August 2024 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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Starting pitcher ROS Rankings

Aug	Starting pitchers	Team	2024	July
1	Corbin Burnes	Orioles	7	1
2	George Kirby	Mariners	2	3
3	Tarik Skubal	Tigers	3	2
4	Zack Wheeler	Phillies	5	4
5	Logan Gilbert	Mariners	6	5
6	Tyler Glasnow	Dodgers	10	6
7	Dylan Cease	Padres	22	10
8	Paul Skenes	Pirates	132	25
9	Joe Ryan	Twins	14	8
10	Pablo Lopez	Twins	8	9
11	Chris Sale	Braves	34	15
12	Luis Castillo	Mariners	21	13
13	Aaron Nola	Phillies	15	12
14	Cole Ragans	Royals	23	7
15	Blake Snell	Giants	40	54
16	Framber Valdez	Astros	13	17
17	Kevin Gausman	Blue Jays	11	20
18	Tanner Bibee	Guardians	16	14
19	Gerrit Cole	Yankees	31	16
20	Max Fried	Braves	12	11
21	Freddy Peralta	Brewers	26	18
22	Jack Flaherty	Tigers	96	35
23	Shota Imanaga	Cubs	37	23
24	Zac Gallen	Diamondbacks	18	19
25	Zach Eflin	Orioles	25	24
26	Hunter Greene	Reds	32	28
27	Bailey Ober	Twins	24	29
28	Grayson Rodriguez	Orioles	20	32
29	Justin Steele	Cubs	28	27
30	Bryce Miller	Mariners	39	33
31	Logan Webb	Giants	17	21
32	Taj Bradley	Rays	92	57
33	Michael King	Padres	35	31
34	Sonny Gray	Cardinals	58	22
35	Max Scherzer	Rangers	73	26
36	Hunter Brown	Astros	44	38
37	Mitch Keller	Pirates	33	39
38	Nathan Eovaldi	Rangers	48	36
39	Justin Verlander	Astros	30	30
40	Nick Lodolo	Reds	54	37
41	Carlos Rodon	Yankees	43	44
42	Gavin Williams	Guardians	51	46
43	Clayton Kershaw	Dodgers	131	114
44	Ranger Suarez	Phillies	81	34
45	Jared Jones	Pirates	136	48
46	Cristopher Sanchez	Phillies	59	41
47	Luis Severino	Mets	60	49
48	Bryan Woo	Mariners	83	56
49	Spencer Schwellenbach	Braves	NR	81
50	Nestor Cortes	Yankees	62	40
51	Ryan Pepiot	Rays	55	51
52	Chris Bassitt	Blue Jays	41	42
53	Jacob deGrom	Rangers	126	78
54	River Ryan	Dodgers	231	160
55	Brandon Pfaadt	Diamondbacks	63	67
56	Shane Baz	Rays	65	68
57	Joe Musgrove	Padres	27	71
58	Erick Fedde	Cardinals	158	65
59	Seth Lugo	Royals	125	55
60	Ronel Blanco	Astros	139	69
61	Luis Gil	Yankees	133	61
62	Sean Manaea	Mets	53	64
63	Garrett Crochet	White Sox	189	74
64	Robbie Ray	Giants	201	99
65	Frankie Montas	Brewers	128	123
66	Matt Waldron	Padres	330	60
67	Tanner Houck	Red Sox	103	47
68	Yusei Kikuchi	Astros	76	59
69	Jeffrey Springs	Rays	142	83
70	Alex Cobb	Guardians	78	106
71	Jose Berrios	Blue Jays	49	52
72	Kutter Crawford	Red Sox	87	75
73	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Dodgers	4	53
74	Hayden Birdsong	Giants	NR	134
75	Walker Buehler	Dodgers	36	62
76	Eduardo Rodriguez	Diamondbacks	85	85
77	Jameson Taillon	Cubs	107	82
78	Gavin Stone	Dodgers	100	43
79	Max Meyer	Marlins	129	118
80	Brady Singer	Royals	119	86
81	Merrill Kelly	Diamondbacks	57	91
82	Aaron Civale	Brewers	46	58
83	MacKenzie Gore	Nationals	97	50
84	Reynaldo Lopez	Braves	75	66
85	Jake Irvin	Nationals	214	89
86	Nick Pivetta	Red Sox	121	95
87	Tyler Mahle	Rangers	230	124
88	Charlie Morton	Braves	70	80
89	Michael Wacha	Royals	153	125
90	Ben Lively	Guardians	221	110
91	Kyle Harrison	Giants	104	104
92	Marcus Stroman	Yankees	67	87
93	Zack Littell	Rays	90	92
94	Brayan Bello	Red Sox	82	97
95	Tyler Anderson	Angels	181	153
96	Andrew Abbott	Reds	79	88
97	Clarke Schmidt	Yankees	95	121
98	Jose Soriano	Angels	60 RP	72
99	Dean Kremer	Orioles	80	101
100	Andrew Heaney	Rangers	118	119
101	David Peterson	Mets	154	122
102	Tobias Myers	Brewers	NR	105
103	Spencer Arrighetti	Astros	233	79
104	Ryne Nelson	Diamondbacks	182	NR
105	Trevor Rogers	Marlins	161	147
106	Drew Thorpe	White Sox	204	117
107	Ben Brown	Cubs	180	109
108	Jordan Montgomery	Diamondbacks	50	63
109	Yu Darvish	Padres	38	76
110	Justin Wrobleski	Dodgers	NR	NR
111	Simeon Woods Richardson	Twins	391	128
112	Yariel Rodriguez	Blue Jays	169	157
113	Dane Dunning	Rangers	86	137
114	Reid Detmers	Angels	61	98
115	Grant Holmes	Braves	199 RP	NR
116	Ryan Weathers	Marlins	162	115
117	David Festa	Twins	226	116
118	Matthew Boyd	Guardians	301	NR
119	Carson Spiers	Reds	306	120
120	Edward Cabrera	Marlins	115	102
121	DJ Herz	Nationals	333	172
122	James Paxton	Red Sox	74	94
123	AJ Smith-Shawver	Braves	110	133
124	Kenta Maeda	Tigers	68	112
125	Bobby Miller	Dodgers	9	45
126	Paul Blackburn	Mets	174	171
127	Braxton Garrett	Marlins	66	141
128	Matt Manning	Tigers	101	127
129	Albert Suarez	Orioles	NR	90
130	Tyler Phillips	Phillies	NR	NR
131	Jon Gray	Rangers	98	96
132	Luis Ortiz	Pirates	256	NR
133	Lance Lynn	Cardinals	89	100
134	Reese Olson	Tigers	84	70
135	Ross Stripling	Athletics	105	177
136	Casey Mize	Tigers	111	108
137	Logan Allen	Guardians	88	135
138	JP Sears	Athletics	127	NR
139	Griffin Canning	Angels	77	113
140	Mitch Spence	Athletics	236	148
141	Miles Mikolas	Cardinals	134	138
142	Jordan Wicks	Cubs	137	103
143	Jose Quintana	Mets	171	180
144	Colin Rea	Brewers	172	179
145	Jesus Luzardo	Marlins	19	154
146	Luis Garcia	Astros	179	129
147	Jose Butto	Mets	157	150
148	Joey Cantillo	Guardians	216	NR
149	Spencer Turnbull	Phillies	200	NR
150	Javier Assad	Cubs	143	145
151	Tylor Megill	Mets	175	130
152	Randy Vasquez	Padres	178	NR
153	Cody Bradford	Rangers	91	126
154	Andre Pallante	Cardinals	153 RP	175
155	Christian Scott	Mets	176	77
156	Jonathan Cannon	White Sox	395	149
157	Osvaldo Bido	Athletics	224	NR
158	Michael Lorenzen	Royals	168	164
159	Kyle Hendricks	Cubs	117	136
160	Landon Knack	Dodgers	261	73
161	Jake Bloss	Blue Jays	NR	161
162	Nick Martinez	Reds	114	155
163	Tyler Alexander	Rays	191	NR
164	DL Hall	Brewers	94	169
165	Cade Povich	Orioles	276	84
166	Kyle Gibson	Cardinals	149	163
167	Chayce McDermott	Orioles	315	170
168	Bailey Falter	Pirates	173	NR
169	Cooper Criswell	Red Sox	284	132
170	Alec Marsh	Royals	185	158

Dropping off: Kodai Senga (93rd), Cole Irvin (107th), Jordan Hicks (111th), Chris Paddack (131st), Triston McKenzie (140th), Michael Mercado (142nd), Adam Mazur (143rd), Chase Silseth (144th), Keaton Winn (146th)

• I’d likely have gone back to Tarik Skubal in the top spot if he had been traded, but he’s down to third as is, not because I think the Tigers are that bad but because it would seem like a smart play for a non-contending team to back off him a bit in September. He’s currently 20 innings away from overtaking his high total of 149 1/3 innings from 2021.

• Based on his rehab results, it was clear that Jeffrey Springs’ velocity would be down a bit in his official return from Tommy John surgery Tuesday. Still, he was not as impressive as hoped in averaging 89.7 mph with his fastball. Most likely, that’ll creep up some over time. Still, I’m less optimistic about him as a mixed-league starter than I was a few days ago.