Updated Starting Pitcher (SP) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 225 for March Drafts

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2. Updated Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings

Pitching wins fantasy baseball championships, and there are always lots of pitcher injuries and surprises with MLB rotations to start the season. It's key to stay updated before your drafts, and we're here to help out with our MLB team's updated 2024 fantasy baseball starting pitcher (SP) rankings.

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Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball News and Injuries

Bryan Woo Lands On Injured List With Elbow Inflammation
Emerson Hancock Takes Woo's Spot In Seattle's Rotation
Gerrit Cole Could Land On 60-Day Injured List
Jacob deGrom Officially Placed On 60-Day Injured List
Blake Snell Won't Be Ready For Opening Day
Tylor Megill Wins Rotation Spot
Eury Perez To Start On Injured List With Elbow Inflammation
Eduardo Rodriguez Will Open On Injured List
Max Meyer Makes Opening Day Roster
Sonny Gray To Open Season On Injured List
Michael Lorenzen Will Be A Starter For Texas
Ricky Tiedemann Still In Mix For Rotation Spot?
Kodai Senga's Ramp-Up Period Could Be Stretched Out
Justin Verlander Won't Pitch In Grapefruit League Game
Kevin Gausman May Avoid Injured List Stint
Zack Thompson To Start The Year In The Rotation
Aaron Ashby Optioned To Triple-A
Justin Steele Could Be Ready For Opening Day
Jameson Taillon Out Until at Least Mid-April
Kyle Bradish, John Means Not Expected To Be Out For Long
Tanner Houck Locks Up Rotation Spot

Updated Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings

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SP Tier	SP Ranking	Player Name	Pos	Overall
1	1	Spencer Strider	SP	7
1	2	Corbin Burnes	SP	20
1	3	Zack Wheeler	SP	22
2	4	Luis Castillo	SP	29
2	5	George Kirby	SP	32
2	6	Kevin Gausman	SP	34
2	7	Pablo Lopez	SP	35
2	8	Zac Gallen	SP	37
2	9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	SP	41
2	10	Tyler Glasnow	SP	42
2	11	Tarik Skubal	SP	43
3	12	Logan Webb	SP	46
3	13	Aaron Nola	SP	47
3	14	Freddy Peralta	SP	52
3	15	Framber Valdez	SP	55
3	16	Grayson Rodriguez	SP	60
3	17	Max Fried	SP	62
3	18	Zach Eflin	SP	65
3	19	Logan Gilbert	SP	66
3	20	Blake Snell	SP	69
4	21	Bobby Miller	SP	72
4	22	Jesus Luzardo	SP	74
4	23	Joe Ryan	SP	80
4	24	Justin Steele	SP	84
5	25	Cole Ragans	SP/RP	89
5	26	Joe Musgrove	SP	96
5	27	Tanner Bibee	SP	103
5	28	Michael King	SP/RP	109
5	29	Dylan Cease	SP	119
5	30	Sonny Gray	SP	125
5	31	Shane Bieber	SP	126
5	32	Chris Sale	SP	127
5	33	Shota Imanaga	SP	130
5	34	Bailey Ober	SP	131
6	35	Chris Bassitt	SP	132
6	36	Jordan Montgomery	SP	133
6	37	Eury Perez	SP	134
6	38	Hunter Brown	SP	136
6	39	Hunter Greene	SP	138
6	40	Justin Verlander	SP	150
6	41	Carlos Rodon	SP	160
6	42	Merrill Kelly	SP	162
7	43	Nick Pivetta	SP/RP	163
7	44	Bryce Miller	SP	164
7	45	Gavin Williams	SP	165
7	46	Mitch Keller	SP	175
7	47	Cristian Javier	SP	177
7	48	Jose Berrios	SP	178
7	49	Ryan Pepiot	SP/RP	179
7	50	Walker Buehler	SP	181
7	51	Yu Darvish	SP	185
7	52	Nathan Eovaldi	SP	189
7	53	Aaron Civale	SP	194
7	54	Louie Varland	SP/RP	196
7	55	Kodai Senga	SP	202
7	56	A.J. Puk	SP/RP	208
7	57	Mason Miller	SP/RP	209
7	58	Cristopher Sanchez	SP	226
8	59	Nick Lodolo	SP	229
8	60	Brayan Bello	SP	231
8	61	Triston McKenzie	SP	232
8	62	Brandon Pfaadt	SP	233
8	63	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SP	235
8	64	Charlie Morton	SP	236
8	65	John Means	SP	237
8	66	Eduardo Rodriguez	SP	239
8	67	Braxton Garrett	SP	245
8	68	Kyle Harrison	SP	248
8	69	Reid Detmers	SP	250
8	70	Kutter Crawford	SP/RP	251
8	71	Andrew Abbott	SP	260
8	72	Kenta Maeda	SP	263
8	73	Marcus Stroman	SP	265
8	74	Gerrit Cole	SP	273
8	75	Yusei Kikuchi	SP	278
9	76	Griffin Canning	SP	281
9	77	Bryan Woo	SP	282
9	78	Max Scherzer	SP	283
9	79	Shane Baz	SP	288
9	80	Logan Allen	SP	294
9	81	Taj Bradley	SP	299
9	82	Emmet Sheehan	SP	300
9	83	MacKenzie Gore	SP	302
9	84	Luis Severino	SP	310
9	85	Jon Gray	SP	311
9	86	Lance Lynn	SP	312
9	87	Edward Cabrera	SP	313
9	88	Reese Olson	SP	314
9	89	Erick Fedde	SP	319
9	90	Tyler Wells	SP/RP	320
9	91	Michael Wacha	SP	323
9	92	Sean Manaea	SP/RP	331
9	93	Steven Matz	SP/RP	333
10	94	Ranger Suarez	SP	338
10	95	Dean Kremer	SP	339
10	96	James Paxton	SP	344
10	97	Andrew Heaney	SP/RP	346
10	98	Alex Cobb	SP	359
10	99	Frankie Montas	SP	367
10	100	Paul Skenes	SP	368
10	101	Gavin Stone	SP	369
10	102	Patrick Sandoval	SP	370
10	103	Jameson Taillon	SP	371
10	104	Chase Silseth	SP/RP	373
10	105	Ricky Tiedemann	SP	376
10	106	Clayton Kershaw	SP	378
10	107	Josiah Gray	SP	379
10	108	Kyle Bradish	SP	380
10	109	Trevor Rogers	SP	381
10	110	Jared Jones	SP	383
11	111	John Brebbia	SP/RP	386
11	112	Miles Mikolas	SP	387
11	113	Chris Paddack	SP	388
11	114	Clarke Schmidt	SP	393
11	115	Max Meyer	SP	394
11	116	Michael Kopech	SP/RP	396
11	117	Tanner Houck	SP	398
11	118	Graham Ashcraft	SP	399
11	119	Michael Lorenzen	SP	400
11	120	Luis Gil	SP	401
11	121	Garrett Whitlock	SP/RP	403
12	122	JP Sears	SP	405
12	123	Casey Mize	SP	406
12	124	Garrett Crochet	SP/RP	410
12	125	Jack Flaherty	SP	417
12	126	Dane Dunning	SP/RP	426
12	127	Matt Strahm	SP/RP	427
12	128	Jose Quintana	SP	428
12	129	Joe Boyle	SP	429
12	130	Tylor Megill	SP	434
12	131	Jacob deGrom	SP	438
12	132	Aaron Ashby	SP/RP	440
12	133	Ryan Weathers	SP	447
13	134	Kyle Gibson	SP	449
13	135	Sawyer Gipson-Long	SP	451
13	136	Zack Littell	SP/RP	454
13	137	Alek Manoah	SP	455
13	138	Bryce Elder	SP	457
13	139	Kyle Hendricks	SP	461
13	140	Keaton Winn	SP	463
13	141	AJ Smith-Shawver	SP	465
13	142	Jordan Wicks	SP	466
13	143	Matt Manning	SP	474
13	144	Jhony Brito	SP/RP	479
13	145	Brady Singer	SP	480
13	146	Ross Stripling	SP/RP	481
13	147	Javier Assad	SP/RP	488
13	148	Wade Miley	SP	489
13	149	Cade Horton	SP	493
13	150	Jeffrey Springs	SP/RP	494
13	151	Cole Irvin	SP/RP	500
13	152	Drew Rasmussen	SP	502
13	153	J.P. France	SP	503
13	154	Taijuan Walker	SP	505
13	155	Robbie Ray	SP	506
14	156	David Peterson	SP/RP	513
14	157	Hayden Wesneski	SP/RP	520
14	158	Robert Gasser	SP	521
14	159	Drew Thorpe	SP	522
14	160	Bowden Francis	SP	525
14	161	Spencer Turnbull	SP	528
14	162	Brandon Williamson	SP	531
14	163	Domingo German	SP	534
14	164	Lance McCullers Jr.	SP	544
14	165	Emerson Hancock	SP	547
14	166	Will Warren	SP	549
14	167	Ryne Nelson	SP	560
14	168	Nick Martinez	SP/RP	564
14	169	Mike Clevinger	SP	565
14	170	Mike Soroka	SP	566
15	171	Drew Smyly	SP/RP	569
15	172	Paul Blackburn	SP	571
15	173	Jose Urquidy	SP/RP	572
15	174	Luis Medina	SP/RP	574
15	175	Shane McClanahan	SP	582
15	176	Connor Phillips	SP	583
15	177	Colin Rea	SP	584
15	178	Anthony DeSclafani	SP	588
15	179	Adrian Houser	SP	590
15	180	Mason Black	SP	591
16	181	Randy Vasquez	SP/RP	593
16	182	Shawn Armstrong	SP/RP	605
16	183	Ty Madden	SP	612
16	184	Caleb Ferguson	SP/RP	615
16	185	Tyler Holton	SP/RP	622
16	186	Joe Ross	SP	623
16	187	Dustin May	SP	624
16	188	Michael Grove	SP/RP	628
16	189	Yariel Rodriguez	SP	632
16	190	Roansy Contreras	SP/RP	643
16	191	Jackson Jobe	SP	645
16	192	Luke Weaver	SP	648
16	193	Sixto Sanchez	SP	649
16	194	Cade Cavalli	SP	650
16	195	Jack Leiter	SP	651
16	196	Hurston Waldrep	SP	656
16	197	Jake Eder	SP	665
16	198	Jared Shuster	SP	666
16	199	Tyler Anderson	SP	668
16	200	Shintaro Fujinami	SP/RP	670
16	201	Albert Suarez	SP	678
16	202	Cody Bradford	SP	680
16	203	Chayce McDermott	SP	682
16	204	Mick Abel	SP	684
16	205	Matthew Liberatore	SP/RP	685
17	206	Alex Wood	SP	689
17	207	Tyler Mahle	SP	690
17	208	Jake Irvin	SP	691
17	209	Tekoah Roby	SP	694
17	210	Cal Quantrill	SP	696
17	211	Luis L. Ortiz	SP	698
17	212	Quinn Priester	SP	699
17	213	Alex Faedo	SP	705
17	214	Mike Vasil	SP	707
17	215	Jose Butto	SP	709
17	216	Touki Toussaint	SP	712
17	217	Ryan Yarbrough	SP/RP	713
17	218	Mitch Spence	SP	715
17	219	Martin Perez	SP/RP	716
17	220	Spencer Arrighetti	SP	719
17	221	Allan Winans	SP	722
17	222	Matt Waldron	SP	724
17	223	Patrick Corbin	SP	726
17	224	Carlos Rodriguez	SP	727
17	225	Darius Vines	SP	729
17	226	Brandon Bielak	SP	732
17	227	Cody Poteet	SP/RP	741
17	228	Joey Cantillo	SP	746

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