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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