Happy Monday, Razzball faithful!

May Day! May Day! This Dust-In! 

Ronald McDonald’s prodigal son was sick and tired of his SP75 ranking last week and decided to do something about it!

Dustin May – 9 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.75, threw an absolute gem of a game last Monday, and ended up as Grey’s Tuesday morning lede. One of the things that stood out to me from that one was the line – “In his last 74 1/3 IP, he has a 2.54 ERA, 0.98 WHIP.” If you gave me this sentence without a name, I’d say we should probably immediately add this guy to the list, or move him up to a respectable spot among the Top 60ish arms. 

I can hear y’all now. “Oh ya, MarmosDad? Even if this mystery man was Martin Perez?”

(Don’t make me go look it up. Please, don’t.)

Well, Dustin May had the game of his life last week, and scored himself top billing in this week’s Top 100 Starting Pitchers list. That’s what happens when you’re perfect through 7 innings, then allow just one hit in a complete game shutout.

May’s CG SO got me thinking (and that in itself is a dangerous move).

First, I wondered what kind of ranking his stellar outing would garner in Vin’s Top 100 starts of the year. 

Well, thanks to Vin’s post in the Tuesday comment section, we learned that May’s complete game masterpiece was 2nd only to the previous week’s 9-inning wizardry from Jacob Misiorowski (1 H, 0 BB, 15 Ks). 

Hmmm…School’s almost done, and that means we have enough data to peek at when we’re assessing pitchers. I wonder what the pitching WAR rankings look like if we pull the Top 20 WAR leaders. There’s no way May is in that display, hey?

Yep. That was my brain as I tried to get this written out early this past weekend, and ahead of a busy Father’s Day yesterday.

Why not do another chart? People like charts! Let’s give them TWO today!

Ask (kind of), and ye shall receive. (Yay).

As of Saturday, June 20th, 10:00 PM EST…and believe me, this note matters!

RANK	NAME	TEAM	K/9	BB/9	PITCHING WAR
1	Jacob Misiorowski	MLW	13.35	2.23	4.2
2	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	10.55	1.73	3.7
3	Cam Schlittler	NYY	10.33	1.71	3.6
4	Reid Detmers	LAA	10.23	2.45	2.8
5	Joe Ryan	MIN	10.20	1.85	2.6
6	Paul Skenes	PIT	10.87	1.76	2.6
7	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	9.63	2.18	2.5
8	Chase Burns	CIN	10.60	2.90	2.5
9	Davis Martin	CWS	9.15	2.20	2.5
10	Bryan Woo	SEA	8.90	1.62	2.4
11	Ranger Suarez	BOS	8.80	2.82	2.3
12	Parker Messick	CLE	9.45	2.91	2.2
13	Drew Rasmussen	TB	9.45	1.46	2.2
14	Chris Sale	ATL	10.57	2.30	2.2
15	Michael Soroka	ARI	8.67	1.87	2.1
16	Dustin May	STL	8.27	2.31	2.1
17	Max Meyer	MIA	10.06	2.84	2.1
18	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	8.40	1.58	2.0
19	Kevin Gausman	TOR	9.00	2.02	2.0
20	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	10.19	2.84	2.0

There is SO MUCH to dive into in this group of 20 starting pitchers alone, but when it comes to Dustin May and his place among the entire starting pitcher pool, let’s just say that he doesn’t look out of place when it comes to any of these 2026 numbers.

Is his K/9 a bit lower than the others in this group? Yep.

His BB/9? That’s good but not great. Again, yes.

Did it shock me to see Carrot Top’s doppleganger listed this highly in a group of surefire aces and other strong candidates for the Top 30-ish spots in our weekly rankings? That’s an affirmative as well.

Cool story, MarmosDad, and I hope you had a great Father’s Day, but this doesn’t tell me…

• What’s the actual ranking of the Top 100 Starting Pitchers this week?
• How far did Dustin May JUMP today?

• There is no C

BUT WAIT! OF COURSE Dustin May pitched yesterday! And did he throw an equally impressive gem to back up the lengthy pre-written introduction for his top billing this week?

Well, you’d think that would be a GREAT way to add some special icing on top of this MayDay/Father’s Day cake, wouldn’t you?

Sunday’s line: 2 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks, and a slew of relievers to clean up his mess. (Seriously, they used 7 pitchers and lifted May after 6 outs).

Oh boy. So I guess he’s not headed for the Top 50 after all. If anything, yesterday’s slip-up should make his Top 100 appointment this week even more suspenseful! 

(Yes, that’s akin to shining up a dog poop and saying it’s a piece of art).

Well, before we get to that, let’s not forget about the Razzball tools. The Razzball subscriptions are well worth the price of admission. This should be your go-to reference for the entire season. That resource that the other “experts” from other sites use as often as they look at Statcast or Fangraphs data? This is it.

The Top 100 Starting Pitchers for 2026

MARMO RANK	Name	Team	Notes
1	Jacob Misiorowski	MLW	6.0 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, BB, 7 K, 3rd loss, ERA at 1.45. That’s his first loss in two months. And it wasn’t even a bad outing. Translation: he’s still our top dog here. More below.
2	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks. ERA at 1.80. WHIP at 1.09. “Hey! Ya, you guys! At the MLB front office! Can we bank some of these and use them for the next game?” That’s the Phillies rotation asking MLB if thy can save some of the 16 runs they scored against the Mets for some future run support that they definitely don’t need when Sanchez is on the mound. Up one slot today!
3	Paul Skenes	PIT	6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 8 Ks, and his 7th loss. This guy is like the new Jacob deGrom. But from deGrom’s old Mets days. Skenes has a 2.86 ERA, a 0.93 WHIP…and hasn’t won in 7 starts. Down one spot today. Sad emoji.
4	Cam Schlittler	NYY	6.0 IP, 4 hits, 0 ER, 13 K, 8th win, and 3rd on our Pitching WAR leaderboard. Holy smokes. The Schlitt winds were blowing on Friday night! That’s Kid Cam’s best strikeout total (career), and there’s no stopping this guy as he just keeps adding to the huge breakout season. He’s up to the SP4 spot this week, and a case could be made that he’s still too low.
5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	6 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks, and a loss? To Baltimore and TREVOR ROGERS? That’s a quality start, but it’s a bit of a drop today, below another more deserving name.
6	Jacob deGrom	TEX	6.0 IP, 6 hits, 6 ER, 3 BB, 9 K, 6th win, ERA at 3.59. Sixes and nines! 13-year-old me is giggling.
7	Zack Wheeler	PHI	Jumper. But there isn’t much room for him to jump! More below.
8	Chris Sale	ATL	5.2 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 7 Ks, and the no-decision. ERA at 2.14. WHIP at 1.05. Jason Verlander and Max Scherzer are hurt. Patrick Corbin is still not good. Randy Johnson is taking photos somewhere. And Grandpa Chris is throwing like he’s 20 years younger than it says on his 37-year-old birth certificate.
9	Chase Burns	CIN	Jumper! More below.
10	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	6 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.47. Not a great line, but can you guess if his team gave him enough runs to push him across the line and qualify for a win? I’ll give you a hint: he didn’t get tagged with a loss. Down, but not far.
11	Joe Ryan	MIN	5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.99. Grey said it last week, and it needs a repeat. You know “who” told us all that Joe Ryan was a top-tier pitching stud? The Razzball War Room for Fantasy drafts. Just another reason why y’all should be locking that in next season (if you haven’t been locking it in already).
12	Drew Rasmussen	TB	7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.59. Old Rah Rah Rasmussen follows up his lede last week with what we wanted to see.
13	Logan Gilbert	SEA	Game 1: 7 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.43. So a Gilbert, a Walbert, and a Lambert walk into a bar…and say ouch. Badum tss. Then they say, “Who wants to roster a solid pitcher who should help your ratios out and give a handful of strikeouts each start?” Ya, it’s a mouthful. And it applies to all three of these guys (well, except for the strikeout part for the last two). Game 2: I caught the end of this one yesterday, and both he and Tolle were still in the game in the 7th inning. Gilbert finished with 6.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 8 Ks, and his 6th win.
14	Bryan Woo	SEA	7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.94. See?! He saw my Cancel Police skirmish in last week’s Ray-Ray-Rasmussen article, and wanted to make it right. What a fine gentleman.
15	Tarik Skubal	DET	5.2 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER, BB, 8 K. No, it’s not a complete game (or even a quality start), but it’s encouraging. This guy isn’t going to let anything stand in his way of getting moved to a contender before the deadline or getting a fat extension from the Tigers (if he stays).
16	Carlos Rodon	NYY	5 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.50 in 99 pitches. I don’t know why it bugs me so much to see a line like this with 5 innings instead of 6, but here we are.
17	Logan Webb	SF	More below. Jumper!
18	Dylan Cease	TOR	5 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 7 Ks, and his 4th win. His second start of the week was washed out yesterday (at CHC), so next week is likely a two-start week.
19	Gerrit Cole	NYY	6 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.57. That’s a quality start for the Cole Train!
20	Kyle Harrison	MLW	6.1 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 7 Ks, and the no-decision. There were a few names that I was surprised to NOT see in that Top 20 WAR list. This was one of them.
21	Hunter Brown	HOU	5.2 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.10. First, he hunted his evil twin, Ben. Now that he’s taken that spot over, he’s gunning for Jacob Misiobrownski’s ranking.
22	Sonny Gray	BOS	7 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.12. Death, taxes, and quality starts from Mr. Underrated. The Jays broke his modest 3-game win streak last week, but he’s still 6-0 in his last 8 starts. Up.
23	Nolan McLean	NYM	7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.67. If you don’t like him or don’t trust him, trade him to me! Up.
24	Max Meyer	MIA	5 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 7 Ks, and his 8th win! Undefeated! Exclamation point! Insert crying troll meme wearing smiley face mask here because I rostered Meyer everywhere last year and almost nowhere this year. Up!
25	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	6 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 9 Ks, and his 7th win. Grey has said it a couple of times, and I’m paraphrasing here, but it’s tough to have faith in a guy like Eovaldi. He’s so good when he’s on, but it always feels like the Grim Reaper is hovering over his shoulder during every start. If he can stay healthy, he’s a Top 20 arm for sure. I know it’s blasphemy to say this as a Jays fan, but I’m auto-starting him everywhere at TOR this week. Up.
26	George Kirby	SEA	6 IP, 3 ER, 8 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.10. Solid if not entirely spectacular, but it’s getting worrisome that the M’s coaching staff is starting to throw around ideas of openers, followers, and short piggybacking instead of just going to a half dozen in the rotation. Can’t upset the man-babies, I guess. SMH.
27	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.18. Grey called a Sonofabench for this one last week, but I haven’t sat the World of Ashcraft for any week this year, and it’s worked out well.
28	Payton Tolle	BOS	Game 1: 5 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.93. He was kind enough to serve up a home run to the equally cool Davis Schneider, so thanks for that! Game 2: It might be the Father’s Day beers talking, but I honestly can’t get away from the MarmoMancrush with this guy. Seriously. He’s in Grady Sizemore and Mo Vaughn territory. Metrics be damned! Give me this dude on every team just so I can watch his starts and cheer him on, no matter the result. Oh, and yesterday’s start unravelled a bit after Marcelo Mayer whiffed on a hot shot to SS and set up the 3rd ER. 6 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks, and a tough-luck loss (his 5th).
29	Kevin Gausman	TOR	2.0 IP, 7 hits, 7 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 5th L. Ah. That’s what they call “not good”. This goose isn’t exactly cooked, but he’s not gonna give us perfection every time he goes out there. I’m still auto-starting him until he puts more than one of these stinkers up (in a row). Down.
30	Gavin Williams	CLE	5 IP, 7 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.83. This is the kind of start that drove me bizzonkers last year. The dude looked unhittable at times, then he would have a game where he coughed up a half dozen walks and/or earned runs, and it would ruin the whole vibe. Rinse and repeat. Hopefully it doesn’t happen as often as last year, though. Take it from someone who knows – it’s not a fun feeling. Down.
31	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.20. He’s up today and will likely continue to move up each week, as long as he can dodge the regression fairy army.
32	Shane McClanahan	TB	3 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.33. I had to check the pitch count here to see if it was the Rays being Rays (aka overly protective), or Shane-O Mac just not being able to throw strikes. Well, the 5 BBs should give us a hint, but 41 strikes on 83 pitches tells us all we need to know about why there was an early hook.
33	Will Warren	NYY	5.2 IP, 2 ER, (6 R), 2 BB, 7 Ks, and his 2nd loss. This one was a bit of a ticker shock, but the damage wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I still think it’s a two-man race to the bullpen between him and Ryan Weathers once Max Fried comes back, but maybe the Yankees have a better plan than some other teams with “too many” starting pitchers (looking at you, M’s!). Up.
34	Bryce Miller	SEA	Dumper? Seriously? Yes. But NOT for the reason you think it is!
35	Ranger Suarez	BOS	6.2 IP, 1 hit, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 3rd win. He lost the no-hitter in the 7th inning. I’m still in here. He almost feels as underrated as his bench buddy, Sonny Gray. EDIT: Underrated is right! I wrote this before I saw that he’s the 11th best in Pitching WAR ranks. UP!
36	Parker Messick	CLE	6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.70. “Meesa like Parker in my rotation. Meesa glad someone can keep ratios in check and give us strikeouts”. That’s from the Star Wars crossover of our 12th-ranked pitching WAR leader and the Cleveland JarJar-dians. Up.
37	Trey Yesavage	TOR	7 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.76. Ah, Yesavage. Fun fact: He’s also the answer to the old WWF question, “Isn’t that guy Miss Elizabeth’s favorite wrestler?”
38	Freddy Peralta	NYM	2.2 IP, 10 ER, 10 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks, and his 6th loss. You know it’s bad when you look at a line and say “Oh. Oh no.” Out loud. It looks like the Curse of the Mets has finally caught up to Freddy KBB. Rest in peace. Down.
39	Framber Valdez	DET	6 IP, 0 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.09. “Are you kidding me? That’s a shutout and a quality start. With a half dozen strikeouts. What more do you want?” – This is the response you can copy and paste if your trade offer of Framber for any other serviceable starter is rejected.
40	Emerson Hancock	SEA	5.1 IP, 5 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks. ERA at 3.60. WHIP at 1.02. I’d say he got Fenway’ed, but this was a beat down at home vs BOS.
41	Jose Soriano	LAA	5.0 IP, 6 hits, 4 ER, 4 BB, 6 K. He’s kind of like Roki for me. I want him to be awesome, but I know the walks will creep back and slap us in the face when we let our guard down.
42	Ryan Weathers	NYY	6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.13. Why do I always envision the “coffee dog in the burning building” gif whenever I see Weathers’ line? Why do I always open up the player news page for Max Fried? Is there a reason I get that icky feeling when I see Max Fried is getting closer to throwing rehab starts? I mean…maybe they send Will Warren to the bullpen. Or maybe they go to a 6-man rotation. Maybe they trade Cam Schlittler to the Red Sox for Sonny Gray! (Wait, that wouldn’t solve the problem. Disregard.) He’s up today, but I’m monitoring the Max Fried news closely just in case things go south quickly.
43	Michael Soroka	ARI	Dumper. More below.
44	Jared Jones	PIT	Game 1: 4 IP, 5 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 6.23. Well, here he is. The guy I will hang on to for far too long. And he will reward me with a consistent drag through the muck. Please be good in Game 2! Game 2: The good news is he went 3 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 Ks. I mean…if that’s good news. In other news, he didn’t get the win. That went to Yohan Ramirez (2 IP).
45	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	3.1 IP, 6 ER, 8 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks, and his 5th loss. This one was at Dodger Stadium vs BAL. That’s 4 straight losses. He hasn’t won a game since May 14th. Down.
46	Shota Imanaga	CHC	5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.26. Ok. Now add 6 more outs and 6 more Ks, then we’ll talk. I was undecided about an UP/DOWN, so he stays here this week. (FWIW, start 2 got rained out yesterday, so he’s likely a two-start guy this week).
47	Robbie Ray	SF	6 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.07. That’s closer to vintage Robbie Ray territory! This one was tighter than his tailor’s stretchy measuring tape during a pants-hemming session. ALSO, I didn’t even realize that Ray was a victim of the dreaded CUT/PASTE monster and was somehow deleted last week. I swear it wasn’t intentional!
48	Kyle Bradish	BAL	7 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 4.00. A dirty dozen! And guess who had him active! Huzzah!
49	Michael King	SD	4.1 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 1 K, ERA at 3.60. The 360 is appropriate, seeing as this dude likely has you spinning in circles, pulling your hair out, every time he starts.
50	Connelly Early	BOS	6 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 Ks, and his 6th win. It was a tough matchup at SEA, and Early rose to the occasion with a solid QS. He gets the Yankees at Fenway this week, though, so start him if you can handle the stress of a potential implosion. For what it’s worth, the Streamonator has him as a positive, but not by much ($0.7 R$).
51	Reid Detmers	ANA	Game 1: 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.68. Check that graphic above and tell me you expected to see Detmers as the dude with the 4th-highest pitching WAR among starters. The ROI is already way higher than any of us expected. Game 2: 6 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 4 BB, 4 Ks. This is the kind of game that keeps him out of the Top 30. He’s been solid, but not as reliable as the other guys up there.
52	Davis Martin	CWS	Game 1: 3 1/3 IP, 9 ER, 11 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.31. Oh boy. We knew the regression fairies were coming at some point, but we didn’t know they were bringing multiple generations of fairy destruction with them. Game 2: 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks, and a start that looked a lot more like it was from the guy who is ranked as the 9th best pitcher for league-wide WAR. I’m starting him at home this week vs KC too. UP a bit.
53	Nick Martinez	TB	Game 1: 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.60. The 5.42 K/9 (14.7% strikeout rate) is pitiful, but he’s a good source of innings and ratio help if the rest of your fireballers have a tough time with walks. Martinez’s BB/9 is a sparkly 1.52. Game 2: 6 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 Ks, and the no-decision. It kind of bugs me that the win went to Garret Cleavinger here, but it is what it is. At least he got us a quality start after missing out on one by two outs in his first game last week.
54	Troy Melton	DET	He missed last week’s first start with back tightness. Hopefully, this week it’s back to…uh…rightness? Game 2: 6 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 BB, 5 Ks, and his 4th win. After a sore back scare, Troy was…um, I mean…Troy “returned” and was meltin’ bats again on Saturday. Fantasy managers rostering the Tigers’ righty can exhale now.
55	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	6 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 8 Ks, and his 3rd loss. When I saw the half dozen earned runs, I immediately asked myself, “Well, was it a bunch of walks or a bunch of home runs allowed?” The good news is, it wasn’t a bunch of walks. (He gave up 3 homers). Down.
56	Nick Lodolo	CIN	4 2/3 IP, 7 ER, 13 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 6.12. Oh boy. Heartbreak Hotel, starring this guy and Bubba Chandler. I hope you brought some good shoes because there was more walking in this one than in the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy.
57	Ben Brown	CHC	6.0 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 4 K, 4th win. Hunter is back as the favorite Mayor of Brown Town, but Big Ben is having a nice little breakout of his own. I’m starting him in any (and all) decent matchups, but check Streamonator if you’re feeling unsure.
58	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	6 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks on 67 pitches. He threw 50 strikes on his way to his 8th victory of the season. Command Kings unite!
59	Landen Roupp	SF	6.0 IP, 7 hits, 2 ER, BB, 7 K. I heard he wrote the opening three pages from the “Dude Where’s My Car?” script on the inside of his cap before this game. It must have been Seann William Scott appreciation night. Because why would you just randomly write stuff on your hat if it wasn’t to send a message about a theme night?
60	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.18. It’s another quality start for Sandy Cheeks. The “cheeks” potential is still there, so I’d check matchups, but he’s more of an auto-start than a streamer or straight matchup activation that’s for sure.
61	Connor Prielipp	MIN	6 IP, 3 ER, (6 R), 9 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks. He has two wins in his last 10 GS. (Eek).
62	Bubba Chandler	PIT	6.0 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 2 BB, K. So the good news is he only walked two guys. YES! The other news is that he had one more strikeout than Seth Lugo had on Friday night. That would be awesome if Lugo had, what? Six or seven strikeouts? Uh…more below?
63	Gage Jump	OAK	Jumper! Duh! (More below).
64	Peter Lambert	HOU	7 IP, 1 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.23. There are a bunch of marshmallow tossers who’ve given solid ratios and decent innings. The strikeouts aren’t overwhelming, but these kinds of guys always seem to minimize damage. And that kind of thing wins fantasy championships (if your team can stay healthy and the others perform as expected).
65	Tanner Bibee	CLE	5.1 IP, 4 hits, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 8th L. Well, so much for extending it to a three-game win streak.
66	Noah Cameron	KC	5 IP, 3 ER, 10 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.20. Not the cleanest of dubs, but a win’s a win.
67	Roki Sasaki	LAD	5.2 IP, 4 hits, 3 ER, BB, 6 K. I rip on these guys who can’t get a final out for a quality start, but I really want Roki to not suck. Is it because I have him rostered in multiple places now? Per-to-the-haps.
68	Foster Griffin	WSH	6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.32. Maybe we can portmanteau this guy and Canning to create two decent starters instead of one good one…and Griffin Canning.
69	Ryne Nelson	ARI	7 IP, 2 ER, 9 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.97. Now that Eury Perez is broken (again), I think all of his fans have jumped on the Ryne Nelson bandwagon. There are two camps on old Ryne-O – those who love his underlying metrics, and those who are not fans. I’m in the latter group.
70	Andrew Abbott	CIN	5 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 6 Ks, and his 5th win. Every once in a while, when I see a pitcher doing well, but one I still don’t trust, I check the Player Rater to see where he lands among the starting pitchers. At a not-so-cool $-6.4 R$ ranking, Abbott is the PR’s SP113 (nestled between Griffin Jax at -$6.3, and Framber Valdez at -$6.7).
71	Dustin May	STL	More above! It’s great! (If you don’t look at yesterday’s start).
72	Taj Bradley	MIN	5 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks, and a cruise down the iVictory coast in a 16-8 Twins win. It was his 6th win, and he has a good shot at #7 this week at home (vs COL).
73	Randy Vasquez	SD	3.1 IP, 8 hits, 6 ER, 3 BB, K, 5th L. AhBoooooooo. I had a feeling we were getting one of these sooner or later. I’d still start him in certain matchups, but he’s far from a sure thing. Down.
74	Griffin Jax	TB	5.0 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 5 K, 2nd win. I whiffed on FAABing this dude in a league where someone cut bait. If you have a manager who’s peeved that Jax isn’t closing, send them an offer. He’s a live arm who is going to be above average if he can start throwing deeper into games. He’s up a good bit today.
75	Walbert Urena	LAA	Game 1: 7 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.60. To the window…to the Wal(Bert)…til he gives us a quality start? Because if that’s the case, we’re in now! (He has 6 QS in 11 GS). Game 2: 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 6 Ks, and his 5th win. Not really a quality start, but I don’t think anyone who had him active last week is going to complain about this. Up.
76	Mackenzie Gore	TEX	Game 1: 7 IP, 4 ER, 6 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 4.27. The strikeouts are nice. And the innings total is fine. 4 ER isn’t as nice as 3 (or fewer), but it’s good enough in most leagues. Game 2: 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks, and a no-decision. He’ll need to string a few more of these together to bring that 4.07 ERA and 1.30 WHIP down to acceptable levels.
77	Shane Baz	BAL	7 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.04. He’s not an auto-start by any means, and I’d check the Streamonator each week just to be sure. But, having said that, I’d still start him at LAA either way.
78	Zebby Matthews	MIN	7 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.78. 7.1 K/9, 1.9 BB/9. It was better than last week’s debacle. A lot better. But of course, there’s always a chance for a meltdown with these guys. Pay attention to matchups because he’s not an auto-start quite yet.
79	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	7 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.45. Every one of these outings makes it even more impressive when we look back and see his ADP from March (474). Up.
80	Sean Burke	CWS	7 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.89. It’s a nice bounce back from the previous two weeks of bleh. Up.
81	Bryce Elder	ATL	6 IP, 8 ER, 12 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks, and his 5th loss. Someone call the police. We need to arrest the Brewers for Elder abuse.
82	Michael Wacha	KC	6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.64. Wacha Wacha Wacha…that’s PacMan (and Michael) rolling through dots, and hitters, on his way to another quality start.
83	Michael McGreevy	STL	5 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks, and his 6th loss. He’s 0-4 in his last 7 GS with a 4.74 K/9 and 4.74 ERA over that stretch. Down.
84	Trevor Rogers	BAL	If anyone had this game on their Bingo card and started Rogers at LAD, please buy me a lottery ticket with your own choice of numbers. 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks, and his 4th win. Hyperbole aside, this was a huge start for Rogers. Blanking the Dodgers in LA through 7 innings is about as good as we could have hoped for, but let’s not miss the fact that he’s thrown four straight games now and allowed 3 or fewer earned runs. Up.
85	Casey Mize	DET	4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.58. Not bad for a first start since his activation from the IL. He was supposed to go last Sunday, but it got washed out. Monitor this week if you can afford to sit him again.
86	Joey Cantillo	CLE	8 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 9 Ks, and his 6th win. I KNEW IT! I mentioned last week that I dumped Cantillo in a FAAB run for our AL-Only team that I run with MarmoSenior (Happy Father’s Day, Dad). The 5 inning win two weeks ago was a stinger, but I knew an even better start was coming, just so Cantillo could stick it to us. Lesson learned! I guess I should’ve just held him and hoped for the Josh Smith activation to save our bench hitters (ugh). Up.
87	Cade Cavalli	WSH	2.2 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 1 K. If you were one of the folks asking why Cavalli was ranked so low a few weeks ago…this is your answer. Down.
88	Brandon Young	BAL	Game 1: 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.18. He’s on team Martin Perez for me, in that I wouldn’t trust him. That said, his peripherals have been ok (but that 6.35 K/9 is cringey). There are worse gambles to be made. If streaming him is an option, that’s the one I’d be taking. Game 2: 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 5 Ks, and his 6th win. AT LAD!  This one broke a personal streak of 6 quality starts. I almost kept him as a Stumper, but he deserves a spot over guys like Griffin Canning, so here he is!
89	Stephen Kolek	KC	Oh. My. Goodness. This Top 100 Starting Pitcher list gig is great, don’t get me wrong, but the sheer chaos of Sunday starts that go south makes it really tough to make any definitive statements right up until the last pitch of the week. Kolek pitched yesterday, and I was all set to move him up above the SP70 spot. Well, a 1.2 IP, 9 ER, 9 H, 1 BB, 0 K, (3 HR allowed) outing means he’s not moving up after all. Down.
90	Javier Assad	CHC	5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 1 K, ERA at 3.89. I’m sorry, did you say Assad or ass-hat? The zero walks are nice, but the one walk? Nah.
91	Seth Lugo	KC	6.0 IP, 5 hits, ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 3rd win. I’m glad he’s ok after the Nimmo skull tattoo, but this was a quality start with ZERO strikeouts? Oh boy. Up a bit.
92	J.T. Ginn	ATH	Game 1: 6 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.91. I said last week that I should’ve added him to the list, so he’s in here now. Game 2: 5.1 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 5 Ks. ERA at 3.16. WHIP at 1.21. These two start weeks are tricky, but especially when I have a guy slotted in to jump onto our list after the first start of the week. If anything, Game 2 should give us a glimpse of why he’s not ranked higher than he is here.
93	Trevor McDonald	SF	3 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 1 K, and his 5th loss. It would be a lot cooler if this guy had a big red Afro like Dustin May does. Also, I’d only stream McDonald in cookie matchups for now. He’s winless in his last 6 games and gets the Braves at home (SF) this week. Yikes. Down.
94	Edward Cabrera	CHC	4.1 IP, 5 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 5.21. True story alert! I had to double-check last week’s note for EdCab because I thought he was on the IL. I wish I could predict the winning lottery numbers like this, too. He was removed from this game because of cramping in his pitching hand. He said he “feels fine, so (he) should be ok to pitch for his next start.” But let’s not confuse that with “he will pitch OK in his next start”.
95	Anthony Kay	CWS	4 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks. ERA at 4.61. WHIP at 1.43. It starts like these that make me think I was right to leave him down in the late 90s, let alone off the list. Down.
96	Mitch Keller	PIT	5.1 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, 7 Ks, and his 4th consecutive start where he failed to finish 6 innings. Mr. Kwality Start is turning into Mr. Krappy Start.
97	Merrill Kelly	ARI	5.1 IP, 6 ER, 11 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks, and his 3rd straight loss. Down.
98	Brandon Sproat	MLW	Dumper. More below.
99	Lucas Giolito	SD	4 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks, and his 3rd loss. At least he started this one and didn’t follow an…oh, wait. Wandy Peralta opened this one up for him. Ugh. He’s gone next week if he’s not starting at home vs LAD.
100	Grant Holmes	ATL	2 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 2 Ks. Oh, G. If there’s any magic left in that Kenny Powers head of lettuce, you’d better start funnelling it through in your next start (at SD).

JUMPERS (Players who jumped up the list this week).

Jacob Misiorowski – Again, he’s not a Jumper, but the results are too good not to grab attention. If you look way up to the Dustin May lede, you’ll see The Miz atop the pitching WAR leaders. His loss on Friday night didn’t move that needle much either way. 

I know this is a “what have you done for me lately” kind of place, but I couldn’t help but share this chat about the 15-strikeout game that I found this week, so he’s in the Jumpers again.

Zack Wheeler – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.01. Grey mentioned last week that someone asked if he thought Wheels was a Hall of Famer. I wondered enough to look up the career numbers: 1791 IP, 644 ER, 1513 H, 505 BBs, 1882 Ks, a 3.24 ERA, and a 1.13 WHIP. He has 119 wins in 293 starts, so he’s not sniffing 300 dubs.

For reference, I semi-randomly looked up Mike Mussina and realized that wasn’t a good comparison (270 wins in 593 GS).

Jacob DeGrom, on the other hand? 1616.1 IP, 467 ER, 1234 H, 360 BBs, 1940 Ks, a 2.60 ERA, and a 0.99 WHIP. He has 101 W in 262 GS. 

Close? Or nah? I’m leaning nah for a Wheeler HOF vote. Or, at least I’m saying no if we had to decide as of right now. He’s 36 years old, so maybe he can put up a few more solid seasons to pad the resume.

For the record, I didn’t stick it out to catch his 7:20 PM EST start last night because of Father’s Day business. I did have a good afternoon at the local Independent League ball game with my kids and my dad, though. (That should be enough of a guilt trip to keep folks from criticizing me for dodging the late game).

Dylan Cease – 5 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.71 in 108 pitches. I was curious about his walk rate, because it seems like he’s been issuing far fewer free passes than he has in the past. Just for Ss and Gs, I looked up his numbers this year. The 13.56 K/9 is a career high (even better than his minor league numbers before his CWS debut). The 3.82 BB/9 was surprising – I thought it would be lower. For reference, his best BB/9 was his first year in San Diego (3.08 BB/9). What does this all mean? It means if you drafted him, you’ve got yourself an ace at a price that was likely not as high as the other SP1s would’ve cost. 

Chase Burns – Game 1: 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 7 Ks, and his 8th win. And one silly juking Mets outfielder that learned the hard way: Don’t step to Chase Burns.

Game 2: He took it to the other New York team yesterday, too. 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 7 Ks, and his 9th win. ERA at 2.00. WHIP at 1.05. If you’re keeping track, that’s two wins from our two-start week last week. And he’s 9-1 overall this year. He’s not outdoing Misiorowski or Sanchez for a Cy Young award, but he’s not as far behind them as some might think. What a beauty.

Shane Bieber – He’s back! Almost! The rehab starts have been decent enough, and the Jays need him in a big way.

He’s due for activation today and is tentatively slated to go at home vs. HOU. If I rostered him, I’d be waiting and watching this week before starting with confidence.

Logan Webb – Game 1: 8 IP, 0 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 7 Ks, and the win (his 4th). So we got another Webb gem last week. But we also got this from Rob Friedman. *chefs kiss*.

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Game 2: 8 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks, and a tough luck loss at MIA. Regardless of the loss, that’s three straight 8-inning starts for Logan Webb and 4 straight quality starts. If you can add him in a sneaky trade, send out an offer with a name that you’d rather ditch. (I’m looking at you, Framber Valdez and/or Freddy Peralta).

Gage Jump – 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 3 walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.37. Jump up, jump up, and get down! But there’s no House of Pain here. Just 3 quality starts (in 5 GS) from a … checks notes … 23 YEAR OLD ROOKIE! 

And because yesterday was Father’s Day, I saved this one for all you Mac Daddies and Daddy Macs out there (but I’ll also reserve the right to revisit it in a future Top 100 title lede as well):  Kid Gage’ll make ya Jump! Jump! 

DUMPERS (Players who dropped down the list this week).

Bryce Miller – 5.0 IP, 3 hits, ER, 7 K on 66 pitches. ERA at 1.56. Awesome! He must have nailed down that win then, hey? Um…nah. Luis Castillo came in and gave up 4 ER in 4 IP and ruined it. Great plan, Mariners!

Seriously, though, he’s pitched great since his activation from the injured list. The only reason he’s a Dumper this week is that I don’t have faith that he’ll shake this silly piggybacking plan that Seattle is employing. If they come to their senses, he’s up for sure.

Brandon Sproat – 3 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 5.94. The official word was “left with a hamstring cramp”. I guess he skipped the bananas. For those who don’t get the reference, I’ll add it here. Shout out to Payton Tolle for revisiting the classic quote two weeks ago, too. 

Jack Leiter – 4 IP, 6 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.29. That’s three losses in a row. It’s pretty fitting that “Leiter” is his last name. Because that’s exactly what I want to use on my roster page every time this guy pitches. Don’t worry, though. I dropped him in my main mixed league Saturday night, and if Joey Cantillo’s week was any indication, Leiter should pitch a gem this week at MIA. EDIT: I guess we don’t have to worry about that gem this week. He’s headed to the 15-day IL with an ankle injury. And that’s enough to make him an OOF – he gone.

Michael Soroka – 1.0 IP, 2 hits, and removed with glute soreness. Yep, the same thing happens to me when I sit down for too long and try to stand up. I guess it was a long top of the 2nd inning? Update: It’s a 15-day IL stint for the broken booty. Down today, but not entirely off the list because the injury isn’t arm-related.

Patrick Corbin – Apparently, I didn’t count properly and needed to chop one more name off the list. 3.2 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks, and the no-decision. With this kind of output, and the newest Max Scherzer IL assignment (again), the obvious looming question is…what’s Bartolo Colon up to these days? He’s on his way out soon. EDIT: This is REALLY soon!

STUMPERS (These names might stump you as to why they aren’t on the Top 100…yet. Some of these guys are close).

Jameson Taillon 

Shane Drohan – 5 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.40. Fun fact: this guy is also starring in an Adam Sandler reboot, “Don’t Mess With The Drohan”. Please don’t tell the Cancel Police about this one, too. 

Kai-Wei Teng – Game 1: 3 1/3 IP, 5 ER, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.31. Sigh. Still Wei-Teng for a good start. Game 2: 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks, and his 4th win. Dammit! This is what I’ve been wait-Teng for! Do it again next week! Please! My June 29th lede is begging you!

Kyle Leahy – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.63. Another walk in the (trailer) park for Mr. Leahy. 

Kendry Rojas

Slade Cecconi – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 1 K, and his 6th loss. He’s ok in the deepest of leagues, but I can’t see him being much more than a Streamer in a good matchup for most leagues.

Zac Gallen – Sometimes I feel guilty when I have guys stuck on the Stumper list for a while. This guy…I don’t feel too guilty about. 4 IP, 9 ER, 12 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks. ERA at 6.10. WHIP at 1.63.

Ian Seymour – 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks. Ok, hang on a second. He started last week, relieved the week before that, started three weeks ago, and had 26 more relief appearances from April 1st to June 2nd? Why do the Rays always have to make it difficult? 

Jacob Lopez

Martin Perez – 6.0 IP, 6 hits, ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 6th win. And if that isn’t enough, the win was against the Brewers. Oh, ya. And it was versus Misiorowski. I’m not arrogant enough to say he’s going all of this to spite me, but the week that I add him to the list here is going to be the one in which he implodes. It’s guaranteed (or your money back). 

Chris Bassitt 

David Peterson 

Rhett Lowder – 5.1 IP, 6 hits, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 4th loss. I had him as a kid breakout candidate in the preseason, but the rough ride before the IL stint wiped that out for me. Start him if you need him, but don’t say you weren’t warned. 

Andre Pallante – 7 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.76. C’est un Streamer? Mais Oui! 

Mike Burrows 

Tomoyuki Sugano – Ho hum. No big deal. He just won his 8th game of the season. At home. Against Paul Skenes and the Pirates. In a 2-1 game. 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks, and one confused MarmosDad. 

Janson Junk 

Kumar Rocker 

Colin Rea – 5 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 3 Ks, and the no-decision. The ratios aren’t good, but he still deserves a Stumper spot. 

Eric Lauer – 6 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.37. Wait, you said he’s really good? Out loud? Jeez. Lauer your voice or someone might think you’re serious. 

Jeffrey Springs – 3.2 IP, 4 hits, 6 ER. 4 BB, 4 Ks. I can’t do it. The potential was there when he was a TEX/TB prospect, but he’s 33 now. The “he’s solid, he just needs to work on his stamina” is an argument best saved for pitchers whose birth year begins with a two. 

Sean Manaea 

Hurston Waldrep

Jack Flaherty 

Walker Buehler – 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 7 Ks, and the no-decision. Jason Adam cost Buehler a shot at a dub, but it’s a solid start nonetheless. 

Sean Newcomb – 3 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks, and a perfect game! What? It still counts if it’s just 3 innings, right? 

Jake Irvin

Matthew Liberatore 

Aaron Nola 

Brady Singer 

Robert Gasser – Game 1: 5.2 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.88. It feels like he’ll get sent back down either (a) when he gets crushed, or (b) when Logan Henderson comes back. There’s no C. Game 2: 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 7 Ks, and his first win. He should probably replace Griffin Canning at the bottom here, but I’m keeping him as a Stumper for now. 

Keider Montero – 7 IP, 3 ER< 6 H, 0 BB, 3 Ks, and the no-decision. He’s good enough to fill in, but not good enough to hold the gig if the regular starters are all healthy. That’s the story for Detroit, and it should be the same story for your fantasy teams, too.

Griffin Canning – 4.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 2 Ks. Semi-serious question here. Do official scorers award pity wins if a guy can’t finish 5 innings but “needs” a victory to help his confidence? He was slotted in at the 100 spot, but Brandon Young bumped him out.

BUMPERS (Injured starters or minor league guys who could or would bump others off the list if they were active on the big league roster).

Shane Bieber 

Joe Musgrove

Max Scherzer – IL. And, yes, that’s short for I Lean (on anything so I don’t lose my balance, especially when I’m getting up from a sitting position, because I’m older than dirt). 

Justin Steele

Robby Snelling 

Casey Mize 

Jonah Tong

Brandon Pfaadt

JR Ritchie

Spencer Strider – The official word is that he’ll be shelved for a month BEFORE he gets his MRI done. I didn’t realize Strider had to travel to Canada for his health-related needs. You know what they say, “free” always has a catch.

Jack Kochanowicz 

Lance McCullers Jr.

Cristian Javier

Joe Boyle

Hunter Greene

Spencer Schwellenbach

Zach Eflin

Johan Oviedo

Grayson Rodriguez 

Cody Ponce

Cade Horton

Shane Smith

Quinn Priester

Clarke Schmidt

River Ryan

Corbin Burnes 

Pablo Lopez

Tatsuya Imai – 6 IP, 3 ER, 11 Ks(!), and his 4th win. We’ve been waiting for weeks for this start, and he goes and does it Father’s Day weekend after I already wrote up Dustin May as our lede. Do it again next week! (If you don’t want to wait, Dan Pants wrote him up in his lede on Saturday – Imai Need Tatsuya Do That Again. 

Kade Anderson – There was a quiet “announcement” of sorts that said the Mariners aren’t calling Anderson up anytime soon, but are “in the plans” before the end of the season. Because the Mariners need even more starting pitchers to mess up their current clusterfunk of a rotation? This is just an FYI for those of us in keeper/dynasty leagues.

Nick Pivetta

Andrew Painter – 2 IP, 6 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 7.06. He’s been off the list for a few weeks now, so the minor league reassignment shouldn’t hurt many of you any more than his pitching already has.

Thomas White

Ryan Pepiot

Jose Berrios 

Justin Verlander

Reese Olson

Mick Abel

Didier Fuentes

Garrett Crochet

Brandon Woodruff

Tyler Glasnow

Steven Matz

Kodai Senga – 4 IP, 4 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 9.00. He’s back. If you really wanted to know. And that means we’re obligated to at least add him to the Stumper list. 

Brayan Bello

Matthew Boyd

Braxton Garrett

Yusei Kikuchi

WHEE! – These players vaulted onto the Top 100 list this week.

Hunter Brown

JT Ginn

Brandon Young

OOF! – These players fell off the Top 100 list this week.

Christian Scott – Hit the IL with a hip impingement. 

Jack Leiter

Griffin Canning

 

That’s all for this week! I hope you enjoyed it! If you’re feeling extra fired up about some of the names I do (or don’t) have here, drop some comments in the chat. Have a great week!

 

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