I’ve finally gotten to a point where my rankings and projections are complete for the 2019 save for some tinkering based on injuries, roster construction, lineup spot, etc. You can find all of my positional and overall rankings here. I’ve also include a link to the google sheet for easier access. I will try and update these projections regularly, so check back. If you’re wondering why I haven’t projected any closers or relievers, it’s because they are nearly impossible to project. As difficult as wins are to predict, saves are significantly more difficult. Plus, the volatility of the closer position is very high and many teams have committees. All that’s left to do before the season starts is compare my rankings to Yahoo and ESPN and get my bold predictions out!



Right now, it’s time for starting pitcher projections. You’ll notice I’m a bit conservative when it comes to innings but that’s the landscape of baseball today. The fewest number of 200 inning pitchers occurred last year and the trend is continuing to plummet. If I’ve missed someone, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll get you projection. Enjoy!

2019 Starting Pitcher Projections

Player Team Pos IP W ERA WHIP K Max Scherzer WAS SP 214.0 18 2.96 0.96 275 Chris Sale BOS SP 182.1 15 2.69 0.94 261 Jacob deGrom NYM SP 205.3 14 2.89 1.01 249 Justin Verlander HOU SP 202.0 17 3.28 1.05 257 Trevor Bauer CLE SP 201.5 17 3.23 1.13 241 Gerrit Cole HOU SP 200.0 16 3.39 1.14 246 Carlos Carrasco CLE SP 195.3 16 3.37 1.14 229 Corey Kluber CLE SP 209.0 17 3.51 1.08 213 Aaron Nola PHI SP 195.9 15 3.41 1.12 214 Blake Snell TB SP 179.0 14 3.34 1.13 215 Walker Buehler LAD SP 176.6 13 3.37 1.13 203 Noah Syndergaard NYM SP 173.9 12 3.32 1.16 194 Patrick Corbin WAS SP 192.0 14 3.54 1.20 220 Luis Severino NYY SP 178.2 14 3.49 1.15 199 James Paxton NYY SP 157.9 13 3.51 1.15 186 Mike Clevinger CLE SP 193.1 14 3.74 1.19 204 Stephen Strasburg WAS SP 162.0 12 3.54 1.18 185 Zack Greinke ARI SP 198.4 13 3.82 1.16 186 German Marquez COL SP 193.6 14 3.74 1.25 222 Jameson Taillon PIT SP 188.9 13 3.64 1.20 191 Jose Berrios MIN SP 187.6 12 3.85 1.22 196 Jack Flaherty STL SP 174.5 13 3.83 1.22 190 Zack Wheeler NYM SP 174.6 12 3.76 1.19 178 Clayton Kershaw LAD SP 159.2 13 3.54 1.09 160 Mike Foltynewicz ATL SP 186.8 14 3.87 1.24 191 Luis Castillo CIN SP 186.2 12 3.81 1.20 194 Miles Mikolas STL SP 196.8 14 3.78 1.18 167 David Price BOS SP 187.6 15 3.98 1.21 178 Masahiro Tanaka NYY SP 173.1 13 3.89 1.19 179 Charlie Morton TB SP 167.7 11 3.72 1.24 188 Eduardo Rodriguez BOS SP 161.0 12 3.86 1.26 170 Robbie Ray ARI SP 157.9 10 3.79 1.27 193 Nick Pivetta PHI SP 170.5 12 3.92 1.27 186 Andrew Heaney LAA SP 172.6 11 3.90 1.20 173 Kenta Maeda LAD SP 140.0 10 3.73 1.20 150 Rich Hill LAD SP 137.0 10 3.84 1.19 151 Chris Archer PIT SP 178.3 11 3.88 1.28 194 Madison Bumgarner SF SP 179.8 12 3.98 1.20 157 Joe Musgrove PIT SP 162.0 11 3.84 1.22 160 Cole Hamels CHC SP 177.0 12 3.97 1.28 177 Shane Bieber CLE SP 159.6 10 3.76 1.22 159 Yu Darvish CHC SP 153.3 10 3.89 1.26 170 Carlos Martinez STL SP 145.0 9 3.89 1.29 147 Kyle Hendricks CHC SP 192.0 13 4.01 1.22 158 Ross Stripling LAD SP 134.9 9 3.84 1.23 140 Nathan Eovaldi BOS SP 144.2 11 3.98 1.26 133 Tyler Skaggs LAA SP 151.1 10 3.95 1.27 148 Alex Wood CIN SP 156.8 10 3.89 1.26 147 Zach Eflin PHI SP 155.4 10 3.92 1.27 150 Yusei Kikuchi SEA SP 168.8 11 4.00 1.28 155 Anibal Sanchez WAS SP 151.1 10 4.04 1.27 147 Rick Porcello BOS SP 187.2 14 4.20 1.29 170 J.A. Happ NYY SP 168.2 12 4.22 1.29 164 Zack Godley ARI SP 167.1 9 4.01 1.36 173 Hyun-Jin Ryu LAD SP 121.1 9 3.90 1.23 119 Alex Reyes STL SP 118.8 8 3.87 1.31 133 Freddy Peralta MIL SP 113.4 8 3.91 1.28 129 Matt Boyd DET SP 176.0 10 4.15 1.26 171 Joey Lucchesi SD SP 156.4 10 3.98 1.26 159 Kyle Freeland COL SP 193.3 12 4.12 1.30 158 Collin McHugh HOU SP 151.0 10 3.97 1.25 142 Steven Matz NYM SP 162.9 9 4.06 1.26 165 Tyler Glasnow TB SP 131.1 9 4.02 1.36 147 Jon Gray COL SP 159.0 10 3.98 1.35 169 Sonny Gray CIN SP 157.8 11 4.07 1.35 147 Sean Newcomb ATL SP 170.5 11 4.16 1.37 169 Mike Minor TEX SP 165.3 10 4.22 1.25 153 Jimmy Nelson MIL SP 133.0 9 3.98 1.31 129 Jeff Samardzija SF SP 174.5 10 4.12 1.30 164 Jake Arrieta PHI SP 168.3 11 4.18 1.31 143 Jesus Luzardo OAK SP 109.2 7 3.71 1.22 113 Joshua James HOU SP 95.0 6 3.85 1.24 108 Marco Gonzales SEA SP 177.0 11 4.11 1.29 150 Anthony DeSclafani CIN SP 140.0 9 4.09 1.27 130 Kevin Gausman ATL SP 178.5 11 4.20 1.35 166 Jose Quintana CHC SP 184.0 11 4.23 1.31 163 Kyle Gibson MIN SP 177.0 11 4.22 1.38 165 Michael Fulmer DET SP 164.7 10 4.18 1.30 141 Dallas Keuchel FA SP 180.0 10 4.17 1.32 140 Derek Holland SF SP 158.6 9 4.18 1.31 142 Luke Weaver ARI SP 153.8 10 4.21 1.37 145 Jon Lester CHC SP 174.2 13 4.44 1.36 140 Dylan Bundy BAL SP 166.8 9 4.29 1.31 174 Forrest Whitley HOU SP 98.0 7 3.92 1.26 105 Danny Duffy KC SP 166.8 10 4.27 1.34 153 Trevor Richards MIA SP 141.8 9 4.15 1.38 142 Jake Odorizzi MIN SP 156.8 10 4.33 1.34 149 Jake Junis KC SP 172.5 9 4.27 1.31 159 Trevor Williams PIT SP 175.2 10 4.28 1.31 132 Reynaldo Lopez CHW SP 180.0 10 4.48 1.36 160 Sean Reid-Foley TOR SP 104.0 7 4.21 1.37 111 Carlos Rodon CWS SP 166.6 10 4.44 1.40 139 Dereck Rodriguez SF SP 171.1 9 4.31 1.34 134 Julio Teheran ATL SP 168.0 10 4.63 1.43 152 Jhoulys Chacin MIL SP 179.2 9 4.36 1.39 149 Marcus Stroman TOR SP 181.0 10 4.26 1.41 140 Tanner Roark CIN SP 171.1 9 4.46 1.38 145 Mike Leake SEA SP 182.9 10 4.33 1.32 123 Robbie Erlin SD SP 129.0 7 4.37 1.26 101 Ivan Nova CHW SP 170.0 9 4.55 1.31 121 Wade LeBlanc SEA SP 162.0 10 4.23 1.23 138 Julio Urias LAD SP 105.9 8 3.89 1.26 112 Brad Keller KC SP 163.0 9 4.11 1.31 123 Jose Urena FLA SP 174.0 9 4.21 1.30 142 Tyler Anderson COL SP 168.0 10 4.33 1.34 156 Vincent Velasquez PHI SP 149.0 9 4.12 1.28 156 Nick Kingham PIT SP 146.4 9 4.17 1.26 138 Mike Fiers OAK SP 158.0 9 4.23 1.26 135 Trevor Cahill LAA SP 121.0 8 3.90 1.30 117 Ryan Yarbrough TB SP 129.0 9 4.21 1.26 118 CC Sabathia NYY SP 141.0 9 4.28 1.32 124 Clay Buchholz TOR SP 164.0 9 4.22 1.29 134 Michael Pineda MIN SP 133.0 8 4.19 1.28 121 Touki Toussaint ATL SP 121.1 8 4.15 1.28 131 Michael Wacha STL SP 145.6 10 4.26 1.39 126 Jaime Barria LAA SP 132.0 8 4.31 1.28 112 Ryan Borucki TOR SP 133.0 8 4.33 1.31 109 Wei-Yin Chen MIA SP 156.0 8 4.17 1.34 129 Matt Shoemaker TOR SP 119.0 6 4.39 1.29 110 Sandy Alcantara FLA SP 125.9 6 4.55 1.42 116 Zach Davies MIL SP 159.0 10 4.21 1.31 123 Domingo German NYY SP 119.0 8 4.29 1.32 126 Chris Paddack SD SP 71.5 4 3.65 1.20 73 Corbin Burnes MIL SP 89.0 6 4.09 1.29 95 Caleb Smith MIA SP 124.0 7 4.09 1.28 126 Matt Strahm SD SP/RP 91.2 6 4.11 1.27 96 Tyson Ross DET SP 126.0 8 4.21 1.37 115 Chase Anderson MIL SP 159.5 11 4.54 1.36 138 Dan Straily MIA SP 156.6 8 4.79 1.47 135 Antonio Senzatela COL SP 161.0 9 4.52 1.37 128 Alex Cobb BAL SP 169.0 8 4.51 1.37 126 Matt Harvey LAA SP 161.0 10 4.28 1.29 133 Aaron Sanchez TOR SP 134.0 7 4.69 1.43 109 Felix Hernandez SEA SP 148.0 8 4.71 1.38 119 Wade Miley HOU SP 163.5 12 4.41 1.34 134 Mike Soroka ATL SP 98.0 6 4.01 1.23 93 Jordan Zimmermann DET SP 153.0 7 4.71 1.35 124 Lucas Giolito CWS SP 159.0 9 4.69 1.42 132