Fantasy Baseball 2014: Full Starting Pitcher Rankings and Projections

Yu Darvish — Tim Heitman USA TODAY Sports

So far we have released our starting pitcher rankings and projections in pieces but, for draft reference purposes, you’d likely want to have them in one place. So, below are XN Sports’ full starting pitcher rankings and projections for the top 95 starters in the game.

For more fantasy goodness, be sure to check out our projections for the rest of the positions.

Take a look at our top 45 starting pitcher projections for an in-depth breakdown of what you can expect from Gerrit Cole, Michael Wacha, and Tony Cingrani in 2014.

Then click over to the second half of our pitcher projections for a look at what fantasy owners can expect from Chris Archer, Alex Wood, and Zack Wheeler this season.

Check out our rankings for our No. 1 to No. 45 and No. 46 to No. 95 ranked starting pitchers for some risky pitchers to avoid in the draft and some burning values that can be had instead.

Check out our full outfield projections and our players to avoid, along with some category fillers that can be had late in drafts.

Click over to our projections for our top 45 outfielders for a breakdown of just how undervalued Ryan Braun is in 2014.

Take a look at our projections for our No. 46-90 ranked outfielders to see which late-round outfielders can help in which categories.

Find out why you’d do best to avoid George Springer in 2014 in the second half of our outfield rankings.

Find out how our top five outfield tiers break down by categories and risk in our top 50 outfielder rankings.

Find some catchers like Travis d’Arnaud and Mike Zunino to target in the later rounds in our catcher projections.

See what you can expect from the league’s top first basemen in our full 1B projections. Be sure to check out our second base projections, third base projections, and shortstop projections as well.

Now, let’s take a look at our starting pitcher rankings and projections.

Rank	Player	W	K	ERA	WHIP
1	Clayton Kershaw	17	230	2.3	1.02
2	Yu Darvish	16	250	3.15	1.12
3	Adam Wainwright	17	198	3.2	1.12
4	Stephen Strasburg	14	196	3.12	1.11
5	Max Scherzer	16	227	3.3	1.16
6	Cliff Lee	14	220	3.1	1.07
7	Felix Hernandez	13	220	3.1	1.14
8	Jose Fernandez	14	210	3	1.08
9	Madison Bumgarner	14	192	3.1	1.12
10	Justin Verlander	16	225	3.2	1.18
11	Chris Sale	13	220	3.1	1.12
12	David Price	15	190	3.25	1.12
13	Zack Greinke	15	185	3.3	1.19
14	Cole Hamels	13	200	3.3	1.13
15	Gio Gonzalez	14	190	3.2	1.25
16	Anibal Sanchez	14	180	3.4	1.23
17	Jordan Zimmermann	14	155	3.2	1.15
18	Mat Latos	14	185	3.32	1.2
19	Gerrit Cole	13	170	3.35	1.22
20	Hisashi Iwakuma	13	165	3.2	1.13
21	Michael Wacha	13	175	3.35	1.18
22	Alex Cobb	13	170	3.35	1.23
23	James Shields	13	195	3.3	1.24
24	Tony Cingrani	13	175	3.25	1.2
25	Jered Weaver	14	155	3.2	1.14
26	Matt Cain	13	170	3.45	1.13
27	Homer Bailey	12	180	3.6	1.24
28	Mike Minor	12	170	3.5	1.16
29	Matt Moore	13	175	3.5	1.34
30	Shelby Miller	13	180	3.4	1.24
31	Julio Teheran	13	170	3.6	1.22
32	Hiroki Kuroda	13	155	3.3	1.18
33	Kris Medlen	13	155	3.3	1.23
34	Hyun-jin Ryu	13	155	3.35	1.24
35	Danny Salazar	12	175	3.4	1.19
36	Doug Fister	12	155	3.5	1.25
37	Francisco Liriano	13	165	3.6	1.28
38	Masahiro Tanaka	13	155	3.65	1.25
39	Johnny Cueto	12	140	3.25	1.2
40	Jeff Samardzija	10	195	4.05	1.32
41	Jon Lester	14	175	3.8	1.3
42	Lance Lynn	13	180	3.8	1.31
43	Sonny Gray	12	155	3.6	1.3
44	Andrew Cashner	11	145	3.5	1.23
45	Matt Garza	11	160	3.9	1.25
46	CC Sabathia	14	180	3.85	1.27
47	R.A. Dickey	13	175	3.8	1.24
48	Chris Archer	12	150	3.55	1.26
49	C.J. Wilson	13	175	3.65	1.34
50	Patrick Corbin	13	175	3.75	1.24
51	Clay Buchholz	12	130	3.6	1.27
52	Alex Wood	11	170	3.4	1.28
53	Justin Masterson	12	165	3.75	1.3
54	A.J. Burnett	11	180	3.7	1.27
55	Ervin Santana	11	150	3.78	1.26
56	Yovani Gallardo	12	170	3.82	1.33
57	Chris Tillman	12	170	3.85	1.28
58	Zack Wheeler	11	165	3.7	1.32
59	Ian Kennedy	11	165	3.7	1.32
60	Tim Lincecum	11	190	4.25	1.32
61	Ubaldo Jimenez	11	180	4.25	1.36
62	A.J. Griffin	12	165	3.7	1.18
63	Jarrod Parker	12	140	3.9	1.25
64	Dan Straily	11	140	3.9	1.27
65	Dan Haren	11	145	4.2	1.25
66	Brandon Beachy	9	140	3.6	1.2
67	Jose Quintana	11	160	3.7	1.25
68	Corey Kluber	11	160	4.15	1.3
69	Jake Peavy	11	135	4.25	1.21
70	Marco Estrada	10	140	3.8	1.18
71	John Lackey	11	147	3.9	1.25
72	Bartolo Colon	11	115	3.6	1.23
73	Ivan Nova	12	145	3.85	1.33
74	Wade Miley	11	145	3.7	1.3
75	Jhoulys Chacin	11	130	3.68	1.3
76	Dillon Gee	11	140	3.85	1.28
77	Josh Johnson	9	150	3.9	1.3
78	Jon Niese	11	140	3.75	1.4
79	Tyson Ross	10	140	3.8	1.28
80	Alexi Ogando	9	120	3.48	1.25
81	Hector Santiago	9	145	3.7	1.4
82	Travis Wood	9	140	4.15	1.22
83	Trevor Cahill	11	140	4	1.4
84	Ricky Nolasco	11	148	4.15	1.31
85	Kyle Lohse	11	125	3.55	1.23
86	Mike Leake	11	118	3.9	1.29
87	Taijuan Walker	9	135	4.15	1.3
88	Scott Kazmir	10	145	4.35	1.38
89	Phil Hughes	10	140	4.45	1.33
90	Tim Hudson	11	115	3.8	1.2
91	Brandon Morrow	10	120	4.4	1.3
92	Henderson Alvarez	10	100	3.95	1.28
93	Rick Porcello	11	130	4.4	1.35
94	Wily Peralta	11	130	4.2	1.4
95	Kevin Gausman	8	100	4.45	1.35

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