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Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 10 (2024)

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Nick Mariano's updated fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings for Week 10 (2024). Baller Ranks is a weekly rankings list for the top-101 starting pitchers.

It's time for another rest-of-season heat check with a weekly top 101 SP Baller Ranks breakdown. Two months of baseball are in the wind, yet it feels like we've only just begun. Let's make the most of the remaining race with the Week 10 edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks!

June's approach means it is high time to let go of some preconceived notions and allow yourself to read into the data, not the name. Let's dive in and see what we've got moving forward with tiered ranks, complemented by a rest-of-season auction value ($), their Previous Week's Value (PV), the trend between the two, and a (+/-) column denoting the rank shift compared to last week.

These ranks are geared toward traditional 5x5 roto leagues and I typically exclude most injured SPs, lest a return is imminent. This week includes some fun buy-high fellas. For now, let's dive into my top 101 healthy SPs and build a winner.

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Starting Pitcher Rankings Analysis

-Luis Castillo and George Kirby are used to brighter days. Castillo started ice cold with four earned in each of his first three outings before ripping off seven consecutive quality starts. His latest start broke the streak, but it was against the red-hot Yankees. He’s survived an ugly 20:10 K:BB over 23 ⅔ IP this May after a superior 49:8 mark in March/April. The resulting 10% K-BB rate and 5.03 FIP for this month is troubling, but Castillo’s track record earns more time near the top. (Late-night addition: He fared well after I wrote this earlier on Tuesday, keep the faith!)

Kirby is still throwing strikes but has struggled with the longball of late. The 26-year-old gave up two homers in his first seven starts but has now surrendered seven HRs in his last four trips to the hill. The overall 9% barrel rate is up from 7.5% last year even though the overall hard-hit rate is down six percentage points, per Statcast. He’s already given up more homers on the slider (three) than he did in all of 2023 (two) despite over triple the volume.

Kirby’s mistakes may be rare but hitters are being aggressive and Kirby isn’t capitalizing on 0-1 counts. Per BBRef, hitters have a .687 OPS after 0-1 compared to a .603 OPS after 1-0. Last year, Kirby held them to a .555 OPS on 0-1 counts compared to .836 after 1-0. Turn the screws with the advantage! And the Meatball Swing rate is up nearly 10 percentage points compared to ‘23, with the zone-swing rate up over three percentage points. Kirby managers know they’re sacrificing strikeout upside by rostering him but ERA variance hurts more as a result. (Update: Kirby pitched well against HOU, hope springs eternal. However, now his Home/Road splits look more exaggerated, with 8 HR allowed/16 XBH/17% K rate in 32 road innings versus 1 HR/8 XBH/29.2% K rate in 36 1/3 IP at home.)

-Justin Steele had given up 15 earned in a three-start stretch in mid-May, serving up six homers in those 16 frames. The southpaw had missed a month due to a left hamstring strain and had some rust to shake off. One hopes his scoreless seven innings against the Brewers on May 27 with a season-high eight strikeouts is turning the page. He’s maintained strong control (5.3% BB rate) and typically suppresses homers (career 0.94 HR/9), so the long-term outlook remains healthy.

-Ben Brown continues his outstanding run to open his MLB career with seven no-hit innings and 10 strikeouts against the Brewers on Tuesday. I typically don’t include Tuesday as I write this but no-hit bids are special! The 24-year-old has served as a long reliever/swingman for an oft-injured Cubs rotation, but now we have to put our foot down regarding talent vs. opportunity. He’s allowed one hit with 16 strikeouts over his last 11 innings!

On the surface, the Cubs rotation won’t have room for Brown once Jordan Wicks is back, which is likely in a week following one final rehab start. Shota Imanaga is an ace. The aforementioned Steele isn’t ceding any ground. Javier Assad has faded a bit but has earned his slot. Jameson Taillon has a 2.58 ERA despite a 4.38 FIP/4.62 SIERA. Can we get a six-man rotation? Brown is worth rolling out even as a long reliever, but his value skyrockets in the rotation.

-David Festa gets a special prospect shoutout after logging five innings of one-hit ball with another eight strikeouts. He’s struck out 40 in his last five starts (23 ⅓ IP) with a manageable eight walks. His overall 13.9 K/9 leads all Triple-A SPs aged 25 or under (min. 100 batters faced) who aren’t named Paul Skenes or Chayce McDermott. The Twins have three great SPs and then Simeon Woods Richardson and Chris Paddack are not sure things in the No. 4 and 5 slots. Louie Varland hasn’t recaptured his form at Triple-A so don’t lose sight of the 6-foot-6 Festa.

**Several pitchers with mediocre track records are showing true signs of improvement over a (relatively) lengthy period in 2024. Depending on how savvy their manager is in your environment, these may represent a buy-high candidate in your league. Some strong arms with iffy perceptions due to recent years:

-Ranger Suarez - Consistent command is there. Walks are down under 6%. He's running his sinker into left-handed batters and changeup away. Suarez just “struggled” at Coors.

-Jack Flaherty - Posting a career-best 14.9% swinging-strike rate and an elite 3.7% BB rate, but a 3.84 ERA is still far above the 2.27 SIERA. The first-strike rate is above 60% for the first time since 2020.

-MacKenzie Gore - Ramping an extra two ticks on the four-seamer, which is averaging nearly 97 mph. Throwing fewer heaters with more confidence in the changeup. Whiffs are up, walks are down. And fewer grooved pitches, too (Meatball rate down to 5.8% from 8.1%). His average exit velo allowed is down three ticks from ‘23.

-Hunter Greene - He was such a highly touted prospect where modest success still feels like underperforming. Greene traded whiffs for command but is still largely a two-pitch arm (fastball, slider). The expected average on four-seamer was .235 last year and is down to .167 in ‘24 (xSLG is .266 from .441!).

-Clarke Schmidt - (Update, he's out for the next month or two so disregard.) Has picked up a mile per hour on his cutter and sinker while dipping the sweeper by a tick (and upping the sweeper’s spin rate by ~100 rpm). The gap has increased effectiveness all around.

 

Top 101 Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 10

(+/-) Tier Player Rank $ PV Trend
0 1 Tyler Glasnow 1 $44.00 44 0.0 ▬
0 1 Zack Wheeler 2 $42.50 42.5 0.0 ▬
0 1 Corbin Burnes 3 $42.50 42 0.5 ▲
0 2 Tarik Skubal 4 $41.00 41 0.0 ▬
0 2 Chris Sale 5 $41.00 39 2.0 ▲
2 2 Cole Ragans 6 $37.00 36 1.0 ▲
0 2 Luis Castillo 7 $37.00 38 -1.0 ▼
4 2 Shota Imanaga 8 $36.00 34 2.0 ▲
1 3 Jared Jones 9 $35.00 35 0.0 ▬
1 3 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 10 $35.00 35 0.0 ▬
3 3 Max Fried 11 $34.00 32.5 1.5 ▲
6 3 Joe Ryan 12 $33.00 28 5.0 ▲
-7 3 Pablo Lopez 13 $33.00 39 -6.0 ▼
1 3 Zac Gallen 14 $32.50 31 1.5 ▲
2 3 Aaron Nola 15 $31.00 30 1.0 ▲
4 3 Kevin Gausman 16 $31.00 25.5 5.5 ▲
-1 3 Logan Webb 17 $30.00 31 -1.0 ▼
4 3 Kyle Bradish 18 $30.00 25 5.0 ▲
-10 4 George Kirby 19 $30.00 36 -6.0 ▼
-7 4 Freddy Peralta 20 $30.00 33 -3.0 ▼
0 4 Logan Gilbert 21 $26.00 25.5 0.5 ▲
1 4 Grayson Rodriguez 22 $25.50 25 0.5 ▲
1 4 Sonny Gray 23 $25.50 25 0.5 ▲
-5 4 Dylan Cease 24 $25.00 28 -3.0 ▼
2 4 Jesus Luzardo 25 $23.00 21 2.0 ▲
2 4 Garrett Crochet 26 $21.50 20 1.5 ▲
2 4 Paul Skenes 27 $21.00 20 1.0 ▲
2 4 Ranger Suarez 28 $21.00 19 2.0 ▲
2 4 Jack Flaherty 29 $21.00 19 2.0 ▲
-5 4 Bailey Ober 30 $21.00 23 -2.0 ▼
-5 4 Yu Darvish 31 $20.50 21.5 -1.0 ▼
0 5 Framber Valdez 32 $17.50 17.5 0.0 ▬
0 5 Justin Steele 33 $17.50 17.5 0.0 ▬
1 5 Nick Pivetta 34 $17.50 17.5 0.0 ▬
-1 5 Yusei Kikuchi 35 $17.50 17.5 0.0 ▬
5 5 MacKenzie Gore 36 $17.50 15 2.5 ▲
-1 5 Bryce Miller 37 $17.00 17.5 -0.5 ▼
0 5 Seth Lugo 38 $16.50 16.5 0.0 ▬
0 5 Ronel Blanco 39 $16.50 16.5 0.0 ▬
2 5 Walker Buehler 40 $16.00 15 1.0 ▲
2 5 Tanner Houck 41 $16.00 15 1.0 ▲
2 6 Reynaldo Lopez 42 $15.00 14.5 0.5 ▲
2 6 Luis Gil 43 $15.00 14 1.0 ▲
2 6 Carlos Rodon 44 $14.50 14 0.5 ▲
2 6 Bryan Woo 45 $14.00 13 1.0 ▲
-9 6 Kutter Crawford 46 $14.00 17 -3.0 ▼
14 7 Hunter Greene 47 $12.00 8 4.0 ▲
3 6 Tanner Bibee 48 $12.00 11 1.0 ▲
4 7 Nestor Cortes 49 $12.00 10 2.0 ▲
-10 6 Michael King 50 $12.00 16 -4.0 ▼
-3 6 Cristopher Sanchez 51 $11.50 12 -0.5 ▼
0 6 Chris Bassitt 52 $10.00 10 0.0 ▬
N/A 7 Nick Lodolo 53 $10.00 N/A N/A
0 7 Ryan Pepiot 54 $10.00 10 0.0 ▬
N/A 7 Nathan Eovaldi 55 $9.00 N/A N/A
1 7 Taj Bradley 56 $9.00 8.5 0.5 ▲
-8 7 Christian Scott 57 $8.50 11 -2.5 ▼
-3 7 Blake Snell 58 $8.50 9 -0.5 ▼
-3 7 Joe Musgrove 59 $8.50 9 -0.5 ▼
-2 7 Reese Olson 60 $8.50 8.5 0.0 ▬
1 7 Justin Verlander 61 $8.00 8 0.0 ▬
2 7 Clarke Schmidt 62 $8.00 7 1.0 ▲
2 7 Jordan Hicks 63 $8.00 7 1.0 ▲
3 8 Marcus Stroman 64 $7.00 6 1.0 ▲
-5 8 Jose Berrios 65 $7.00 8.5 -1.5 ▼
-7 8 Brayan Bello 66 $6.00 8.5 -2.5 ▼
3 8 Erick Fedde 67 $6.00 5.5 0.5 ▲
0 8 Jordan Montgomery 68 $5.50 5.5 0.0 ▬
0 8 Gavin Stone 69 $5.50 5.5 0.0 ▬
1 8 Brady Singer 70 $5.50 5 0.5 ▲
8 8 Jose Soriano 71 $5.00 4 1.0 ▲
1 8 Javier Assad 72 $4.50 4 0.5 ▲
2 8 Alek Manoah 73 $4.00 4 0.0 ▬
6 8 Brandon Pfaadt 74 $4.00 3.5 0.5 ▲
-3 8 Triston McKenzie 75 $4.00 4.5 -0.5 ▼
0 8 Mitch Keller 76 $4.00 4 0.0 ▬
-3 8 Charlie Morton 77 $4.00 4 0.0 ▬
5 9 Tyler Anderson 78 $4.00 2.5 1.5 ▲
5 9 Andrew Abbott 79 $4.00 2 2.0 ▲
5 9 Alec Marsh 80 $3.50 2 1.5 ▲
10 9 Michael Wacha 81 $3.00 1.5 1.5 ▲
N/A 9 Braxton Garrett 82 $3.00 N/A N/A
10 9 Robert Gasser 83 $2.50 1.5 1.0 ▲
N/A 9 Cole Irvin 84 $2.00 N/A N/A
4 9 Zack Littell 85 $2.00 1.5 0.5 ▲
N/A 9 Ryan Weathers 86 $2.00 N/A N/A
N/A 9 Matt Waldron 87 $1.50 N/A N/A
12 9 Tylor Megill 88 $1.50 1 0.5 ▲
N/A 9 Cal Quantrill 89 $1.50 N/A N/A
N/A 9 Ben Lively 90 $1.50 N/A N/A
10 10 Hunter Brown 91 $1.00 1 0.0 ▬
-26 10 Casey Mize 92 $1.00 6 -5.0 ▼
-15 10 Andrew Heaney 93 $1.00 4 -3.0 ▼
-7 10 Aaron Civale 94 $1.00 2 -1.0 ▼
-5 10 Sean Manaea 95 $1.00 1.5 -0.5 ▼
1 10 Luis Severino 96 $1.00 1 0.0 ▬
N/A 10 Chris Paddack 97 $1.00 N/A N/A
N/A 10 Michael Lorenzen 98 $1.00 N/A N/A
-5 10 Spencer Arrighetti 99 $1.00 1 0.0 ▬
N/A 10 Mitchell Parker 100 $1.00 N/A N/A
N/A 10 Simeon Woods Richardson 101 $1.00 N/A N/A


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