Dynasty Starting Pitcher Rankings 2026

Updated October 5, 2026. As of today, the top three dynasty starting pitchers are Jacob Misiorowski (MIL), Cam Schlittler (NYY), and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LAD). The top 271 starting pitchers for dynasty fantasy baseball, sliced directly from our hand-built staff dynasty board of 718 players, so every SP rank below is consistent with where the player sits overall, not a separate list that drifts out of sync.

How We Rank Starting Pitchers in Dynasty

Starting pitcher is dynasty's riskiest asset class. Injury and year-to-year volatility hit harder than at any hitting position. These ranks weigh multi-year track record, skill durability, and age, not just the last month of strikeouts. Players are valued on a multi-year window for 5x5 category leagues, with age, role security, and prospect upside weighed alongside current production. Prospects are ranked inline and flagged (P).

Top 50 Dynasty Starting Pitchers 2026

SP Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	Overall	FRV
1	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	SP	24	#13	83.4
2	Cam Schlittler	NYY	SP	25	#19	74.6
3	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SP	28	#20	76.2
4	Tarik Skubal	LAD	SP	29	#23	83.5
5	Chase Burns	CIN	SP	23	#28	69.4
6	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SP	29	#29	75.6
7	Payton Tolle	BOS	SP	23	#33	55.8
8	Nolan McLean	NYM	SP	25	#39	67.1
9	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	29	#43	72.1
10	Paul Skenes	PIT	SP	24	#44	86.7
11	Dylan Cease	TOR	SP	30	#46	67.8
12	Gavin Williams	CLE	SP	27	#47	61.1
13	Drew Rasmussen	TB	SP	31	#48	55.6
14	Eury Perez	MIA	SP	23	#62	67.8
15	Bryan Woo	SEA	SP	26	#66	70.4
16	Hunter Brown	HOU	SP	28	#67	72.7
17	Chris Sale	ATL	SP	37	#68	63.3
18	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	SP	28	#73	61.4
19	Parker Messick	CLE	SP	25	#74	51.5
20	Max Fried	NYY	SP	32	#79	63.6
21	Logan Henderson	MIL	SP	24	#86	53.6
22	George Kirby	SEA	SP	28	#87	72.1
23	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SP	36	#88	55.0
24	Joe Ryan	MIN	SP	30	#89	65.0
25	Kyle Harrison	MIL	SP	25	#91	53.5
26	Logan Webb	SF	SP	29	#94	66.6
27	Gerrit Cole	NYY	SP	36	#96	55.5
28	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SP	27	#98	73.4
29	Kade Anderson (P)	SEA	SP	22	#99	55.5
30	Shota Imanaga	CHC	SP	33	#105	55.3
31	Troy Melton	DET	SP	25	#107	49.1
32	Reid Detmers	LAA	SP	27	#110	51.5
33	Jacob deGrom	TEX	SP	38	#111	54.6
34	Michael King	SD	SP	31	#112	53.6
35	Seth Hernandez (P)	PIT	SP	20	#117	54.1
36	Ryan Weathers	NYY	SP	26	#123	53.8
37	Shane McClanahan	TB	SP	29	#125	59.5
38	Freddy Peralta	TB	SP	30	#129	64.0
39	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	SP	26	#137	50.4
40	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	SP	33	#145	49.4
41	Cade Cavalli	WAS	SP	28	#149	51.9
42	Trey Yesavage	TOR	SP	23	#152	65.6
43	Max Meyer	MIA	SP	27	#154	53.8
44	Kyle Bradish	BAL	SP	30	#157	59.0
45	Kevin Gausman	CHC	SP	35	#161	55.5
46	Jackson Jobe	DET	SP	24	#163	57.8
47	Carlos Rodon	NYY	SP	33	#164	54.3
48	Shohei Ohtani SP	LAD	SP	32	#167	64.2
49	Bubba Chandler	PIT	SP	24	#168	59.4
50	Ryan Sloan (P)	SEA	SP	20	#171	54.4

Every player links to a dedicated page with expert consensus ranks across dozens of sources, community FRV (FanRanked Value) ratings, trends, and staff commentary. For the full board with notes on every pick, see the staff dynasty rankings.