13	Noah Syndergaard, NYM	$20	3.05
14	Trevor Bauer, CLE	$19	2.12
15	Luis Severino, NYY	$18	7.08
16	Patrick Corbin, WAS	$18	4.01
Tier 5
17	Stephen Strasburg, WAS	$16	4.09
18	Charlie Morton, TB	$14	8.08
19	Jack Flaherty, STL	$13	4.02
20	Chris Archer, PIT	$13	9.09
21	Yu Darvish, CHC	$13	9.12
22	Rich Hill, LAD	$13	14.15
23	Chris Paddack, SD	$12	12.04
Tier 6
24	German Marquez, COL	$11	5.15
25	Robbie Ray, ARI	$10	8.12
26	Shane Bieber, CLE	$10	8.15
27	Zack Wheeler, NYM	$10	6.02
28	Masahiro Tanaka, NYY	$10	9.03
29	Hyun-Jin Ryu, LAD	$10	12.01
30	Jameson Taillon, PIT	$10	4.07
31	David Price, BOS	$9	7.06
32	Luis Castillo, CIN	$9	8.14
33	Ross Stripling, LAD	$9	12.13
34	Kenta Maeda, LAD	$8	12.15
35	Mike Clevinger, CLE	$8	4.08
36	Nathan Eovaldi, BOS	$8	11.15
37	Diego Castillo, TB	$8	28.11
38	Alex Reyes, STL	$8	19.02
39	Madison Bumgarner, SF	$8	7.12
40	Joey Lucchesi, SD	$8	12.09
41	Zack Greinke, ARI	$7	5.03
42	Nick Pivetta, PHI	$7	9.15
43	Jose Quintana, CHC	$7	13.03
44	Cole Hamels, CHC	$7	10.14
45	Miles Mikolas, STL	$7	7.04
46	Mike Foltynewicz, ATL	$7	11.07
Tier 7
47	Andrew Heaney, LAA	$6	19.09
48	Tyler Glasnow, TB	$6	11.11
49	Robbie Erlin, SD	$6	32.07
50	Kyle Hendricks, CHC	$5	9.10
51	Danny Salazar, CLE	$5	37.09
52	Ryne Stanek, TB	$5	39.02
53	Eduardo Rodriguez, BOS	$5	10.11
54	J.A. Happ, NYY	$5	9.14
55	Joe Musgrove, PIT	$5	13.11
56	Julio Urias, LAD	$4	16.06
57	Steven Matz, NYM	$3	16.03
58	Rick Porcello, BOS	$3	11.08
59	Kevin Gausman, ATL	$3	17.10
60	Tyler Skaggs, LAA	$3	16.12
61	Seth Lugo, NYM	$3	32.12
62	Jose Berrios, MIN	$3	5.02
63	Jon Gray, COL	$3	13.02
64	Dallas Keuchel, FA	$2	16.13
65	Michael Pineda, MIN	$2	19.07
66	Max Fried, ATL	$2	27.13
67	Sergio Romo, MIA	$2	21.11
68	Sonny Gray, CIN	$2	17.09
70	Caleb Smith, MIA	$2	22.01
71	Jake Junis, KC	$2	22.03
72	Andrew Suarez, SF	$2	40.10
Tier 8
74	Carlos Martinez, STL	$1	21.14
77	Brent Honeywell, TB	$1	32.11
78	Jimmy Nelson, MIL	$1	22.13
79	Anibal Sanchez, WAS	$1	18.08
80	Derek Holland, SF	$1	24.10
81	Luke Weaver, ARI	$0	18.07
83	Jake Arrieta, PHI	$0	14.02
84	Trevor Richards, MIA	-$0	20.10
85	Wei-Yin Chen, MIA	-$0	45.07
86	Anthony DeSclafani, CIN	-$0	25.15
87	Jeff Samardzija, SF	-$1	24.09
88	Yonny Chirinos, TB	-$1	29.07
89	Bryse Wilson, ATL	-$1	28.04
92	Dinelson Lamet, SD	-$1	40.13
93	Vince Velasquez, PHI	-$1	24.13
94	Pablo Lopez, MIA	-$1	23.07
97	Nick Kingham, PIT	-$1	34.13
98	Danny Duffy, KC	-$2	33.15
99	Jason Vargas, NYM	-$2	35.14
100	Mike Minor, TEX	-$2	23.15
101	John Gant, STL	-$2	40.11
103	Eric Lauer, SD	-$2	25.10
105	Sean Newcomb, ATL	-$2	19.06
106	Michael Wacha, STL	-$2	17.15
108	Jesus Luzardo, OAK	-$2	24.05
109	Freddy Peralta, MIL	-$2	20.08
110	Trevor Cahill, LAA	-$2	24.14
111	Domingo German, NYY	-$2	20.15
112	Alex Wood, CIN	-$2	21.10
113	Jon Lester, CHC	-$2	14.12
116	Marco Gonzales, SEA	-$2	17.03
118	Chris Stratton, LAA	-$3	44.11
119	Mike Soroka, ATL	-$3	30.07
121	Adam Wainwright, STL	-$3	30.04
122	Kyle Gibson, MIN	-$3	18.09
128	Framber Valdez, HOU	-$3	38.05
Tier 9
133	Mike Montgomery, CHC	-$4	43.04
137	Forrest Whitley, HOU	-$4	19.05
140	Fernando Romero, MIN	-$4	47.10
141	Taijuan Walker, ARI	-$4	39.12
143	Zach Eflin, PHI	-$4	19.08
144	Brett Anderson, OAK	-$4	41.07
145	Taylor Widener, ARI	-$4	43.11
146	A.J. Puk, OAK	-$4	38.06
148	Marcus Stroman, TOR	-$5	20.03
151	Matt Shoemaker, TOR	-$5	30.02
152	Logan Allen, SD	-$5	36.05
159	Tyler Anderson, COL	-$5	27.10
162	Zack Godley, ARI	-$5	17.05
164	Jon Duplantier, ARI	-$5	41.14
165	Yusei Kikuchi, SEA	-$5	12.10
166	Sean Manaea, OAK	-$5	39.01
170	Dereck Rodriguez, SF	-$5	23.01
175	Luis Cessa, NYY	-$5	32.02
177	Kyle Wright, ATL	-$5	25.06
179	Jharel Cotton, OAK	-$5	47.03
185	Felix Pena, LAA	-$5	30.01
187	Chase Anderson, MIL	-$5	31.09
199	Ryan Yarbrough, TB	-$6	26.06
200	Dylan Cease, CWS	-$6	37.15
203	Nathan Karns, BAL	-$6	44.12
204	Jerad Eickhoff, PHI	-$6	36.09
205	Touki Toussaint, ATL	-$6	24.15
212	Sean Reid-Foley, TOR	-$6	43.06
214	Joe Ross, WAS	-$6	37.05
219	Drew Pomeranz, SF	-$6	27.07
221	Tanner Roark, CIN	-$7	24.08
229	Drew Smyly, TEX	-$7	29.02
231	Jacob Faria, TB	-$7	45.05
232	Tyler Chatwood, CHC	-$7	44.14
234	Tyler Mahle, CIN	-$7	34.03
236	Mitch Keller, PIT	-$7	36.10
240	Jose Urena, MIA	-$8	26.08
241	CC Sabathia, NYY	-$8	31.01
246	Matt Harvey, LAA	-$8	25.08
248	Cal Quantrill, SD	-$8	44.06
Tier 10
255	Wade Miley, HOU	-$9	23.12
256	Gio Gonzalez, NYY	-$9	28.12
257	Lance Lynn, TEX	-$9	27.06
258	Dylan Bundy, BAL	-$9	22.11
260	Jeremy Hellickson, WAS	-$9	28.07
261	Zach Davies, MIL	-$9	39.08
263	Jordan Lyles, PIT	-$10	37.14
264	Matthew Boyd, DET	-$10	20.06
265	Daniel Mengden, OAK	-$10	40.01
268	Justus Sheffield, SEA	-$10	28.08
270	Frankie Montas, OAK	-$10	29.09
272	Carlos Rodon, CWS	-$10	21.01
273	Jhoulys Chacin, MIL	-$11	17.07
274	Martin Perez, MIN	-$11	30.03
275	Mike Fiers, OAK	-$11	26.01
276	Sandy Alcantara, MIA	-$11	32.05
278	Jaime Barria, LAA	-$11	31.14
281	Shelby Miller, TEX	-$11	41.12
282	Wade LeBlanc, SEA	-$11	32.08
283	Julio Teheran, ATL	-$12	17.14
284	Jake Odorizzi, MIN	-$12	26.10
287	James Shields, FA	-$12	44.13
288	Kyle Freeland, COL	-$12	12.02
290	Trevor Williams, PIT	-$13	20.13
292	Clay Buchholz, TOR	-$13	33.04
293	Ryan Borucki, TOR	-$13	38.11
294	Brad Keller, KC	-$13	26.13
295	Mike Leake, SEA	-$13	33.06
Tier 11
298	Ivan Nova, CWS	-$15	33.13
299	Jordan Zimmermann, DET	-$15	33.07
300	Jorge Lopez, KC	-$15	45.02
301	Felix Hernandez, SEA	-$15	42.03
302	Alex Cobb, BAL	-$16	33.08
303	Reynaldo Lopez, CWS	-$16	20.07
304	Aaron Sanchez, TOR	-$17	22.12
305	Matt Moore, DET	-$17	45.06
306	Edinson Volquez, TEX	-$17	46.10
307	Ervin Santana, CWS	-$18	35.12
Tier 12
308	Marco Estrada, OAK	-$20	35.09
309	Tyson Ross, DET	-$24	36.01
Tier 13
310	Lucas Giolito, CWS	-$25	30.11

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