If I see elements that suggest a pitcher could be a Top 40 arm, I’m going to move up a ton from the 80s to the 60s. Those aren’t the players you hold onto throughout the year like your SPs 1-4, which means we’re going to be a bit more chaotic and roll with the waves more aggressively. These rankings mostly change in the back half of The List as that’s your waiver wire.I know there are going to be a ton of comments about I hate how much these rankings change each week and I’m going to get out ahead of them here.This is your reminder to please read these notes as they’ll tell you plenty about why “someone moved up” or “why is he at #X?!”.Many things will have changed, but the root of my perception of these players is outlined there. If you’re unfamiliar with some of the players listed, I highly recommend that you read my 45,000+ Top 300 Starting Pitchers from February. Lastly, I heavily recommend you follow my daily SP Roundup that outlines all pitcher performances through the season, as each week’s update will reflect the comments and findings from those daily articles. I could be very wrong there.Ĭolors: Green = Most excited about. Some guys aren’t here and that’s due to my own belief they aren’t as pressing as the ones below. If any of these are called up, they should be added to your 12-teamers ASAP. They are ordered by my general preference/focus on those guys right now. Still, I think this table will help you quickly stay on top of who should be on your radar. Please don’t read too much into these, there are far better prospect analysts out there than me. It’s a small table of the prospects I’m personally excited about who would jump up The List quickly if they were confirmed in the rotation. I added something new to The List this season. Will they be back to normal in their first start or will they need a few? I have no idea! Those ranks are to show what I’d expect once they are fully back to normal. It’s why Still ILLexists and the “relative rank” you see is when those guys have shaken off their rust. One last point about that – oftentimes pitchers need an extra week or two to ramp up once they do return to the majors. It’s a loose reference point and why it’s called “relative ranking.” It’s difficult to update this week-to-week and I apologize if the ranking is different when the player actually returns from the IL. Sometimes there are oh-so-many options, sometimes I want to see them healthy and stretched out again, and others we’re starving for pitchers and they jump higher than “70-80”. Rankings are 100% relative to the landscape and while this table reflects where they would sit in a vacuum, it’s a fluid creature. Please understand that “70-80” does not guarantee the player will be exactly in that range when they return. I made a decision last year: I removed the “Preseason tiers” and changed “tiers” to “Relative Rank” as it’ll be more consistent week-to-week - Tiers change while their relative rank does not. First are all of our injured compatriots: Please read the notes if you can instead of just scrolling to the bottom.
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