Best Starting Pitchers in MLB 2026

Source MLB StatcastThrough Oct 18, 2026266 ranked starting pitchersRatings refreshed nightly

Shohei Ohtani is the highest-rated starting pitcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck, at 99 overall. The top three are Shohei Ohtani, Chris Sale, Cam Schlittler, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data. Every player here is a playable card.

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Best starting pitchers2026 · 266 ranked

Every starting pitcher who played an MLB game in 2026, ranked by Legends Deck card rating, with team, pitching stats and Statcast numbers.
#	Player	OVR ▾	W	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	xERA
1	Shohei Ohtani	99	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.74	View card ›
2	Chris Sale	97	14	2.16	0.98	11.1	1.7	0.6	2.97	View card ›
3	Cam Schlittler	97	14	1.95	0.92	11.1	2.3	0.7	2.85	View card ›
4	Jacob Misiorowski	97	16	1.80	0.80	13.0	2.3	0.7	2.13	View card ›
5	Tarik Skubal	96	12	2.72	0.96	10.6	1.5	0.8	2.94	View card ›
6	Jesús Luzardo	95	14	2.86	1.07	11.1	2.6	0.8	2.83	View card ›
7	Dylan Cease	94	11	2.40	1.10	12.7	4.2	0.6	2.92	View card ›
8	Payton Tolle	94	9	3.03	1.10	10.3	2.4	0.9	2.70	View card ›
9	Zack Wheeler	93	14	3.00	1.05	10.7	2.6	1.2	2.88	View card ›
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	93	14	2.53	0.87	8.8	2.0	1.0	2.94	View card ›
11	Max Fried	93	5	2.80	0.99	8.3	2.6	0.3	2.51	View card ›
12	Drew Rasmussen	93	16	2.67	0.91	9.1	1.7	0.7	3.06	View card ›
13	Parker Messick	93	12	2.56	1.06	9.3	2.4	0.8	3.15	View card ›
14	Tyler Glasnow	92	5	3.53	0.95	11.9	3.0	0.8	2.88	View card ›
15	Cristopher Sánchez	92	18	2.91	1.20	10.0	2.0	0.8	3.39	View card ›
16	Chase Burns	92	15	2.86	1.17	10.8	3.3	1.0	3.25	View card ›
17	Paul Skenes	91	10	3.82	1.12	10.3	2.5	1.0	3.30	View card ›
18	Reid Detmers	91	7	3.36	1.04	10.3	2.3	0.9	3.30	View card ›
19	Logan Henderson	91	11	2.47	0.84	10.1	1.7	1.3	2.74	View card ›
20	Jared Jones	91	5	3.72	1.08	10.9	2.7	1.1	3.18	View card ›
21	Cade Cavalli	90	13	3.02	1.16	10.6	2.5	0.9	3.68	View card ›
22	Jacob deGrom	89	11	4.20	1.14	11.1	2.5	1.1	3.47	View card ›
23	Bryan Woo	89	12	4.01	1.10	9.1	2.0	0.9	3.68	View card ›
24	Hunter Brown	89	6	3.19	1.27	10.4	4.6	0.9	3.32	View card ›
25	Braxton Ashcraft	89	14	3.65	1.09	9.4	1.9	1.2	3.45	View card ›
26	Ranger Suarez	89	8	3.22	1.19	8.5	2.8	0.6	3.63	View card ›
27	Nolan McLean	89	12	3.16	1.17	9.7	3.5	0.8	3.63	View card ›
28	Walbert Ureña	89	9	2.97	1.23	8.6	4.1	0.6	3.30	View card ›
29	Logan Gilbert	88	12	3.73	1.09	9.9	2.4	1.4	3.63	View card ›
30	Hunter Greene	87	2	6.83	1.37	10.7	2.9	1.3	4.51	View card ›
31	Gavin Williams	87	14	3.76	1.11	12.1	3.0	1.4	3.84	View card ›
32	Brandon Woodruff	87	2	2.98	0.84	9.3	2.0	1.0	2.88	View card ›
33	Blake Snell	87	4	1.90	1.10	11.6	3.4	0.0	2.17	View card ›
34	Joe Ryan	86	7	3.79	1.16	9.9	1.9	1.3	3.70	View card ›
35	Sean Burke	86	11	3.34	1.20	9.7	3.2	1.0	3.78	View card ›
36	Ben Brown	86	4	1.85	0.94	8.6	2.5	0.3	3.25	View card ›
37	Kris Bubic	86	4	3.76	1.20	9.2	4.3	0.7	4.21	View card ›
38	Trevor Rogers	86	10	4.03	1.18	8.3	2.1	1.0	3.60	View card ›
39	Christian Scott	86	4	3.85	1.27	11.0	3.9	1.0	3.70	View card ›
40	Jake Bennett	86	9	3.65	1.10	7.2	1.7	0.9	3.42	View card ›
41	Sonny Gray	85	18	2.72	1.15	7.9	2.5	0.8	3.87	View card ›
42	Garrett Crochet	85	3	6.30	1.47	11.1	3.3	1.5	5.12	View card ›
43	Carlos Rodón	85	7	2.67	1.06	9.7	4.1	0.8	3.89	View card ›
44	Nick Pivetta	84	3	2.86	1.01	10.9	2.1	0.5	3.20	View card ›
45	Emmet Sheehan	84	5	4.57	1.18	10.6	2.6	1.7	3.57	View card ›
46	Peter Lambert	84	8	3.82	1.25	8.9	3.4	1.0	3.70	View card ›
47	Bryce Miller	83	4	4.17	1.16	9.0	2.9	1.6	3.70	View card ›
48	Keider Montero	83	10	3.48	1.04	6.2	2.1	1.0	3.52	View card ›
49	Max Meyer	83	9	2.68	1.14	9.8	3.3	0.9	3.89	View card ›
50	Trey Yesavage	83	5	3.69	1.14	8.9	4.3	1.1	3.37	View card ›
51	Michael Soroka	83	9	3.41	1.09	8.8	2.3	0.8	4.12	View card ›
52	Shane Drohan	83	7	4.19	1.32	9.0	3.2	1.0	3.81	View card ›
53	Freddy Peralta	82	10	4.42	1.33	8.3	3.4	1.2	3.84	View card ›
54	Joey Cantillo	82	11	3.62	1.42	9.7	4.6	1.0	4.01	View card ›
55	Landen Roupp	82	9	4.01	1.30	8.3	4.3	0.6	3.84	View card ›
56	Taj Bradley	82	12	3.73	1.22	10.3	3.8	1.2	3.98	View card ›
57	Ian Seymour	82	9	4.21	1.13	10.7	2.4	1.7	3.55	View card ›
58	Joe Boyle	82	0	5.21	1.16	9.9	4.3	0.5	3.98	View card ›
59	Eury Pérez	82	8	3.91	1.21	9.6	3.9	1.1	4.06	View card ›
60	Troy Melton	82	8	2.76	1.13	7.4	2.9	1.0	3.84	View card ›
61	Andrew Alvarez	82	2	3.43	1.30	9.1	4.1	0.6	4.21	View card ›
62	Gerrit Cole	82	10	3.61	1.10	9.3	1.8	1.6	3.78	View card ›
63	Cole Ragans	81	1	4.84	1.42	11.5	5.9	2.5	5.12	View card ›
64	Logan Webb	81	8	4.31	1.17	7.5	2.3	0.7	4.09	View card ›
65	Sandy Alcantara	81	13	3.87	1.23	6.4	2.5	1.0	3.81	View card ›
66	Hayden Wesneski	81	6	3.25	1.13	6.8	3.0	0.6	3.81	View card ›
67	Paul Blackburn	81	7	1.59	1.08	7.3	3.5	0.7	3.68	View card ›
68	Ryan Weathers	81	5	3.60	1.22	9.4	2.5	1.2	4.32	View card ›
69	Connor Prielipp	81	6	4.87	1.29	9.2	3.1	1.0	3.95	View card ›
70	Kevin Gausman	80	9	4.51	1.27	9.3	2.4	1.3	4.03	View card ›
71	Shota Imanaga	80	11	3.77	1.10	9.0	1.9	1.8	3.81	View card ›
72	Andre Pallante	80	12	3.83	1.27	6.1	2.8	0.7	4.15	View card ›
73	Kyle Harrison	80	11	4.20	1.35	11.0	2.8	1.6	4.01	View card ›
74	Shane McClanahan	80	10	3.36	1.12	8.1	3.0	0.8	4.30	View card ›
75	Brandon Pfaadt	79	8	3.77	1.18	6.2	2.1	0.9	3.92	View card ›
76	Casey Mize	79	6	4.32	1.23	7.5	2.6	1.2	3.87	View card ›
77	Shane Baz	79	6	4.11	1.35	7.7	3.2	0.8	4.27	View card ›
78	Nick Martinez	79	15	3.10	1.09	5.5	1.3	1.1	3.98	View card ›
79	George Kirby	79	9	4.33	1.40	7.6	2.4	1.1	4.21	View card ›
80	Connelly Early	79	7	3.33	1.23	8.9	3.2	1.4	4.27	View card ›
81	Clay Holmes	78	6	3.29	1.19	6.9	3.7	0.5	3.87	View card ›
82	MacKenzie Gore	78	8	4.58	1.34	9.1	3.7	1.0	4.18	View card ›
83	Michael Wacha	78	9	3.32	1.11	7.1	2.4	1.4	4.01	View card ›
84	Tyler Mahle	78	7	3.99	1.23	8.3	2.8	1.2	3.95	View card ›
85	Emerson Hancock	78	7	3.57	1.14	8.2	2.1	1.3	4.01	View card ›
86	Cal Quantrill	78	9	2.86	1.04	6.6	2.0	1.1	3.87	View card ›
87	J.T. Ginn	78	9	3.71	1.24	7.9	3.7	1.1	4.12	View card ›
88	Robert Gasser	78	5	3.87	1.19	8.5	2.9	1.2	4.27	View card ›
89	Noah Cameron	78	9	4.11	1.23	8.0	2.9	1.1	4.12	View card ›
90	Quinn Mathews	78	2	3.83	1.38	8.4	3.6	0.9	3.84	View card ›
91	Kade Anderson	78	2	3.79	1.23	8.1	2.3	1.0	3.89	View card ›
92	Hunter Dobbins	77	3	3.67	1.35	8.7	4.0	1.2	3.95	View card ›
93	Drew Anderson	77	5	3.67	1.27	9.5	3.6	1.3	3.92	View card ›
94	Will Warren	76	11	3.92	1.37	9.1	3.1	1.2	4.35	View card ›
95	Nathan Eovaldi	76	11	4.20	1.22	8.9	2.2	1.5	4.30	View card ›
96	Michael King	76	12	3.21	1.18	7.7	3.4	1.0	4.42	View card ›
97	Jack Flaherty	76	3	4.48	1.39	10.5	4.3	1.1	4.38	View card ›
98	Eduardo Rodriguez	76	16	2.89	1.24	6.8	2.9	0.9	4.30	View card ›
99	José Soriano	76	12	3.91	1.29	8.6	3.7	0.9	4.45	View card ›
100	Brad Lord	76	5	3.78	1.22	8.3	3.6	1.1	3.92	View card ›
101	Foster Griffin	76	15	3.60	1.21	8.2	2.4	1.2	4.35	View card ›
102	Chad Patrick	75	9	3.40	1.24	7.9	4.0	0.9	4.30	View card ›
103	Chase Dollander	74	3	3.89	1.30	9.6	3.7	1.2	3.98	View card ›
104	Corbin Burnes	73	0	7.84	1.55	7.0	3.5	4.3	6.85	View card ›
105	Framber Valdez	73	10	4.03	1.36	7.0	3.5	0.8	4.38	View card ›
106	Carmen Mlodzinski	73	8	3.95	1.37	7.1	3.2	0.7	4.89	View card ›
107	Jacob Lopez	73	7	5.47	1.49	8.2	4.2	1.7	3.65	View card ›
108	Bubba Chandler	73	8	4.50	1.40	8.2	4.7	0.9	4.30	View card ›
109	Trevor McDonald	73	3	5.12	1.31	7.3	2.9	0.9	4.09	View card ›
110	Gabriel Hughes	73	0	6.33	1.44	7.9	3.4	1.0	3.92	View card ›
111	Dustin May	72	7	4.70	1.32	8.9	3.1	0.9	4.45	View card ›
112	Brandon Young	72	9	3.56	1.35	7.6	3.5	1.3	4.32	View card ›
113	Kyle Bradish	72	7	4.12	1.46	8.3	4.1	1.2	4.48	View card ›
114	Justin Wrobleski	72	12	3.66	1.14	7.6	2.0	1.4	4.54	View card ›
115	Kendry Rojas	72	1	3.34	1.52	10.3	6.7	0.6	3.47	View card ›
116	David Sandlin	72	3	5.58	1.21	8.9	2.9	1.6	3.98	View card ›
117	Tatsuya Imai	72	6	4.93	1.42	11.4	6.0	1.1	4.60	View card ›
118	Aaron Civale	72	6	4.20	1.44	7.4	2.8	1.5	4.35	View card ›
119	Reynaldo López	71	4	4.54	1.44	8.3	3.9	1.3	4.82	View card ›
120	Tanner Bibee	70	7	4.36	1.22	7.1	2.6	1.4	4.35	View card ›
121	Roki Sasaki	70	5	4.49	1.32	9.1	3.5	1.6	4.30	View card ›
122	Dean Kremer	70	5	4.68	1.14	8.6	2.9	1.8	4.15	View card ›
123	Kyle Leahy	70	10	3.66	1.34	8.5	2.6	1.0	4.89	View card ›
124	Bryce Elder	70	8	4.11	1.27	7.3	3.0	1.4	4.15	View card ›
125	Janson Junk	70	6	4.22	1.29	6.5	2.4	1.1	4.21	View card ›
126	Javier Assad	70	6	3.63	1.14	6.0	2.6	1.5	4.48	View card ›
127	José Urquidy	70	2	4.95	1.49	7.4	1.7	1.0	3.42	View card ›
128	Albert Suárez	70	3	3.86	1.22	6.6	2.9	1.1	4.09	View card ›
129	Gage Jump	70	6	5.47	1.52	9.8	4.2	1.1	4.63	View card ›
130	Clarke Schmidt	69	0	0.00	3.00	27.0	0.0	0.0	8.52	View card ›
131	Aaron Nola	69	7	4.67	1.35	9.1	3.0	1.9	4.18	View card ›
132	Shane Smith	69	0	10.80	2.52	11.9	9.7	1.1	4.76	View card ›
133	Patrick Sandoval	69	1	5.12	1.68	9.3	4.1	0.9	4.86	View card ›
134	Kumar Rocker	68	6	4.38	1.41	8.4	3.7	1.2	4.48	View card ›
135	Luis Severino	68	2	4.16	1.47	9.3	4.5	1.3	4.30	View card ›
136	Matthew Boyd	68	10	3.91	1.21	6.8	2.8	1.1	4.66	View card ›
137	Davis Martin	68	9	3.95	1.32	7.5	2.8	0.9	4.69	View card ›
138	Ken Waldichuk	68	0	6.75	1.50	7.7	5.8	3.9	7.21	View card ›
139	Andrew Painter	68	3	5.40	1.41	8.2	3.3	1.5	4.42	View card ›
140	Zac Thornton	68	5	3.42	1.14	6.7	1.9	1.5	4.51	View card ›
141	Walker Buehler	67	9	4.63	1.35	7.7	3.3	1.3	4.30	View card ›
142	Zebby Matthews	67	9	4.90	1.26	8.0	2.7	1.7	4.38	View card ›
143	Spencer Strider	67	4	5.31	1.36	10.6	4.6	2.1	3.52	View card ›
144	Cade Horton	67	1	2.45	0.82	4.9	2.5	1.2	3.35	View card ›
145	Brayan Bello	66	6	4.33	1.37	7.1	2.8	0.9	4.89	View card ›
146	Yusei Kikuchi	66	1	4.92	1.54	8.9	4.0	0.9	4.76	View card ›
147	Matt Waldron	66	2	6.54	1.59	7.0	2.3	1.5	3.55	View card ›
148	Cesar Perdomo	66	0	3.65	1.38	5.1	2.5	1.5	4.48	View card ›
149	David Peterson	65	9	4.79	1.50	8.3	3.9	0.9	4.76	View card ›
150	Ronel Blanco	65	0	6.68	1.37	7.8	4.3	2.4	4.89	View card ›
151	Griffin Canning	65	5	5.68	1.52	8.8	4.2	1.4	4.69	View card ›
152	Josiah Gray	64	0	0.00	1.00	4.5	2.3	0.0	2.34	View card ›
153	Sean Manaea	63	6	4.78	1.30	8.6	2.6	1.5	4.76	View card ›
154	Martín Pérez	63	9	3.04	1.27	6.5	3.9	0.9	4.51	View card ›
155	Ethan Pecko	63	2	3.93	1.14	6.0	3.7	1.3	4.42	View card ›
156	Mason Adams	63	0	4.03	1.48	9.6	3.7	1.9	5.09	View card ›
157	Bailey Ober	62	7	4.47	1.30	6.6	2.5	1.4	4.66	View card ›
158	Robbie Ray	62	13	3.59	1.35	7.6	4.6	1.2	4.82	View card ›
159	Stephen Kolek	62	4	4.50	1.24	5.7	2.0	1.3	3.87	View card ›
160	Ryan Gusto	62	1	4.09	1.44	7.6	2.9	1.1	5.02	View card ›
161	Luis Gil	62	1	4.61	1.43	5.6	5.9	2.0	5.77	View card ›
162	Johan Oviedo	61	0	9.82	1.91	7.4	2.5	4.9	12.25	View card ›
163	Randy Dobnak	61	3	3.51	1.40	5.9	3.1	0.8	4.86	View card ›
164	Jose Cabrera	61	0	5.72	1.52	6.3	3.5	1.9	5.23	View card ›
165	Robert Stock	61	1	5.93	1.75	8.6	4.5	0.6	5.09	View card ›
166	Chris Bassitt	60	9	4.41	1.55	6.5	3.4	0.9	4.92	View card ›
167	Grant Holmes	60	10	3.44	1.31	6.8	3.7	1.3	5.05	View card ›
168	Jack Leiter	60	3	5.29	1.44	9.3	3.9	1.6	4.86	View card ›
169	Slade Cecconi	60	5	4.91	1.43	7.4	2.9	1.4	4.76	View card ›
170	Cristian Javier	60	2	5.14	1.46	8.4	4.0	1.4	4.76	View card ›
171	Cade Povich	59	2	4.38	1.49	6.8	3.6	1.5	4.69	View card ›
172	Landon Knack	59	1	3.86	1.20	6.2	1.5	3.1	4.09	View card ›
173	José Fermín	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.13	View card ›
174	Elmer Rodríguez	59	0	5.40	1.58	7.1	5.4	0.7	5.58	View card ›
175	Sean Sullivan	59	0	8.87	2.01	6.5	4.4	2.0	4.82	View card ›
176	Jackson Kent	59	2	5.94	1.79	7.4	6.2	0.5	5.44	View card ›
177	Yunior Marte	59	0	4.44	1.40	5.5	3.7	1.9	5.69	View card ›
178	Matthew Liberatore	58	6	5.23	1.47	8.9	3.2	1.6	5.02	View card ›
179	Michael McGreevy	58	7	3.95	1.28	6.1	2.6	1.1	5.37	View card ›
180	Mike Burrows	58	4	5.99	1.55	7.1	3.3	2.0	4.82	View card ›
181	Dylan Ross	58	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.57	View card ›
182	Domingo Gonzalez	58	0	4.70	1.83	5.9	5.9	1.2	10.17	View card ›
183	Winston Santos	58	0	9.00	1.50	4.5	4.5	4.5	6.77	View card ›
184	Josh White	58	0	—	7.50	13.5	54.0	13.5	45.75	View card ›
185	Kervin Castro	58	0	1.42	0.79	11.4	2.8	0.0	2.30	View card ›
186	Riley Martin	58	0	2.16	0.84	10.8	2.2	1.1	2.60	View card ›
187	Austin Peterson	58	0	2.57	0.86	10.3	2.6	2.6	5.69	View card ›
188	Welinton Herrera	58	0	0.00	1.29	7.7	3.9	0.0	4.79	View card ›
189	Andrew Abbott	57	6	4.61	1.45	7.1	4.1	1.4	4.92	View card ›
190	Ryan Feltner	57	7	5.40	1.51	6.7	3.9	1.5	4.89	View card ›
191	Randy Vásquez	57	10	3.90	1.27	5.6	2.4	1.0	5.54	View card ›
192	Adrian Houser	57	4	4.02	1.30	6.2	2.8	1.2	4.95	View card ›
193	Brandon Sproat	57	3	5.57	1.44	9.4	4.8	1.6	5.02	View card ›
194	Ryan Johnson	57	5	5.04	1.39	7.1	3.9	1.6	4.86	View card ›
195	Colton Gordon	57	0	8.79	2.02	7.5	2.5	3.8	6.11	View card ›
196	Anthony Kay	57	10	4.44	1.37	7.3	3.2	1.2	5.05	View card ›
197	Seth Lugo	56	7	5.17	1.47	7.0	2.8	1.2	5.09	View card ›
198	Simeon Woods Richardson	56	2	6.68	1.76	5.5	5.0	1.5	5.99	View card ›
199	JP Sears	56	3	4.68	1.35	6.9	3.0	1.6	5.16	View card ›
200	Erick Fedde	56	8	3.83	1.35	6.3	3.3	1.5	4.79	View card ›
201	Jesse Scholtens	56	5	4.34	1.34	7.0	2.8	2.3	5.19	View card ›
202	Max Scherzer	56	4	5.74	1.33	7.2	3.7	1.6	4.24	View card ›
203	Mike Paredes	56	0	4.72	1.43	5.0	3.4	1.6	5.26	View card ›
204	Edward Cabrera	55	5	5.96	1.49	8.0	4.0	1.8	5.40	View card ›
205	Ryne Nelson	55	3	4.95	1.26	6.8	2.5	1.9	5.30	View card ›
206	JR Ritchie	55	1	4.91	1.47	8.3	5.3	1.6	5.16	View card ›
207	Luis Castillo	54	4	5.85	1.49	7.7	3.0	1.7	5.02	View card ›
208	Colin Rea	54	8	4.34	1.33	6.6	3.1	1.4	5.37	View card ›
209	Mitch Keller	54	6	5.29	1.37	6.9	3.3	1.2	5.51	View card ›
210	Logan Allen	54	0	5.94	1.74	8.6	3.2	1.6	4.21	View card ›
211	Shane Bieber	54	5	4.37	1.42	7.1	3.9	1.6	5.99	View card ›
212	Spencer Arrighetti	54	9	4.96	1.38	8.6	5.2	1.5	5.30	View card ›
213	Grayson Rodriguez	54	5	6.02	1.56	7.8	3.9	1.5	5.69	View card ›
214	Noah Schultz	54	4	5.57	1.33	8.1	3.8	1.3	5.62	View card ›
215	Zach Eflin	53	0	2.45	1.64	17.2	4.9	2.5	3.98	View card ›
216	Gus Varland	53	2	6.55	1.76	8.7	4.1	1.9	6.98	View card ›
217	Trey Gibson	53	2	6.13	1.71	8.4	6.1	1.6	6.15	View card ›
218	Carlos Carrasco	51	0	5.94	1.44	3.8	1.6	1.6	8.95	View card ›
219	Tanner Gordon	51	1	6.68	1.66	7.4	2.1	1.8	5.16	View card ›
220	Antwone Kelly	51	0	4.82	1.45	6.8	3.9	1.9	5.12	View card ›
221	Rhett Lowder	51	7	5.74	1.52	7.0	3.8	1.2	5.44	View card ›
222	Elieser Hernández	51	2	2.25	1.33	9.8	4.5	2.3	2.79	View card ›
223	Nick Lodolo	50	3	4.97	1.48	6.9	3.8	1.7	6.47	View card ›
224	Jake Irvin	50	2	5.48	1.40	9.3	4.0	1.7	5.37	View card ›
225	Patrick Corbin	50	3	5.51	1.54	7.1	2.8	1.4	5.51	View card ›
226	Eric Lauer	50	8	5.23	1.31	6.0	2.9	2.2	5.05	View card ›
227	Brandon Williamson	50	5	5.30	1.46	6.2	5.1	1.5	6.03	View card ›
228	Jeffrey Springs	49	4	6.18	1.46	7.1	3.6	2.2	4.95	View card ›
229	Chris Paddack	49	0	6.79	1.67	6.3	3.0	1.4	5.05	View card ›
230	Jason Alexander	49	1	9.33	1.58	6.9	3.9	2.0	4.73	View card ›
231	Jack Kochanowicz	48	2	6.19	1.58	6.6	5.1	1.0	5.62	View card ›
232	Kyle Freeland	48	4	6.65	1.52	7.2	1.9	1.9	5.54	View card ›
233	Jameson Taillon	47	2	5.65	1.36	8.0	3.4	2.8	5.96	View card ›
234	Miles Mikolas	46	3	5.82	1.38	4.5	1.8	2.1	5.47	View card ›
235	Zac Gallen	46	3	6.07	1.55	5.5	3.0	1.6	6.64	View card ›
236	Lucas Giolito	46	2	5.16	1.85	5.5	7.0	1.2	5.62	View card ›
237	Tony Gonsolin	46	0	—	2.63	16.9	10.1	3.4	5.88	View card ›
238	Brady Singer	45	6	5.85	1.59	7.2	3.5	1.8	5.99	View card ›
239	Tanner Houck	45	0	9.00	1.33	3.0	0.0	6.0	11.13	View card ›
240	Justin Verlander	45	0	7.00	1.56	7.0	3.0	3.0	6.56	View card ›
241	Jonathan Cannon	45	0	9.00	3.00	12.0	15.0	0.0	7.77	View card ›
242	Mitch Spence	45	0	—	3.00	5.8	8.7	2.9	5.73	View card ›
243	Merrill Kelly	45	10	4.94	1.46	6.3	3.9	1.6	6.35	View card ›
244	Joey Estes	45	0	11.05	1.91	6.1	2.5	4.9	7.16	View card ›
245	Zach Pop	45	0	3.68	1.09	7.4	3.7	0.0	4.27	View card ›
246	Luke Little	45	0	9.00	2.00	9.0	0.0	9.0	15.86	View card ›
247	J.P. France	45	0	8.10	1.65	5.4	6.8	1.4	8.31	View card ›
248	Bobby Miller	45	1	3.68	1.23	9.8	4.9	1.2	6.19	View card ›
249	Jhony Brito	45	0	3.00	0.89	6.0	1.0	2.0	3.39	View card ›
250	Braxton Garrett	45	1	7.71	2.36	6.8	10.6	0.0	6.07	View card ›
251	Aaron Brooks	45	0	—	9.00	0.0	54.0	27.0	13.65	View card ›
252	Ty Blach	45	0	0.00	0.33	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.01	View card ›
253	Marco Gonzales	45	0	1.35	1.65	4.0	5.4	0.0	2.97	View card ›
254	Cole Irvin	45	0	9.00	1.83	7.5	4.5	1.5	6.90	View card ›
255	Derek Law	45	0	1.00	1.11	5.0	2.0	0.0	5.84	View card ›
256	Carson Spiers	45	0	7.50	1.00	9.0	0.0	6.0	9.28	View card ›
257	Tomoyuki Sugano	44	12	5.37	1.32	5.6	2.1	1.9	6.35	View card ›
258	Michael Lorenzen	44	3	7.21	1.88	6.4	3.8	1.6	6.15	View card ›
259	Jose Quintana	44	2	5.44	1.50	4.7	3.8	1.9	5.58	View card ›
260	Germán Márquez	44	4	5.26	1.49	6.3	4.1	2.4	5.77	View card ›
261	Bailey Falter	44	0	10.38	2.46	5.5	4.2	2.8	6.72	View card ›
262	Zack Littell	43	8	5.21	1.41	5.3	2.8	2.2	6.64	View card ›
263	Taijuan Walker	42	1	9.13	2.07	6.8	4.4	3.2	7.86	View card ›
264	Bradley Blalock	42	0	5.56	1.32	9.5	3.2	3.2	4.99	View card ›
265	Keegan Thompson	41	0	8.25	1.75	8.3	1.5	0.8	7.67	View card ›
266	Valente Bellozo	32	0	7.59	1.59	6.8	5.9	4.2	11.61	View card ›

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every starting pitcher using real 2026 Statcast data. For pitchers, the key inputs are fastball velocity, spin rate, expected ERA (xERA), xwOBA against, put-away rate, and zone control. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning: the same fixed pipeline for every player.

Full methodology: How Legends Deck card ratings work. Or read the ranked breakdown: Best Starting Pitchers in MLB 2026.

Questions

Who is the best starting pitcher in MLB 2026?

Shohei Ohtani is the highest-rated starting pitcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Shohei Ohtani, Chris Sale, Cam Schlittler, ranked by a percentile transform of real Statcast data refreshed nightly.

How are MLB starting pitchers ranked on Legends Deck?

Pitchers are scored on a percentile-normalized blend of fastball velocity, spin rate, expected ERA (xERA), xwOBA against, put-away rate, and zone control — pulled live. No editorial weights, just math.

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