July 2024 Starter Rankings

Here are the July rest-of-season rankings. Players are listed based on how I perceive their 5x5 value going forward. In two weeks, I’ll present my way-too-early 2025 rankings in this same format.

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Starting pitcher ROS Rankings

July	Starting pitchers	Team	2024	May	June
1	Corbin Burnes	Orioles	7	5	2
2	Tarik Skubal	Tigers	3	2	1
3	George Kirby	Mariners	2	1	4
4	Zack Wheeler	Phillies	5	3	3
5	Logan Gilbert	Mariners	6	6	6
6	Tyler Glasnow	Dodgers	10	7	7
7	Cole Ragans	Royals	23	15	10
8	Joe Ryan	Twins	14	9	9
9	Pablo Lopez	Twins	8	8	8
10	Dylan Cease	Padres	22	14	11
11	Max Fried	Braves	12	11	12
12	Aaron Nola	Phillies	15	20	17
13	Luis Castillo	Mariners	21	12	14
14	Tanner Bibee	Guardians	16	21	20
15	Chris Sale	Braves	34	25	18
16	Gerrit Cole	Yankees	31	28	19
17	Framber Valdez	Astros	13	19	23
18	Freddy Peralta	Brewers	26	13	13
19	Zac Gallen	Diamondbacks	18	18	22
20	Kevin Gausman	Blue Jays	11	10	16
21	Logan Webb	Giants	17	17	33
22	Sonny Gray	Cardinals	58	27	24
23	Shota Imanaga	Cubs	37	16	15
24	Zach Eflin	Rays	25	23	27
25	Paul Skenes	Pirates	132	61	25
26	Max Scherzer	Rangers	73	53	51
27	Justin Steele	Cubs	28	29	34
28	Hunter Greene	Reds	32	26	26
29	Bailey Ober	Twins	24	24	31
30	Justin Verlander	Astros	30	22	21
31	Michael King	Padres	35	40	39
32	Grayson Rodriguez	Orioles	20	35	30
33	Bryce Miller	Mariners	39	31	32
34	Ranger Suarez	Phillies	81	54	41
35	Jack Flaherty	Tigers	96	48	37
36	Nathan Eovaldi	Rangers	48	38	36
37	Nick Lodolo	Reds	54	34	35
38	Hunter Brown	Astros	44	87	59
39	Mitch Keller	Pirates	33	50	47
40	Nestor Cortes	Yankees	62	56	42
41	Cristopher Sanchez	Phillies	59	58	54
42	Chris Bassitt	Blue Jays	41	44	46
43	Gavin Stone	Dodgers	100	106	77
44	Carlos Rodon	Yankees	43	43	40
45	Bobby Miller	Dodgers	9	32	28
46	Gavin Williams	Guardians	51	103	65
47	Tanner Houck	Red Sox	103	59	48
48	Jared Jones	Pirates	136	42	45
49	Luis Severino	Mets	60	49	53
50	MacKenzie Gore	Nationals	97	57	50
51	Ryan Pepiot	Rays	55	37	44
52	Jose Berrios	Blue Jays	49	46	49
53	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Dodgers	4	4	5
54	Blake Snell	Giants	40	39	55
55	Seth Lugo	Royals	125	119	75
56	Bryan Woo	Mariners	83	76	52
57	Taj Bradley	Rays	92	66	71
58	Aaron Civale	Rays	46	47	57
59	Yusei Kikuchi	Blue Jays	76	60	58
60	Matt Waldron	Padres	330	NR	93
61	Luis Gil	Yankees	133	95	60
62	Walker Buehler	Dodgers	36	30	38
63	Jordan Montgomery	Diamondbacks	50	51	62
64	Sean Manaea	Mets	53	63	61
65	Erick Fedde	White Sox	158	69	68
66	Reynaldo Lopez	Braves	75	72	67
67	Brandon Pfaadt	Diamondbacks	63	65	56
68	Shane Baz	Rays	65	68	87
69	Ronel Blanco	Astros	139	70	78
70	Reese Olson	Tigers	84	82	69
71	Joe Musgrove	Padres	27	45	72
72	Jose Soriano	Angels	60 RP	80	76
73	Landon Knack	Dodgers	261	144	142
74	Garrett Crochet	White Sox	189	89	70
75	Kutter Crawford	Red Sox	87	73	73
76	Yu Darvish	Padres	38	55	64
77	Christian Scott	Mets	176	112	111
78	Jacob deGrom	Rangers	126	113	103
79	Spencer Arrighetti	Astros	233	158	109
80	Charlie Morton	Braves	70	77	79
81	Spencer Schwellenbach	Braves	NR	NR	102
82	Jameson Taillon	Cubs	107	101	90
83	Jeffrey Springs	Rays	142	135	137
84	Cade Povich	Orioles	276	169	117
85	Eduardo Rodriguez	Diamondbacks	85	90	96
86	Brady Singer	Royals	119	84	84
87	Marcus Stroman	Yankees	67	74	81
88	Andrew Abbott	Reds	79	86	91
89	Jake Irvin	Nationals	214	153	123
90	Albert Suarez	Orioles	NR	124	82
91	Merrill Kelly	Diamondbacks	57	92	95
92	Zack Littell	Rays	90	75	66
93	Kodai Senga	Mets	45	41	122
94	James Paxton	Dodgers	74	83	107
95	Nick Pivetta	Red Sox	121	102	92
96	Jon Gray	Rangers	98	97	94
97	Brayan Bello	Red Sox	82	93	89
98	Reid Detmers	Angels	61	36	80
99	Robbie Ray	Giants	201	NR	147
100	Lance Lynn	Cardinals	89	105	98
101	Dean Kremer	Orioles	80	99	116
102	Edward Cabrera	Marlins	115	64	112
103	Jordan Wicks	Cubs	137	128	100
104	Kyle Harrison	Giants	104	104	105
105	Tobias Myers	Brewers	NR	NR	NR
106	Alex Cobb	Giants	78	85	119
107	Cole Irvin	Orioles	113	133	85
108	Casey Mize	Tigers	111	98	114
109	Ben Brown	Cubs	180	109	86
110	Ben Lively	Guardians	221	139	121
111	Jordan Hicks	Giants	116	91	97
112	Kenta Maeda	Tigers	68	78	104
113	Griffin Canning	Angels	77	115	115
114	Clayton Kershaw	Dodgers	131	127	108
115	Ryan Weathers	Marlins	162	130	63
116	David Festa	Twins	226	NR	NR
117	Drew Thorpe	White Sox	204	NR	165
118	Max Meyer	Marlins	129	131	131
119	Andrew Heaney	Rangers	118	156	156
120	Carson Spiers	Reds	306	NR	NR
121	Clarke Schmidt	Yankees	95	79	135
122	David Peterson	Mets	154	147	118
123	Frankie Montas	Reds	128	140	145
124	Tyler Mahle	Rangers	230	NR	162
125	Michael Wacha	Royals	153	142	138
126	Cody Bradford	Rangers	91	118	125
127	Matt Manning	Tigers	101	114	120
128	Simeon Woods Richardson	Twins	391	126	124
129	Luis Garcia	Astros	179	NR	NR
130	Tylor Megill	Mets	175	NR	106
131	Chris Paddack	Twins	71	117	110
132	Cooper Criswell	Red Sox	284	NR	129
133	AJ Smith-Shawver	Braves	110	122	141
134	Hayden Birdsong	Giants	NR	NR	NR
135	Logan Allen	Guardians	88	100	126
136	Kyle Hendricks	Cubs	117	164	NR
137	Dane Dunning	Rangers	86	88	99
138	Miles Mikolas	Cardinals	134	151	139
139	Drew Rasmussen	Rays	163	159	143
140	Triston McKenzie	Guardians	72	94	101
141	Braxton Garrett	Marlins	66	71	74
142	Michael Mercado	Phillies	NR	NR	NR
143	Adam Mazur	Padres	220	NR	132
144	Chase Silseth	Angels	108	137	133
145	Javier Assad	Cubs	143	96	88
146	Keaton Winn	Giants	150	81	113
147	Trevor Rogers	Marlins	161	121	161
148	Mitch Spence	Athletics	236	NR	NR
149	Jonathan Cannon	White Sox	395	NR	NR
150	Jose Butto	Mets	157	107	136
151	Josh Winckowski	Red Sox	84 RP	NR	NR
152	Hayden Wesneski	Cubs	147	108	127
153	Tyler Anderson	Angels	181	173	157
154	Jesus Luzardo	Marlins	19	52	43
155	Nick Martinez	Reds	114	138	128
156	Lance McCullers	Astros	170	NR	NR
157	Yariel Rodriguez	Blue Jays	169	167	NR
158	Alec Marsh	Royals	185	NR	159
159	Ryan Yarbrough	Dodgers	124	134	146
160	River Ryan	Dodgers	231	NR	NR
161	Jake Bloss	Astros		NR	NR
162	Jakob Junis	Brewers	112	129	134
163	Kyle Gibson	Cardinals	149	174	168
164	Michael Lorenzen	Rangers	168	NR	149
165	Cal Quantrill	Rockies	410	NR	NR
166	Luis Medina	Athletics	208	NR	144
167	Mitchell Parker	Nationals	399	NR	154
168	Davis Daniel	Angels	323	NR	NR
169	DL Hall	Brewers	94	120	148
170	Chayce McDermott	Orioles	315	NR	NR
171	Paul Blackburn	Athletics	174	150	174
172	DJ Herz	Nationals	333	NR	NR
173	Carson Whisenhunt	Giants	244	NR	153
174	Michael Soroka	White Sox	145	NR	NR
175	Andre Pallante	Cardinals	153 RP	NR	160
176	Ricky Tiedemann	Blue Jays	130	175	150
177	Ross Stripling	Athletics	105	116	NR
178	Bryce Elder	Braves	165	136	NR
179	Colin Rea	Brewers	172	NR	NR
180	Jose Quintana	Mets	171	168	NR

Dropping off: Kyle Bradish (29th), Robert Gasser (83rd), Patrick Sandoval (130th), Spencer Turnbull (140th), Cody Poteet (151st), Joe Ross (152nd), Cade Horton (155th), Ray Kerr (158th)

• Four months of rankings and four different No. 1 starters. I’d still probably take Tarik Skubal over Corbin Burnes for July alone, but I worry about his workload a bit. It’s easy to imagine an out-of-contention Tigers team being extra careful with him in September.

• The Garrett Crochet situation remains fascinating, especially with a trade looking very likely at this point. He’s thrown 101 1/3 innings, which is 36 more than he previously threw in any season in the pros or in college. At the price he’ll command, I don’t see how a team could risk leaving him in the rotation for the rest of the year, knowing that it will still have him for two seasons after this. I still might view him as a top-30 SP for the month of July, but the White Sox will probably space out his starts around the All-Star Game; I’d expect him to make one or two fewer starts than his contemporaries. For August and beyond, who knows if he’ll be starting at all?

• If I knew Christian Scott was up for good, he’d be 20 spots higher than his current No. 77.

• A Rockies starter is in the top 180 for the first time this season; I’m putting Cal Quantrill at No. 165 in anticipation of a trade before the end of the month. I still don’t think I’d see him as a mixed-league guy in a contender’s rotation, but he has been solid with his strikeout rate bouncing back from last year’s collapse.