May Starter Rankings

Here is the May edition of my rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300 for 5x5 leagues. I’m using five-game eligibility, so plenty of players have added new positions since Opening Day. Because I love you, I’ve also tweaked the top 300 to include previous rankings this year.

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

ROS Starting pitcher Rankings

May	Starting pitchers	Team	April
1	George Kirby	Mariners	2
2	Tarik Skubal	Tigers	3
3	Zack Wheeler	Phillies	5
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Dodgers	4
5	Corbin Burnes	Orioles	7
6	Logan Gilbert	Mariners	6
7	Tyler Glasnow	Dodgers	10
8	Pablo Lopez	Twins	8
9	Joe Ryan	Twins	14
10	Kevin Gausman	Blue Jays	11
11	Max Fried	Braves	12
12	Luis Castillo	Mariners	21
13	Freddy Peralta	Brewers	26
14	Dylan Cease	Padres	22
15	Cole Ragans	Royals	23
16	Shota Imanaga	Cubs	37
17	Logan Webb	Giants	17
18	Zac Gallen	Diamondbacks	18
19	Framber Valdez	Astros	13
20	Aaron Nola	Phillies	15
21	Tanner Bibee	Guardians	16
22	Justin Verlander	Astros	30
23	Zach Eflin	Rays	25
24	Bailey Ober	Twins	24
25	Chris Sale	Braves	34
26	Hunter Greene	Reds	32
27	Sonny Gray	Cardinals	58
28	Gerrit Cole	Yankees	31
29	Justin Steele	Cubs	28
30	Walker Buehler	Dodgers	36
31	Bryce Miller	Mariners	39
32	Bobby Miller	Dodgers	9
33	Kyle Bradish	Orioles	42
34	Nick Lodolo	Reds	54
35	Grayson Rodriguez	Orioles	20
36	Reid Detmers	Angels	61
37	Ryan Pepiot	Rays	55
38	Nathan Eovaldi	Rangers	48
39	Blake Snell	Giants	40
40	Michael King	Padres	35
41	Kodai Senga	Mets	45
42	Jared Jones	Pirates	136
43	Carlos Rodon	Yankees	43
44	Chris Bassitt	Blue Jays	41
45	Joe Musgrove	Padres	27
46	Jose Berrios	Blue Jays	49
47	Aaron Civale	Rays	46
48	Jack Flaherty	Tigers	96
49	Luis Severino	Mets	60
50	Mitch Keller	Pirates	33
51	Jordan Montgomery	Diamondbacks	50
52	Jesus Luzardo	Marlins	19
53	Max Scherzer	Rangers	73
54	Ranger Suarez	Phillies	81
55	Yu Darvish	Padres	38
56	Nestor Cortes	Yankees	62
57	MacKenzie Gore	Nationals	97
58	Cristopher Sanchez	Phillies	59
59	Tanner Houck	Red Sox	103
60	Yusei Kikuchi	Blue Jays	76
61	Paul Skenes	Pirates	132
62	Cristian Javier	Astros	69
63	Sean Manaea	Mets	53
64	Edward Cabrera	Marlins	115
65	Brandon Pfaadt	Diamondbacks	63
66	Taj Bradley	Rays	92
67	John Means	Orioles	52
68	Shane Baz	Rays	65
69	Erick Fedde	White Sox	158
70	Ronel Blanco	Astros	139
71	Braxton Garrett	Marlins	66
72	Reynaldo Lopez	Braves	75
73	Kutter Crawford	Red Sox	87
74	Marcus Stroman	Yankees	67
75	Zack Littell	Rays	90
76	Bryan Woo	Mariners	83
77	Charlie Morton	Braves	70
78	Kenta Maeda	Tigers	68
79	Clarke Schmidt	Yankees	95
80	Jose Soriano	Angels	60 RP
81	Keaton Winn	Giants	150
82	Reese Olson	Tigers	84
83	James Paxton	Dodgers	74
84	Brady Singer	Royals	119
85	Alex Cobb	Giants	78
86	Andrew Abbott	Reds	79
87	Hunter Brown	Astros	44
88	Dane Dunning	Rangers	86
89	Garrett Crochet	White Sox	189
90	Eduardo Rodriguez	Diamondbacks	85
91	Jordan Hicks	Giants	116
92	Merrill Kelly	Diamondbacks	57
93	Brayan Bello	Red Sox	82
94	Triston McKenzie	Guardians	72
95	Luis Gil	Yankees	133
96	Javier Assad	Cubs	143
97	Jon Gray	Rangers	98
98	Casey Mize	Tigers	111
99	Dean Kremer	Orioles	80
100	Logan Allen	Guardians	88
101	Jameson Taillon	Cubs	107
102	Nick Pivetta	Red Sox	121
103	Gavin Williams	Guardians	51
104	Kyle Harrison	Giants	104
105	Lance Lynn	Cardinals	89
106	Gavin Stone	Dodgers	100
107	Jose Butto	Mets	157
108	Hayden Wesneski	Cubs	147
109	Ben Brown	Cubs	180
110	Tyler Wells	Orioles	56
111	Garrett Whitlock	Red Sox	93
112	Christian Scott	Mets	176
113	Jacob deGrom	Rangers	126
114	Matt Manning	Tigers	101
115	Griffin Canning	Angels	77
116	Ross Stripling	Athletics	105
117	Chris Paddack	Twins	71
118	Cody Bradford	Rangers	91
119	Seth Lugo	Royals	125
120	DL Hall	Brewers	94
121	Trevor Rogers	Marlins	161
122	AJ Smith-Shawver	Braves	110
123	Graham Ashcraft	Reds	109
124	Albert Suarez	Orioles	NR
125	Emerson Hancock	Mariners	212
126	Simeon Woods Richardson	Twins	391
127	Clayton Kershaw	Dodgers	131
128	Jordan Wicks	Cubs	137
129	Jakob Junis	Brewers	112
130	Ryan Weathers	Marlins	162
131	Max Meyer	Marlins	129
132	Patrick Sandoval	Angels	135
133	Cole Irvin	Orioles	113
134	Ryan Yarbrough	Dodgers	124
135	Jeffrey Springs	Rays	142
136	Bryce Elder	Braves	165
137	Chase Silseth	Angels	108
138	Nick Martinez	Reds	114
139	Ben Lively	Guardians	221
140	Frankie Montas	Reds	128
141	Joe Ross	Brewers	146
142	Michael Wacha	Royals	153
143	Spencer Turnbull	Phillies	200
144	Landon Knack	Dodgers	261
145	Mike Clevinger	White Sox	138
146	Quinn Priester	Pirates	313
147	David Peterson	Mets	154
148	Trevor Bauer		122
149	Robert Gasser	Brewers	167
150	Paul Blackburn	Athletics	174
151	Miles Mikolas	Cardinals	134
152	Emmet Sheehan	Dodgers	102
153	Jake Irvin	Nationals	214
154	Cade Horton	Cubs	223
155	Louie Varland	Twins	99
156	Andrew Heaney	Rangers	118
157	JP Sears	Athletics	127
158	Spencer Arrighetti	Astros	233
159	Drew Rasmussen	Rays	163
160	Steven Matz	Cardinals	120
161	Jack Leiter	Rangers	324
162	Slade Cecconi	Diamondbacks	241
163	Joe Boyle	Athletics	140
164	Kyle Hendricks	Cubs	117
165	Jose Urquidy	Astros	106
166	Bailey Falter	Pirates	173
167	Yariel Rodriguez	Blue Jays	169
168	Jose Quintana	Mets	171
169	Cade Povich	Orioles	276
170	Ryne Nelson	Diamondbacks	182
171	Clayton Beeter	Yankees	194
172	Domingo German	Pirates	123
173	Tyler Anderson	Angels	181
174	Kyle Gibson	Cardinals	149
175	Ricky Tiedemann	Blue Jays	130

Dropping off: Spencer Strider (No. 1), Shane Bieber (No. 29), Eury Pérez (No. 47), Bowden Francis (No. 141), Sawyer Gipson-Long (No. 144), Michael Soroka (No. 145), Zack Thompson (No. 148)

• I’m still pretty low on the Red Sox pitchers. Yeah, Andrew Bailey is obviously a great pitching coach, but that’s just such a tough ballpark and defensive situation. The Red Sox have also thus far been in a pretty easy portion of what is quite likely the league’s most difficult schedule. Tanner Houck has definitely taken a big step forward and Kutter Crawford was already quite good, but I still think it’s going to be pretty difficult for them to remain difference makers in mixed leagues.

• Paul Skenes has gotten up over 70 pitches in his last two Triple-A starts and made it through six scoreless innings on Tuesday. It doesn’t sound like he’s made his final start for Indianapolis, but the move to Pittsburgh can’t be far away.

• In spite of his delayed debut, John Means was one of my favorite end-game picks this spring, and I should be excited now that he’s rejoining the Orioles rotation this weekend. However, his velocity still isn’t all of the way back after Tommy John. Maybe he’ll get stronger with time, but I’m not as optimistic about him as I was. At least he is in the great situation in Baltimore, especially since he’s a flyball left-hander pitching in Camden Yards half of the time.

• Jordan Wicks is someone I was planning on moving way up before he went on the IL with a forearm strain. That’s typically a very scary diagnosis, but it sounds like it might be a pretty minor one. If so, he seems like a mixed-league guy to me. His velocity is up a bit, and he had a 28/9 K/BB ratio in 23 innings before going down.