With only a week until opening day, it is time to revisit my starting pitcher rankings for 2017. My original rankings can be found at Thegamehaus.com, which were done on January 27th, 2017.
The top 120 starting pitchers have been grouped into eight tiers. The average draft position, (ADP), of each player according to FantasyDraftPros.com, are listed adjacent to the player.
Exceptions include: Rasiel Iglesias (CIN) and David Phelps (MIA) who both will be primarily relievers in 2017. Â
Tier 1
- Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers, (5)
Tier 2
- Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals, (13)
- Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants (14)
- Noah Syndergaard, New York Mets, (18)
- Chris Sale, Boston Red Sox, (19)
- Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians, (22)
- Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers, (39)
- Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals, (50)
Tier 3
- Jon Lester, Chicago Cubs, (34)
- Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers, (39)
- Jake Arrieta, Chicago Chicago, (29)
- Johnny Cueto, San Francisco Giants, (41)
- Chris Archer, Tampa Bay Rays, (52)
- Jacob deGrom, New York Mets, (58)
- Carlos Martinez, St. Louis Cardinals, (66)
- Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland Indians, (59)
- Kyle Hendricks, Chicago Cubs, (64)
- Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees, (73)
- Cole Hamels, Texas Rangers, (79)
- David Price, Boston Red Sox, (73)
Tier 4
- Rick Porcello, Boston Red Sox, (88)
- Jose Quintana, Chicago White Sox, (91)
- Julio Teheran, Atlanta Braves, (99)
- Danny Salazar, Cleveland Indians, (111)
- Felix Hernandez, Seattle Marines, (115)
- Aaron Sanchez, Toronto Blue Jays, (106)
- Danny Duffy, Kansas City Royals, (97)
- Gerrit Cole, Pittsburgh Pirates, (91)
- Kenta Maeda, Los Angeles Dodgers, (98)
- Zack Greinke, Arizona Diamondbacks, (89)
- Lance McCullers, Houston Astros, (146)
- Michael Fullmer, Detroit Tigers, (123)
Tier 5
- Marcus Stroman, Toronto Blue Jays, (124)
- Rich Hill, Los Angeles Dodgers, (114)
- Tanner Roark, Washington Nationals (139)
- Steven Matz, New York Mets, (142)
- Dallas Kuechel, Houston Astros, (122)
- Kevin Gausman, Baltimore Orioles, (130)
- John Lackey, St. Louis Cardinals, (136)
- Jared Eickhoff, Philadelphia Phillies, (217)
- Matt Harvey, New York Mets, (134)
- Jameson Taillon, Pittsburgh Pirates, (150)
- Jonathan Gray, Colorado Rockies, (176)
- Carlos Rodon, Chicago White Sox, (177)
- Vincent Velasquez, Philadelphia Phillies, (179)
- Sean Manaea, Oakland Athletics, (167)
- Julio Jurias, Los Angeles Dodgers, (180)
- Jake Ordorizzi, Tampa Bay Rays, (171)
- Garrett Richards, Los Angeles Angels, (211)
- Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals, (195)
- Drew Smyly, Seattle Mariners, (185)
Tier 6
- Michael Pineda, New York Yankees, (183)
- Robbie Ray, Arizona Diamondbacks, (204)
- Matt Shoemaker, Los Angeles Angels, (186)
- James Paxton, Seattle Mariners, (153)
- Aaron Nola, Philadelphi Phillies, (162)
- Jeff Samardzija, San Francisco Giants (164)
- J.A. Happ, Toronto Blue Jays, (168)
- Matt Moore, San Francisco Giants, (181)
- Marco Estrada, Toronto Blue Jays, (191)
- Drew Pomeranz, Boston Red Sox, (208)
- Taijuan Walker, Arizona Diamondbacks, (211)
- Sonny Gray, Oakland Athletics, (212)
Tier 7
- Anthony Desclafani, Cincinnati Reds, (242)
- Junior Guerra, Milwaukee Brewers, (249)
- Gio Gonzalez, Washington Nationals, (263)
- Collin McHugh, Houston Astros, (253)
- Ian Kennedy, Kansas City Royals, (256)
- Trevor Bauer, Cleveland Indians, (274)
- Robert Gsellman, New York Mets, (267)
- Tyler Glasnow, Pittsburgh Pirates, (268)
- Joe Ross, Washington Nationals, (224)
- Jharel Cotton, Oakland Athletics, (240)
- Jose Berrios, Minnesota Twins, (256)
- Blake Snell, Tampa Bay Rays, (220)
- Daniel Norris, Detroit Tigers, (272)
- Alex Cobb, Tampa Bay Rays, (277)
- Francisco Liriano, Toronto Blue Jays, (282)
- Zach Davies, Milwaukee Brewers, (285)
- Mike Montgomery, Chicago Cubs, (274)
- Jason Hammel, Kansas City Royals, (278)
- Hisashi Iwakuma, Seattle Mariners, (235)
- Jordan Zimmerman, Detroit Tigers, (278)
- Ivan Nova, Pittsburgh Pirates, (254)
- Ervin Santana, Minnesota Twins, (266)
Eduardo Rodriguez has made the necessary corrections to start the year with the big club. (Courtesy of Nancy Lane) - Lance Lynn, St. Louis Cardinals, (266)
- Dylan Bundy, Baltimore Orioles, (268)
- Eduardo Rodriguez, Boston Red Sox, (295)
- Tyler Skaggs, Los Angeles Angels, (303)
- Joe Musgrove, Houston Astros, (300)
- Tyler Anderson, Colorado Rockies, (310)
- Dan Straily, Miami Marlins, (312)
- Brandon Finnegan, Cincinnati Reds, (336)
- Shelby Miller, Arizona Diamondbacks, (376)
- Scott Kazmir, Los Angeles Dodgers, (350)
- Tyler Chatwood, Colorado Rockies, (361)
- Adam Conely, Miami Marlins, (321)
Tier 8 (The Rest)
- Chris Tillman, Baltimore Orioles, (308)
Chris Tillman looks to recover from his disastrous second half of 2016. (Courtesy of csnmidatlantic.com) - Mike Leake, St. Louis Cardinals, (341)
- Edinson Volquez, Miami Marlins, (390)
- Michael Foltynewicz, Atlanta Braves, (298)
- Jamie Garcia, Atlanta Braves, (338)
- Steven Wright, Boston Red Sox, (321)
- Wie-Yin Chen, Miami Marlins, (332)
- C.C. Sabathia, New York Yankees, (361)
- Clay Buchholz, Philadelphia Phillies, (355)
- Charlie Morton, Houston Astros, (386)
- Tyson Ross, Texas Rangers, (314)
- Andrew Triggs, Oakland Athletics, (358)
- Lucas Giolito, Chicago White Sox, (331)
- Chris Devenski, Houston Astros, (336)
- Luke Weaver, St. Louis Cardinals, (341)
- Luis Severino, New York Yankees, (344)
- Jose De Leon, Tampa Bay Rays, (350)
- Zack Wheeler, New York Mets, (361)
- Mike Fiers, Houston Astros, (384)
- Hyun-Jin Ryu, Los Angeles Dodgers, (414)
- Nathan Karns, Kansas City Royals, (420)
- Ricky Nolasco, Minnesota Twins, (432)
- Seth Lugo, New York Mets, (412)
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