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Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball: The Top 101 Baller Ranks

Brandon Woodruff - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Nick Mariano's updated fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings for Week 12 (2022). Baller Ranks is a weekly rankings list for the top 101 starting pitchers.

Let's wrap up June with some style, RotoBallers, and dive right into an updated edition of my top-101 starting pitcher rankings for rest-of-season values. I know the season had a bit of a delayed start but July is always a sweet halfway checkpoint to assess your needs. To help y'all, I've got you covered with ranks, tiers, trends, and notes with the top-101 in a table with other fun things like earned value via Fangraphs. It's time for another edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks!

This google sheet accompanies the table below and adds relevant 5x5 stats, K%, BB%, BABIP, FIP, xFIP, SIERA, ERA-FIP, and CSW% from the last 30 days. I highly encourage you to click the sheet.

As is tradition, these fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings are geared toward traditional 5x5 leagues. Injured pitchers are not included in this edition. Without further ado, here's my top-101 SP for the rest of 2022!

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-Brandon Woodruff is back and better than ever, as the ace struck out 10 Rays over five frames. Now, we hold our breath that the Reynaud’s syndrome finger numbness doesn’t crop up again but boy, that feels good to see. The good times should keep rolling with a matchup against Pittsburgh scheduled for Woodruff’s next start.

-Lance Lynn has had a rough go since returning, posting a 6.19 ERA/1.44 WHIP, but he’s rocking a 17/3 K/BB ratio with a 3.32 SIERA. If you buy into that and trust that he won’t allow a home run in every single start then perhaps make an inquiry to the Lynn team in your league. It’s a bit odd considering the low 30% fly-ball rate (43% in 2020-21) but the 20% HR/FB rate is double his career mark. Stuff happens. For what it’s worth, he allowed 18 homers across 28 outings last season. His 52.9% strand rate is way below the career 75.7% mark. I’m not panicking and have sent a few offers.

-Carlos Carrasco has been crushed by Houston in back-to-back starts but has also allowed seven homers in his last four starts. He’d yielded only three total home runs over his first 11 starts combined! Even on a poor Tuesday for Carrasco, he at least showed his usual velocity after a dip on June 22, when his four-seamer averaged 92.2 MPH (down from 93.8 MPH in the previous game).

-MacKenzie Gore must just fear the Rockies, as he settled down with five innings of shutout ball against the Phillies after back-to-back clubbings by Colorado. Unfortunately, the average exit velo versus PHI was up at 93.5 MPH (his third-highest mark this year) and he walked four again. That’s twice in his last three outings, giving him 11 walks to just eight strikeouts in that window. I forgive a bit because one Coors start throws most arms off, but 19 walks in his last six starts after only nine in his first six is troubling.

-Spencer Strider flexed his upside on Sunday night against the Dodgers for a national audience to take in. Over the last month, Strider’s 34.1% strikeout rate ranked sixth-highest among starting pitchers. I know some may have cooled after he suffered. That gem against the Dodgers was also his first start with zero walks.

-Roansy Contreras is another young arm who is starting to see command slip as batters adjust. While Contreras has held opponents down with a 2.60 ERA through seven starts, he has a 4.25 FIP and 4.53 xFIP in that same window. He had a 23/6 K/BB ratio in the first four of those games, but the last three contests have yielded a 9/10 K/BB. It’s not what you want. He’ll have to prove he can keep attacking hitters if he wants to avoid falling into the streamer tiers.

-Graham Ashcraft leaned hard on his cutter to great success on June 24 at San Francisco. Throwing it two-thirds of the time, Ashcraft held SF to two runs over eight stellar innings with eight strikeouts and zero walks. The rookie got six punchouts with the cutter, which showed renewed life after a slight velo dip in his previous two starts. Those last two starts saw him get tagged for 10 runs over 9 ⅔ IP with the cutter sitting around 96 MPH, but San Francisco ate a cutter that averaged 98 MPH.

-Michael Lorenzen polished off his May with three straight quality starts to cap off a strong month where he hadn’t walked more than two batters in any of his five outings. However, he’s already walked three or more in three of four June starts thus far. After posting a .267 OBP in April and a .289 OBP in May, Lorenzen has allowed a .381 OBP in June alongside the 6.75 ERA. According to Baseball Savant, Lorenzen has eased off of his sinker, going from 31.6% in May to 16.9% in June, with a rise in four-seam fastballs (18.7% to 26.1%) as the counterweight. After hitters had only mustered three hits on 140 four-seamers thrown between April-May, they’ve laced nine hits off of 99 four-seamers in June. This is not the advised usage!

-Devin Smeltzer followed up six scoreless frames against the Guardians on June 23 with a season-high nine strikeouts on June 28. The 26-year-old allowed one run on four hits scattered across six innings to lower his ERA to 2.86 on the year. He’d struck out more than four in a start just once over his prior eight outings and is not that guy, instead being a reliable command guy that induces crummy contact. But we’ll take it! That makes three wins and three QS in his last four starts, including two straight now with zero walks. He’s worth a stash against other fallers.

-Ian Anderson has seen his performance slide as the season wears on and I’d be shocked if he keeps his rotation slot once Mike Soroka is healthy. Heck, Kyle Muller has been doing well at Triple-A and could take Anderson’s spot at any time. Anderson has allowed 15 runs with 13 walks in 26 ⅔ IP in June, yielding a .301/.381/.437 slash line overall. There is some poor luck involved, as his .389 BABIP in June has a 3.99 FIP behind it but the 11% walk rate is too much for me. He doesn’t have the elite strikeouts to balance such high walks. Small-sample bettors can note a 3.55 ERA and 40/18 K/BB ratio on the road (45 ⅔ IP) versus the 6.28 ERA and 25/18 K/BB at home. On the whole, he’s not worth your troubles in fantasy formats.

 

Top-101 Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball

These are rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings for starting pitchers.

(+/-) Tier Player Rank EV $ $PV Trend Notes
0 1 Corbin Burnes 1 $8.5 44.5 44.5 0.0 ▬ 3 Ace starts in a row, PIT next
0 1 Gerrit Cole 2 $4.6 43.5 43.5 0.0 ▬ Bankable IP keeps him at No. 2
0 1 Shane McClanahan 3 $8.6 42.0 42.0 0.0 ▬ 9 straight QS, mythical run; workload down stretch?
0 2 Joe Musgrove 4 $5.7 41.0 41.0 0.0 ▬ Unraveled late v. PHI and LAD next
0 2 Sandy Alcantara 5 $13.2 38.0 38.0 0.0 ▬ Even his bad start had 0.86 WHIP
0 2 Zack Wheeler 6 $8.5 37.5 37.5 0.0 ▬
0 2 Justin Verlander 7 $3.4 35.0 34.0 1.0 ▲ Strong rebound at NYY
0 3 Alek Manoah 8 $6.8 33.0 32.5 0.5 ▲
0 3 Max Fried 9 $9.7 31.0 31.0 0.0 ▬
0 3 Aaron Nola 10 $12.2 31.0 30.0 1.0 ▲
0 3 Carlos Rodon 11 $7.7 31.0 29.5 1.5 ▲
0 3 Kevin Gausman 12 $7.3 30.5 29.5 1.0 ▲ Great outing after 5 straight of 1.40+ WHIP
0 3 Shane Bieber 13 $9.6 28.0 26.0 2.0 ▲ 3 QS in tough stretch (at COL, LAD, BOS)
0 3 Frankie Montas 14 $4.4 25.0 23.0 2.0 ▲
0 3 Shohei Ohtani 15 $4.0 24.0 23.0 1.0 ▲ 3 straight gems (W+QS) after some turbulence
0 3 Logan Webb 16 $6.2 24.0 22.0 2.0 ▲
N/A 3 Brandon Woodruff 17 $0.1 23.0 N/A N/A Electric 10 Ks in return
1 3 Julio Urias 18 $3.8 22.0 20.0 2.0 ▲ 25 K in last 18 IP, nice surge
2 3 Dylan Cease 19 $9.7 22.0 20.0 2.0 ▲ Back to pounding zone, 24 K in last 13 IP!
-3 4 Lance Lynn 20 $1.1 21.0 22.0 -1.0 ▼
-1 4 Luis Severino 21 $3.2 20.0 20.0 0.0 ▬ 37.6% K rate highest for SP in last 30
-4 4 Nestor Cortes 22 $1.4 19.5 20.0 -0.5 ▼
0 4 Clayton Kershaw 23 $3.0 19.5 19.5 0.0 ▬ Tough Coors turn...Coors
-2 4 Lucas Giolito 24 -$2.5 19.5 19.5 0.0 ▬ Settled after early bump at LAA for QS
-1 4 Logan Gilbert 25 $6.6 18.0 18.0 0.0 ▬ QS streak snapped at 7, but OAK next
-1 4 Yu Darvish 26 $7.0 18.0 18.0 0.0 ▬
-1 4 Chris Bassitt 27 $6.1 17.5 17.5 0.0 ▬ .460 SLG against in May, .362 in June
1 5 Luis Castillo 28 $4.9 15.0 15.0 0.0 ▬
3 5 Framber Valdez 29 $4.3 15.0 14.0 1.0 ▲
3 5 Tony Gonsolin 30 $5.9 15.0 14.0 1.0 ▲
6 5 Shane Baz 31 $0.6 15.0 13.5 1.5 ▲
-5 5 Pablo Lopez 32 $1.5 15.0 17.5 -2.5 ▼
1 5 Sean Manaea 33 $2.6 15.0 14.0 1.0 ▲
-3 5 Zac Gallen 34 $0.4 15.0 15.0 0.0 ▬
1 5 Charlie Morton 35 $3.3 15.0 13.5 1.5 ▲ Sick 37.5% K rate in last 30
-6 5 Tarik Skubal 36 $2.9 14.0 15.0 -1.0 ▼ Crushed in 3 straight, 15 ER
-9 5 Kyle Wright 37 $5.6 14.0 16.0 -2.0 ▼ 2 straight rough turns w/ 2.00 WHIP
-3 5 Michael Kopech 38 -$0.3 14.0 14.0 0.0 ▬
0 5 Sonny Gray 39 $5.5 13.0 12.5 0.5 ▲
-2 6 Jose Berrios 40 -$3.7 11.5 12.5 -1.0 ▼
0 6 Luis Garcia 41 $2.9 11.5 11.0 0.5 ▲
6 6 Cristian Javier 42 $6.6 11.5 9.5 2.0 ▲ No-hit NYY w/ big Ks, please stay in rotation
3 6 Robbie Ray 43 $1.6 11.0 10.0 1.0 ▲
1 6 Jordan Montgomery 44 $4.9 10.0 10.0 0.0 ▬ 2 flops against TB, OAK after 5-QS streak
-5 6 Joe Ryan 45 -$0.5 10.0 12.0 -2.0 ▼
-2 6 Alex Cobb 46 $0.6 9.5 10.0 -0.5 ▼
0 6 Mike Clevinger 47 -$0.3 9.5 9.5 0.0 ▬
1 6 Tyler Mahle 48 $10.5 9.5 9.0 0.5 ▲ We pray for a trade at the deadline
5 6 Nick Pivetta 49 $8.1 9.0 8.0 1.0 ▲
-7 6 Carlos Carrasco 50 $1.3 9.0 10.0 -1.0 ▼
0 6 MacKenzie Gore 51 $0.7 9.0 8.5 0.5 ▲
1 6 Jameson Taillon 52 $6.2 8.5 8.0 0.5 ▲
8 6 Spencer Strider 53 $6.2 8.5 5.0 3.5 ▲
-4 7 George Kirby 54 -$1.5 8.0 9.0 -1.0 ▼
0 7 Tyler Anderson 55 $5.9 8.0 8.0 0.0 ▬
-4 7 Triston McKenzie 56 -$2.5 8.0 8.5 -0.5 ▼
3.0 7 Adam Wainwright 57 $8.6 7.5 6.5 1.0 ▲
-1 7 Patrick Sandoval 58 $2.8 7.0 7.5 -0.5 ▼ Born with 80 pitches by 4th inning
-1 7 Roansy Contreras 59 $2.0 6.5 7.0 -0.5 ▼
-1 7 Eric Lauer 60 -$4.4 5.5 6.5 -1.0 ▼
1 7 Martin Perez 61 $7.3 5.5 5.0 0.5 ▲
1 7 Noah Syndergaard 62 $3.0 5.0 4.5 0.5 ▲ 5+ Ks in last three starts (only 1 QS/W)
3 8 Alex Wood 63 $3.4 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
3 8 Josiah Gray 64 $4.9 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬ 4 ER in last 5 gms, hit 9 K twice within that
3 8 Jeffrey Springs 65 $2.6 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
3 8 Jon Gray 66 $4.9 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
3 8 Hunter Greene 67 $3.6 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
3 8 Miles Mikolas 68 $4.7 3.5 3.5 0.0 ▬ Two 9-K games in last 4, all QS
4 8 Jose Urquidy 69 -$0.5 3.5 3.5 0.0 ▬ Lesser K's but helping ratios
-5 8 Blake Snell 70 $4.3 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
-7 8 Paul Blackburn 71 $0.1 4.0 4.5 -0.5 ▼
2 9 Brady Singer 72 $0.5 3.0 3.0 0.0 ▬
2 9 Zach Eflin 73 $0.8 3.0 3.0 0.0 ▬
4 9 Kyle Gibson 74 $1.5 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
5 9 Taijuan Walker 75 $8.4 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
5 9 Graham Ashcraft 76 $5.1 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲ Strikeout breakthrough w/ 8 K at SF
2 9 Cal Quantrill 77 $0.9 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
-6 9 Michael Lorenzen 78 $3.6 2.0 3.5 -1.5 ▼ No command of late, few Ks to compensate
-3 9 Anthony DeSclafani 79 -$1.3 3.0 3.0 0.0 ▬ .478 BABIP early on, rusty command
2 9 Michael Wacha 80 $4.8 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
2 9 Corey Kluber 81 $6.7 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
7 9 Tyler Wells 82 $3.2 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
12 9 Devin Smeltzer 83 -$1.9 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
7 9 Ross Stripling 84 $8.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
1 10 Chris Flexen 85 $5.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
-9 10 Trevor Rogers 86 -$0.5 1.0 2.5 -1.5 ▼ Stash if you can wait but otherwise, cut
0 10 Ranger Suarez 87 $3.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
N/A 10 Keegan Thompson 88 -$0.1 1.0 N/A N/A 12 IP, 1 ER, 16 K in last 2 starts
N/A 10 Aaron Civale 89 $1.9 1.0 N/A N/A
-5 11 Jose Quintana 90 $2.8 1.0 1.5 -0.5 ▼
2 10 Dane Dunning 91 $2.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
N/A 10 Kyle Hendricks 92 $4.2 1.0 N/A N/A
N/A 11 German Marquez 93 $0.3 1.0 N/A N/A 3 QS/W in last 4, all road starts
2 11 Dakota Hudson 94 $2.6 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
2 11 Johnny Cueto 95 $2.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
-8 11 Ian Anderson 96 $0.8 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬ Horrid 1.45 WHIP, Soroka to take spot?
1 11 Zach Davies 97 $7.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
2 11 Marco Gonzales 98 $0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬ QS or W in 8 of last 9; OAK next
0.0 ▬ 11 Merrill Kelly 99 $4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
1.0 ▲ 11 David Peterson 100 $1.9 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
N/A 11 Josh Winder 101 N/A 1.0 N/A N/A


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