August Starter Rankings

Welcome to the post-trade deadline edition of the rankings. As always, players are ranked for the rest of the season based on how I see them performing for the rest of the season.

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Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C

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Starting pitcher rankings

Aug	Starting Pitchers	Team	2023	July
1	Spencer Strider	Braves	9	2
2	Gerrit Cole	Yankees	1	3
3	Corbin Burnes	Brewers	2	9
4	Justin Verlander	Astros	15	12
5	Shohei Ohtani	Angels	11	5
6	Kevin Gausman	Blue Jays	14	6
7	Framber Valdez	Astros	26	8
8	Luis Castillo	Mariners	13	13
9	Logan Gilbert	Mariners	10	10
10	Zack Wheeler	Phillies	24	11
11	Zac Gallen	Diamondbacks	23	14
12	Tyler Glasnow	Rays	28	17
13	Aaron Nola	Phillies	16	15
14	Max Scherzer	Rangers	5	7
15	Blake Snell	Padres	39	38
16	Joe Musgrove	Padres	27	16
17	Sandy Alcantara	Marlins	8	23
18	Pablo Lopez	Twins	31	26
19	Max Fried	Braves	6	40
20	Dylan Cease	White Sox	19	18
21	Yu Darvish	Padres	20	25
22	Logan Webb	Giants	41	24
23	Carlos Rodon	Yankees	30	30
24	Brandon Woodruff	Brewers	7	36
25	Clayton Kershaw	Dodgers	25	22
26	George Kirby	Mariners	29	27
27	Jesus Luzardo	Marlins	36	35
28	Zach Eflin	Rays	58	19
29	Julio Urias	Dodgers	12	31
30	Tanner Bibee	Guardians	213	37
31	Joe Ryan	Twins	22	4
32	Hunter Brown	Astros	66	28
33	Sonny Gray	Twins	54	32
34	Aaron Civale	Rays	91	59
35	Jose Berrios	Blue Jays	68	45
36	Lance Lynn	Dodgers	35	63
37	Kodai Senga	Mets	82	60
38	Reid Detmers	Angels	47	42
39	Justin Steele	Cubs	110	44
40	Jordan Montgomery	Rangers	34	43
41	Nathan Eovaldi	Rangers	53	20
42	Lucas Giolito	Angels	46	33
43	Mitch Keller	Pirates	72	29
44	Bailey Ober	Twins	75	51
45	Shane McClanahan	Rays	4	1
46	Bobby Miller	Dodgers	124	53
47	Freddy Peralta	Brewers	44	54
48	Cristian Javier	Astros	18	21
49	Eury Perez	Marlins	162	58
50	Alex Cobb	Giants	56	50
51	Kenta Maeda	Twins	103	102
52	Tony Gonsolin	Dodgers	50	47
53	Charlie Morton	Braves	52	56
54	James Paxton	Red Sox	127	61
55	Nestor Cortes	Yankees	32	64
56	Bryce Elder	Braves	164	52
57	Chris Bassitt	Blue Jays	49	71
58	Taijuan Walker	Phillies	94	85
59	Andrew Abbott	Reds	NR	66
60	Yusei Kikuchi	Blue Jays	105	75
61	Logan Allen	Guardians	147	67
62	Grayson Rodriguez	Orioles	85	90
63	Jack Flaherty	Orioles	77	113
64	Gavin Williams	Guardians	NR	41
65	Bryce Miller	Mariners	NR	55
66	Kyle Bradish	Orioles	115	72
67	Tarik Skubal	Tigers	120	68
68	Steven Matz	Cardinals	74	150
69	Braxton Garrett	Marlins	142	65
70	Marcus Stroman	Cubs	63	39
71	Jon Gray	Rangers	60	49
72	Patrick Sandoval	Angels	61	76
73	Chris Sale	Red Sox	38	99
74	Seth Lugo	Padres	87	83
75	Eduardo Rodriguez	Tigers	93	104
76	Brayan Bello	Red Sox	119	73
77	Clarke Schmidt	Yankees	76	82
78	Hunter Greene	Reds	33	91
79	Brandon Pfaadt	Diamondbacks	136	100
80	Andrew Heaney	Rangers	69	79
81	Merrill Kelly	Diamondbacks	104	77
82	J.P. France	Astros	NR	89
83	Alek Manoah	Blue Jays	17	98
84	Jose Quintana	Mets	202	106
85	Kyle Hendricks	Cubs	145	119
86	Bryan Woo	Mariners	NR	78
87	Cole Ragans	Royals	176	NR
88	Jameson Taillon	Cubs	65	108
89	Kutter Crawford	Red Sox	173	109
90	Mike Clevinger	White Sox	96	130
91	Cristopher Sanchez	Phillies	215	131
92	Jose Urquidy	Astros	51	92
93	Josiah Gray	Nationals	117	97
94	Sean Manaea	Giants	59	93
95	Dean Kremer	Orioles	133	112
96	Michael Wacha	Padres	121	88
97	Ross Stripling	Giants	92	132
98	Nick Lodolo	Reds	48	101
99	Drew Smyly	Cubs	123	62
100	Michael Lorenzen	Phillies	191	149
101	Nick Pivetta	Red Sox	156	NR
102	Johnny Cueto	Marlins	198	NR
103	Ranger Suarez	Phillies	81	74
104	David Peterson	Mets	71	107
105	Chase Silseth	Angels	196	NR
106	MacKenzie Gore	Nationals	89	70
107	Dallas Keuchel	Twins	NR	NR
108	Luis Severino	Yankees	55	48
109	Brady Singer	Royals	62	145
110	Taj Bradley	Rays	149	46
111	Hayden Wesneski	Cubs	73	140
112	Dane Dunning	Rangers	184	117
113	Mason Miller	Athletics	NR	103
114	Kyle Gibson	Orioles	151	129
115	Noah Syndergaard	Guardians	78	142
116	Tyler Anderson	Angels	100	127
117	Kyle Wright	Braves	57	133
118	John Means	Orioles	152	151
119	Miles Mikolas	Cardinals	95	115
120	Alex Wood	Giants	99	95
121	Luis Medina	Athletics	NR	NR
122	Michael Kopech	White Sox	111	81
123	AJ Smith-Shawver	Braves	NR	87
124	JP Sears	Athletics	175	122
125	Garrett Whitlock	Red Sox	67	69
126	Randy Vasquez	Yankees	NR	NR
127	Tyler Wells	Orioles	98	57
128	Wade Miley	Brewers	172	121
129	Griffin Canning	Angels	170	84
130	Matt Manning	Tigers	160	NR
131	Graham Ashcraft	Reds	112	137
132	Tanner Houck	Red Sox	116	135
133	Joey Cantillo	Guardians	217	NR
134	Edward Cabrera	Marlins	86	114
135	Mike Soroka	Braves	102	94
136	Ken Waldichuk	Athletics	118	NR
137	Johan Oviedo	Pirates	158	123
138	Hyun Jin Ryu	Blue Jays	NR	153
139	Zack Littell	Rays	NR	NR
140	Reese Olson	Tigers	NR	116
141	Walker Buehler	Dodgers	NR	NR
142	Yonny Chirinos	Braves	131	124
143	Quinn Priester	Pirates	NR	148
144	Alex Faedo	Tigers	188	NR
145	Bailey Falter	Pirates	90	NR
146	Rich Hill	Padres	178	NR
147	Joey Lucchesi	Mets	171	NR
148	Carlos Carrasco	Mets	88	138
149	Ben Brown	Cubs	NR	154
150	Matthew Liberatore	Cardinals	153	111
151	Jared Jones	Pirates	NR	NR
152	Triston McKenzie	Guardians	64	NR
153	Ryan Yarbrough	Dodgers	NR	NR
154	Tylor Megill	Mets	114	NR
155	Jake Eder	White Sox	219	160
156	Martin Perez	Rangers	126	120
157	Ryan Pepiot	Dodgers	146	NR
158	Touki Toussaint	White Sox	NR	NR
159	Shane Bieber	Guardians	21	34
160	Brandon Williamson	Reds	NR	NR
161	Ryne Nelson	Diamondbacks	141	155
162	Joey Wentz	Tigers	130	NR
163	Emmet Sheehan	Dodgers	NR	80
164	Kyle Harrison	Giants	168	125
165	Ronel Blanco	Astros	NR	110
166	Adrian Houser	Brewers	218	NR
167	Ryan Weathers	Marlins	NR	NR
168	Slade Cecconi	Diamondbacks	NR	NR
169	Josh Fleming	Rays	NR	NR
170	Peyton Battenfield	Guardians	NR	NR

Dropping off: Anthony DeSclafani (86th), Domingo Germán (96th), Drew Rasmussen (105th), Dustin May (118th), Austin Cox (126th), Andrew Painter (128th), Trevor Rogers (134th), Daniel Lynch (136th), Osvaldo Bido (139th)

• Injuries have done quite a number on the top 10 here. I was all set to move Joe Musgrove up to sixth, but now he’s down with a sore shoulder. It’s reportedly really quite minor, but we’ll see.
• Even though it means more run support, I have dropped Max Scherzer some with the move from Queens to Arlington. Mostly, it’s his home run issues that concern me. He was having enough problems there in Citi Field , but Globe Life Park has played as the top home run park in the majors this year; there have been 162 homers hit in the Rangers’ 54 home games, compared to 103 in their 52 road games.
• Besides Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez , the Astros starters are a little lower here than they might otherwise be, since the team has six starters now with José Urquidy back. I imagine they’ll start sneaking in extra rest for Hunter Brown and Cristian Javier, and it’s quite possible they could stick Javier in the bullpen at some point.
• The same sort of goes for the Phillies’ trio of Michael Lorenzen , Cristopher Sánchez and Ranger Suárez; all would be a little higher if they weren’t competing for two spots. The Phillies are rolling with six starters right now, but that only figures to last for a couple of turns through the rotation.