Top 100 Dynasty Starting Pitcher Rankings: September

This is a special post for me because unlike my top 100 starting pitcher rankings for redraft leagues, which releases weekly, this releases just once a month. These are my top 100 starting pitcher rankings for dynasty leagues. For a detailed explanation of how to use both my redraft ranks and my dynasty ranks check out my August edition of the post. Without further ado, here is the list.

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Top-100 Dynasty Starting Pitcher Rankings

This month’s starting pitcher rankings are all about ceiling. Pitching is always a game of attrition, but for whatever reason, real or not, this season feels worse than usual in that regard.

We all knew it would be filled with small sample size noise making it harder than ever to parse out the real pitchers from those just merely stringing together a few good starts. With that in mind, these rankings are for the long game and include a ton of prospects. What they do not contain are mediocre MLB pitchers.

In order to make this top 100 for dynasty the pitchers I chose had to have both strong ratios and great strikeout stuff. Compilers were not welcome to this party. In the past, given a full season to show which players can separate themselves over the grind of a season, I would give more weight to the guys that get close to 200 innings with just ok rate stats. Not this time.

You can always find average to slightly above average pitchers, it’s finding the aces and the real game-changers that represents a challenge worthy of my time. For the second month in a row Shane Bieber, who is having a season for the ages, has claimed the number one spot on this list. I’m on the hunt for the next Bieber.

As a prospect Bieber had really strong command, however, he lacked some of the game-changing secondaries and overpowering velocity we see with ace level starters. He developed those later and now became what he is today. Most guys don’t do that. If a young starter develops a new plus secondary that’s a huge win. If he adds a few MPH to his fastball that’s a huge boon for the player and the organization. To do both is rare, that’s when you become Bieber or Jack Flaherty.

Of the prospects I chose to include in my top 100 starting pitcher rankings, the best ones have a very enticing combination of both command and stuff. The Seattle boys, George Kirby and Logan Gilbert, are higher on my list than a lot of other industry folk because of my philosophy of finding prospects with great command who understand how to pitch. Controlling quality of contact and hitter outcomes has always been the goal. It is now being understood and appreciated at a higher level.

If you want a list of who the best starters are right now, then check out my top 100 starting pitchers for redraft. If you want a list of the guys I think are most likely to help you win your leagues in the future, then look below. I have also compiled my top pitching prospects that made my list, they are listed below as well.

1. MacKenzie Gore
2. Jesus Lúzardo
3. Dustin May
4. Sixto Sánchez
5. Luis Patiño
6. Tarik Skubal
7. Matt Manning
8. Nate Pearson
9. Casey Mize
10. Logan Gilbert
11. Asa Lacy
12. George Kirby
13. Forrest Whitley
14. Ian Anderson
15. Spencer Howard
16. Michael Kopech
17. Tony Gonsolin
18. Max Meyer
19. Brendan McKay
20. Nick Lodolo
21. Daniel Espino
22. Brailyn Marquez
23. Jhoan Duran
24. Emerson Hancock
25. Josiah Gray
26. Edward Cabrera
27. Triston McKenzie
28. Dane Dunning
29. Deivi Garcia
30. Daniel Lynch
31. Jordan Balozovic
32. Alek Manoah
33. Ethan Hankins
34. Matthew Liberatore
35. Shane Baz
36. Simeon Woods Richardson
37. Bryce Jarvis

If you have any questions about the list don’t hesitate to hit me up on Twitter @devjake. Thanks for reading!

Other Prospects I really Like: Clarke Schmidt, Ethan Small, Blake Walston, Zack Thompson, Shane McClanahan, Kyle Muller, Matthew Allan, Mick Abel, Quinn Priester, Jairo Solis

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