Ray’s Ramblings: Review of Top-50 Pitchers in 2024

The 2024 fantasy baseball regular season is over. The war of attrition is finally complete, but the battle was so arduous you may have forgotten where it all began. What follows will be a review of the top-50 pitchers on draft day based on NFBC ADP in the month of March (there were 687 drafts in the ADP sample). We will list the top-50 hurlers based on where they finished amongst all hurlers in 2024, and then give a brief comment about how the did, or didn’t, perform.

 *Player Rankings are from the Razzball Player Rater.

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Ranking	Finish	Player	Comment
1	720	Spencer Strider	Threw nine innings before his arm flew off.
2	9	Corbin Burnes	Career best 15 W with 4th straight 180 K effort.
3	3	Zack Wheeler	A rock. 16 W, 2.57 ERA, 224 K and 0.96 WHIP.
4	44	Luis Castillo	30 starts, 175 IP, 175 K but just 11-12.
5	33	Pablo Lopez	Strong down the stretch with 15 W & 198 Ks.
6	18	George Kirby	Nearly identical in 2024 to 2023 – across the board.
7	34	Tyler Glasnow	Career best 134 IP, 168 K but just nine wins.
8	47	Kevin Gausman	Just wasn’t the same but still won 14 games with 181 innings.
9	97	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	As advertised with 3.00 ERA and 1.11 WHIP, but only 18 starts.
10	49	Zac Gallen	His 1.02 WHIP from 2022-23 exploded to 1.26.
11	1	Tarik Skubal	Dominance personified. Added nearly 100 IP to 2023 total.
12	63	Edwin Diaz	Save total lowest since rookie year (minus Covid 2020).
13	40	Logan Webb	Led NL with 204.2 IP. Consistently strong, but not elite.
14	22	Josh Hader	4th straight of 33 SV,  but 2 of 3 years 3.80 ERA or higher.
15	32	Aaron Nola	180 IP, 195 K for 6th straight full season. Uber durable.
16	39	Freddy Peralta	200 K for 2nd straight year. Still never 175 IP or 13 W.
17	12	Framber Valdez	Grounders and innings. Year after year.
18	38	Max Fried	Kinda quietly has a 1.09 WHIP since 2020.
19	4	Emmanuel Clase	Last three years: 42-44-47 saves. Had a 0.66 WHIP.
20	10	Logan Gilbert	1st in IP, 6th in K, 1st in WHIP in all of baseball.
21	122	Camilo Doval	Dreadful despite 23 SV. Demoted. 1.58 WHIP. Yikers.
22	65	Grayson Rodriguez	Injuries limited to 20 effective starts: 13 W, 1.24 WHIP.
23	798	Bobby Miller	Dreadful, then some: 8.52 ERA, 1.77 WHIP. Pitiful really.
24	78	Blake Snell	1st half: 6.31 ERA. 2nd half: 1.45 ERA. Stole $ half the year.
25	20	Raisel Iglesias	33 saves for 4th time in 5 years.
26	71	Zach Eflin	Followed up a 3.50 ERA 1.02 WHIP at 3.59/1.15.
27	17	Cole Ragans	223 K in 186.1 IP. Will he pay price next year?
28	534	Jesus Luzardo	Lost year making only 12 ineffective starts.
29	55	Joe Ryan	0.99 WHIP over 23 starts before injured vexed him.
30	109	Alexis Diaz	Followed up 37 saves with 28.
31	59	Andres Munoz	22 SV, 0.96 WHIP and 33.2 K-rate.
32	7	Dylan Cease	4th straight 210 K season with career best 14 W, 189 IP.
33	91	Justin Steele	Last year: 3.06/1.17. This year: 3.07/1.10 (ERA/WHIP).
34	113	Evan Phillips	18 saves with a 1.19 WHIP and lost 9th inning gig.
35	165	David Bednar	Willed his way to 23 saves. Pitched like ass – 1.42 WHIP.
36	168	Joe Musgrove	K per inning, 1.17 WHIP over 19 starts.
37	68	Jhoan Duran	Velo down on his way to 23 saves, 1.16 WHIP.
38	108	Pete Fairbanks	2nd straight 23 SV season. 2nd straight under 46 IP.
39	2	Chris Sale	Cy Young winner. Best season since 2017 with pure dom.
40	26	Tanner Bibee	Strong. 3.47 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 187 K in 173.2 IP.
41	332	Jordan Romano	WHIP exploded to 1.46 in injury plagued 15 games.
42	81	Clay Holmes	30 saves but 13 blown. Wild.
43	11	Ryan Helsley	49 saves and seven wins in historic season.
44	23	Bailey Ober	Smooth like butta: 3.98 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 191 K in 178.2 IP.
45	176	Chris Bassitt	Looked old, but still had 171 IP and 168 Ks.
46	178	Paul Sewald	16 saves. Injury. Lost gig. Disappointing.
47	88	Craig Kimbrel	Saved 23 before he was DFA’d by Orioles.
48	394	Shane Bieber	Threw three more innings than Strider.
49	35	Tanner Scott	9 W, 22 SV, 11 Holds with 1.75 ERA.
50	19	Michael King	Best seasons: 13W, 201 K, 2.95 ERA, 1.19 WHIP.

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