This offseason, Aces started making waves in the free-agent market, with Jacob deGrom, Carlos Rodon, and Justin Verlander all signing big-money deals with new teams. Can they now meet the associated high expectations?
Overall, most of the high-end starters in the game (seven of our top nine players) play in the National League. However, the American League seems to have greater depth overall.
MLB’s shift to a more balanced schedule should, in theory, help pitchers in the toughest divisions since they don’t face those division opponents as often. Go ahead and give the pitchers on teams AL East, NL East and NL West a slight boost, but remember that radome variance often overrides everything.
Only eight pitchers hit the 200-inning mark last season, but 11 of them surpassed 200 strikeouts. Draft day decisions can boil down to a choice between quantity and quality.
Corbin Burnes, Brewer NL1
Gerrit Cole, Yankees AL1
Sandy Alcantara, Marline NL2
Spencer Strider, Braves NL3
Justin Verlander, Mets NL4
Aaron Nola, Phillies NL5
Shohei Ohtani, Angel AL2
Brandon Woodruff, Brewer NL6
Shane McClanahan, Rays AL3
Max Scherzer, Mets NL7
Jacob deGrom, Rangers AL4
Kevin Gausman, Blue Jays AL5
Shane Bieber, Guardian AL6
Dylan quits White Sox AL7
Max Fried, Braves NL8
Yu Darvish, Father NL9
Zack Wheeler, Phillies NL10
Alek Manoah, Blue Jays AL8
Julio Urias, Dodgers NL11
Luis Castillo, navigator AL9
Cristian Javier, Astro’s AL10
Zac Gallen, Diamondbacks NL12
Framber Valdez, Astros AL11
Triston McKenzie, Warden AL12
Carlos Rodon, Yankees AL13
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers NL13
Robbie Ray, Seafarers AL14
Logan Gilbert, Seafarers AL15
Logan Webb, Giants NL14
Blake Snell, Padres NL15
Hunter Greene, Red NL16
Luis Severino, Yankees AL16
Freddy Peralta, Brewer NL17
George Kirby, Seafarers AL17
Lance Lynn, White Sox AL18
Joe Ryan, twins AL19
Joe Musgrove, Padres NL18
Jordan Montgomery, Cardinals NL19
Kyle Wright, Braves NL20
Lucas Giolito, White Sox AL20
Tyler Glasnow, Rays AL21
Nestor Cortes, Yankees AL22
Chris Bassitt, Blue Jays AL23
Chris Sale, Red Sox AL24
Tony Gonsolin, Dodgers NL21
Brady Singer, Royals AL25
Reid Detmers, Engel AL26
Kodai Senga, Mets NL22
Nick Lodolo, Red NL23
Dustin May, DodgersNL24
Jeffrey Springs, Rays AL27
Jesus Luzardo, Marlin NL25
Drew Rasmussen, Rays AL28
Pablo Lopez, Gemini AL29
Luis García, Astros AL30
Jack Flaherty, Cardinals NL26
Charlie Morton, Braves NL27
Patrick Sandoval, Angel AL31
Grayson Rodriguez, Orioles AL32
Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers AL33
Jon Gray, Rangers AL34
Jameson Taillon, boys NL28
Marcus Stroman, young animals NL29
Zach Eflin, Rays AL35
Alex Cobb, Giants NL30
Sonny Gray, twins AL36
Tyler Anderson, Angel AL37
Miles Mikolas, Cardinals NL31
Hunter brown, Astros AL38
Tyler Mahle, twins AL39
Aaron Civale, Guardian AL40
Carlos Carrasco, Mets NL32
Edward Cabrera, Marlin NL33
Kenta Maeda, Gemini AL41
Sean Manaea, Giants NL34
Lance McCullers, Astros AL42
Andrew Heaney, Rangers AL43
Trevor Rogers, Marlin NL35
Merrill Kelly, Diamondback’s NL36
Ranger Suarez, Phillies NL37
Ross Stripling, Giants NL38
Jose Urquidy, Astros AL44
Roansy Contreras, Pirates NL39
Taijuan Walker, Phillies NL40
Cal Quantrill, Guardian AL45
Eduardo Rodriguez, Tiger AL46
Michael Kopech, White Sox AL47
Jose Berrios, Blue Jays AL48
Kyle Bradish, Orioles AL49
Bailey Ober, Gemini AL50
Justin Steele, Boys NL41
Ken Waldichuk, AL51 by A
Eric Lauer, Brewer NL42
Steven Matz, Cardinals NL43
Alex Wood, Giants NL44
Mitch Keller, Pirates NL45
Jose Suarez, Angel AL51
Adam Wainwright, Cardinals NL46
MacKenzie Gore, Nationals NL47
Mike Clevinger, White Sox AL53
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