Fantasy Baseball: Top 25 Starting Pitchers going forward

May is here and we have a handful of starts in the books for most pitchers. The Fake Pigskin Fantasy Baseball team got together to look at the Top 25 starting pitchers from this point forward. There were a few changes that you will notice from most lists including Carlos Carrasco whose injury helped him find his way outside everyones list. Stephen Strasburg and Noah Syndergaard were two the biggest risers in the latest update.

	Ben	Damian	Ron	Kyle
1.	Clayton Kershaw	Clayton Kershaw	Clayton Kershaw	Clayton Kershaw
2.	Chris Sale	Jake Arrieta	Jake Arrieta	Jake Arrieta
3.	Jake Arrieta	Max Scherzer	Chris Sale	Chris Sale
4.	Max Scherzer	Noah Syndergaard	Noah Syndergaard	Max Scherzer
5.	Madison Bumgarner	Chris Sale	Stephen Strasburg	Madison Bumgarner
6.	Noah Syndergaard	Stephen Strasburg	Madison Bumgarner	Noah Syndergaard
7.	Stephen Strasburg	Madison Bumgarner	Max Scherzer	Chris Archer
8.	David Price	Jacob deGrom	Jacob deGrom	Stephen Strasburg
9.	Corey Kluber	David Price	Jose Fernandez	David Price
10.	Gerrit Cole	Corey Kluber	David Price	Felix Hernandez
11.	Jacob deGrom	Jose Fernandez	Cory Kluber	Corey Kluber
12.	Jose Fernandez	Gerrit Cole	Gerrit Cole	Jose Fernandez
13.	Zack Greinke	Matt Harvey	Johnny Cueto	Johnny Cueto
14.	Chris Archer	Chris Archer	Chris Archer	Cole Hamels
15.	Felix Hernandez	Felix Hernandez	Felix Hernandez	Jon Lester
16.	Matt Harvey	Zach Greinke	Jon Lester	Jacob deGrom
17.	Jon Lester	Dallas Keuchel	Dallas Keuchel	Garret Richards
18.	Johnny Cueto	Jon Lester	Carlos Martinez	Gerrit Cole
19.	Danny Salazar	Johnny Cueto	Cole Hamels	Dallas Keuchel
20.	Dallas Keuchel	Sonny Gray	Danny Salazar	Zack Greinke
21.	Cole Hamels	Cole Hamels	Zack Greinke	Matt Harvey
22.	Sonny Gray	Garrett Richards	Drew Smyly	Sonny Gray
23.	Garrett Richards	Danny Salazar	Jose Quintana	Danny Salazar
24.	Jose Quintana	Carlos Martinez	Francisco Liriano	Jose Quintana
25.	Francisco Liriano	Drew Smyly	Matt Harvey	Adam Wainwright

 

I had a really hard time taking Adam Wainwright out of my rankings. I was high on him coming into the season and while the start to the season has been really rough I think better times are coming. He needs to sort his mechanics out after missing most of last season due to a leg injury. If the next few starts remain poor, it may be time to move on from Waino.

Johnny Cueto was the name that I had to move up. He has been very good with the Giants and has out pitched Jeff Samardzija. Cueto has 33 strikeouts to only 5 walks thus far. His ERA is under 3 and his WHIP is flirting with one. This is the version of Cueto that was a borderline cy young candidate and this looks to be legit.

Ben Rolfe’s biggest mover:

Stephen Strasburg was a guy I had concerns about entering the year as I was worried about injuries and his temperament. Obviously the injury worries is still there but Strasburg has looked a lot more positive in his outings this year and his stuff is immense. The way he is pitching could see him end the year as a top 5 pitcher and he is a guy I am definitely buying on if anyone was spoked by the four run outing against Minnesota.

Damian Dabrowski’s biggest mover:

I had Noah Syndergaard at #18 in my pre-season rankings so some may think that moving him up 14 spots after only four starts is an overreaction. I don’t. The simple fact is that Thor has been utterly dominant to begin the year. We’ve come to expect the triple digit fastball, but he’s now also routinely mixing in a 95 mph slider and a low 90’s changeup. Equally impressive, Syndergaard has only walked 4 batters in 26.2 innings. His raw stuff is perhaps the best in the game and the only reason I can’t put him higher is because of his relatively short track record and a minor concern over last year’s innings jump.

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